Weekly Newsletter Oct. 1-5

Students are working to conceptualize
subtraction in order to use a more efficient strategy
like the standard algorithm. 

Grade 4

Weekly Newsletter

October 1 - October 5, 2018

Announcements

• October 1st and 2nd - ISA Testing: Please make sure your child gets a good night’s rest and eats a balanced breakfast. 
• October 4th and 5th - Three way conferences: Please be sure to arrive at your scheduled time, as the conferences are scheduled back to back. Your child will be presenting their goals for the year, so please make sure they come with you.
• Our library days are day 3 and 8. We have library this week on Tuesday. Please remind your child to bring back their books to exchange or renew. 

Language Arts

This week in reading and writing, the students will be focused on setting goals for the first semester to present at parent conferences on Oct. 1 and 2. This process requires the children to consider their strengths as readers and writers and areas to focus on for continued growth. As they consider these goals, they will identify specific evidence from their work throughout the first few weeks of school to present alongside their goals.

Math

The students will continue to use rounding to determine if an answer is reasonable. They will solve multi-step word problems and assess the reasonableness of answers. Students will also be learning how to solve two step word problems using the standard algorithm for addition and subtraction.

Social Studies

Students will use what they learned from the cultural universal presentations in class to help them collect information about their own personal culture. This is not necessarily the culture of their home country, but more the culture that is practiced in their everyday lives. Parents, students will be asking you many questions as well to fill in some gaps.

Resources

As your child prepares for conferences next week, take a look at this video putting the power of learning in your child’s hands. After all, it is THEIR LEARNING. This video gives you an idea of why we do this, the hard work your child has done to prepare, and the wonderful experience you will have next week. Enjoy!

EMPOWERING YOUR CHILD DURING CONFERENCES