Gobble Gobble and Happy Friday Families,
With the holidays around the
corner, students in 4W spent time this week reflecting on the purpose of
Thanksgiving and what we were thankful for.
The class completed a very thoughtful piece of writing where they reflected
on their family, friends, school and other areas in their lives that they
appreciated. Earlier today, our school
was fortunate to have a presentation by an inspirational speaker, Chris
Waddell. Chris spoke
about his
experience as a paraplegic, and inspired all today with his phrase “It’s not what happens to you. It’s what you
do with what happens to you.” This
was a very meaningful lesson and reminded us all about the importance of
perspective and believing that any challenge can be overcome with the right
attitude. Yesterday, South School
enjoyed their yearly feast that was provided to us with the help of our 5th
grade peers. It’s always a fun tradition
seeing students dressed in costume sitting down for a “family style meal.” With book reports due this week, we have
sprinkled some presentations into our schedule and as you can see, we have been
busy bees. |
| Chris Waddell |
In math, 4W is continuing to work with fractions and learning
to relate fractions to decimals. Students learned the relationship between
tenths and hundredths, and used money as well as place value blocks to have a
concrete understanding of what each place represents. This concept can be difficult and if you find
your child has some extra time in the car, practicing these on paper or even a
whiteboard will help reinforce this skill! In reading this week, we read a story titled Jose, Born to
Dance! This biography was about an inspirational
character (which seems to be a common theme this week) who followed his dream
to perform in the arts. Students created
their own questions based on the text, digging deeper into comprehension. In writing,
we have been able to access the computer lab multiple times to finish typing
our narratives. Our next piece of
writing, which we will start next week will be Expository. Similar to our narrative diamond, students
will use the Expository Pillar to help them organize their writing and
thoughts. This week during Social
Studies, we began an in class project on the Northeastern Region of the
United States. Students were divided
into 3 different focus groups that they will become “experts” in. These groups consist of land, culture, and
economy. Students are studying these
themes
though a variety of resources and presenting their information to the
class. Our next unit of study will be
the Southeast region. In Science, students are continuing
to learn about electricity, and will be conducting a hands-on activity in class
in the upcoming days where they build their own circuit! More exciting news
about electricity to come!
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| Social Studies "Culture" Experts |
As a
friendly reminder, next week will be a short week with an early release on November
23rd due to Thanksgiving break. In addition, our reading program will be
taking a three week “pause” so students can focus on a novel study in
class. This means our spelling program
will also be discontinued during these weeks and the homework will be altered a
bit. I will keep you updated throughout
this time. Thank you again for reading
and enjoy your weekend!
Best,
Ms. Wentworth :)
Questions for Conversation:
1.
How would I represent 3/10
in decimal form?
2.
What type of base ten
block stands for a “hundredth”
3.
What message did you take
away from the presentation this morning?
4.
In Social Studies, what is
your topic of study in the NE region and tell me two facts!
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