Week 5

The first month of the school year has flown by! Here are some events to look forward to this first week of October:

• Starting this Monday, students will walk up to the classroom by themselves in the morning.
• Please join the fourth grade teachers for the Curriculum Conference on Wednesday, October 5th.
• We are continuing letter level testing this week during Reading Workshop. We will also start our second reading unit, Following Characters into Meaning, during which we will focus on Realistic Fiction and how characters in some of our favorite books can help provide insight into our own lives. This unit will challenge students to look for theories about characters based on evidence from the characters' behavior, feelings, and thoughts. These theories might also be generalized to become theories about real people.
• We will also have our first Math test this Thursday. The test will focus on the work we've done in geometry this unit. Please encourage your child to review his/her math notebook in preparation for this. There will also be an open book pretest to help students study.
• Our first published piece will be available for the publishing celebration during October's First Friday. Come join us on October 7th as we share our Personal Narratives. Students are currently revising and editing their pieces.
• Friday will also feature our first Music class. This year fourth graders will learn to play the keyboard.
• Finally, the answer to the poll question (The perimeter of a four inch square...) is 16 inches, not 16 sq. in., which is the area of the shape. Please vote on our new poll!

Have a great weekend and happy Rosh Hashanah!