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.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Fact Strips

Does your child need extra help practicing their math facts? Click the links below for Fact Strips!



Addition

Subtraction

Multiplication

Division

Monday, September 20, 2010

September 25 is National Free Museum Day. There will be free shuttles between the activities at all of the different museums in the district. By all means, be sure and to go by the Contemporary Craft Museum…..good stuff.

Have a good time!

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

The fourth grade students had a great lesson on measurement in the lab yesterday. The teachers would like to send a big THANK YOU to all the parents who participated in the HANDS ON SCIENCE activities. The students love this time with you and benefit from the experience!

Friday, September 3, 2010

Tumblers

RCE is selling some great tumblers!!!! The 16 oz is $10 and the 20 oz is $12. You can buy them in the office!!!!

No school on Monday September 6. Have a great Holiday weekend!!!

Thursday, September 2, 2010

We're off to a Great Start!

School is off to a great start and we are already working hard! The 4th graders will learn many new things this year! We want to keep you informed about what we are working on and what is to come. During the first 9 weeks period we will work on learning and reviewing basic facts of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. We will give quizzes periodical to evaluate their progress. We will also review and expand our knowledge of addition and subtraction of large numbers with regrouping. Rounding, place value and number sense in general will be our focus in math during this first grading period.


The kids are very excited about Hands on Science starting September 13! Be sure to sign up as a volunteer to help, Hands on Science is an incredible enriching experience for our students. Current science topics that we will study are; lab safety, scientific tools, observations. Additionally we will cover seasons, tides and weather.


Back to school night will be on September 21st

In Language Arts we will be setting the routines for our reading groups and putting students into literature circles. DRA testing will be taking place the next couple of weeks so that we can use their levels to help them better in the classroom. In writing we will be focusing on having the kids work on narrative papers and learning to use the story arc to help them get their ideas organized on their paper.

In Social Studies we are started to learn about landforms in our state compared to the United States. Latitude and longitude are being reviewed so that the students can use it to find places on a map. We will soon be learning about the four regions of our state and doing a project that helps the students remember our different regions.