Field Trip
We will be taking our field trip to the Tsongas Industrial History Center on Wednesday, April 1. Please have your student at school by 8:15 on that Wednesday. Students should bring a bag lunch with non-breakable items. Please label their bag.
MCAS
Dates for our class MCAS testing will be:
ELA - Grade 4 – April 8 & 9
Math - Grade 4 - May 13 & 14
Subject Update
Language Arts
We continued to focus on the text structure of cause and effect, and students wrote summaries for these types of structures. In the next weeks we will look at the text-structure of sequence or chronological order. The students have been spending a great deal of their writing time typing their stories on the iPads. They are planning on paper and composing on the iPad. It is amazing to see their focus and stamina for writing when they are on the iPads!
Today, the students took their Trimester Two Reading and Writing assessments in one assessment. They read a selection entitled, “Hiding Out” by Phyllis Naylor. The students needed to read the selection, then write the story from the point of view of one of the characters, a cat named Polo. They also needed to answer multiple-choice questions. I was pleased to see them all focused and excited to write another story.
Math
We are beginning Chapter Nine, Angles. In this chapter the students will learn how to identify acute, obtuse, right and straight angles, and to measure and draw angels. The students will need their protractor at school, but will also need to use a protractor at home for homework. I will be providing the students a small protractor for at home use.
Social Studies
We have continued our study of the rights of citizens of our country. Students have researched the Bill of Rights, and will be taking their assessment this week.
Science
We will be taking our Energy assessment this week. We will be beginning our last unit in the next couple weeks.
