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.
