Mr. Fletcher’s Fourth Grade Blog for News & Info!

It is a busy time of year. I hope all is going well for you. I wanted to leave you some information for you.

Reading – We have been working on many wonderful things recently and the class has responded well. We have now spent a couple of months on a daily reading fluency progrom called 6MS. Ask your child how he/she has been doing.
Small Group – We are currently studying the current Science unit on the Ecosystem. Whole group - This week we started a story about a boy in the girls bathroom. All I know, the class keeps getting mad at me when it is time to stop reading for the day. They must be enjoying the story. Independant reading – The class reads independantly each day. The children are working on using their thinking stems and summarizing each story they are reading. I have also seen an increase in ARP points this quarter. (Ask your child how many they have.) We continue to work on predicting, fiction summarizing, and non-fiction summarizing.

Writing - We are currently finishing our first expository essay of the year. The children wrote on the topic of greatness – and who was great to them. They will be fun to read. Promise!

Spelling – It looks like we will be finishing unit 6 on Monday and will take our unit 6 assessment on Wednesday.

Math - We are finishing up a unit on geometry. We will be taking our test tomorrow. This unit has been a challege to several students. I have tried to explain to the class that once we get to the holidays, Math will begin to be much tougher. I encourage you to spend time with your child reviewing their assignments each evening before they turn them in in the morning.

Science – We are working on a unit covering the Ecosystem. The class has been learning about it mainly in small groups during reading time. We will likely finish the unit and test on it some time the week after Thanksgiving. Also, our owl pellet projects are due next Wednesday. The project is not very structured. I just asked the class to display their bones some way on a piece of paper creatively. I told them to have fun with it and make something nice to hang in the hall.

Social Studies – The children have been working on a several research topics in the computer labs to learn more about the state of Illinois. We have also started a unit on the civial war.

Skyward – I hope you have had time to check your childs grade out online.

Canned food drive - Thank you for sending in food for the food drive. The class has done well in collecting for charity.

Box Tops – WOW!!!! Thank you for helping us collect so many box tops recently. I believe we are over a thousand for the year. Please continue to send them in.

Blogging – Thank you for taking your time to visit the blog and leave comments. The recent post about the cell phones and children their age has been a huge hit. Thank you very much for providing your opinions. Please continue to visit and leave posts. The children love to see comments from their families.

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