Mrs.Alvarado’s Class News Friday, Sept.16th
Dear Parents,
We have had a great learning week! The class has really enjoyed the new science unit. It was really fun being able to incorporate reading and writing into our science lessons! Be sure your child is finishing up their independent reading project book so they have time for the project. The projects are due Friday, Sept. 30th. Take a look at next week:
Reading- We finished up the book Frindle this week! Next week we are going to read Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. Our focus lessons will be on comprehension, skimming for information, and vocabulary.
Grammar- We finished up the noun unit. We started a unit on verbs. We will be learning about action, linking and helping verbs.
Math- We worked on graphing this week. We made double bar graphs, worked on coordinate grid pairs, made grid art and learned about scale and intervals. Next week we will be making line graphs and picto graphs. We will finish up Chapters 3 and 4 with a test on Thursday.
Writer’s Workshop- We have been working on “Ideas”. We also wrote a story for a science connection. The story was the day in the life of a water drop in the water cycle. Next week we will be writing a rain poem. We will also continue with our practice of sentence elaboration and staying on topic when you write.
Science- The class is really having fun with the weather unit. We will be learning about weather instruments next week. We will be making a wind sock and researching weather in a non-fiction book. We will be starting our chapter review next week. I will send home the study guide early next week so you can prepare for the test. The test will be on Monday Set. 26th. I’ll make sure science books come home the weekend before.
Have a fabulous fall weekend! Mrs.Alvarado
