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This morning during Reading class I introduced the novel we will be using for our second quarter novel study, The Witches by Roald Dahl! We watched a video that told us a lot of interesting facts about the author and I showed students a book in our class library entitled, "Who Was Roald Dahl?" that they can refer to for more information. We read the first chapter and talked about our first impressions of the story. Afterwards I gave students the first batch of vocabulary words.
Next we did some excellent pronoun review and started the planning and pre-writing process for our personal narratives. Later we went up to the computer lab and students used an interactive tool from Times Kids to start organizing and typing up their narratives. During the rest of the week we will concentrate on editing and adding to them, and including as many awesome adjectives and vivid verbs as possible.
During Math we reviewed order of operations and had a fun little learning competition to demonstrate our understanding. Afterwards we continued our Algebra chapter and started to learn how to write expressions with variables.
In Science class we began our fourth unit on energy and ecosystems by learning about the differences between habitat and niches, and population and communities.
All Saints Day Information:
We will be celebrating All Saints Day this Friday October 28, 2016. Students should come to school in their P.E. uniforms and bring their costumes to change into.
1:30-2:30 Grades 4-6 will have different games and activities
2:35-3:25 All students meet for School Parade around campus and go back to stage for class photos
3:25-3:40 Announcements and prizes
3:40-4:00 Students go back to classroom and get ready for dismissal
*Parents you are more than welcome to join us at 2:35 for the Parade!
*Prizes will be given for the best costumes made out of recyclable materials. Be creative!
Important Reminders & Information:
Moving along Grade 4 and as students head into Middle School they will be using computers more and more and so it is important that they practice their typing skills. Below are some free websites for them to do so. Please incorporate this into your weekly activities. Remember, the faster you can type the faster you can finish your assignments!
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding_games.html
https://www.typingclub.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3c6tfr
HOMEWORK:
READING:
*Read Chapter: My Grandmother
LANGUAGE:
*My Grandmother Spelling & Vocab Quiz Friday October 28
MATH:
* Please watch these videos about writing expressions with variables:
* IXL practice:
Variable expressions
- G.1Write variable expressions
- G.2Write variable expressions: word problems***The word of the day is VARIABLE!***
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