Dear Families, Student-Led Conferences are coming up on Wednesday, October 24th and Thursday, October 25th. Please note that there is no school on Thursday, October 25th due to the Student-Led conferences. (There is also no school on Friday, October, 26th). When students are not taking part in the conference, they can go to the library for childcare. Students will be present for a short time at the beginning of the conference. Please let me know if you have any questions about the conference format or the date/time of your conference. Please read a few curriculum highlights from the week: Language Arts During Writer’s Workshop, fourth graders are learning how to be a writing buddy as a way to confer about a story. A writing buddy listens to or reads a classmates story and provide positive feedback. Students have been practicing giving compliments and helpful suggestions. Below are the starter sentences used as a guide:
Fourth graders are learning that being a writing buddy means being an active listener. Another component to being a writing buddy is helping a friend proofread for capitalization, punctuation, order, and spelling. As we get more into the writing process, students will taking time to confer with either a teacher or a peer prior to publishing a story. Math In math, we continue to solidify multiplication skill through a variety of lessons, games, and activities. This week, fourth graders learned the partial-products algorithm to solve a multiplication problem. This is just one strategy that fourth graders can add to their problem-solving tool kit. Below is an example to show how the algorithm works. Social Studies Students have been learning the states and capitals of the Northeast. Next week, fourth graders will have a quiz to check their knowledge of the nine states and capitals of the region. During Mix It Up Social Studies, each student has been given one of the nine states to research. They will then make a pamphlet of their state to share with the group next week. The research and pamphlet will all be completed in school. Since fourth grade learns about whaling, we have started reading an adaption of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick. Each child has a copy of the book and we will be reading it as a whole group or in partners over the next few weeks. Have a wonderful weekend! Warmly, Brigid Comments are closed.
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