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

December 18, 2017

Literacy

Students continue to read books for The Battle of the Books.  The contest will take place Tuesday, December 19 at 9:00 a.m.
Reading – Author Study on Chris Van Allsburg  Project instructions have been sent home.  Posters are due Wednesday, December 20.

Literacy - Theme, Notetaking and Main Ideas, First Person Point of View Writing (Autobiography)

Independent Reading – AR goal for December - 5 points to meet the goal
Please remind your child to read at home. 4th graders should read at least 20 minutes per evening.


Spelling

Lesson 13
Pretest on Monday
Final Test on Thursday

Math

Unit 4 - Multi-digit Multiplication
I can multliply 2 digits by 2 digits using partial products multiplication
I can play multiplication wrestling using the basic principles of multiplication with multi-digit numbers'
I can find the area of rectangles and rectilinear figures using multi-digit computation
I can solve multi-step multiplication problems and use estimation to see if my answer is reasonable

Social Studies

Eating the Plates: A Pilgrim Book of Food and Manners 
Projects will be presented Wednesday

Coming Up!

Dec. 19 - Battle of the Books
Dec. 19 - Bonus Point Store
Dec. 21 - Last day of school before Christmas Break
Jan. 2 - Back to School!