Math update with Mrs. Neal

Hello all!
We are still digging deep into fractions! We are continuing to work with equivalent fractions and moving to comparing and ordering fractions with uncommon denominators. The homework for this week is as follows:
Week of 1/29
4th grade:
Monday- Comparing fractions page
Tuesday- No Homework- MATH NIGHT!
Wednesday- IXL P.16
Thursday- IXL P.17

Thank you and see you all at math night!

Week 18

This week the students of room 11 have been working so hard!  On Monday we sorted plant and animal structures, both internal and external, according to their function: growth, survival, behavior and reproduction.  We found that some structures fall under more than one function.  They then had to develop an argument for why they think that the structure they chose has that specific function.  They worked together as tables to come up with these arguments.  It led to some great discussion.

On Tuesday we started our animal senses slide show project by learning about how animals use their senses to survive.  We learned how to make a slide show interactive.  On Wednesday and Thursday we started researching our animal and finding facts about their different senses.  I am hoping this week to finish up research and come close to completing our slide shows.  If they work as hard this week as they did last week, we should be right on track.

Thanks for sharing such great kids with me!

Reading update with Mrs. Luyt 1/22-1/25/18

Reading: This last week we reviewed commonly confused words such as their, there, and they're and to, too, and two. Students took a spelling test on 1/25/18 and I sent home the results on Thursday. This week, we will introduce text features in non-fiction reading. We will introduce new spelling and vocabulary words for a spelling test on 2/8/18.   Latin/Greek test on Thursday 2/2/18.

Homework: Read 20 minutes a day and study Latin/Greek words for test.