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Dear Mr. President

The class listened to a wonderful book titled, Dear Mr. President. For their culminating activity on their History 4 Fourthies Unit: United States Government, the girls will be writing their own letter to President Obama in class. We will put these together in our own class book!

Students will continue to work on their Presidential Research Project in class for the next few weeks. They will be filling in more facts to complete their research, as necessary. The girls will self-edit using "tools" and turn in to me for a final edit, before publishing.

The girls have completed their first classroom novel, All of a Kind Family, by Sydney Taylor. They will develop their own "final chapter" of the book. Then, the class will begin working collaboratively to create dialogue text and perform their final chapter for the class next week.

Students have completed Unit 2 in mathematics and will be having an assessment this Friday. They have begun Unit 3, which will cover factors and multiples; finding distances; What's my rule?; solving number stories; and, multiplication and division.

Wordly Wise Dress-Up Day!

          Do you dream about a special WW word? Do you get happy when you see a WW word in a book you are reading or hear a WW word in a song?  Do you answer questions and deliberately try to use WW words in your responses? If you have answered yes to any of these questions then you officially have WW Fever! No need to be worried. It happens to most Fourthies and it’s a cause for celebration. We will celebrate WW Fever on Friday, 10-30-15. Start thinking about a word that tickles your fancy. How could you dress to represent or explain the word? What clever outfit could you create? Each Fourthie is encouraged to come dressed as a WW word ((from lists 1–7)) on Friday, 10/30-15. We’ll take pictures and create our very own picture dictionary. So, develop an idea but don’t utter a word to anyone. You may be eager to share your ideas with your peers. Resist the temptation to disclose your outfit. We want everyone to be surprised. We can’t wait to applaud your creativity.

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Girls Innovate

Girls Innovate Day is this Friday, October 10th. This is a Jeans Day for fourth graders.

We will be touring Middle School to view and ask questions about engineering designs created by fifth through eighth graders. 

Fourthie Parents Technology Night is this Thursday. Please sign-up if you would like to attend. I sent an email regarding this invitation. This evening gives you the opportunity to take a look at the many websites your daughter will be using this year and how to navigate through the technology!

Splish, Splash!

My class will begin their P.E. Swimming Unit next Tuesday! Students should come directly to the classroom to unpack and I will lead them over to the Kenny Center. Remember to send a hearty morning snack for after swim and one for the afternoon as well. The girls have a great time and expend much energy during swim!

Students did a great job on Unit 1 in Mathematics. Graded tests have been sent home. Please look it over with your daughter and sign the front of the test. Your daughter will keep this in a plastic sleeve in her class binder for future reference. We will be studying about using numbers and organizing data next. The girls will be using bar graphs and working

with the mean, median, mode and range of numbers.

The girls have been exploring Wordle and have created graphic art using descriptors of their favorite colors. Each week we will be looking at different computer programs and games to complement the fourth grade curriculum.

Students will need to bring recorders to Ms. Merrick's Music Class this week!