Here's What's Happening in Mrs. McBrady's Classroom

October 9, 2017

See our Homecoming Poster!  It was truly a team effort.  Each student participated and worked together to create our masterpiece.  It may not have won the prize, but the students are definitely winners!

Snacks! I encourage your child to bring a healthy snack to tide him or her over until lunch time. I would like to ask that you send snacks in plastic bags that can easily be sealed, plastic containers that can easily be opened and closed, or individual packaging. While it may be convenient to purchase a box of crackers and eat them all week, an open package of food is an invitation to pests. Thanks!!


Literacy

Interactive Reading –  Shiloh

Reading - Theme

Writing Workshop – Personal Narrative, brainstorming, organizing ideas, and writing an essay. We will continue with the writing process with revising, editing, and final copies.

Independent Reading – AR goal for October 5 points to meet their goal
Please remind your child to read at home. 4th graders should read at least 20 minutes per evening.
If you want to check if a book you have at home has a test or see the reading level or point value, you can visit this web site:

http://www.renlearn.com/store/quiz_home.asp

You are invited to download 3 eBooks (2 with audio), sponsored by Pizza Hut and the Book-It Program.  See more information about downloading here:

https://www.amazon.com/Kindle-eBooks/b?ie=UTF8&node=17202659011

Spelling

Pretest – Monday
Final Test – Friday
Students who score 100% on their pretest will not need to take the final test on Friday. Students should score 80% or higher on the final tests to master their spelling words. You can check your child’s progress on Spelling City.

Math

Unit 2 - 
I can use a formula to figure the area of a rectangle
I can work with factor pairs, arrays, and corresponding equations
I can learn that a whole number is a multiple of each of its factors
I can classify numbers as prime or composite

Social Studies

The United States and Its Regions
Why Study History?
The First Americans
First Europeans Come To America
A Nation Is Born

Vision and Hearing

Vision and hearing screenings will be conducted October 25. Fourth grade is not a part of the routine screening process. If you would like your child’s vision or hearing checked, please contact the office and they will schedule your child to be screened.

Art

Grandma Cookie will be coming into our classroom once a month this year with an art lesson. We will see her on Monday for the first time.

Every Kid in a Park

Fourth graders and their family are admitted FREE to any National Park from September 2017 until the end of August 2018. Feel free to check it out!

Coming Up!

October 9 - Art with Grandma Cookie
October 17 - Picture Retakes
October 19 and 20 - No School
October 31 - Classroom Fall Party