A Week FULL of Learning

 Good Afternoon,

It was our last full week of learning in the month of October which seems insane how fast the month is going by. It was great to see so many faces at family night on Tuesday, and today during our celebration of student's learning in social studies. The students pride was evident, and I loved that they were all able to display their learning in their own way, which made it special. I appreciate everyone taking time out of their days to make that celebration because I know it meant a lot to the 4th graders to see so many people caring about their learning.

Week in Review:

Leader in Me: This week, we focused  on self-regulation strategies to use when we feel strong emotions. Invite your learner to teach you calming strategies. Practice them together!

Writing: Writers were freewriting this week to try and practice saying more while continuing to write about one topic. This helped us then transition to finding an idea that kept coming up in your writing. We used that idea, and turned it into a thesis statement that they will write an essay about.

Math: Mathematicians were building and sketching multiplication arrays to help us when solving problems. Students learned that arrays are a great strategy to use, and can help us solve multiplication with bigger numbers. We discussed the connections between multiplying my tens, hundreds, and thousands, and 'why' we add a zero on to a number, and it shows the answer.

Reading: Readers are reading nonfiction books that they are interested in right now becoming experts on various topics. We are really focusing on the reading skill of main idea which is asking ourselves the question of 'what is this text trying to teach me?'

Content: Students discovered the mechanism by which their muscles control their bones to move their bodies. In the activity, Robot Finger, students constructed a model of a human finger and observed how pulling on a string (a model for tendons) causes it to bend at the joints.

A Look Ahead:

  • October 23rd-25th is Red Ribbon Week
    • Dress up Days: 
      • Monday: Exercise/Athletic Wear or Kindness shirt
      • Hat or Crazy Hair Day
      • Orange/Black or Kaukauna Gear
  • No School - October 26th and 27th
  • October 31st - Wear Orange/Black/Favorite Fall Color Day
  • November 1st-21st - District Wide Food Drive
  • November 8th - Veteran's Day Concert 6:00 P.M.
  • November 9th - Simple Simon Pick up
  • November 14th & 16th - Conferences
  • November 17th - Early Dismissal
  • November 22nd-24th - No School

That's all for this week!

Have a great weekend!


Mr. VW



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