Happy
Thanksgiving! This week hopefully will
be short and sweet. Here’s what we’re
looking forward to, listed below are the weekly targets. Look for the daily activities in your child’s
planner.
Math
This week we start transitioning from fractions to decimals and look that the relationships between them. On Wednesday we will have a quiz on both fractions and decimals. This checkpoint will help direct math groups for the rest of the unit. There is a homework assignment with the Tuesday lesson; this will be due the Monday after break.Social Studies
There are no new lessons this week. However, the final draft of the friendly letter about a place in Washington State is due Tuesday, November 25.Reading
This week during Daily 5 we are focusing on fluency. Students will be taking minute timings during the week and gauge progress. We are not doing our “story of week” due to the short week, so there is no new vocabulary. There is still a spelling test on Wednesday.Market Fair
Market Fair will be Wednesday afternoon. This is a fun activity for Fourth and Fifth graders. We are still determining where we are having it since our original location fell through, the most likely candidate will be Madrona pod. Each student will receive $200 (fake money) to spend at the fair. Students selling items are able to buy from other booths, they just need to either close up shop or have a partner stay run the business. Booth sizes are limited to an individual desk. Students are limited to one flyer per group and will be posting them the day of the fair.Other Notes
After meeting with the district science specialists and with the other fourth grade teachers, I have decided to start science at the new semester. We will continue and finish social studies through the end of January and at the start of February we will begin our science units.
On Wednesday,
November 26, we will have our Veteran’s Day assembly in the morning. Also, those that have fundraiser orders,
those need to be picked up at 3pm.
It’s Apple Cup week!
In honor of the state rivalry game between the Cougars of Washington
State and the University of Washington Huskies, students may wear shirts
representing the school of their choice on Wednesday.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact
me!
Excelsior!
~Ms. B
~Ms. B
