4th Grade Happenings the Week of October 28th - November 1st, 2013

Happy Halloween from the 4th Grade Teaching Dynasty!

Mathematics:  Multiplication and Division - We have learned about fact families, additive and multiplicative properties, and practiced making bar diagrams.  Our target multiplication facts this week were the sixes.

Reading:   We read about China.  Our vocabulary words included dynasty, heritage, temple, overjoyed, and preserve.   Plus, we did a fun Halloween Readers Theater to practice our fluency.

Spelling: Unit 2 Week 3 words were mainly made up of complex consonant clusters - str, spr, shr, and scr

Grammar:  We worked on plural nouns with a focus on irregular plural nouns.  We made a huge "Plural Noun Pumpkin Patch" which we displayed outside of our classroom.

Handwriting:  We are working on our cursive and even made symmetrical skeletons from our cursive signatures.

Science:  We are learning about the States of Matter.   We made Green and Blue Slime and discussed Non-Newtonian fluid.

Halloween Party:  We had a wonderful Halloween Party and Parade!!  Many thanks to the parents that supplied all the wonderful treats and spoiled us rotten!!!!!!!!