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September 26-30

This Thursday is Hike It! Bike It! Like It! Day at Otsego.  Students who are able are encouraged to walk or bike to school.   Here's a great site for bicycle safety tips.  http://www.sharetheroadmn.org/childrensafety.html

Math
This week students will begin their study of graphing and data analysis.  By the end of this unit students will have practice creating bar graphs, pictographs, line graphs, and stem and leaf plots.  Students will be able to read graphs and draw conclusions about data.

To demonstrate proficiency students will need to create original graphs and analyze data on a variety of graphs.

Reading
This week students will be reading the story The Astronaut and The Onion. Students will focus on summarizing and understanding character.

 The vocabulary words this week are endless, realistic, sensible, protested, paralyzed, and display.

Language Arts
Our focus this week is on descriptive writing.

Parent Meeting Notes

The 4th grade meeting was held on Tuesday September 20, 2011.

Here is a summary of the information covered.  If you have any questions please contact me.

September 19 - 23

This week in math we will be continuing the math research project we began last week.  For this project students will be researching different animals and writing a short report about keeping that animal as a pet.  Students will use addition and multiplication to determine the costs of keeping the pet.

In reading we will be reading the story The Adventure of Ali Baba Bernstein.  The skills we will focus on this week include analyzing story structure, character, and plot. 

Vocabulary words this week are curious, policy, ranged, temporary, several, and frequently.

September 12 - September 16

This week we will be reviewing addition to make sure everyone is proficient before we move on to multiplication and division. Students will practice basic addition facts, adding 2-digit, 3-digit, 4-digit, and 5-digit numbers with and without regrouping. We will also practice adding money.

Students who demonstrate proficiency all of the skills will complete a project that utilizes those skills as well as research, persuasive writing, and critical thinking.

In reading class we will be reading "My Diary From Here to There" about a girl who moves with her family to the United States. Students will practice new vocabulary words, making inferences, reading comprehension skills and story structure.

Writing this week will focus on writing narratives about a specific moment. We will draw inspiration from "My Diary From Here to There" and do several writing exercises in class.


 Schools pictures will be taken on Tuesday. 


Remember, Thursday is a teacher workshop day so there is no school.

Welcome Back!

I hope you're excited to be starting another school year, I know I am.  This first week we will concentrate on getting to know one another and establishing some class routines and rules.  My hope is that we can build a classroom community where all students will feel welcome and comfortable.

Feel free to email me if you have any questions or if there's anything I can do to make the start of the school year go more smoothly for you.

Mr. Scott