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

October 29, 2018

We will have our fall party Wednesday,Oct. 31.  Students are welcome to bring a treat to share with classmates.  Any treats need to be store bought and individually wrapped or bakery made. We have 23 students in the classroom.

Literacy
Interactive Reading –  Eating the Plates

Reading - nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns

Writing Workshop – Note taking - Eating the Plates

Independent Reading – All students are expected to achieve the AR goal. Every student should have a minimum of 5 AR points by October 31. I send an AR report home every week (usually Thursday or Friday) for you to monitor your child’s reading progress. I look for 80% or above in comprehension, how many AR points have been earned, and the reading level of books.  I ask that students do not take more than 2 AR tests in 1 day.

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.

Spelling


This week is a review week.  Twenty five words will be selected from Lessons 1, 2, and 3. Twenty five words will be selected from Lessons 4, 5, and 6.   All the lists are open that have been tested. Here is the testing schedule:
Lessons 1, 2, 3 will be tested Tuesday

Lessons 4, 5, 6 will be tested Thursday

Math
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Unit 3 - Fractions and Decimals
I can explore equivalent fractions through equal sharing
I can use an area model to recognize and generate equivalent fractions
I can use a length or number line model to recognize and generate equivalent fractions
I can develop a rule for finding equivalent fractions

Science

Our Tower Garden is planted and doing well.  Ask your child to tell you about it.  

The LED lights are on 14 hours and off 10 hours.  The water circulates 15 minutes of every hour.

Friday, Oct, 26 we had a program on energy from the Science Museum of Minnesota.  

Bookmobile

October  31
November 14 and 28

Dates to Remember

Oct. 31 - Classroom Fall Parties
Nov. 1 - Art with Grandma Cookie
Nov. 2 - Last day of Quarter 1 (Wow!!)
Nov. 5 - No School - Teacher Workshop
Nov. 7 - Conferences from 3:30 - 7:30
Nov. 8 - Conferences from 12:30 - 7:30
Nov. 8 - Art with Grandma Cookie (rescheduled)

Nov. 9 - No School