4th Grade Newsletters

Rock of Ages Field Trip:  Friday, October 25th November 1st- Early Release 11:30 November 11th - No School November 22nd- Report Cards  Thanksgiving Break November  27th-29th Bridges Math Unit 2 Multi-Digit Multiplication and Early Division Students have:: used arrays and ratio tables to make generalizations about the effects of multiplying by 10, 100 and 1,000 Solved multi-step story problems Modeled division with remainders In Unit 3, Fractions and Decimals students will: Compare fractions with like and unlike denominators  Locate fractions on a number line  Add and subtract fractions with like and unlike denominators  Identify equivalent fractions and decimals Compare decimal numbers

Reminder:  As the cooler temperatures arise, please remind your child wear appropriate clothing and outerwear: rain jackets on rainy days, warm sweaters, jackets and (soon) hats and gloves on cold days! This helps to make recess more enjoyable for everyone! Thank you! Students are focusing on concepts including: analyzing patterns, fractions, decimals and working with numbers in base ten. Reader’s Workshop                   Tiger Rising   / Every Living Thing Using mentor texts and partner group books,  students have been practicing various reading strategies. This month students have: Envisioned characters in order to make predictions and inferences Made mental movies, stepped inside the character's world Made connections to the character's experiences and empathized with them Made predictions about what a character will do next based on textual evidence Changed their view of a character.  Grown theories and gathered evidence about characters by: Paying attention to the character’s actions that reveal what type of person they are and to revise or confirm their thinking about characters In upcoming weeks students will: Determining the theme of a story Writer’s Workshop We are building a community of independent readers and writers in fourth grade.. This month students: Wrote in Writer’s Notebooks to build stamina. Worked with images from Harris Burdick to build excitement about writing Crafted story ideas and characters out of small moments  In the upcoming weeks, we will be delving into mentor texts to  Draft, and revise to build believable characters and settings Write leads that connect to the importance of their story Create endings that relate to a story’s message or heart and resolve the struggle Putting it all together - PLOT Revise, Edit and Publish  Science Our first unit in science focuses on the continual processes that shape the Earth.  Students will dive right into investigating the material that make up the Earth's surface through observations and recordings.  The goal of this unit is for our students to become familiar with the properties, size and composition of the Earth and will begin to consider the idea of parent material which we lead us into weathering and erosion. Word Work This year, we are using Words their Way by Pearson.  Students are split into word work groups to work on spelling concepts.  Students are doing both online “sorts” and paper sorts to recognize spelling rules in other words.    Once again, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns at:  aspanier@cesvt.net  or 521-5674 sboucher@cesvt.net or 521-5677 khobart@cesvt.net or 521-5673