M ISS G REIBER
October 6th, 2011
F OURTH G RADE N EWS
Weekly Wrap Up...
U PCOMING
E VENTS …
Math: We continue to cruise along in Unit 2. Students practiced organizing
and displaying data using M&M’s. We used landmarks to describe our data. A
landmark is a feature that stands out from the rest of the data. The landmarks
we found for the data we collected included the maximum, minimum, range,
mean, median, and mode. Students made tally charts and constructed line
plots and bar graphs to help us better analyze data we collected. We also reviewed the partial-sums algorithm which can be used to solve multi-digit addition
problems, and learned the column-addition method.
**As a challenge, have your child explain to you what each of the landmarks in
a set of data represents!!
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Riser Reader (K-2)
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October 11th - Family
Book Club (6:30pm)
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October 17th - Parent-Teacher Conferences
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October 19th - Field
Trip to Pope Farm (8:3012:00)
Reading: The theme of this week’s stories was Wildlife Watchers. We learned
that wild animals include butterflies in Costa Rica and lions in Africa! Our new comprehension strategy we learned this week was character, setting, plot. Knowing the setting of a story can help readers make inferences and analyze certain events that occur and
why characters feel or act the way they do. The author’s choice of setting is very important to a story and is connected to the plot and characters’ experiences.
October 7th - Early
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October 21st - No
School, Parent Teacher
Conferences
Grammar: We learned the difference between a compound/complex sentence and a
run-on sentence. Good writers combine closely related thoughts together to form a
compound/complex sentence. A run-on sentence is a sentence with two or more independent clauses that are combined incorrectly - Sam hit the ball toward the fence it went
over.
Vocabulary: We learned 6 new vocabulary words this week: disgusted, raft, scattered,
cluttered, downstream, nuzzle. Ask your child to give you a definition for each word!
Spelling: The spelling words this week all had the long –o sound. The long –o sound
can be spelled o (fold), oa (goal), o-e (stove), or ow (flow).
Writing: Students learned the features of a journal Science: We wrapped up our cup experiment
entry and wrote their own journal entry about a personal
experience. In a journal entry, writers describe personal
experiences and emotions. A good journal entry will tell
what happened and include important details, thoughts,
and feelings about the experience. Journal entries are
written in first person and includes words such as I, me,
my, and mine. Students were reminded to use proper
paragraph format when writing their journal entry (topic
sentence, details, closing sentence)!!
and took a quiz on the water cycle. Students were able
to relate what they observed throughout the experiment
to explain what happens when water evaporates. Our
next physical science unit is wave behavior. This unit
will help students develop an understanding that sound
is produced by vibrations and that different speeds of
vibration produce different sounds. We will also learn
that light travels in all directions and can be absorbed,
redirected, bounced back, or allowed to pass through.
Spanish: The key concepts taught in Spanish this week were:
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Daily life in Peru
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What time is it? ¿Qué hora es?
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It's __. / Es las una(1). Son las dos(2) … doce(12).
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On the dot(en punto), quarter after (y cuarto), half past (y media), quarter to (menos cuarto)
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In the morning / De la mañana, in the afternoon / de la tarde, at night / de la noche
Social Studies:
This week we learned about another
important tool people use to lead
them to a specific location - a compass rose. Students learned that
every map has a compass rose which
tells us the directions for that specific map. We typically see a compass rose with North at the top.
Students learned the difference between cardinal directions and
intermediate directions. Cardinal directions include North,
South, East, and West. Intermediate Directions are those found between the cardinal directions; northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest.
Pope Farm Field
Trip:
Our first field trip is coming up
quickly! We will be traveling to
Pope Farm on October 19th. Please
sign and return the permission slip if
you have not already done so. We
will be outside for two hours, so
please send your child to school with
appropriate shoes and clothing. We
are very excited to visit Pope Farm
and learn more about the Native
people of Wisconsin!
Character Word of the Month: Responsibility