4th Grade

HAPPENINGS
Fourth grade is off to a great start!
In math, we have completed chapter one, and are cruising
through chapter two. We are focusing on using the place
value knowledge from chapter one to find the value of each
digit; round numbers to the nearest 10 and 100; estimate
sums, differences, products, and quotients. We also
introduced factors and multiples. We will start working in
chapter three on whole number multiplication and division.
Having mastered the skills in multiplication and division,
students will apply what they have learned to solve real-

Upcoming
world problems. Please review vocabulary words such as
product, quotient, and remainder when solving problems at
home. Students need to know their basic

Events multiplication and division facts.

Students are doing a great job at using their schema and
10/5 evidence to make inferences. Have they modeled it for you
Ranger Joe-Guest Speaker at home? We will work on taking time to stop, think, and
react to the new information. Then we will merge our thinking
with the new information to learn, understand, and
10/16-10/20
Book Fair remember it. This skill will help students paraphrase new
information while gaining new knowledge across curriculum.
10/10 Weve been busy learning about the rock cycle and the
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3 /4 Concert-TBHS different types of rocks in science. Students also made fossil
fondue to help them understand how fossils are formed and
10/18 observed and measured the effects of weathering and the
Report Cards Home rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation. Finally,
well end the earth science unit by generating ideas to help
10/19-10/20 reduce the impacts of Earths natural disasters.
Parent-Teacher
Conferences
We will start looking at the Native American tribes
that lived in Wyoming in the 1850. We will also learn
about how important the buffalo was to the Native
Americans.
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