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Springing Forward Post 14

Students have chosen books for their new book report. The reading will be done at home and the project will be done in class on ipads. They will be creating their own shortened version of their book, in an app called Book Creator. Their reading needs to be completed by Friday, April 15^th, and they will begin working on their reports in class on the following Monday.

The girls have begun working in Unit 7 and are mastering “fractions of a number”. Ask them to show you how they do it!

Unit 7 also includes fraction addition and subtraction; probability, equivalent fractions; fractions as decimals; and ordering fractions. We continue to practice multiplication and division skills, as well.

In Language arts, the girls are learning about simple and compound sentences. They are working on this to increase the length and depth of their sentence structures, and spending more time incorporating more challenging vocabulary. I have been encouraging them to use more Wordly Wise vocabulary as well.

On Tuesday, the fourth grade will be going to Shalom Farms to help plant potatoes. This is part of our 125^th Year Out Reach Program. Part of what is planted, when lovingly grown and harvested, will be given to people of need in the community.

The Fourthies have completed their Research Reports on Countries around the World and are in the process of creating maps to illustrate their chosen country.

They will be displayed on the bulletin board, just outside our classroom.

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Spring Has Sprung!

This will be an exciting and busy time for the Fourthies. The girls will begin practicing songs, dances, lines, and choreography for the play production of Jungle Book, which they will be presenting to the Seniors and Parents in April.

Please sign up for a Spring Conference to discuss your daughter's progress here.

Students will begin studying the 1930’s in History 4 Fourthies. They have been learning about latitude and longitude and studying map coordinates during daily geography lessons.

The girls are completing their historical fiction novel, Lily’s Crossing, and will begin a new novel next week.

In math, we continue to work on long division and multiple digit multiplication in mathematics. We are completing unit 6 and will begin Unit 7, which will be about Fractions. 

Have a Great Spring!