Mrs. Armstrong's 4th grade

Each spring we hold an annual celebration of the writers in fourth grade.   Fourth grade is a critical year for writing
and the kids have worked very hard to learn the skills they need for the 4^thgrade state test.  On April 15^th  we will be celebrating in two parts.  The first part will be small sharing groups where students can read their best piece of writing.  The second part will be a time where students will display all of their writing while other students and parents can wander
and enjoy reading and responding to their work.

The schedule for April 15^th  will be 10:00-10:45 for Small group sharing with parent and community docents and 11:15-12:00 for enjoying student writing displays.    Parents are welcome to come to any or all of the festivities.

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For reading, the student have been learning reading skills to better comprehend non-fiction or informational text.   They have learned how non-fiction text is organized differently and predictably,  have learned how to distinguish between important
facts and simply interesting facts by writing summaries and opinion paragraphs
with supportive evidence.  They have learned to read to answer a specific research question such as, “Could the sinking of the Titanic have been prevented?” They are now in the middle of researching to write a research report on a chosen biome.

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Today, log housese appeared in our native environment and an American Settler shoed up begging for foot to feed his sick family.  The tribe tried to give him ffod an tell him never to return, but the white man couldn’t make any promises.

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Students are learning non-fiction reading skills to use in research.  Our  next research activity is on the sinking of the Titanic.  Students will be reading to solve the question,  could the sinking of the Titanic have been prevented?      Here is a 30 second fun video summarizing the sinking of the Titanic using bunnies.

http://www.angryalien.com/0604/titanicbunnies.html

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With the upcoming science fair on March 15th and the next Marketplace on April 11th there will be many opportunities for the students to work in partners.  After a recent class meeting, the students decided on the following guidelines for working with partners.

1. Partners should stay focussed and on task.

2.  Do your share of the work and share the benefits as well.

3. Stay with your partner.  Honor your committment.

4. Be respectful at all times.

5.  Only agree to a partnership if you are committed.

5.  Don’t agree to something that you can’t follow through with.

6. Be happy and enjoy the experience even if your partner is not a friend.

7.  Limit the partnership to 2 or 3 people.

8. Your first priority is to your partner.

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Our tribe was startled by a large ship appearing in their waters.  Soon a Spanish trader arrived and negotiated trades.  The tribe gave up some of their beautiful artwork for items made of metal that amazed them. 

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Our Native tribe has built their village and have decorated it with  authentic artwork.

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Students,

Here is a large size multiplication chart to use at home while working on factors if needed.

X Chart

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In the process of studying the Native people of the Northwest, students created a beautiful mural of the NW coastal environment in which the natives might have lived.  They put this together in a little over an hour by working together, researching and planning.  Thank you to Julieanne, Jodi, Julie and Theresa for helping out.  Thank you to all those that sent in craft items for the kids to use.    More pictures can be found under the photograph tab.  Ask your child for the password if you forgot it.

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