Week of April 6-April 9

Hello! I hope that everyone is having a nice weekend. I wanted to give you a run-down of what we have going on this week.

In reading, we are finishing our guided reading novels. I have a quiz planned for Wednesday, and I will be assigning a book project on Monday. The projects will be due on Monday, April 13. Students will also be taking an indicator quiz on 4.5.2, writing responses to literature. They will read a passage and answer an open-ended question.

In writing, we are working on the trait of Voice. This is the emotion and personality of the characters or author. These activities will lead us into our unit on poetry, about which I am very excited.

We learned about decimal and fraction equivalents last week in math. This week we will be focusing on rounding decimals to the nearest whole number or tenths. Our quiz is on Wednesday, and I will do any reteaching beginning on Thursday.

We will be having a story teller visit the 4th grade on Tuesday. Dan LeMonnier is coming to teach us about President Benjamin Harrison, who spent a majority of his life in Indiana. On Monday, we will spend some time discussing Mr. Harrison and prepare questions for our visitor. This visit also ties into our Indianapolis trip where we will be visiting the President Benjamin Harrison Home. I'm very excited for the children to not only learn about Benjamin Harrison but also the art of story telling.

Just a few reminders: permission slips for the Indianapolis field trip are due on April 13. If you've misplaced the slip, please let me know so that I can send home a new one. Also, there is no school on Friday.