VW 4th Grade Blog 2023-2024

Good Afternoon, As we close the chapter on the month of April, it begins anew with the month of May next week. With that can bring the reality of the end of the 4th Grade and time at NDLC for students. We have different things we are currently finalizing in terms of end of year events, and we will send a communication out next week in terms of dates, times, and specifics for those items. With that being said, students have been really doing an excellent job of staying in tune to their learning, and our class goal we had set this week of growing in reading by the end of the year was met with a 98% success rate of students doing their lead measures (strategies that help us reach our goals) in order to accomplish their WIG. Week in Review: Leader in Me:  This week, we learned about stress. Eustress is positive stress that feels exciting, can motivate us, and is short-term. Distress is negative, toxic stress that causes anxiety or concern, feels unpleasant, and can lead to health probl...

Good Afternoon, We are somehow entering into our final week of April with the final days of the 2022-2023 school year just around the corner. Finding myself wishing time could stop right in its tracks at times because the end of the school year in 4th Grade means the beginning of change for our 4th Graders. The students have been resilient, and determined as their testing for the Wisconsin Forward is coming to an end as well next week. We will continue to strive to be our best self daily, grow everyday, and make the most out of every single day we have to end the year strong! Week in Review: Leader in Me :  T his week we learned about the importance of prioritizing. Your learner focused on what it means to prioritize things that are important and urgent. Watch this video together and discuss what you learned about the important and urgent. Writing: Writers worked on character development in their realistic fiction writing. We discussed strategies on how to create believable cha...

Good Afternoon, What an amazing weather week that welcomed us back after spring break! Getting back into routines can sometimes be difficult, but the 4th graders transitioned well as the week went on, even with the weather outside being as beautiful as it was. They completed two more sessions of ELA testing for the Wisconsin Forward this week, and now have just math sessions next week, and social studies the following week. We head into the second half of April next week, and looking forward to continuing the great learning and growing they had this past week! Week in Review: Leader in Me: We revisited the first 4 habits of the 7 to be a highly effective leader. Finishing the school your strong we need to have a strong understanding of living out the first 4 habits in order to achieve the private victory. Writing: Writers started generating realistic fiction story ideas in their writers notebooks. In this new unit, we started with some generating ideas strategies to get us a started ...