Mr. Blanc's Class

Updates Thank you to everyone who stopped by at conferences. It was great to have the chance to get together and make sure we are all on the same page. I hope you all feel like you have a good idea of what your student can do going forward to ensure they are successful in 4th grade. Please let me know if you ever have any questions. Reading Next week we will continue our study of nonfiction texts. Students are expected to record at least two hours of outside of school reading each week. The reading logs are due on Tuesdays. Because last week was a short week, we didn't assign vocabulary words to be tested next Tuesday. However, students will get their new words that will be tested the following Tuesday, 11/8. Idiom of the Week: turn a blind eye Writing Students are currently in the middle of revising and editing a narrative paper. In my experience, it is challenging to get children to look critically at their work and find ways to improve their writing. Often they just wa...

Updates Next week will be a three day week because of conferences. If you haven't signed up for a conference please to go the Conferences link found within the Websites tab. Please bring your student with you to the conference. Math  We have started Module 3. This module focuses on multiplication and division. Students will learn multiple methods to solve division and multiplication problems and use those methods to solve multi-step word problems. I have made a slight alteration to our math homework routine. I believe something that was missing from my math instruction early in the year was immediate feedback to students. Because of this, we now go over the homework from the previous day in class. This daily  homework will be coming home with students after we have gone over it in class. Reading  We finished up our first reading unit of study on characters. Our next unit of study will focus on reading nonfiction texts. You can help your student progress as a reade...

Updates While it is difficult to come back to work when you have a newborn at home, I'm very thankful that I have a terrific group of students I get to work with each day. Thank you for all of the well wishes and kind gestures. It is great to be back!  Weekly Volunteers Next week we will begin our weekly reading and math volunteers. I contacted all of the people who had previously indicated that they were interested in volunteering on a weekly basis. Each person should know which day of the week they will be joining us. If you are interested in volunteering and did not hear from me, please let me know as we most certainly will be able to use your help. Math  We took our End of Module 1 Assessment on Thursday. Students will bring their scored tests home on Monday. We will jump to Module 3 next. This module covers multiplication and division.  Reading  Students continue to have a reading goal each week. Check in with your student and ask them to tell you ab...