Third & Fourth Grade News
Arctic Animals, Antarctica, Decimals, Expressions, Glaciers
January 14th – January 18th
Dear Families,
As the cold weather remains with us this week it is appropriate
that we are discussing arctic animals, glaciers and freezing
temperatures! The students completed a beautiful mural
outside our classroom last week about snow and winter. I will
add the pictures to our web page.
The Reading Benchmark for second trimester is next week so
we will focus on test taking skills and multiple choice answers in
reading
and
homework.
We
will
not
have
new
spelling/vocabulary words or a new reading story NEXT week
to prepare even more for this assessment.
We are starting a new math routine! Every one or two days the
students will have a Daily Fact to memorize. This fact will be
located in the HW / Communication sheet. If possible, please
ask your child this fact throughout the evening (and review
previous facts). You can quiz them in many ways! For example,
if the fact is 3x6=18, you can ask them word problems such as,
“if you have three bags with 6 stickers in each bag, how many
stickers are there altogether?” Or, you can simply ask them
the facts periodically. I will also send flash cards home again
soon!
No School: Monday, 1/21
Reading Assessment: Thursday, 1/24
Early Release: Friday, 1/25
Frog & Toad Day: Wednesday, 1/30
Curriculum for This Week
Math:3rd & 4th- Multiple Choice
Math:4th- Double Digit, expressions
Reading:3rd- Homographs/Cause Effect
Reading: 4th- Sequencing. Comparing
Writing: Writing Prompts, Dictation
Science: Glaciers, Human Body
Social Studies: Arctic Animals
Grammar: Possessive Nouns, Contractions
Communication: Resolutions
On-Line Math Resource for Home:
I am enrolling each student in a
Have a great week.
Shani
Phone: (360) 276-4512
free on-line math program they
can use at home. The website is
Email: swood@northbeachschools.org
Class Webpage: http://www.northbeach.k12.wa.us
Go to: Select a School: PBE, Staff Home Pages: Shani Wood
Weekly-Five Math Strands:
Upcoming Events:
www.tenmarks.com.
I
will
send
more information home this week.
Your child will be able to…
Algebra: find unknown numbers in expressions.
Operations: multiply & divide using inverse operations.
Measurement: solve word problems using measurement.
Fractions: add and subtract mixed numbers.
Decimals: add and compare decimals on number lines.
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