April 18-20

We have a short week. 

In math students will study area, perimeter and volume.  Here's a video to help review area:



In reading we will continue to focus on nonfiction reading.  Students are learning about the ocean.  Students will be reading a variety of books about the ocean and coming up with questions and looking for answers. 



Students will also be writing short rap songs as a final project in the rhyme and poetry study we've been working on for the past few weeks.  Here's someone using rap to teach:

Field Trip!

On April 29 the 4th grade classes will be visiting the Science Museum of Minnesota.  Permission slips were sent home this week, please return them as soon as possible, not later than Friday, April 15.

The science museum will let us bring 3 parent chaperons for free.  If you would like to attend this trip, let me know and I will enter your name in a drawing for one of those 3 free chaperon spots. 

If you are not selected to receive one of the free chaperon tickets you may still be a chaperon, though you will have to pay for your own admission to the museum.  Depending on the number of chaperons, there will likely be room on the bus for parents to ride with the classes to the museum.

This annual trip is always a fun and educational experience and I hope you'll join us on April 29.

April 11-15

This week students will take the MCA reading exam.  Make sure you get plenty of sleep and eat a good breakfast.

Students will also be furthering their study of geometry.  Key words to know are area and perimeter.  Check out this video to help you remember how to find perimeter:



In reading and language arts students will be finishing book projects and completing folk tales. 

Study Quadrilaterals

This song will help you remember what a parallelogram is.

Quadrilaterals

We're looking at quadrilaterals this week. More information about the different types of quadrilaterals can be found here:

http://www.mathsisfun.com/quadrilaterals.html

April 4-8

This week in math students will learn the different transformations in geometry. Review translations, rotations, and reflections with this video.



In reading and language arts students are studying folk tales. Students will read a variety of folk tales and look for elements common to all folk tales. Students will then write their own folk tale.

We will also be practicing cinquain poetry. More information about cinquain poems can be found here: http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/amy/algebra/5-6/activities/poetry/cinquain.html