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Here is a glace at what we are working on the week of
10/12-10/16:

Reading: Our guided reading groups has gotten off to a fantastic start. Many thanks to Mrs. Harwell for her working in making the first day of Guided Reading a success. Our Teacher Directed reading focuses on a new (shorter) chapter book entitled, The Twits by Roald Dahl. It is a funny book that shows the kids a new genre of literature. Our focus this week is sequencing within a story along with the meaning behind the text.

The Twits sitting down to a "tasty" meal.

Math: Last week was very successful with our estimation multiplication. The students really found it easy to bring the zeros down and solve simple multiplication problems. This week, we are working on multiplying 2-digit by 2-digit. This is a harder concept but we are using the "break it down method" otherwise know as the Distributive Property. I will post pictures/video of our lessons on this topic to better help you at home. Since this is an essential part of 4th grade math, we will contiune to work on our multiplication. Please make sure you are reviewing facts at home.

The follow shows the steps in the Distrubutive Property  

  

Writing: Our writing menus have taken off and the students are looking for any reason to work on them. As a teacher, THIS IS AWSOME!!! I am extreemly excited that the students are being creative and love writing about topics that they can pick from. Remeber, the due date for the final pieces is October 28th.

Social Studies: We are continuing to work on the Three Regions of NC. The students will have a test on the Unit, Wednesday, October 14th. I will allow the students to use their book to find the information (much like using the text on the reading portion of the EOG).

• http://www.nccommerce.com/en/BusinessServices/LocateYourBusiness/Presentations/NCOverviewVideoPresentation.html This is a great site that shows an 8 minute video of North Carolina and it's regions. Great Video!
  

Spelling Words for this week focus on the short "u" sound as in "Cup" and the long "u" sound as in "Use."
blush, crutch, crunch, grumpy, much, umpire, uncle, none, does, fuel, cute, cubicle, human, future, usual, uniform, used, beautiful, **Factors, **Products (**are extra credit words)