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Friday, November 30, 2018

A Big Bite

Our week back from the Thanksgiving holiday was fun and full!  We participated in many science experiments and activities and the science learning will continue next week.  Ask your child to tell you all about it!  We also will start learning about Canada next week and the students are very excited to learn all about our neighbors to the north.  
Have you been hearing a lot of discussion about dogs?  Our latest interactive read, Little Dog, Lost, by Marion Dane Bauer, is a huge hit.  It is a novel in verse, which is a new text structure for many of us, but one that we enjoy.  We will finish reading this week and then start an in depth unit of study on nonfiction reading.  
We will continue fiction writing next week with a project involving model magic.  In addition, students have been engaging in a variety of free write activities; comic strips, stories, non fiction research, researching recipes, and poetry to name a few.  On Friday, we were treated to a Skype visit with author, Josh Funk.  Mrs. Merten, Mrs. E and I were his guest readers for a book that will be published in March of 2019!!! It was super exciting to get to read a book that hasn't even been in libraries yet!  It was a very special treat.  Shout out to Mrs. Merten for setting up this great visit.  It is always wonderful for the students to get to meet real authors and ask them about their books and their writing process.  It is a very motivating experience for young writers.  Josh Funk will be at Unlikely Story in Plainville next Saturday.  Check out our Tweets in the Twitter Gadget on the right hand side of the blog. 
Long division is our latest focus area in math and it is challenging but EVERYONE is making steady progress.  Please continue to practice math facts and the division will come along.   Click the video below to see a tutorial on the partial quotients algorithm (method).  My only bugaboo with the video is that the presenter does not line up her numbers properly, but she does fix her mistake.  Check it out!
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Williams

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Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Friday, November 16, 2018

A Big Bite

A two hour delay on Friday is how we have ended a short week.  This has been a very engaging week in Room 23.  A teacher from Franklin High School spoke to the fourth graders about the famous artist, Frida Kahlo.  It was awesome!  We have started a new interactive read aloud, Little Dog, Lost by Marion Dane Bauer and the students are enjoying it very much.  We are focusing on point of view and author's craft.  These skills will help us as we write stories throughout the year.  In word study, we are focusing on nouns, common and proper.  In science, we are focusing on earthquakes, volcanoes and erosion.  We have completed experiments about weathering and lava and will continue to work on these concepts after the Thanksgiving holiday.  Next week is a short week and students will take a unit test on multiplication and will give their first speech of the year.  I also have some fun curriculum based activities planned for the week.  Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Williams

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Friday, November 9, 2018

A Big Bite

Some crazy socks!  Can you identify your child's feet?
Google Expedition to Mexico!
Kahoot review for the Mexico test!
Learning to multiply with Cuisenaire Rods
Student Council candidates

A short and busy week in room 23!  We have started multi digit division and it is coming along.  Keep practicing those facts, it will help.  We finished our study of Mexico with a Google Expedition during tech workshop.  It was very engaging.  We have completed the rough drafts of the fiction stories and wrote partner cinquains in poetry workshop.  We continued to work on building stamina in reader's workshop and we will begin a new interactive read aloud next week.  We learned about volcanoes and the Ring of Fire in science and created accounts on Brainpop.  We will continue this work next week.  
Several students in room 23 have parents who are veterans of the Armed Forces and we thank you for all that you have done to serve our country!  Have a great long holiday!
Mrs. Williams

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