Career Day 12/1
Holiday Shop Preview 12/4-12/8
School Spelling Bee Livestream @8:00 am 12/5
iReady Reading 12/7 & 12/8
House Day & Panther Pantry (Wear House Shirt/ Color!) 12/8
What are we learning this week?
Math
Enhanced -
This week, we will continue with our new unit 4a on investigating fractions. We will be discussing comparison, decomposition, and adding and subtracting of fractions. Our test for this unit will be held on Thursday (12/14). the following week.
Accelerated –
For information on what our students are learning in accelerated, please follow this link,
- - - - - Welcome to 4th Grade at NPE! - - - - - - Accelerated Math Info (weebly.com)
Science
This week in science, we will begin to discuss sound. Students will be able to explain the creation and production of sound. Towards the end of the week, students will be introduced to their major project of the unit. They will be creating their own Powerpoint on light and sound, which will be due the following week.
Reading
This week, we are switching gears back to reading and discussing argumentative texts. Students will be introduced to new vocabulary, discuss authors claim, text features and evidence. On Thursday and Friday of this week, students will take their mid- year iReady Reading diagnostic.
Writing
We will continue to work on our new argumentative essay, about why stricter protections are needed for the Williamette River Basin. This week, we will be looking at student models to guide writing and move from the planning phase to the writing phase.
Announcements
- The Holiday Shop is this week (12/4-12/8)! Students can shop for fun items for family and friends. In Thursday folders this week, students should have received a money envelope, as well as instructions for loading online funds. All classes previewed the shop this week, and they are all very excited about it! Please see the graphic attached for more information.