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For the week of January 26th, we will be serving...

 Hi Everyone,
This week we are getting into some "tasty" work. The students will be starting the reading unit comparing and contrasting certain types of information. What better way to do that than with CHOCOLATE! Here's how this week will be broken down:

Reading: We are starting The Chocolate Touch and relating it to the history of Chocolate. We are also going to tie-in letter writing with our story. The students are going to write letters to different chocolate companies requesting any form or information that they can give us. (hopefully free samples, YUM!)

Math: Fractions are the name of the game. We are working on identifying fractions, comparing and ordering them. There will be a little bit of multiplication involved but it's nothing that the students can't handle.

Social Studies: We are working on moving from the Civil War and Reconstruction to New Challenges NC faced as a new state. We will look at World War I, The Great Depression, and WWII.

Reminders:
Thursday is will be our Den Dollar Store day.
Thursday, January 28th: McTeacher night at McDonald's on University Pkwy.
               

***Congrats to the following AR Goal Winners!***

--Kamille, Jordyn, Kamesia, Stephanie, Tre', & Jasmine

GREAT JOB!

Progress Reports!!!!!

Attention!!!!!!

Progress reports are stapled in your student's planners. You do not have to return them to school, but please review them and discuss with your child ways to improve his/her grade.

Thanks!

Week of January 19-22nd

Hello everyone, It's been quite awhile since the blog has been up and running. BUT...we are back in action and ready to keep you posted as to what we are doing in class.

Reading: We are in the middle of Secret of NIMH but we are also going to start reading The Chocolate Touch. We are reading this with the each 4th grade class. It's a short book that's going to introduce the students to the history of chocolate and what can become of a character when they over induldge.

Math: We are going to start working on FRACTIONS!!!! I like to make math hands-on when it comes to fractions so there will be a lot of in-class, mini-projects that deal with their math concepts. Fractions take up half of the 3rd quarter so we will have plenty of time to get this under our belt.

Writing Project: When we get back on the 26th, our 3rd quarter is going to start off with learning about Chocolate and how certain candies were created. The project is not a huge one but it is going to count as a writing grade. The students will work on this in class and with Mrs. Charpentier in Media.

**Upcoming Events: Jan. 28th--Gibson Store
                                            Jan 28th-- McTeacher Night @ 5:00