Welcome to our 4th grade blog! 

I want to thank you for providing us the delicious lunch on Wednesday, October 7th. 

Last Friday, we divided the students into their Community Building Groups.  

Here is each teacher’s focus:

• Ms. Kathy- Art Appreciation
• Ms. Laurel- Brain Exploration- Critical Thinking
• Mr. Barry- Community Building
• Mr. C.J.- Exercising Right Brain Thinking
• Ms. Teresa- In the Science Lab 

What we will be learning this week?

• Reading/S.S.- test preparation, main idea, latitude and longitude, making posters about the four regions of California, introduction to Native Americans in California
• Language Arts- Long -a sound spelled with a-e and ai.  New list- Long -a sound spelled ei, cursive -e
• Math- multiplying two digit numbers by two digit numbers, long division, creating a survey, making a bar graph
• Science- making a temporary magnet, conductors and insulators

Important Dates to Remember:

• Wednesday, October 28th- Field Trip to Ardenwood Farm
• Friday, October 30th- End of 1st Quarter
• Saturday, October 31st- Walk-A-Thon
• Monday, November 2nd-5th- Standardized Testing
• Friday, November 6th- No School (Staff Development)