Weekly Update

 It's not every day a parent publishes a book! Today Adelaide shared Samantha Sparklehorn The Perfect Unicorn written by Neel Williams. It was such a special treat!

We have many exciting things coming up. In addition to Halloween next week, the girls will begin their PE biking unit. Please see more information from the PE department. The girls have written a reminder in their agenda to bring their helmets to school on Monday. Helmets will stay here until the unit concludes. 

Fourth grade will have its first Wordly Wise dress up day on November 10th! The girls were eager to go home today and begin brainstorming ideas. I can't wait to see their creativity!

We finished reading James and the Giant Peach and the girls worked hard to think outside the box as news reporters. Check out their newspaper article in their Friday Folder. This is such a creative bunch. I've also seen their theatrical side while practicing Halloween themed Reader's Theaters. It's been a FUN week.

In math we finished the week talking about rounding big numbers-even numbers in the hundred thousands. Next week will be a review of Unit 1 and I will meet in small groups to review specific concepts. 

The girls are in the midst of creating a comic strip on Pixton to share what they learned about the 3 Branches of Government. This project will wrap up the government unit.

 

Reminders:

Carpool helper next week is Gambill 

Halloween at school 10/31

Wordly Wise Dress up Day is 11/10

 

Weekly Update

 I look forward to seeing you at our upcoming conference! In today's Friday Folder you will see the geometry assessment. I've been so impressed with how well the girls are doing with measuring angles. We will continue to revisit geometry concepts all year to make sure the girls fully grasp them. 

In math this week we practiced writing and reading numbers in the millions as well as investigated place value. Next week we will compare and practice rounding. 

Check out this week's writing lab! Their hard work will be displayed in our hallways for you to see this week.

This competitive bunch is all about a challenge. The girls are taking full advantage of my first monthly math challenge. A handful of your daughters have even solved all the word problems and cashed in their work for a prize. I love seeing their excitement for math!

Reminders:

Carpool Helper for next week is Sofia 

Conference Day/Student Holiday-Friday, October 20th

Halloween Celebration will be on October 31st

-The girls may wear costumes to school that day. Here is more information. 

 

Weekly Update

We had a great morning blessing our animals today! Check out a few pictures in our October classroom picture folder! 

During reading this week I introduced literacy circles. We are learning the expectations and practicing each job as a class while reading James and the Giant Peach. So far, we have discussed what it entails to be the "discussion director", "connector", "vocabulary enricher", and "literary luminary". See if your daughter can tell you the job of one of these roles. Eventually, the girls will independently gather in literacy circles and engage in deeper thinking and great conversation throughout the next novel. What better thing to enjoy while reading James and the Giant Peach than a peach smoothie! See below the picture from today:) Girls- If you'd like to make a smoothie at home, you'll blend vanilla Greek yogurt, frozen peaches and peach nectar.  

This week we kicked off our Branches of Government Unit! 

Graded math assessments will go home next Friday and we will begin a new unit in math on Tuesday. Unit 1 is all about BIG numbers, place value and rounding!

 

Reminders:

Carpool Helper next week is Katie 

Oct. 9th- No School

Oct. 20th- Lower School Conference Day

Oct. 31- Halloween celebration in class