Week of January 29th

 Hopefully, you saw both blog posts that I posted last week. If you didn't, please take a moment to scroll down and read through the extra one I posted last week. There are some important updates. 

ELA:

This week in ELA we will continue reading The One and Only Ivan. We are working on comprehension, vocabulary, and summarizing. We are also talking about personification and how that affects the story and why the author may have chosen to use that. We will also be learning about adverbs and pronouns this week and adding new pages to our ELA Interactive Journal. 

We do NOT have a Morning Warm Up quiz this week. We DO have a spelling test on List Q on Thursday. 

Math:

This week we are continuing our work on Topic 8, which is all about fractions. We have been working to understand equivalent fractions. Your student's homework on IXL will be over these skills. 

Valentines Day:

We will celebrate Valentine's Day on Wednesday, February 14th. This party is different than our other parties as it mostly consists of passing out valentines and then reading them. Students are welcome to create a box at home to collect their valentines from classmates. They do not have to though. I will have a grocery sack for students who need something, it isn't fancy but it will do the trick. :)

I posted our class list in the virtual classroom and you can click on that from the whiteboard or click HERE. Bringing valentines is optional! Your student is not required to bring any. However, if they do, please have them bring one for every student or one for every boy or every girl. That way no one has hurt feelings. :) This is a day that we focus on love and friendship. We don't worry about boyfriends and girlfriends in 4th grade so please remind your student of that as well. :)

We will also be watching Because of Winn Dixie on this day. It is a great story that celebrates friendship and family. We will compare and contrast it to the book as well. This movie is rated PG. If you do NOT want your student to watch the movie, please email me and let me know and I will provide an alternate activity for them to do during that time.