My Wish in 4th Grade!
News from the class of Mrs. Mele & Mrs. Karl
February 10, 2015
What We
Are Learning
Reading: Students have
been learning about historical events by examining information from multiple
sources. For example, when learning
about the Great Chicago Fire, students watched a video, read excerpts from a
book, and examined information on a website.
In this way, we are encouraging students to study a topic from different
perspectives.
Science: Students are
studying simple machines. They are
learning how simple machines make our lives easier. You can support your child’s learning by
challenging him or her to find simple machines used at home.
Writing: Our work in
reading is carrying over into our writing block. Students are practicing writing responses
that include text evidence from more than one source. This is a very sophisticated writing skill,
and one that students will have to use on the PARCC test.
Math: Students have begun a unit on fractions. We continue to encourage the kids to
persevere and not give up, especially on multi-step word problems. Please help your child to see fractions in
their daily lives. Seeing real-world
examples can help make fractions more accessible for kids.
February Birthdays
Happy
Birthday Caroline!
Tuesday, February 10th
Author Janell Burley Hoffman’s
iRules presentation at FHS
7:00 PM
Friday, February 13th
Our Valentine’s Day cookie
decorating party
Monday Feb. 16th-Friday
Feb. 20th
February vacation
Monday, February 23rd
Students return from February vacation
PeaceBuilders
The
PeaceBuilder principle of the month for February is “Give Up Put Downs.”
PARCC Update
The tentative
PARCC testing dates have our students taking the ELA portion of the exam during
the week of March 23rd and the math portion of the test during the
week of April 7th.
We
hope you all have a wonderful February break!
