Plays of Week #7

Reminders for the upcoming Week...

Tuesday = Library Check-Out

Family Reading Program Begins - forms about this program will be sent home to explain

Friday = Spelling Test

Reading = This week we are continuing with Recognizing Text Features using Expository Nonfiction.  We will look more closely are articles entitled: Tying the Score: Men, Women, and Basketball and Food for Thought: Cafeteria Menus Shape Up.  Please be sure to ask your child what text features they are noticing within our whole group and guided reading group lessons as well as there independent books. 

  

Writing = We are wrapping up our pre-writing ideas in the early part of this week and will begin the writing process.  I am excited to see what Team Meyer knows about selecting a draft, completing draft, analyzing and revising that very draft and even working in partnerships to strengthen both the look and sound of their writing.   

  

Math = Chapter 2 Math Tests will be returned tomorrow to the students.  They were returned to them on Friday with an opportunity in the classroom to correct.  This is why you will see pen markings from them.  If you have any questions about their grade on this test please let me know.  I was very impressed with the effort I saw when they were given time in class to ask questions and correct problems they had previously missed.  We began Chapter 3: Multiplication and Division and will continue for about the next two weeks.  Our focuses this week are relating multiplication and division, relating division and subtraction, multiplication as comparison, and comparing to solve problems.  Please be sure your child is reviewing multiplication facts at home.

Spelling = Last week we worked with our last whole group spelling list (months) for awhile.  This week we will be moving into our groups.  Most weeks our plan is to get new words on Monday and test on Friday from the Words Their Way program.  If there is a ever a week where our schedule changing and the test needs to be moved I will let you know as soon as possible.

Content= Social Studies - In 4^th grade a huge focus is our state Missouri.  This week our zoomed view was on the regions we have within our state and what makes each special: Glacial Plains, Ozark Highlands, Osage Plains, and Mississippi Lowlands.  On Friday, we began writing postcards from a region we would like to have lived in.  What region did you pick? and Why?  We will be transitioning from Social Studies into Science at the end of this week/the beginning of next.

Highlights of the Week

Happy Birthday Levi!

 Portland's Book Fair turned out great!  Thank you for all of your support!  Happy Reading!  In October we will have our first "in class" book orders as an opportunity to purchase. 
September's Big Event was on Friday! 
Team Meyer and the rest of the students enjoyed watching Rio, wearing PJ's, bringing a stuffed animal, and eating popcorn! Yum! :)

Missouri Regions
Which Region did you want to live in and why?

Don't forget to practice those Multiplication Facts

Writing, Writing, Writing