Announcements:
Forget a newsletter last week? Me? No, couldn't be. I'd remember. We had a great outdoor popsicle/recess party for everyone who completed the MSTEP math packet, great job! Next Tuesday we'll have an indoor board game party. Coming home in the Friday Folder today is a permission slip for the end of year Beebe Street Park day, so keep an eye out for that. We're finally done with MSTEP! Thank goodness, I am so happy to get back on track and get back to our normal routine. Reading: We listened to songs this week in order to practice two essential reading skills: summary and theme. It's harder than it seems, and some of the kids had some great song choices! Writing: For the end of the year, we're going back to basics. How can we write a good, complete sentence, and how can we use those to tell a story? Math: Next year, the entire district will be starting a brand new math series called Envisions. I am using this class as guinea pigs for how it runs, and so far it's going well. We're practicing some place value skills, which are easily the most important for deep understanding of math. Social Studies: We're going to Greenfield Village in just a little bit, so we're going to be taking social studies time to learn all about the different people, time periods, and inventions that the kids might run across during their trip. Science: We're wrapping up the year with a big science project, all about a famous landform. This week the kids chose their landforms and started researching. Announcements:
MSTEP packets are due on Monday! I talked to each student who has not turned theirs in yet, so everyone should be ready. We took NWEA all week this week, it was exhausting! I couldn't be more proud of the kids though, they did their best and showed some excellent growth. Reading: Writing a summary is a big 4th grade skill, and that's what we practiced this week. We read plays as a group and then wrote a summary, and I must say, the accents were on point this week. Writing: Our opinion pieces are done and printed! The kids are reading them this week, and so far I am very impressed! Math: We've been doing math games to practice some basic skills like fractions, graphing, and place value, but we didn't do any big learning this week because of NWEA. Social Studies: No social studies, it's on pause until we start a short unit on Greenfield Village after MSTEP is over. Science: Another casualty of NWEA/MSTEP! |
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June 2023
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