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We voted for student council on Thursday! Congratulations to Hank and Elise, our new class representatives. Also, a big thank you to everyone who gave a speech and participated. We had a pep assembly this morning to celebrate homecoming where the kids got to participate in games as a grade level. It was a great time and the kids enjoyed themselves. Reading: We are still working on reading routines and procedures, which will be very important once we start reading. All the reading instruction I do is in small groups where the kids can read directly with me using books that will challenge them. To do this, I need the rest of the class to be engaged in activities that will strengthen their language skills while not disrupting the classroom, and that takes a while to set up right! Writing: Our focus this week was writing a good paragraph with a good topic sentence and supporting details, paying extra attention to the punctuation marks at the end of a sentence. We wrote a summary of a story, video, or movie that we like. Where is all of the language/reading/writing work? Fourth graders have a tendency to lose things, and the more you give them the more they lose. I keep everything for my language, reading, and writing time in a packet that neatly organizes everything for them. I collect it at the end of the week and send it home in the Friday folder the following week. You should see our first practice packet come home next week. Math: Place value is still the focus around here, with a specific look at pulling numbers apart into more manageable chunks with expanded form. First time here and wondering where all the math homework is? The answer is in last week's newsletter right below this one. Science: Science and social studies have been axed to make way for NWEA. They will return as soon as everyone is done, the class and I miss them greatly when they are gone. Social Studies: We didn't do any social studies! We will be starting as soon as we can though, beginning with what social studies means and how people learn about it. Comments are closed.
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