Week of September 18th

• Monday - Day 3 - Library and Band
• Tuesday - Day 4 - PE AND Orchestra
• Wednesday - Day 5 - Art
• Thursday - Day 1 - Music
• Friday - Day 2 - STEM

Band and Orchestra lessons will continue this week. Band will be on day 3 and orchestra will be on day 4. Students should:

      - come prepared on lesson days with instrument and folder 

      - know their lesson time for the week * I will have a schedule posted in my room, but it's helpful if they're familiar with the schedule and have an idea 

      - let their homeroom teacher and math teacher (if they'll be missing math) that they'll be missing class for a lesson

We will give the Math MAP assessment Wednesday, September 20th

RP Intramurals - 4th grade swimming forms were sent home with students Friday. Please return this week if interested. See this link for more information about swimming and RP intramurals

Learning Updates:

Reading: We continue to work our way through Module 1 of our new reading curriculum. We've read a few new stories from our books, practiced skills we learned last week, learned a few new skills, and started our first Storyworks magazine. 

Writing: The students have done a fabulous job with the first two stages of the writing process for our Narrative Unit - brainstorming and planning. This week, we will begin drafting, work on building our writing stamina, and learn about strong leads.

Math: We will continue our work with Unit 1, Multiplicative Thinking, learning about new multiplication strategies this week. 

Science: Our first week of science was awesome! Students learned about and made cast/mold fossils and trace fossils. We will continue our work this week!