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

September 17, 2018

Literacy

Interactive Reading – Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and Bullying Curriculum Books and discussion.

Reading Workshop - Genre study

Writing Workshop – Personal Narrative, gathering ideas, establishing routines, and launching Writing Workshop.

Independent Reading – All students are expected to achieve the AR goal. Every student should have a minimum of 5 AR points by Friday, September 28. I send an AR report home every week (usually Thursday or Friday) for you to monitor your child’s reading progress. Students have also been introduced to the 40 Book Requirement. Please see the Independent Reading tab on my blog for more information.

AR goal for September 
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

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. Your child has practiced going to “my records” to see a copy of their test and the record of their activity.

Math
Here are our I can statements for this week:
I can solve addition problems using the traditional method.
I can solve subtraction problems using the traditional method.
I can convert between yards, feet, and inches.
I can explain properties of points, line segments, lines, and rays.
I can explain properties of angles, triangles, and quadrilaterals.

Grading
My grading is as follows:
94 - 100% = G (Good)
88 - 93% - S+ (Above Satisfactory)
80 - 87% - S (Satisfactory)
70 - 79% - S- (Below Satisfactory)
69% and Below - N (Needs to Improve)

Social Studies

For your information, students watch a 10 minute news program designed for students called CNN10.  It is nonpartisan and often features heroes or other positive news.  In the event of a tragedy, such as a school shooting or similar event, I will preview the news program and determine if it is appropriate.  We do discuss events that are reported.Those discussions can provide valuable insight to our world.