Reminder!

We are hosting tomorrow's Pride assembly.  All parents are welcome!  It will be at 2pm on May 1.

Homework

Math (only if you didn't finish in class)

Grade 3 pg. 93 all

Grade 4 pg. 331 #4-9

New Math Unit

We are starting a new math unit: Fractions (and Decimals in Grade 4)

Grade 3's will be working on:

-representing and describing fractions
-using diagrams to communicate about fractions
-representing and describing mixed numbers


Grade 4's will be working on:

- describing fractions of an area and of a set
- using mixed numbers and fractions to describe wholes and parts
- describing and creating areas and sets using decimal tenths and decimal hundredths
- comparing and ordering fractions and decimals
- adding and subtracting decimals

Tests

Grade 4's need to get their math unit test signed and return it.

Grade 3's need to get their math and science tests signed and return it.

Save The Date!!

On May 1st at 2:00 our class will be co-hosting the pride assembly this month with Mr. Carr's class.  We have a special video and other fun presentations. Families are welcome to come.

Tomorrow is crazy hat and hair day.

Updates

Homework

Reading for 20 minutes

Spelling due Friday

Grade 3 Poetry due Friday

Grade 4 Reading Response Journals - Tuesday journals due tomorrow

Wear green tomorrow for Earth Day

If you have any props for our class movie please try to bring it in tomorrow so we can start taping.  Thank you!

-microphone (we need 2)
-toy guitars (we need 4)
-drum sticks (we only need 1 set)

**Math Test is on Thursday**  Here are some practice pages:

Grade 3 page 341-342 and 343 all

Grade 4 page 398-399 and 400-401 all

Upcoming dates

We will be having a math test on Thursday.  For those who want to practice a little bit here are some extra pages:

Grade 3 page 341-342 and 343 all

Grade 4 page 398-399 and 400-401 all

Homework

Update

Spelling due Friday

Grade 3 poetry due Friday

Grade 4 Thursday reading responses due tomorrow

Math:

Grade 3 - NEW workbook page 106 all

Textbook page 333 3-5

workbook page 104 and 105 all questions (if you didn't complete already)

Grade 4 -NEW workbook page 126 all

Textbook page 387 3-7

workbook page 124 and 125 all questions (if you didn't complete already)

Grade 3 Science - test on Tomorrow use study sheet to study.

Update

Spelling due Friday

Grade 3 poetry due Friday

Grade 4 Wednesday reading responses due tomorrow

Math:

Grade 3 - workbook page 104 and 105 all questions

Grade 4 -workbook page 124 and 125 all questions

Grade 3 Science - test on Thursday use study sheet to study.

Volunteers

Thursday, April 16, 2015 is Scientist in the School.  If any Grade 3 or Grade 4 parents would like to volunteer in the classroom please let me know!  We still have many spots available.

Scientist in the School is from 9:30 to 12:30 on Thursday.

If you are interested, please call or send a note.


Thank you!

April Update

Writing – We are starting a brand new writing unit – Non Fiction Magazines!  We are learning how to organize our ideas to analyze a topic in various ways.  Our goal for this unit is to research and then write our very own magazine using text features.

Reading – We are learning about all the different text features in non fiction texts.  This will directly help us with our writing unit in order to become strong, confident non fiction writers!  Some of the text features we are learning and discussing are:

-Title

-Subtitle

-Table of Contents

-Caption

-Photograph

-Map

-Graph

-Labels

-Bold Words

-Glossary

-Index

Math – We are finishing up our unit on Geometry and Capacity.  Our task was very detailed and hands on.  The Grade 3’s created a prism and pyramid out of clay, which they then weighed the mass and compared with a friend.  The Grade 4’s created Cube Creatures and described how to re-create their creature.  After, they measured their creature’s volume in cubes; they went into groups and ordered their creature’s volume from greatest to least.  I was very proud of all the hard work that everyone did on their task and because it took so much time and effort I decided to forgo the unit test!

Our next unit in Math is Patterns and Motion in Geometry.  We will be learning about flips (reflections), slides (translations), and turns (rotations)…

Drama – We are continuing to practice our play E-I-E-I Oops!