May 27-May 31

Coming Up:

Tuesday, June 4 - PV Field Day / Talent Show

Wednesday, June 5-Early Dismissal and LAST DAY of SCHOOL

The last session with our Reading Buddies!

Math Class playing a Decimal and Fraction Game to reinforce skills we are learning in Unit 7!

Spelling - None 

Reading- Unit 2 - "Journeys" - A Poetic Journey

We are coming to the end of our novel study. I am so proud of the growth that I have seen in the reading skills of the students. Their ability to interpret and make inferences about text has grown in leaps and bounds from the beginning of the year. So many of them have told me that they love this book. 

An open book comprehension QUIZ for the novel Love That Dog is scheduled for Thursday, 5/30.

English - Poetry

Our 4th grade poets will continue to write poems for their poetry book. Has your child shared their poems with you yet?  If not, have them open up their reading classroom and show you what they have been working on.  This week students will write a concrete poem, color poem, 5-W's poem, personal poem of choice and create the cover for their books. 

Social Studies - The West

The chapter 12 TEST in Social Studies is scheduled for Thursday, 5/30.  It will be taken on the computer!

We will also prepare for our classroom luau, which is the Western region feast, scheduled for 6/3. 

Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class:

This week we will look at Module 3, Introducing the Standard Multiplication Algorithm, students review strategies for solving single- and double-digit multiplication combinations, with a particular focus on the use of the area model and partial products. In the second session, the teacher introduces the standard algorithm for multiplying 2- and 3-digit by 1-digit numbers. In the third session, students consider when the standard algorithm is best used and when other strategies might make more sense. Sessions 4 and 5 lay the groundwork for an introduction to the standard algorithm for 2-digit by 2-digit multiplication.

The UNIT 7 TEST is on FRIDAY, MAY 31st!

May 20-25

Our trip to see Edward Tulane!

Mrs. Linde came to our class to discuss her trip to the Southwest.  We enjoyed listening to her speech and seeing her slides of the Grand Canyon.  Ask your child what they learned from her and why she went.

Spelling - Roots

This week's spelling list contains words with the Greek/Latin roots of mega, ped, sub and meter.  We will study and apply the meanings of these roots. The final TEST is scheduled for Friday, 5/24. This is the last spelling lesson of the year.

Week 32 - 

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Reading- Unit 2 - "Journeys" - A Poetic Journey

We will continue the novel study of Love that Dog. Students are having fun searching for figurative language in the novel and in the supplementary poems.

English - Poetry

Students will write a concrete poem, a cinquain poem that includes the use of hyperbole and a creature alliteration poem this week. Poetry books will be completed the week of 5/27.

Social Studies - The West

The West map QUIZ will be on Tuesday, 5/21. We will continue our study of the West with a look at the climate and resources of the region. Look for the chapter 12 TEST to be scheduled the week of 5/27.

Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class:
This week we will look at  Module 2 Decimals & Decimal Fractions After reviewing the hundredths grid, students will work in pairs to cut a grid apart and rearrange the columns to form a single meter-long strip. They use their decimal strips to represent, compare, order, and add fractions with denominators 10 and 100.

In Module 3, Introducing the Standard Multiplication Algorithm, students review strategies for solving single- and double-digit multiplication combinations, with a particular focus on the use of the area model and partial products. In the second session, the teacher introduces the standard algorithm for multiplying 2- and 3-digit by 1-digit numbers. In the third session, students consider when the standard algorithm is best used and when other strategies might make more sense. Sessions 4 and 5 lay the groundwork for an introduction to the standard algorithm for 2-digit by 2-digit multiplication.