First off, I want to thank all of you for trusting me with your child this year. I have enjoyed what each and every child has brought to the classroom thus far.
In MATH this week, we worked on place value. Chapter 1 in our text book covers place value up to the 100,000s place. Most students did very well this week, however, there were some that had trouble writing numbers this large as well as saying them correctly. Please have your child try writing and saying these large numbers to see if they can do it. If they struggle, please work with them at home on this skill. Feel free to ask your child to bring their math textbooks home whenever you'd like to take a look at what we are covering in class. Their textbook is also available to see on-line through the Think Central website. There is a link to that website on the right hand side of this blog. Students can log in using their lunch numbers as their username and password.
In READING this week, we read our first story out of our textbooks titled The Hot and Cold Summer. We discussed character traits and motivations as well as worked on our comprehension and understanding of this story. The students took their first comprehension test over that story today. Their scores for their computerized tests will come home on a slip of paper that will be stapled into their planners each Friday, so be looking for those to come home. If you have any questions about their test, you can again have your child log on to Think Central, and you can see the test questions as well as the students answers to these questions.
In SPELLING this week, we had our first pre-test and post test. Spelling words will come home each Monday after we take our pretest and the post test will come home on Friday with a letter grade and percentage on it. We use www.spellingcity.com to practice our words in class as well as to take our pre and post tests.
In SCIENCE, we began our first unit on the Scientific Method using soybeans. We looked at actual soybean plants and drew them. Students learned a little bit about soybeans in preparation for our field trip on September 11 to the Kansas State University North Farm. We will begin our first investigation with soybeans next week.
In LANGUAGE ARTS, we worked on the types of sentences. We only talked about two of these including declarative (statements) and interrogative (question) sentences. The students practiced identifying these sentences as well as identifying whether sentences were complete or incomplete. We will continue this skill next week.
Our first week of school went by very quickly, but was a huge success! We also had fun getting to know each other using some team building and class building games in the classroom. Please ask your child about the activities we do each day as well as what they are learning in class. There will not be one day that goes by that your child won't learn something new!
If you have any questions or concerns about anything, please feel free to contact me via e-mail at jillp@manhattan.k12.ks.us or by calling the school at 785-587-2865.
Thank you. I look forward to working together this year to make fourth grade a wonderful and successful year for your child.
Have a wonderful three day weekend! I look forward to seeing all the students back on Tuesday!
GO CATS!
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