4th Grade News

Welcome to the 4th Grade Blog! We are going green this year. We will be adding important information to our blog to keep you informed on what is going on at RCE. Please check us out regularly to find out what is going on academically in each subject area.

Monday, November 23, 2009

CONGRATULATIONS!

Mrs. Kohl had a beautiful baby girl on Friday--Mom and baby are doing great!

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Menu Change for Next Week at the RCE Cafetorium

Our vendor did not receive the Chicken Zoo Animals in time to delivery for service on Monday, November 16th. We will have them on Monday, November 23rd as we will be switching those two entrĂ©e’s.

Monday, November, 16th menu will be: Chicken Sticks, Seasoned Fries, Mixed Vegetables and Cupcake Treat

We will be offering a Holiday meal on Monday November 23rd too. The menu will include:

Chicken Zoo Animals or Sliced Turkey, Cranberry sauce, Cornbread Dressing, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy, Seasoned Green Beans or Celery Sticks with Ranch, White Roll or Animal Crackers and Peach Crisp

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

We are working on....

In reading, fourth graders are working on identifying the main idea and the supporting details. We are making “tracks” as evidence of our thinking when we read. We are also using context clues as a comprehension tool.

In writing, the students are editing and revising passages for subject verb agreement, complete sentences, correct punctuation and spelling.

Native Americans of Texas is our current theme in Social Studies. The students are really enjoying researching different tribes.

In math we have been studying geometry (angles, lines, two and three dimensional shapes).
We have been working with volume this week. Soon we will be using measurement charts for problem solving with conversions in both the customary and metric measurement systems.

In Hands on Science this week the students had fun working with levers and planes. A student actually lifted Mrs. Nelson in front of the class. It was amazing!!!! They also discovered how friction helps us daily. The students worked at three different stations.

In our classrooms the students are studing the properties of soil. We just finished erosion and weathering. Next week we will be looking at natural resources and determine which are renewable and nonrenewable.

Supplies for Mrs. Gonzalez's class

Mrs. Gonzalez's class needs tissues and Germ X. If you would like to donate one of these items for her class, they would appreciate it.
Veteran's Day
Mrs. Harrell found this website where Xerox will print and send the cards that students create on this site to soldiers.
You may want to try it…pretty simple and it’s FREE http://www.letssaythanks.com/

Several interactive sites are on the Rummel Creek Web page with activities for Veteran’s Day…
http://rce.springbranchisd.com/
Click on Library Link
Click on Curriculum Links
Click on Social Studies
Click on Veteran’s Day links

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Upcoming Benchmarks

Fourth grade has several district benchmarks coming up this month. The purpose of the benchmark is to help the teachers know the areas of instruction that we need to focus upon to reach mastery levels of those skills.

It would be helpful if your child would get a good night's rest and eat breakfast on those mornings so they can do their best! Thank you for your help with these good habits!

Benchmark

Reading,Thursday,November 5th
Math,Tuesday,November 10th
Writing,Thursday, November 12th
Social Studies,Tuesday,November 17th