I hope you all enjoyed the eclipse. While some children felt that is was anticlimactic, I think they loved learning about the solar eclipse. Today was filled with eclipse math problems, eclipse guided research courtesy of NASA and we even plotted the next 8 eclipses in our lifetime and calculated our age for each one (well..not mine) and 'aged' ourselves using a fun app.
In Science: We have been working hard learning about ecosystems, food chains and webs and photosynthesis. We are dissecting an owl pellet this week and we creating an interactive food web. If you'd like to play the Food Chain Game with your child CLICK HERE.
In Social Studies: We are beginning our unit on Native Americans. Your child will be learning about the structure of the communities in the Inuit, Nez Perce, Pawnee, Seminole, Kwakuitl, and Hopi tribes.
In Math: We are finishing up our review of place value, rounding and addition & subtraction with 3-digit numbers. We will focus the next few weeks on solving multi-step word problems and explaining our thinking.
Important Dates and Announcements
MAP Testing
We will have make-up dates the following week on T-W-Th. which is the end of the testing window for Fall MAP.
We will have make-up dates the following week on T-W-Th. which is the end of the testing window for Fall MAP.
Math: Tuesday 8/22 8:20-9:2
Reading: Wednesday 8/23 9:20-10:20
ELA: Thursday 8/24 10-11
4th grade Curriculum Night: 8/30 6:00 pm
Author Visit: 9/1
Shannon Hale and illustrator LeUyen Pham will share their new graphic novel memoir,
NO SCHOOL........Labor Day: 9/4
Zoo Field Trip: 9/7
4th Grade Village Gathering: 9/14 8:00 am
Fall Break: 9/18-9/22
A Fly on the Wall in Room 216
What lucky fourth graders! Thank you Mrs. Soons!
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