Week of November 13th

 Welcome back to the last week before Thanksgiving Break! I can't believe how quickly this year is flying by!

ELA:

This week in ELA it will be a very typical week. We have our Morning Warm-Up Quiz and Spelling Test on List K this Thursday. We are also beginning our work on informative writing. 

Math:

This week in math we will continue working on long division. This is tricky and is even trickier if your student does not know their multiplication facts. We will have a Math 4 Today Quiz this Thursday.

The quiz we took last week stumped most of my students and they did not do well on it. We took time today to go over it in class and if students showed all of their work to correct their mistakes, they could raise their grade to 70%. If they were missing parts, it would have kept them from raising their grade to a passing grade. I really feel that what tripped them up was that they didn't slow down and read through the directions for each problem. This is an important skill in math in 4th grade. 

Parent Resources:

I wanted to remind you all about the Parent Resources portion of my virtual class. Please check there if you are struggling with anything school-related with your student. As a mom and teacher, I try to make school as accessible to my parents as it is to my students. :)

Extra Credit:

Your student will have the opportunity to get extra credit over Thanksgiving Break. If they complete 80 minutes of assigned skills for ELA and 80 minutes for assigned skills in math, they can get up to 8 extra credit points.

Enrichment:

Today was our first day of enrichment. I let all of my students go today so that they understood what it is since they have not gotten to do this yet. Next time (November 27th), students with missing assignments will not get to attend enrichment. It would be a good idea for students to work on missing assignments over break. If they open the assignment marked missing, it should have directions (and links if applicable) on what they need to do to complete the assignment. Remember, for math, they must show work for all problems. 

Wahooz Fit For Fun:

These are due back to Mrs. Nickels by Thursday the 30th. If your student lost their copy, they can click HERE to print a new one.