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Weekly Update: Dec. 4 - Dec. 8, 2017
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Language Arts
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This week the students will be using the class read aloud to dig deeper into character traits, scene summaries and envisioning the text in order to read intensely. In writing, many children are ready to develop a believable character and plan the story arc with scenes for their story.
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Math
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We are continuing working with measurement and currently focusing on area and perimeter of an area. The students will also be given word problems involving measurement. We will begin reviewing for the final assessment, which will be given this week.
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Science/ Social Studies
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Students are starting to plan their compound machine to solve a real world problem. Through brainstorming, modeling, questioning, and testing, the students will be able to design and improve their compound machines. Please continue to bring in resources, we will be building our machines over the next two weeks: toilet paper rolls, paper towel rolls, spare pieces of wood, cereal boxes, wire, plastic water bottles and their caps, plastic containers (like yogurt) cardboard boxes (small enough to go on the bus), string, yarn, egg cartons, straws, plastic/styrofoam trays.
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Resources
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We are growing realistic fiction readers and writers in grade 4!
They are doing this by thinking deeply about the characters. These CHARACTER TRAITS are useful in describing the character based on their words, thoughts and actions.
To support your child as a reader...GRAB THE BOOK YOUR CHILD IS READING and ASK to describe the character based on his/her thoughts, words, and actions.
To support your child as a writer...ASK your child to explain about the character in the story they are going to write.
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Announcements
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Celebrations
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Please see your class blog or class website for individual class celebrations.
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