Week of April 30th

Hi Everyone,

     We are finally done with FSA Testing!! Thank you to everyone that sent in snacks for testing. We got so many that we are still eating snacks this week!!!

     Important Dates:
April 30th and May 7th Child Safety Matters with Mrs. Forest
May 14th and 15th School Performances of Alice in Wonderland
May 18th Play Day-wear class shirt
May 21st Career Day
May 23rd Final Enrichment Labs/Ticket Cash In
May 29th Awards Ceremony and End of the Year Bowling Party
June 1st Last Day of School- Noon Dismissal

     In math this week we will be taking our i-Ready end of the year diagnostic. We will also begin a new unit to introduce students to some 5th grade concepts. This week we will learn about exponents.
Students will also take a quiz this week on some of our 4th grade concepts. This week's quiz will cover our NBT and OA standards. Students will have questions on place value, comparing numbers, rounding, ordering numbers, patterns, multiplication. I have assigned this concepts on Prodigy is students need to practice or review. They may also continue to use Ten Marks.

     Also in math we will work on our 4th grade end of year project, Dream House. Students will work in groups to plan and design their dream house. This project uses many of our 4th grade math skills. If you are an architect or do similar work I would love it if you could come in and speak to the students about how you do your job.

    In science this week we will learn about rocks, minerals, weathering and erosion. We will also learn spend time reviewing for our end of the year district science baseline. Students will be getting homework to help them review each unit that we have studied. Please be on the look out for an additional email with a list of Brain Pop titles that students can watch to help them review. Students can also find many of the same concepts by searching in Brain Pop Jr. and Study Jams (http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/index.htm).

Thanks,
Aesha