How have we reached the end of April already?

 

This week…

Morning Math: We will be wrapping up unit 5 skills this week as we finish up with area and perimeter, and then work on some real world measurement problems.

ELA M-Step Review Skills: We will continue working on responding to texts in writing using the RACES strategy and reviewing making inferences.

Science: Students will be completing their end of unit performance task this week by designing a turbine to transfer and convert wind to electricity.  This performance task will span multiple days and will ask students to apply all skills learned throughout the unit.  This performance task will be completed in place of a more formal test.

Afternoon Math: We will be working on parallel and perpendicular lines, classifying quadrilaterals and polygons, as well as decomposing quadrilaterals and triangles.

 

Dates to remember…

• Thursday and Friday this week are Volunteer Appreciation days.  Volunteers are encouraged to pop in 9am-11am either day to enjoy some refreshments as our way of saying thank you for all that you do!
• This Friday is also Popcorn Friday.

 

Next week…

4th grade will be M-STEP testing next week, Tuesday – Friday in the mornings.  Please help ensure that your child is at school each day, and that they arrive on time.  Please remember that students may visit the M-STEP page on my blog for links to sample problems that they may practice at home in preparation for the state test.