Dear
fourth grade families,
Please
enjoy these updates from our classroom.
Reading
We
have recently completed spring reading assessments. Most students
have new reading levels and new goals for how to improve. Many
students are working on fluency and would benefit from reading aloud
to a younger sibling or neighbor. Other students are working on
keeping track of characters and story lines and should be taking
notes as they read. Yet oters are working on making inferences and
will benefit from discussing characters' feelings and how they change
throughout the text. Ask your child about his or her reading goals.
Math
Students
have completed their independent survey projects. They also looked
at some mystery data that was the length or height of a group of
living things and had to figure out reasonable guesses for what the
data could be. This week, we'll begin a short study of probability
and revisit the fractions and decimals we learned earlier in the
year.
Writing
After
learning several structured types of poetry, we're now looking at
strategies poets use when they write free verse poems. Students have
looked at alliteration, simile, and line breaks as they continue to
write their own poems. As we proceed through the unit, students are
making decisions about which poems they'd like to publish, and many
have poems up on the bulletin board outside our classroom.
Social
Studies
Students
are continuing to read about highlight the packets about the tribe
they're studying. Soon, groups will make decisions about what
information they'd like to focus on in projects about their tribes.
State
Science Test
The
New York State fourth grade science test happens in two parts. May 29
and 30, students will take the performance section of the test in
small groups, and on June 4, students will all take the written
section. In recent test prep sessions, students conducted experiments
to see which materials are attracted to magnets and which conduct
electricity. Test prep packets have gone home for students to use
for practice.
Field
Day
Field
day is Friday, June 1. Please look for permission slips in Tuesday's
backpack mail.
Snack
Thank
you to all the families who brought in snack recently. Please take a
look at our current snack calendar, and be sure to send in snack on
your week. If you realize you've missed your week, we would
appreciate any snack you can send in.
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May
7
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May
14
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May
21
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May
28
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June
4
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Parker
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Luigi
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Kasar
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Christina
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Amon-ra
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Oscar
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Liza
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D'yanira
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Brandon
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Ashley
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Narayan
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Lila
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Dreanna
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Alana
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Jonathan
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Milla
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Alexander
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DeAndre
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Adriana
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Martha
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Miljan
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Eko
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Dario
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Adelina
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Michael
N.
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Michael
C.
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Ismael
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At the beginning of the year, many families contributed toward our water cooler fund so that students have water accessible throughout the day. Thank you!! At this point in the year, we are still $120 short. If you have not yet contributed and can do so, it would be much appreciated.
Best,
Nancy
and Stephanie
