Fourth Grade News 

October 23, 2017 

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Writer’s Workshop 
 
  We are building a community of independent readers 
  and writers in fourth grade.  
Rock of Ages Field Trip:   
Students: 
Tuesday, October 31st  ● Wrote in Writer’s Notebooks to build stamina. 
  ● Worked with images from Harris Burdick to 
Celebration of Learners Assembly (COL)  build excitement about writing 
Friday, October 27th  ● Developed complex characters  
at 8:10 am  ● Worked on “Show Not Tell” in their Emotions 
writing pieces. 
   
November 10th - No School   
  In the upcoming weeks, we will be delving into the 
November 16th - Thanksgiving Lunch in the  world of personal narratives. Children will be:: 
cafeteria from 11:30 - 12:05  ● Writing leads or establishing a situation 
● Developing realistic settings 
  ● Sequencing events 
November 17th - Report Cards   ● Putting it all together - PLOT 

Reader’s Workshop 

 
Frindle 
 
We have started to make connections in our writing to our  Science 
reading. This past week students have:  Our first unit in science focuses on the continual 
● Looked for ways the author used “Show Not Tell” to  processes that shape the Earth. Students will dive 
describe Nick and Mrs. Granger.  right into investigating the material that make up the 
● Used their schema of conflict to make predictions of 
Earth's surface through observations and recordings. 
outcomes 
  The goal of this unit is for our students to become 
In upcoming weeks students will:  familiar with the properties, size and composition of 
● Discuss traits and the changing/development of  the Earth and will begin to consider the idea of parent 
characters using textual evidence - how do 
material which we lead us into weathering and 
motivations change our characters 
● Predicting / Inferencing  erosion.
● Going beyond the text 
● Author’s Purpose 
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October 23, 2017 
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Bridges Math   

 
Students will continue to build multiplicative reasoning 
in our second unit - ​Multi-Digit Multiplication and Early 
Division.  
  
Student will:   
● use arrays and ratio tables to make  Reminder: A
​ s the cooler temperatures arise, please 
generalizations about the effects of multiplying  remind your child wear appropriate clothing and 
by 10, 100 and 1,000  outerwear: rain jackets on rainy days, warm sweaters, 
  jackets and (soon) hats and gloves on cold days! This 
● Solve multi-step story problems  helps to make recess more enjoyable for everyone! 
  Thank you! 
● Model division with remainders 

 
Once again, please do not hesitate to contact me with 
any questions or concerns at: sboucher​@cesvt.net​ or 
622-8821 x 228 

Students are focusing on concepts including: analyzing 

patterns, fractions, decimals and working with 
numbers in base ten.