I hope you had a restful and fun break. I'm so glad that I was able to meet with many of you at the conferences and want to thank you for encouraging me. I'm excited for this next quarter : )
Important Dates:
- January 8 and 9 - Fourth Grade Project: reciting "Paul Revere's Ride"
- January 15 - no school - Civil Right's Day
- February 2 - field trip to the MIM - an email will be sent out soon with information about this trip
Academics for the week:
In ELA this week, we will learn about Point of View and begin working on informative and explanatory texts. We will continue to read and discuss Robin Hood, as well as, recite Paul Revere.
This week in math, we will review the concepts we covered in the first semester, including place value, the operations of whole numbers, fractions, operations of fractions, and measurement.
In science, we will learn about forecasting and climate. We will compare weather and climate. There will be a quiz during the week of the 16th.
This week in history we will begin our study of African Kingdoms. We will focus on the geography of Africa including the countries of Africa as well as major mountains, rivers and other geographic features. We will then begin studying the Kingdoms of the Kush and the Aksum and how these kingdoms impacted Africa.
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Classroom needs: Tissues :)
Excited for the new quarter,
Mrs. Gore
Excited for the new quarter,
Mrs. Gore
