Getting Into the Swing!

Happy Sunday Everyone!

I hope you had a fantastic weekend!  I wanted to updated you on what has been going on in our classroom.  We have been doing so well the past two weeks. We are really starting to understand the expectations and building an amazing community! If you are still wondering about Class Dojo, please email me or write a note.  

This Tuesday is Curriculum Night with two sessions. The first session start at 5:30-6:30pm and the second session is at 6:30-7:30pm. Were I will go into more depth of your child's learning, but here is a quick view into the coming week. 

In math, we have been working with place value.  I noticed last year that place value is the CORE of math.  If the students do not know place value they tend to struggle down the road.  Therefore, I have been making sure students really understand place value and pulling students who seem to not.  This week our focus is on comparing, ordering, and rounding numbers.  I know it seems like a lot to cover in one week! The students took a pre-test and comparing and ordering numbers was one of the strengths.  We will be taking the first chapter test this Friday! 

During our reading and language block we have been learning about character traits.  This coming week our story continues with character traits.  Last week we did activities with sorting different character traits and acting them out.  This week will be focusing on identifying the character's trait while reading a story.  Also, there is a new list of spelling and vocabulary words to learn and practice that goes along with our new story.

For Social Studies, we have been learning map skills and will continue to read the parts of a map.

I also use this blog to easily add games or websites for the students to do during the school day (which they are more than welcome to do at home as well). Here are some resources that I use if you ever want to take a look or have further questions!

Math: https://grade4commoncoremath.wikispaces.hcpss.org/Assessing+4.NBT.3  (you can click on the standard we are learning and watch videos) 

Reading: 
https://wwwk6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/reading/storytown/na/gr4/se_9780153597763_/grade4/shell.html?grade=4

The link above is the book we use for reading. You can read the story with your child and other activities. We are currently on theme 1 and lesson 2. 

Class Dojo: https://www.classdojo.com/

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and as always, contact me if you ever have any questions or concerns. I hope to see you all this Tuesday at Curriculum Night!  Email:  ckowal@pvschools.net

Love,
Miss Kowal