Mrs. Olsen's 4th Grade Blog

We had a great first full week together!

General reminders:

1.  Binders should come back and forth to school everyday with your child.  Please check their binders for homework.

2. Make sure chromebooks are charged before coming to school everyday.

3.  Please do not hesitate to email me with any questions or concerns you have with your child. jolsen@ccsd66.org

This is what we will be working on the for the week of September 4-7!

Spelling:

Our spelling words next week will be words that end in suffixes  -ible and -able.  There will be vocabulary words that we will be practicing synonyms with too.  The test is Friday, September 7.

English:

We will continue with the topic of reviewing what makes a good sentence.  Focusing on sentence structure.  We will look at statements, questions, commands and exclamations. 

Reading:

We will continue our study of reading the poem " Casey at the Bat".  We have started to dig deeper in our close reading of the poem.  We will continue with it next week diving more into vocabulary and a group activity as well.

Social Studies/Science:

We had fun exploring the Social Studies textbook doing our scavenger hunt.  Next week we will be reading in our text about geography of the northeast region.  We will also be having our first quiz on the map of the Northeast region on Thursday, September 6.

Mrs. Olsen's Math Class:

We worked hard this week learning about 4 strategies - a ratio table, an area model, a number line, and an array.  These are all ways to help solve story problems.  The students are adapting to using these strategies instead of just figuring out the answer.  I tell them they are mathematicians!  We will continue with unit 1 next week.  MAPS testing will be on Tuesday, September 4.  

Important Info:

No school on Monday, September 3 for the Labor Day holiday.  Enjoy the 3 day weekend!

Mrs. Olsen's 4th Grade Blog

Welcome back to a new school year!

This will be a weekly reminder of what is coming up in the following week.  I will send it out as an email to the parents on Fridays.

General reminders:

1.  Binders should come back and forth to school everyday with your child.  Please check their binders for homework.

2. Make sure chromebooks are charged before coming to school everyday.

3.  Please do not hesitate to email me with any questions or concerns you have with your child. jolsen@ccsd66.org

This is what we will be working on the for the week of August 27-31!

Spelling:

This week we will be working on words that have the prefixes  un-, non-, and dis-.  We will also study word roots and how the prefix can change the meaning of the word.  We will have vocabulary words that follow the same spelling pattern.  The test is Friday, August 31.

English:

We will begin the year with the topic of reviewing what makes a good sentence.  Focusing on sentence structure.  We will also work on writing a friendly letter.  This will be shared with you at Curriculum night on Wednesday. 

Reading:

We will begin the year with working on close reading, this is a skill we will work on throughout the school year.  We will be doing an activity with close reading and oreo cookies- which the students will love! :)  We then will be close reading a poem entitled "Casey at the Bat".  We will be comparing it to another text as well.

Social Studies/Science:

We will start the year with Social Studies and dive into studying the Northeast region.  We will start by looking through the textbook and doing a textbook scavenger hunt.

Mrs. Olsen's Math Class:

As you may know we switch classes for math, so this will only apply to my math class- check your math teachers blog for what they are doing in their math class.  We will begin the year with unit 1 module 1 on multiplication and division.  Your child will have homework nightly.

Important Info:

Wednesday, August 29 is Picture Day as well as Curriculum night from 6:30-8:00 at Prairieview.