Ms. Mullins Grade 4/5 Class: October 2018

Friday, October 26, 2018

Please be reading 20 min. each night and record in your duotang.
We wrapped up our adding and subtracting numbers to 10 000 unit this week. Quizzes will be going home at the first of the week. Please sign and return. We are beginning our unit on Fractions next. It is very important for the students to be reviewing their multiplication facts to 81 each night.
I will be sending home new book orders on Thursday and they will be due back the following Wednesday.
Spelling words for grade 4's are the following: pancake, extreme, escape, beware, flame, stripe, globe, arrive, skate, smile, use, surprise, became, scrape, confuse.
We have been learning about the 6 main physical regions of Canada this week in Social Studies. They will have a very small match quiz on Friday and I will be introducing a project to them later in the week.
All of the gr. 4 assessment results went home with the students this week.
The students will have no homework on Wednesday night....Happy Halloween!
Have a wonderful week everyone!

The weather is getting much colder out there, so it will be very important for your child to be bringing warm outdoor clothing.
Grade 4's please be reading each evening and recording the title in your duotang.
We are working on some descriptive writing in class and the students are doing an AMAZING job. Our pieces should be finished up soon and will be going on display in our classroom.
Please continue to practice multiplication and division facts each night.
I will be handing back the health quizzes in the next couple of days.
Book orders came in and I will be sending the November book order closer to the end of October.
Gr. 4 spelling words are the following: enough, physical, cough, paragraph, autograph, laughter, tough, laughing, photograph, phone, rough, laughed, enough, trophy, nephew
Thank you for sending in your notes if there are changes in your child's after school plans. You are all doing a great job with this so.....THANK YOU!
Have a great week!

There will be no school on Friday, October 19th due to a PD day.
Congratulations to everyone who participated in the Cross Country Meet last week and good luck to students heading to Provincials.
Picture day will be October 18th.
Gr. 4 students should be reading 20 min. each evening and they should be recording it in their reading log. I should have their Recount writing back on Monday, so please sign their rubric and send back both the writing and rubrics. We have started some descriptive writing this week.
Words for the week focus on the short u and o sound. They are: trusting, costume, suddenly, shock, crunch, octopus, fudge, clock, summer, plump, follower, drop, plucked, under, plump
Health quiz was on Friday and we are now moving into a social studies unit.
Book orders were placed last week and I am hoping they will be in sometime this week.
Gr. 4 math- I have sent home a multiplication fact sheet and students should be reviewing these with the strategies we have learned for approx. 10 min. an evening. We have been working on 4 digit adding and will be working on 4 digit subtracting. Students have also been solving and creating word problems.
Have a great week everyone!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!
Book orders are due on Tuesday.
In gr. 4 math, we are now into adding and subtracting four digit numbers up to 10 000. Students will be creating and solving word problems and estimating. Please practice math facts nightly. I sent home a handout and it is in their agendas.
Spelling words for next week focus on the short a,e, and i sounds. The words are : after, package, rapid, festive, spend, shelf, enter, activity, tricking, whisper, special, mixture, which, bringing, mix. Quiz on Friday.
I have been enjoying reading the recounts and I hope to have them back on Friday. Please sign rubrics and return.
We will be having a short health quiz on Friday and then moving on to our social studies unit.
Have a great week!