This week, students will be diving head-first back into our learning!
Reading - We are continuing our journey into the question, "How do we respond to nature?" We will be looking at poetry and diving deeply into analyzing figurative language. Writing - Students will be working on a project with 4 different types of figurative language, as well as continuing to practice this quarter's text type focus of informative writing. Math - We have begun our next module on Angle Measure and Plane Figures. Please click here for more information on what your 4th grader will be learning for the rest of this quarter in Math. Social Studies - We are starting our Explorers unit. Students will be learning about the first California Explorers and their influence on California. Announcements and important dates:
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We have survived Halloween week! This week will be back to business as usual. We will be going to the library to switch out books this Friday.
In academic news: Reading - We are finishing up Unit 2, on characters' actions and reactions, answering the essential question: How do we reveal ourselves to others? We will start the next unit on observing nature on Wednesday. Writing - We are well on our way in learning how to write an informative essay. We are writing about what traits in an animal help it adapt to its habitat. Math - This week we will be finishing up our third module on multiplication and division. Topics learned will be division algorithm, factors and multiples, prime and composite numbers, and double-digit by double-digit multiplication. The Module 3 assessment will be next Wednesday, 11/14. Science - We are continuing our life science unit on structures, function, and processing. We will be learning about the structures of the eye and how it works, as well as taking a close look at the structures of the gray wolf. |
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