Monday!

BRRR!
FYI:
*Please fill out and return ASAP the Early Release forms coming home today!
*Please return the Book Club permission forms by Thursday!
*We are still collecting cans this week! We WON last week as the school Hunger Hero!! We want to win both weeks!! :)
*In need of some items for Wed. if you can help - Borax Powder, green food coloring, silver glitter
*Class Spelling Bee is THIS Friday!

This week Ms. Wilham will be at another school observing and we have a student teacher from Veteran's Park here observing - Ms. Young.  She's already said several nice things about our classroom and what our kids are learning in comparison! Woo Hoo! :)

Reading:
Today we worked on characteristics of plays and poetry.  The kids played a fun 'room' game where they had to decide which characteristic went with which genre.  They did great! We also got into smaller groups and read a prose and play and decided on the similarities and differences!  Lastly, we received and worked on new vocab and read in our Lit. Groups.
No HW

Writing:
We worked on figurative language more and learned about puns.  The kids thought these were hilarious! Students wrote their own puns, too!
No HW

Math:
Challenge Group: students worked on order of operations review and worked on division
Reg. Group: students worked on different levels of division.  Some students are still having a hard time with this and THAT IS OKAY! Division can be tough! But we will keep working on this skill! Some students were ready to move on to 3 and 4 digit division with a single divisor! yay!
HW: individualized HW for each student

SS:
Today we talked about local government.  Students participated in a fun activity where they had to decide if certain names and things were local, state, or federal government.  It was a big eye opener for the kids!! We will work on this more tomorrow!
No HW

**All the 4th Grade Teachers will be out tomorrow! We will be working on creating more units that are TOUGH :) for our kiddos and reaching their highest potential while teaching them! I will have Mrs. Yeary for my sub.  If you have any transportation issues, please send that to the office! Thanks!  There will also not be a blog post tomorrow! Please refer to your child's planner!