Mrs. Olsen's 4th Grade Blog

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 for the first week of October!

Spelling:

Our spelling words next week will be words with the suffixes -ed and -ing.  The vocab words will also have -ed and -ing suffixes.  The test is Friday, October 5.

English:

We finished up unit 1 on what is a sentence?  I worked with the students who got a D or lower to bring up their grade a little bit.  I have a few more students who will retake a part of their test today to help bring up their grade.  So, you will see those tests come home on Monday.  They will have crossed out grades and stapled the retake part to them if they had the chance to bring their grade up a little.  Sorry for the delay on those!

Reading:

We are still working in our unit Courage next week.  We talked about theme this week and how to find the theme in a story.  Next week we will read a story Happy Birthday Martin Luther King!  We will do some fun activities with this story.

Social Studies/Science:

The students did pretty well on their first Social Studies test.  We will be reading a little more and doing some activities on the people of the northeast next week.  We will then finish up the northeast by starting our map of the northeast.  This will end up being a completed map as we go through learning about each region of the United States.

Math:

We did a couple lessons on linear measurement this week before starting unit 2. We will really start unit 2 on multi-digit multiplication next week.  We took a pre-assessment today to see how much they know before diving into the unit.   

Important Info:

Movie Night is tonight from 6:30-8:45- if you are going enjoy Paddington 2!

Picture Retakes are Tuesday, October 2.

Band schedules were sent out today for our class, please look for your child's schedule in their binder.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Olsen

Mrs. Olsen's 4th Grade Blog

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 for the week of September 24-28.  Happy Fall!  It feels more like fall now! :)

Spelling:

Our spelling words next week will be words focused on greek root words.  We will study the meaning of these roots and learn how to use them correctly.  The test is Friday, September 28.

English:

We finished up unit 1 on what is a sentence?    We will probably be doing a little more practice with that unit next week because half of the class did not do too well on the test.  I am going to give those students a little extra practice and a chance to bring their grade up a little.

Reading:

We started our new unit on Courage.  We will continue with that unit next week and talk about theme of a story and how to find the theme in a story and the meaning behind them.  We will continue our talk about Martin Luther King and others who show courage.

Social Studies/Science:

We finished up chapter 4 this week on the northeast geography.  We will have our test on Tuesday, September 25.  A study guide is going home today, as well as, the homework the students have had all week will help them study for the test.  We will then start Chapter 5 on the people of the northeast after the test.

Math:

We had our first quiz and test this week.  The students have also had fun learning games to play to practice strategies.  Next week we will start unit 2 on multi-digit multiplication and early division.  

Important Info:

Reminder that we have an early dismissal day on Wednesday, September 26.  The students are dismissed at 11:00 am.  

September 25, Tuesday is final magazine turn in day.

September 28, Friday is the first movie night.  6:30-8:30

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Olsen

Mrs. Olsen's 4th Grade Blog

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 for the week of September 17-21.

Spelling:

Our spelling words next week will be frequently misspelled words, it will have homophones to, too, and two and  their, there, and they're.  We will practice using them correctly and discuss the meaning of these.  The test is Friday, September 21.

English:

We will be finishing up the first unit on what is a sentence?  We will be reviewing on Tuesday, 9/18 and the test will be on Wednesday, September 19.  There is a chapter review in the textbook (p.56-62).  The students can practice with that to review and study.  We will send books home on Monday.  We will also be starting a unit on writing next week.  We will be doing writer's workshop twice a week.

Reading:

We will be starting a new unit next week called Courage.  The Courage unit begins by exploring how one person can make a difference. In order to gain some background knowledge of Dr. Martin Luther King,  students will work in small groups to close read a biographical article about his life. They will also independently watch a video about him and answer text-dependent questions related to the video.

Social Studies/Science:

We will be finishing up chapter 4 next week on the northeast geography.  We will end the week with a review  of the chapter and tentatively have a test scheduled for Tuesday, September 25.

Math:

We learned some fun multiplication and division games this past week to help us with remembering strategies. Next week we will have our first checkpoint quiz, Tuesday, September 18 to see how we are doing.  We will review on Monday for it, so please look for the review page we do to make sure your child understands the concepts they will be quizzed on. I also have tentatively planned for unit 1 test on Friday, September 21.  

Important Info:

Today during math class we went to see the tent for the Kelly circus being raised up!  It was cool to see it go up so quickly!  Enjoy it if you are going tonight!  

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Olsen

Mrs. Olsen's 4th Grade Blog

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 10-14.

Spelling:

Our spelling words next week will be words that have the sounds "aw", "ou", "ow", and "au"  We will study the word patterns and review antonyms as well.  The test is Friday, September 14.

English:

We will continue with the topic of reviewing what makes a good sentence.  We will be looking at the subject and predicate of the sentences.

Reading:

We will be concluding our work on the poem "Casey At the Bat".  We will end with an example of a close reading assessment.  Teachers will model how to find the answers in the text.  These will be how the future assessments are done for reading.

Social Studies/Science:

We had our first map quiz!  The students did a good job preparing for it and got the hardest region done and out of the way! :) We will continue next week learning about the Northeast with more of the geography and resources used in the Northeast.

Math:

We worked hard on multiplication and division strategies this week.  They got their first homework assignment graded and did well on it.  We also dived into factors, factor pairs, and prime and composite numbers.  Remember to check their assignment book for homework.  I have had 1-2 students each day not have their homework finished.  

Important Info:

Next week on Monday the 4th grade teachers will be subbed out to do the F&P reading test with each of our students.  It is a quick way for us to get a feel at what reading level each child is at, so we can teach accordingly.  Wednesday-Friday the students will also be given the common assessments in ELA and math.  Then testing will be done for awhile. :)  All these assessments give us good data to teach according to the students ability.

Kelly Miller Circus is Friday, September 14!  Looks exciting!!

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Olsen