Sunday, December 11, 2016

Updates

Dear 4T Families,

Here is an update of our last two weeks.

In reading, we have been focusing on nonfiction reading. We spent last week learning all about text features. We spent this week learning about the difference between main idea and topic and finding details to support our main idea.  We will work on summarizing next week. 

In writing, students are applying everything they are learning about nonfiction to create their own nonfiction book. Their book is going to include three different types of text structures and a variety of text features. They have been working really hard to research and learn all about the topic they chose. 

In math, we are learning all about factors and multiples.  We learned about prime (numbers with only 2 factors) and composite numbers (numbers with more than two factors). The students are working on mastering all of their multiplication facts.  Please encourage your child to study their facts each night!

In science, we are in the middle of our geology unit. Students have observed rocks, learned about the three types of rocks and the rock cycle. Their enthusiasm for rocks is amazing! 



I hope you and your family are enjoying the holiday season! 

-Ms. Tingle