Mrs. Olsen's 4th Grade Blog
Welcome back to the 2019-2020 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 November 18-22!
Spelling:
Next week, we will be working on homophones- words that sound alike but have different spellings and meanings. The test will be Friday, November 22.
English:
We have been practicing the RACE format for extended response questions this past week. We will continue with more of that practice next week.
Reading:
We practiced some cause and effect strategies this week and also worked on vocabulary that goes along with Happy Birthday, Dr. Martin Luther King. Next week we will dive into discussing and understanding Dr. Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream speech.
Social Studies/Science:
We took our Southeast region quiz today in Social Studies. We read this week on the Northeast region's land formations and will continue next week learning more about the weather in the Northeast region.
SEL:
This week we learned about conversations and compliments. These are not always easy for students to give or take so we had great discussions with this topic. Next week, we will be learning about how to join into groups or partners in a classroom or playground.
Mrs. Olsen's Math Class:
This week we started fractions in unit 3. It was a little bit of a rocky start but hopefully the students will use their bag of fraction pieces to help them understand fractions better. These should be kept in their math folders to use at home and in class. Next week, we will have a checkpoint on Tuesday. It is only a couple problems and I will send home a study guide on Monday to help them prepare for the quiz or checkpoint. It will be on equivalent fractions- finding and labeling equivalent fractions.
Important Info:
Next week we have the Roller Skating outing on Thursday, November 21. Please send in permission slip and money if you are interested.
Please remember to check in on your child's gratitude calendar. We have been filling it out daily, but you can check in too to see where they are at. :)
Have a great weekend!
