The 4th grade class had a great first week of March. This is a smart, hard-working group of students! They take each task and challenge and face it with determination. Are two trimesters really over already?
In the coming weeks, I will be giving my speech about making the third trimester their personal best. “Best” is different for everyone; “best” isn’t only about grades; “best” is not only about being a student. I will be encouraging the students to give the greatest effort they can in their learning and their interaction with everyone around them. I want to see them all finish 4th grade at the top of their game. I want them to look back on their 4th grade year and hold it in a high regard because they felt proud of themselves. Ok, I know, we’re not at the finish line yet! There is so much more work to be done.
WEEK: March 8-12
SPELLING: (and vocabulary too this week) accurate, alert, ancestor, disaster, elementary, envy, epidemic, feeble, penetrate, romp
READING: Readworks, Article-A-Day series, “Women Scientists”
GRAMMAR: Punctuation review
MATH: Chapter 7 adding and subtracting fractions
SOCIAL STUDIES: Chapter 7 Lesson 3 New York Grows and Changes; Play “The Call for Women’s Rights”
SCIENCE: Test on Nutrition; Animal Research Projects Presentations
TESTS THIS WEEK:
- Thursday – Nutrition (take home quiz will be Monday night)
IMPORTANT NOTES:
- NO SCHOOL for students on Friday, March 12th
- This week’s prayer video is a song the class heard during Chapel and asked me to find a version they could sing along to. Please play it, the message is both simple and powerful.
- If you would like to contact me to discuss your child’s progress at this time, please send me an email and we can set up a Zoom session or phone call.
This week’s prayer video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ55mDL7dA0