Whew! Last week flew!
The 4th grade TEAM worked so hard on their STAAR assessments and in BLEND. We are celebrating how they have grown in terms of turning things in ON TIME and ensuring it is quality work. They continue to use the checklists, to dos, and feedback in important ways. This week readers will be embarking on a new journey with a classroom Linda Su Park has penned. They are asked what ONE thing -- no qualifications on size -- they would save if they had to escape a fire in their home. Each character’s item gives us a glimpse into what they value and who they are...it will be exciting to infer that together. Writers will be creating expositories to give incoming fourth graders a glimpse into their year. Looking back at highlights and examples of things they have done gives them a chance to review and solidify their learning as well as show them how far they have come. Mathematicians are building their persistence muscles and remembering that math is open, creative, and visual. We’re solving a series of problems to review big concepts that will help us to enter 5th grade as confident mathematicians. Last week we worked with division and pattern seeking. This week we’ll continue to look for patterns as we review decimal concepts. We’ll start by relating decimals to prices and then use models and division to explore unit prices. We’ll end the week by building decimal equations and proving their accuracy visually. In social studies, we will be exploring types of study, research, and critical thinking. We will be doing inference and point of view with primary source artifacts from The Bob Bullock, and we will have the opportunity in small groups to use our historian knowledge to escape a virtual room!
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