Classroom Activities For The Week of Oct. 12th-15th

Hello fourth grade parents and students,

This is a short week in grade 4, as we begin on Tuesday and will be going on a field trip on Friday.  This means we'll be very busy Tuesday through Thursday.

Before I detail our classroom activities here are IMPORTANT REMINDERS about our Field Trip:

For our field trip Friday all students will need to wear a Discovery School shirt so that we can easily identify our students at Chiminike.  Also, our buses need to leave on time at 8:10.  This means that all students need to be here by 7:50 at the latest.  If any student shows up late they will need to stay behind and work in one of the other elementary classrooms for the day.  Finally please remember that each student needs a snack to bring with them on the field trip...they will not be able to buy anything until they get back to school at 12:00, so having money will not be useful for purchasing a snack.  Thanks!

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES:

Reading:

Having practiced using 'Context Clues' to understand confusing words in our guided reading novel 'Stone Fox', the students will now practice finding and deducing meaning from challenging words in their self selected reading books.  This 'context clue' reading skill that we practice will also be a key part of the students' 'reading letters', all of which will be due Wednesday, due to the short week.

Writing

Students will continue revising and editing their best piece of work from the 'Sensory Series'.  The students will be working on publishing a piece of their own work in order to share it with the class before the end of the week.  Particular attention will also be paid to their Oral Language skills during the reading of their published work in our 'Author's Chair'.

Science:

I was mistaken last week when I wrote that we would be studying, planning and building dams.  That is what we will be doing this week.  Last week we looked at the affect that hills and mountains have on the flow of water.  This week's learning experiences about Dams and the water cycle should tie together perfectly with our Field Trip where we will get to witness models about the flow of water in our world and see how dams work.

Spelling and Character Studies:

We will not be having any spelling or character studies lessons this week due to the short week and field trip.


Thanks to everyone who volunteered to join us this Friday.  I'm looking forward to a fun-filled day of learning this Friday!!   Here's to a great week,

Jordan Rose