Friday, January 24, 2014

Poetry - Math Facts

We are working on poetry and many students need to turn in poems we have written in class...

We took another math timed test today (multiplication facts).  We are working on fractions...

Lots of graded papers went home today.

Please keep up with PowerSchool.

The weather is taking away vital learning time, please have your child read daily out loud to you for 5-10 minutes a night.  You'll be amazed at what an improvement you will see and hear in their reading.

Friday, January 17, 2014

Week of January 20

Lots of graded papers went home today - Remember to check PowerSchool often...

Poems are due next week.
Math quiz on Tuesday.
Timed multiplication test on Thursday.
We're still reading Abby Takes a Stand.

Check the assignment notebooks daily.

Have a good three day weekend.

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Welcome Back, 2014, Math, Acuity

Welcome back students!

Fourth grade students at Brown are going to try something new in math...  Students will change teachers for math in an effort to differentiate based on student understanding of fractions.  Students took a pretest for unit 7 in December.  Teachers, our coach, and administration will review student progress throughout the unit and adjust this new plan based on student learning. 

Acuity C starts February 6.

We've started a new novel, Abby Takes a Stand.

We have created a website we hope will help students and parents:  http://mrburkesfourthgradeclass.weebly.com/

Let's have a great second semester!