March 18-22

I wanted to tell you again, I am so proud of every student for how well they took on all parts of the wax museum.  They did such a WONDERFUL job and I was very impressed!!  I also wanted to thank all the parents that came and helped set up for the wax museum and Evan's mom even added her crafty/decorator twist to the display.  The wax museum could not have looked so awesome if not for the parents that helped! THANK YOU!!

Please see below for reminders and announcements, as well as what’s happening in fourth grade this week.

 *   Thank you so much for sending in the playdoh!! We are using it to build our landforms this week.
 *   Graded papers will go home the week we come back from Spring Break.  Report cards will go home on Wednesday, March 20th.
 *   Spring Break for Hoover City Schools is next week, March 25 – 29th.
 *   Save the date...The Annual SSC Family Fun Fair will be Friday, April 19th.
 *   Mark your calendar...Dates for Spring testing will be May 7th, 8th, 14th, and 15th.

This week in 4th grade:

Math: This week we are concluding our unit on fractions and decimals. We will work on identifying decimal and fraction equivalents, representing tenths and hundredths as part of an area, using representations to combine tenths and hundredths, adding decimal numbers that are multiples of 0.1 and 0.25 (Ex: 2.3 + 3.25), and ordering decimals and justifying their order through reasoning about representations and the meaning of the numbers. Thursday will be a day of review. Our end-of-the-unit test will take place on Friday. Unlike our weekly quizzes, this is a major test grade. I highly encourage you to use the Student Math Handbook (pages 64-70) as a resource to help your child with decimals at home. We are also working on additional ARMT+ review.

After Spring Break, we will dive into our final unit on multiplication and division. It is within this unit that I expect students to master solid strategies for both operations. These strategies will continue in fifth grade at Brock’s Gap. Many of you have asked for descriptions of the strategies we are using in class. I will email you a handout and you can look at your child's math journal where these strategies should be written from our work in class. I expect that students be able to use at least one of these four strategies for solving multiplication problems.

Vocabulary: We will continue to combine Spelling and Vocabulary activities each week. Students will be assessed on Fridays. Nightly homework will be given. Don’t forget to use Spelling City as a resource. Also, students were instructed on how to use the Wordly Wise website as another resource.

Language Arts: This week we are discussing comparing and contrasting in literature and how to write an open-ended response to compare and contrast questions. We will also complete some additional ARMT+ review.

Science: Our landform project will take place in-class this week.  We will review for the quiz on Thursday and take our quiz on Friday.

Have a great week!

Mrs. Wilkes