The 4M researchers are off to a great start with their biography project! After I modeled note-taking skills, the students settled into their research mode. It was like a library in 4M this week with students reading and taking notes about the most important facts from each chapter of the book they are reading. After determining the most important information, students then categorized their notes into one of three main ideas: Childhood, Adult Life and Accomplishments. Next week, they will start to write those notes into paragraphs. Eventually, the students will be making a costume and a poster at home. I will send out a date for those assignments as I see how the writing goes in the classroom.
We discussed fact and opinion this week and students shared opinions of the book they are reading independently at home. Everyone should be reading for at least twenty minutes every night.
In math, the students tackled a new problem called “Little and Big.” They had to work cooperatively to make a conjecture, or prediction, and then show their work and thinking in writing. Explaining thinking in a precise and clear way is difficult for many students and we will continue to work on this important skill.
Thank you to Mrs. Steele for helping with math games and photocopying this week. Thank you also to parents who are volunteering to help with Halloween activities for Friday’s celebration.
The Island Project is due on Monday, November 2nd. As a class, we broke the project down into its parts and discussed what part of the project they could work each day. I hope everyone has started!
Ask a Fourth Grader!
· What are some of the important facts you have learned about the person you are researching?
· What are the subject and predicate of a sentence?
· What is a conjecture and a mathematical argument?
· What is the name of your Battle of the Books team?
We discussed fact and opinion this week and students shared opinions of the book they are reading independently at home. Everyone should be reading for at least twenty minutes every night.
In math, the students tackled a new problem called “Little and Big.” They had to work cooperatively to make a conjecture, or prediction, and then show their work and thinking in writing. Explaining thinking in a precise and clear way is difficult for many students and we will continue to work on this important skill.
Thank you to Mrs. Steele for helping with math games and photocopying this week. Thank you also to parents who are volunteering to help with Halloween activities for Friday’s celebration.
The Island Project is due on Monday, November 2nd. As a class, we broke the project down into its parts and discussed what part of the project they could work each day. I hope everyone has started!
Ask a Fourth Grader!
· What are some of the important facts you have learned about the person you are researching?
· What are the subject and predicate of a sentence?
· What is a conjecture and a mathematical argument?
· What is the name of your Battle of the Books team?