It is hard to believe that we only have three short weeks of school left! Where has this year gone? It seems as if we have been on fast forward since Spring Break! We have been super busy making sure that we get everything completed!
Math ~ We are nearing the end of our very last Math unit for the year! Our Geometry practice test will be on Monday of next week, the review on Tuesday and the Final test on Wednesday! We have worked on symmetry, identifying quadrilaterals, decomposing quadrilaterals into triangles and then naming the triangles we made by their angles and sides. We also learned how to compose quadrilaterals by putting congruent triangles We still have an end of the year assessments to take for reading and math so we will be reviewing key concepts that we have learned throughout the year.
Reading ~ We have been reading informational text (non-fiction) and have been learning how to pull out the most important information to remember and details that support the important information. Students are doing this in their Informational Book Clubs as well.
Writing ~ We are putting the finishing touches on our Animal Research Project. Students have researched an animal from The Lincoln Park Zoo and have created informative posters to display. All 4th grade students will be taking part in “A Gallery Walk” to view and comment on each other’s posters.
Social Studies ~ We have completed our Economics Unit with Market Day as our culminating event! The students did a great job with creating a product to sell, pricing it and marketing it and then we had to do some accounting to figure out profits! We had a few companies that operated at a loss and we talked about the reasons this could have happened. Students also donated a portion of their profits to a charity that the 4th grade chose. Make-a-Wish was the chosen charity. Our class donated $105.61 of their Market Day profits. The grand total for the 4th grade donation was $200! I am so proud of my students and their generous hearts! We have started our Government Unit this week as well. We have talked about the U.S. Constitution and have focused on the Preamble. Students are creating a Preamble project that helps them to understand the meaning of the words in the preamble. Look for these to come home next week! Please enjoy our Market Day photos in the slideshow below.
Important Dates:
Friday, May 22 – All library books due and Chicago Permission/Medical form due
Thursday, May 28 – Chicago trip 6:45 AM – 9:00 PM
Tuesday, June 2 – Bocce Ball Day
Wednesday, June 3 – 4th Grade Celebration and Concert -6:30 PM -SLMS Auditorium
Thursday and Friday, June 4 and 5 – half days and the last days of school!