10-06-17

We sure had school spirit today!  Here we are in our red and gray – Go Lakers!!

This week in reading we tried to have a more insightful description of our character by using more precise words or trying to compare our character to an object or animal.  For example, we said Sistine in Tiger Rising is like a porcupine because she is so mean on the outside, but really nice and soft on the inside.  We also talked about how characters are complicated.  They are never just one way.  They act differently in different situations, around different people, or even different on the outside than on the inside.  We are working on trying to apply these ideas to our own books and write our thoughts.  I will show you our reading packet of lessons and jottings at conferences.

In writing we wrote our final three scenes of our realistic fiction stories.  We tried to stretch out the most important scene using inner thought and scene description along with action and dialogue.  Next week we will focus on writing good dialogue, as well as great introductions and endings.

In math this week we took the final test on adding and subtracting before starting our new unit on multiplication.  We began by learning the “zero trick” and estimating answers to larger multiplication problems.

In science this week we learned a little more about fossils before spending three days reviewing for the test.  We took the test today, and I will share these with you at conferences.

Don’t forget to check out our student blogs!

https://kidblog.org/class/MsVandenBosch4thGrade/posts

 

Important Dates

Wednesday and Thursday, October 11 and 12 – Parent Teacher Conferences

Thursday ad Friday, October 12 and 13 – 1/2 Days

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