Monday, October 14

It was another Monday. Goodness, they just keep coming! Anyway, it was a day that was a little out of the ordinary as we had our fire safety assembly this afternoon. This morning, quite a few kiddos visited the school store for their prizes from filling their reading minute punch cards. Kudos! After that, we worked on Science. Students are showing that they understand Weathering, Erosion and Deposition (the processes that shape Earth) by writing from the perspective of a rock, piece of sediment, soil or sand. They have to take us on their journey through a slow process and a rapid process as well as discuss a landform they helped in creating. They are really excited about this! After special, we worked on our number riddles from last week. They are doing a pretty good job of applying the vocabulary of prime, divisible, mutliple, etc. We also began division. This is a very beginning skill for 4th grade so we're not going to work too much with it. I just want them to know the basics of what it is and come up with a strategy that is mostly efficient in solving a division problem. We are almost finished with Nightmare at the Book Fair. Trip found the magical gold plated knick knack and when he awoke, he was at a girls' get together and surrounded in pink! I'm very girlie but this chapter is very exaggerated! I love reading it to the kids! We will finish up on Thursday. For Reader's Workshop, students read silently and independently and worked on questioning while reading a TFK article. This is a way to show close reading and from all the questions I had, students are not showing that they are reading closely but we'll keep at it. We finished our day with a video and Q & A with the Norwich Township fire department.
I'm out tomorrow and Wednesday for class on Project Based Learning. Mr. Metz will be in both days so they should have stability. Ask your child about the next two days and see what they can come up with on their own.