How is it Almost November?

Our 4th Graders are continuing to work hard and enjoy doing it! 

Upcoming Events 

• October 28th, Fall Party 
• October 31st, No School: Teacher Workday 
• November 7th, Library Checkout 
• November 7th, Parent-Teacher Conferences in the Evening 
• November 8th, No School: Election Day
• November 10th, Parent-Teacher Conferences in the Evening
• November 11th, No School: Teacher Workday 

Math: 

   Students just took their assessment on multiplying 2 to 3 digit numbers by a 1 digit number. All of them made such tremendous growth from their pre-assessment. Next week we will start our double digit by double digit multiplication unit. We will use inquiry based problems to help students gain conceptual knowledge of what double digit by double digit multiplication is. 

Reading: 

   We are now starting our reading unit on story elements. Characters are what we worked on this week and next week will be cause and effect. Also, we are continuing to meet in our small groups, where students are receiving lessons to meet their needs.

Writing: 

   In the 4th grade we are working on creating a piece of writing that answers the question, "What the Word America Means to Me." Students will then get to share these pieces with grandparents on Grandparents Day. 

Science: 

    We are wrapping up our unit on weathering and erosion. We will be sending out a study guide for their test over this information. 

Also.... PAJAMA DAY TOMORROW! They have definitely earned it. :) 

Everything Thing is Awesome, in 4th Grade Daugherty!

Our class is continuing to do some amazing things and grow everyday into better scholars! 

Upcoming Dates:

• October 24th, Library Checkout 
• October 28th, Fall Party 
• October 31st, No School: Teacher Workday 
• November 7th, Library Checkout 
• November 7th, Parent-Teacher Conferences 
• November 8th, No School: Election Day
• November 10th, Parent-Teacher Conferences 
• November 11th, No School: Teacher Workday 

Reading: 

   We are just finishing up talking about inferences, predictions, and context clues. Students have done such a great job learning this material! 

Writing: 

    We are so excited we got to share our stories with our loved ones. We also got to do Author Share in the classroom as well. Students were happy to be able to share their stories with their classmates and get positive feedback on them. 

Math: 

    Students are finishing up Topic 5 for math. Next week we will be reviewing and taking the test. The link to the Jeopardy game will be sent Tuesday and posted on the blog. 

Science: 

    We are still discussing all the factors that goes into weathering, erosion, and disposition and the role it plays in our world. Students have been able to partner read our National Geographic science books and then discuss as a class what we are learning. 

What's Going on in 4th Grade!

What's Coming Up? 

       October 19th  - Early Release 

       October 28th - Fall Party 

       October 31st - No School, Teacher Workday 

Science: 

    We have been discussing erosion and got to go outside to make our own observations. From our observations we created questions about what erosion is and how it effects the world around us. 

Math: We are working on estimating multiplication, in order to solve larger problems. We are also learning strategies on how to find the answer to multi-digit multiplication problems. 

Writing: We just finished our final drafts of our personal narrative stories! We are excited to share them with you tomorrow at the Brown Bag Breakfast. 

Reading: We are continuing to work hard in our small groups. A main focus we have right now is non-fiction texts. We just started the sequel to Zach's Lie, Jack's Run as our read aloud. 

As a grade level, 4th grade has started to discuss Service Learning. We met as a grade level and discussed with students what it is. After that discussion we had students come up with some ideas. They did a great job and we are looking forward to the next steps. 

Coming Up this Week!

• Tomorrow is Picture Day! October 4th 
• Wednesday we are going to the Planetarium at Rock Bridge High School! October 5th
• Thursday we have a math test over unit 3. October 6th 
• Students will come home with a study guide and here is a jeopardy game for extra review: http://jeopardylabs.com/play/topic-3-jeopardy-game

In reading we will be finishing up Zach's Lie and reviewing what we have learned so far in reading. For example, the stories point of view, predictions, visualizing, sequence of events and theme. 

This week we will also be taking both the Math and Reading STAR test. 

Also check out the live twitter feed to the right for updates on what we are doing. 

Thank you!