Wow, I can't believe it is already February, and testing season is upon us. This week we will take our NWEA winter/spring test. Tomorrow we will take our math NWEA test, and next Monday we will take our reading NWEA test. There is nothing students can do to prepare for this test, besides getting sleep and eating properly.
During the day, we have been busy preparing for our student led conferences. I am so excited for students to share and 'brag' about the wonderful things they have accomplished in 4th grade so far. Student led conferences will be held next week. Other than conferences, here is a look at what we've been doing in other subject areas:
Math: We just finished our topic on division, and moved on to geometry. We will cover geometry pretty quickly, and then move on to fractions.
Reading: In reading, we are learning about text structures and how an author decides to 'build' the text. Text structure and text features are very different, but both are essential when it comes to reading comprehension.
Social Studies: We recently finished our short Magnetism unit in Science, and have moved on to the Southeast region of the USA. Please send in any pictures from any travel you've done in the SE.
Writing: We are about to begin our unit on informational writing. We are going to research a state from the SE region to help us learn how to write an informational piece.
As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to email or call me. Have a great week!