Dear Parents,
A FULL WEEK OF SCHOOL! It was a long week for the students getting back into things, but I feel they did an overall great job of being on task. I look forward to more great weeks like we had this week! Thanks 4th graders!
Reading is going really well. The students and I have been talking about, modeling, and practicing important comprehension strategies. The strategies that we have talked about this week include: Do I remember what I just read? Make a picture in your head. Predict what will happen next. Back up and reread. Summarize the text. The students took the “Make a picture in your head” and did just that. They took a picture from their head (after they had done Read to Self) and drew it on paper. Then on the back they wrote about their picture. The strategy helps all readers better understand what they are reading by being able to see those pictures.
States, states, and more states. The students are becoming teachers. Each pod of students in our classroom is in charge of a different region. We are learning 5 different regions. I teach one to the class, and then they take what I have taught them and do the same for their region. Finally, they will teach the class what they have learned. It is a great way for the students to be involved with hands on activities in social studies.
Research has been the talk in science. Students have gotten information off the computer and also from books about an invertebrate animal. They are in the process of gathering all the information they can about their specific invertebrate. Then we will write a report and create a model of our invertebrate. Finally, we will move on to vertebrates and do the same process.
There is plenty going on in the 4th grade classroom! The students are keeping mighty busy here at school. The business will continue into 3rd and 4th quarter. I look forward to the time I have with the students to watch them grow and develop as students and individuals.
**Please return BLUE Student Information Surveys to Mrs. Wicklund as soon as you can.
**If your son/daughter doesn’t have an address to bring to school, write me a note so I can get them one.
Important Dates:
*Monday, January 18th—No School
*ITBS TESTING-January 25th-29th
*Friday, January 29th—Rough drafts due for Cereal Box Madness
*Tuesday, February 2nd—Cereal Box Madness projects due
*Wednesday, February 3rd—1:15 Dismissal Teacher In-Service
*Tuesday, February 9th and Thursday, February 11th—Parent Teacher Conferences
*Friday, February 12th—No School
Let me know if you have questions or concerns before conferences.
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