First off, a huge thank you to all of you for the treats delivered to us on Friday from our fabulous room parents. We definitely feel loved and appreciated! This week, we are analyzing narrative text and creating a high level reading response. Response to literature is something they will encounter for years to come, and we are building a strong base of what those contain. Grammar continues to focus on creating strong, accurate sentences. Knowing each building block as a writer gives us POWER! We will be able to not just write, but to CRAFT our writing. In math, we are using visual representations and strategies to build our knowledge of decimals. Students have been able to grasp the place value involved and are now moving into adding and subtracting decimals to the hundredths place. We are taking time to deeply understand the number sense involved and are asking students to accurately use mathematical academic language to describe their process. Ask them to read some decimals for you...they are no longer saying “one point two five.” They know to read it as, “one AND twenty five hundredths!” We will be exploring density this week in science. Students will be discovering more about buoyancy -- and finding out why things as heavy as an iceberg float! This past week, we began reflecting on our work and our understanding. Looking at a concept or piece of work and evaluating whether we know something on a surface level, deep level, or transfer level (we can teach someone else) is the first step. Once we think about that, it’s important to formulate next steps. What questions do I have to clarify my understanding? What can I do to learn EVEN MORE about this? As educators, we do this every day ourselves, and know that it improves our work and directs our own learning. Developing this skill in fourth grade will set them to learning for themselves, not simply for completion or a grade. Here’s to a fabulous week to come!
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