Ms.

Arbuckles Grade 4 Class

The Week Ahead (February20-23)
Housekeeping
This week is looking good in
terms of forecast, so hopefully we will not be
Literacy
surprised by any snow!
This week in Language arts, students will be
We do have a Professional Learning day on
working on an independent writing assessment.
Friday that the district is planning to go ahead
They will be showing what they know by
with, so there will not be school for students on
completing the writing process (idea, sloppy copy,
Friday, February 24th.
editing, revising, and final copy). This assessment
Please send proper snow gear with your child will be marked according to mid-grade 4 district
each day, as our playground is very snow-covered standards. Students were given time last week to
and we dont want kids sitting in class with wet brainstorm ideas, and will be given ample time to
clothing. complete their assessments this week. They will
also have access to personal writing tools (word
wall, mini-dictionary, etc).

Math Announcements

Students have learned many strategies for multiplication over the past few weeks.-Library books due
We will continue withonthis this week by
Wednesday.
learning the last few strategies (x 9, x5, x3, x6). Please review the multiplication facts book with your child each evening. The
quicker their recall with their basic multiplication facts, the easier time they will have with more challenging ones (for example,
-Hot
if they know that 3 x 8 = 24, then they can apply that to 30 x 8=240, and 3x80=240). Welunch order
will soon be due on on to decimals
moving
and fractions, and will work with tenths (0.7) and hundredths (0.07) only in grade 4. Thursday.
We will use number lines to see how there
are numbers in between 0-1, and also look at how decimals have real world applications with money.
-No school on Friday.

Bulletin

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