The students had a great time at the extra PE class they earned. Thank you to Ms. Cereda, who gave up her prep time to give our class this awesome prize!
Math At the end of next week we will have a mid unit assessment to see how well we are understanding multiplication. We have worked up to two by two digit and four by one digit multiplication. Students learned how to use partial products and the standard algorithm to solve problems. They've also learned how to model the multiplication with place value charts and area models. Idiom of the week : hold your horses Inquiry Next week in our How We Express Ourselves unit we will begin our inquiry into ways innovation expresses creativity. Students will learn some basic computer coding. This will prepare them for our 4th Grade Innovation Fair that will take place at the end of the unit. There will be information coming about the Innovation Fair soon. Writing We have a little bit of a break between our realistic fiction unit and our informational writing unit that will start soon. During this time our writing mini-lessons have focused on conventions. We've been working to u...
Math We will be taking our first math test on Tuesday, 9/27. The test will cover the first 10 lessons. We will spend Monday reviewing for the test. Students will be sent home with a practice test on Monday evening. You can help your student prepare for the test by going over the practice test with them. Reading Each child now has a specific skill they are working on while reading. Check in with your student and ask about their progress on their skill. Students should also be recording their reading on their reading log. They are expected to read at least 2 hours outside of school each week. Vocabulary Students will be tested on their ten vocabulary words from our read aloud book, The Tiger Rising. The test will be on Tuesday, 9/27. We have been working with the words in class, but your student may need to study them in order to be prepared for their test. Writing Students have been making good progress in their narrative writing. So far we have worked on us...
There will be no school on Thursday, 2/26 or Friday, 2/27 because of conferences. These conferences are not required, but if you have not yet signed up and would like a conference go to this link http://www. ptcfast .com/schools/West_Tualatin_View_Elementary to sign up. With next week being a short week there will be no spelling packets sent home on Monday 2/23. Students will still be expected to complete four reading logs that will be due on Monday, 3/2. All students have now been placed in a fantasy book group. They have been assigned a certain number of pages to be read by the first book group meetings on Tuesday, 2/24. Unlike the historical fiction book groups, there will be no worksheets that need to be completed this time. However, students will still need to be prepared for each meeting by reading the assigned number of pages and being ready to discuss the book with peers. It is very important that students do not read ahead in their book. The school Science Fair is...