Mid-terms Went Home Today

By the time you are reading this, you should have already seen your child's mid-term report. Overall, these are very good and as always if you have any questions, please email or call. Since these are mid-terms, it gives a student time to improve their grade or grades before the First Quarter report card goes home. These do not need to be returned to school, but I do want to know that you have seen them so just write mid-term in planner for free money.
More work=the need for good time management. Students are realizing that 4th grade is getting harder and that there is more work involved which means it is so necessary to use good time management skills. We have discussed this as one of our tools for success quite extensively in morning meeting.
Computers finally start tomorrow. Yes, we are finally getting to start our ReadAbout & Success Maker computer programs which will help our reading and math skills.
In Math, this week we are working on Making Change with money. This can be a difficult concept. We did start today so please ask your child what the change would be from $5.00 if they purchased something for $3.53 at the store. Have them count the change into your hand by counting up. We practiced a few today and will continue tomorrow.
In Social Studies, we continue with our tour of the NE. Practice those states and capitals. The practice maps will go home tomorrow as I have to cut-out the laminated copies tonight.
In Science, we will have a quick review of the water cycle-then we will move into different weather systems and tools that meteorologists use.
HR's-We are starting a new thing called HR's. These are daily non-fiction articles about events, people, places, etc. We did 3 earlier this year as a group so now students are on their own. They are to read them, highlight key details/events, and then complete the back side. Today's is about Jimmy Carter.
My reading kids have a review spelling list this week as Unit 6 is a review unit so they will have only 20 words.
Reading Calendars: The October one went home today. Make sure you return Septembers tomorrow if you haven't already. These are a big part of their reading grade.
Posted on the side are all the important dates for now in our classroom and here at school.
Thank you and have a great night.