Plays of Week #8

Reminders for the upcoming Week...

Tuesday = Library Check-Out

Thursday = Ozark Literacy Festival at Missouri State 
                                                   (1st Field Trip) Lunch at 10:40 am 
Friday = Spelling Test
                   End of 1st Quarter

Reading = The articles we worked with last week went very well and we are adding to the list of Text Features we can recognize in our Expository Texts: Maps, Map Key, Cations, Photographs, Diagram, Index, Glossary, and Comparison Charts.  We will continue to work with articles as well as with a piece on Italian Americans.  We are hoping to enjoy a Non-Fiction Scavenger hunt by the end of the week.

  

Writing = Team Meyer has been working hard with the Writing Process this past week.  We have chosen a draft from our pre-writing and have begun to revise.  This week we are going to focus more on revising and editing by adding sensory details and thinking about ways to make our pieces better.  We will even get advice from our Writing Partners.

Math = Chapter 3: Multiplication and Division is moving along.  On Friday, we reviewed lessons 3.1-3.4 and the assessment page went home with Team Meyer.  This week we will be focusing on the Properties of Multiplication: Commutative, Identity, Zero, and Associative.  

Spelling = Last week with our Words their Way  program went very well!  New lists will be sent home tomorrow and we are planning to test on Friday.  If our field trip changes plans it will be in Team Meyer's planners.

Content= Science - In 4th Grade we are lucky enough to be a part of the Missouri Conservation Department's Nature Unleashed program.  Working with this unit the students are able to use excellent materials from the MCD and even take a field trip through them (coming later this year).  Take a look at the pictures below about the observations we made this past week within our outdoor classroom.  This week we will continue to work with the Ecosystems: Pond, Prairie, and Forest.

Highlights of the Week

Math Workshop

 Science: Nature Unleashed

Working with Non-Fiction Text in Reading

Working hard in Art Class

We welcomed Ms. Dutton to our classroom every Tuesday and Thursday (from Missouri State University)

Thinking about the Writing Process