Tuesday, September 24

What a good day! In Science, we continued with our inquiry project on Weathering, Erosion and Deposition. The students are able to tell me what happened to their soil, sand and gravel but are having trouble making the connection to the Earth. Maybe if you are out and about, you could point out some evidence you may see of these processes or how Earth's surface has changed over the years. The biggest challenge is that these are very slow processes but what we've done in class to simulate is a quick process. We'll continue working on this-inquiry is a marathon, not a sprint. In Math, students practiced solving extended facts (3 x 2 = 6; 3 x 20 = 60; 3 x 200 = 600) and learned the area or rectangle method for solving 4-digit by 1-digit multiplication. In 4th grade, kiddos aren't expected to learn the traditional method for multiplication. Ask your child to show you how this method works. The majority should be able to show you. After lunch and recess, we went to the media center and learned about the Buckeye Children's Book Award nominees. I'm ecstatic to discover that Wonder is up for the award!! Mrs. Dorr also read us a picture book nominated and gave us a brief introduction to the other books nominated. I know what I'll be voting for! After learning that Wonder was nominated, we wanted to read more so we came back and read about Auggie and his FRIENDS! We will be finishing the book tomorrow and I'm a little sad to see it end... In Writer's Workshop, we worked more with opinions and forming a written opinion with reasons and evidence to back them up. We finished the day with sorting our spelling words.

Don't forget that tomorrow is LATE START! See you at 10:50!