Week #4

Here's a peek into our week in 4T!

• We set year long reading goals. We also discussed the importance of keeping track of our reading every day and students began reading logs. 
• We continued to brainstorm story ideas by thinking of strong emotions in our lives and stories we wish existed. Everyone chose an idea that will be developed into a published story! I can't wait to continue the writing process. 
• We learned about the scientific method and discussed how science is like a pinball machine. 
• We started Words Their Way. We learned how to do both a sort & write and blind sort this week. 
• In math we learned about the importance of estimation. We also started a class graph of our IXL progress. Students have been doing an amazing job mastering levels related to our unit!
• Qwerty Town typing was introduced. If your child goes on at home, encourage correct placement of fingers on the keyboard. 

Questions to ask your child:

• What seed idea are you going to develop into a story?
• Why can science be compared to a pinball machine?
• What is your goal for reading this year?
• About how many pages do you read each day during reading?
• What did you do this week for 4th grade activity?
• Why is it important to estimate?
• What is your favorite morning meeting activity?

Classroom Information:

•  Mystery Reader Please feel free to add your name! We love our Mystery Readers! 
• Parent Teacher Conferences  - If you have not signed up for parent teacher conferences, please add your name next to the time you'd like.
• If you have not subscribed to the blog, I encourage you to do so. You will automatically receive an email when new posts are made.
• Our first field trip will be to Old York in October. It is encouraged that children & adults dress in colonial attire. 

Our class has received so many compliments already on how caring, cooperative, and respectful they are to each other and adults in our building. I am very proud of each one of the students in 4T! :)

I hope you had a wonderful weekend! I spent mine in Burlington, VT, apple picking, hiking, and enjoying the cooler weather.

-Ms. Tingle