This week in math we have started a new unit called plotting points. Plotting points is with a graph. You have a number combination and
take the first number and count it across the “X” axis, then take the second number and count it up on the “Y” axis. Then you find the point where the two lines meet and that is your point. You just plotted points! That’s all I remember because I made the mistake of waiting to write this post until after vacation week!
In social studies, we are continuing to study US geography. We had a test last Friday on the states, and most of us passed. If you passed, you get to move on to study state capitals and if you didn’t you have to continue studying states. We had another test this Friday on our capitals but we didn’t get to study for it, it was just to see how much we already know. Now if you’ve passed this test, you get to work on rivers and mountain ranges in the entire North America.
In number corner, we are still working with the number machine. We have completely figured out the pattern even though Ms. Crowther tells us that we have not! The pattern is: the number that goes in (the date) gets multiplied by three, then gets added to one. Then, it goes out the other side. We have recorded all this on a chart and done several activities with it for morning work.
Stay tuned for the news after vacation
Reading And Writing
In reading this week we finished our historical fiction books set in Vermont. After we finished our books we worked on a project about the book that we had just finished reading. We had a number of projects to choose from, we could also come up with our own project! We shared all of our projects on Friday with the whole class. That way everyone in the class could get and idea about what each book was about, who the main characters were, where it took place and what time.
I writing this week we finished our four or five paragraph essays. The essays were opinion pieces about why we thought cursive or typing was more important for 4th graders to learn and practice. Since this was an opinion piece we didn’t have to say cursive was more important than typing or vice-versa. The main point of this was for us to learn how to write an organized four or five paragraph essay.
Important News And Events
- Field trip to Montpelier on Wednesday February 6th. We will be there the whole day so make sure your child has a packed lunch!
- Natalie Kinsey-Warnock will be visiting our school on Thursday February 7th.
By Nigel Wormser and Heidi Berger
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