Holmes Carnival Friday!

We have had a great week at school this week! The students have really worked hard! I hope to see everyone tonight at the Holmes Carnival from 5-8pm!  The fourth grade teachers will be selling chocolate bars, so stop by and see us!

Math ~ We have been working on writing equations for multi-step word problems and then solving them.  These take a lot of careful reading and thinking! We have also learned about Prime and Composite numbers, factors, multiples and patterns! Today we took our math practice test. Our math test will be on Tuesday with a review day on Monday.

Writing ~ We are continuing to work on our informational books. We have learned about different types of text structures that non-fiction writers use and have tried them out for our books. Students learned about chronology, comparison and problem solution text structures. We also looked at specific text features that support each type of text structure.

Reading ~ Our fantasy unit continues! We have spent a lot of time reading The Lightning Thief and talking about ways to keep track of multiple plot lines for many different characters in complex texts.  We have also worked on inferring characters feelings in a text and using specific evidence in our text to support our opinions and ideas.

Social Studies ~ We have completed our Science units for the year (Energy Transfek is being taught in STEM) and we are switching our focus to Social Studies.  We began by learning more about Martinn Luther King Jr., and why we celebrate his life with a national holiday.  Our Social Studies kicks off with our Black History Month studies.  We are currently learning about slavery in the United States, The Underground Railroad and a little bit about the Civil War.

If your child is selling chocolate, a box of 30 bars is going home tonight.  Please sell these for $2 each and return the money to school, when you have sold out. If you sell out and would like to sell more, please send in the $60, and ask for another box.   We have plenty more!

Important Dates:

Friday, January 30 – 1/2 day dismissed at noon

Monday and Tuesday, February 2 and 3 – no school

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