Week #5 Update!

The girls worked so hard this week, and we had a lot of fun as well! During Chapel on Wednesday, Mary Mitchell played Fur Elise by Beethoven! We were so proud of her and greeted her with hugs and cheers when she returned to the classroom!

On Thursday, we had our Big Sister/Little Sister Kick-off activity. The girls got into groups of 3-4 and wrote on index cards things all of their group members have in common. Then, they competed against the other groups to build the tallest card tower. The competition was fierce, and if I remember correctly, the winning group's tower measured over 30" tall! The girls had a great time getting to know each other. Click here for some additional pictures from that event.

In math, we spent Monday-Wednesday reviewing for the Unit 1 assessment. The assessment covered many challenging concepts, and the girls should be very proud of their hard work. A few girls are still in the process of completing their corrections, and then I will be averaging the two scores to get a final grade. I anticipate the girls will be bringing home their tests on Tuesday.

We finished Lab #1, and the Mystery Fourthie papers are displayed out in the hall. In preparation for our next Writing Lab, we discussed how to make our writing more colorful by using descriptive words. We looked at many examples of "Showing" versus "Telling" sentences and replaced boring words with more "exact" words. Then the girls read a sample paragraph and used a rubric to "grade" the paper. The beginning activity for Writing Lab #2 involved exploring a fun website, where we expanded a sentence to make it more detailed. Next, the girls will be choosing a picture to write about using descriptive language.

In History, we read about the Executive Branch and the girls impressed me with their thoughtful questions. We ran out of time and had to add some of our questions to the "Wonder Wall" to be answered next week!

We continued our class read aloud Fish in a Tree, and we are really enjoying this book! The girls practiced finding Imagery in the text individually, compared their answers in small groups, and then shared their ideas with the whole class. We will continue to learn about additional reading comprehension skills such as Text-Text, Text-World, and Text-Self connections next week.

Reminders and General Information

                                Information needing a parent response is highlighted.

*Atom project is due Friday, October 12th (The girls have a copy of the guidelines in their binders and another copy was sent home).

*Blessing of the Animals 10/1 @ 8:15 on The Green

* Lower School Garden Day is Friday, October 5th from 2:45-4:00

* Homework- Posted for family planning.

Special Week: Mary Michael

* Carpool Helpers- Paige (or another friend/Fourthie) will represent our class.

**We have decided to cancel our Parent Technology Night since attendance was going to be sparse. We want to keep everyone in the loop regarding our instructional technology practices in fourth grade. So be on the look out for weekly "How To" videos. 

Class Leadership Week of 10/1

Ambassadors/Flag Raisers- Abigail and Holt

Girls: Your blog question is...What day/time is the Lower School Garden Day? Post your answer here.