Reading: We are reading the book titled, Wringer, by Jerry Spinelli. We are all reading the same book, but this time we are reading by ourselves. We will read two chapters a day and answer reflection questions the same day...the next morning we will discuss the questions from the day before, prior to reading the new chapters. There are 40 chapters so this will take us 20 days. Please ask them about the "tone" of this book. They should have a lot of evidence to back up their opinions!
Writing: This week we are working on comma usage, idioms and adages. Commas are difficult in some situations and we have spent the last two days learning how they affect our reading and speaking fluency.
4th grade Writing: We are working this week on prepositions and prepositional phrases. We have practiced whole class, on ixl, and individually. I think they have a pretty good grasp already!
Science: We will be studying ecosystems the next few weeks. We have a little zip up greenhouse to store our plants in and we will be starting our seeds today! It will be a lot of fun. Monday, we will put together our individual terrariums and then we will take data every day while we observe what is happening.
Music: We have Mrs. Barton this quarter! We are so blessed with our specialists and I am certain they will love her too.
Don't forget tomorrow is the last day to order your pizza card for the quarter! We need $1 for colored sock/tights folks, and please remember that it is COLD outside in the mornings!
