Newsletter - Week of Sept 18th - Sept 22nd

                           

Newsletter Weekly Update: Sept 18 - 22, 2017

Language Arts

We will be finishing up our Reading Foundations Unit this week and beginning our first nonfiction reading unit next week. This unit will be closely linked to our Social Studies culture unit and the children will be using nonfiction texts to learn more about culture and beliefs. Our grade 4 writers will be entering the drafting phase of their opinion writing by expanding their ideas and including evidence to support their claim.

Math

The students will continue to use rounding to determine if an answer is reasonable. They will solve multi-step word problems and assess the reasonableness of answers. Students will also be learning how to answer the word problems with complete sentences.

Science/ Social Studies

We will continue with our investigation into the different cultural universals and what they mean. We will also begin the process of developing our Identity Posters. This will be woven throughout the Culture Unit and may take a few weeks to complete.

Resources

Continue to learn with us about teaching and learning math. Here is another video from YouCubed that talks about the importance of believing in yourself and accepting mistakes as learning opportunities. Watch this one with your kids! Boosting Your Brain with Math

Announcements

Next Friday the 22nd of September is a holiday for Awal Muharram. No school. In a couple of weeks time, your child will come home with a viewing card that’ll  provide instructions and a link to view and order the their school photos.

Celebrations

Please see your class blog or class website for individual class celebrations.