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SMARTboards have Arrived!

Look what’s new!  We now have a SMARTboard in Room 203!  A SMARTboard is an interactive chalkboard that allows images from the computer to be displayed on a large whiteboard.  The touch-sensitive display allows me and the students to interact with the software application directly from the display board.  It is possible to write on the board and use multimedia application including: working calculators, dice that roll, number grids where you can highlight patterns, and much more.  The pages can be saved to a file and printed if desired for later review. 

Fundraising from Murray’s P.T.O. helped to purchase this SMARTboard and the one in Mrs. Foluke’s classroom.  The hope is to raise additional funds this year to purchase more boards for the school.  This tool will be used across the curriculum.  The first great use of it will be this week when students present the maps they created in social studies.  Students will be able to share and interact with their individual maps for all classmates to see.

Murray Family Math Night - Tuesday, October 28

Come to Murray from 6:00-7:30 p.m. for hands-on activities and leave with practical strategies and resources to strengthen the home school partnership in math.  There will be a short keynote presentation and then families will head to small group sessions organized by grade level.

Book Advertisement

The Book Advertisement project is due Thursday.  

End of 1st Quarter

The end of the first quarter is quickly approaching.  The last day for Accelerated Reader tests is Wednesday, November 5.  Please remember, students are only permitted to take one A.R. test the last week of the quarter.  This was noted in the Back-To-School Night brochure and the 4th Grade Fact Sheet.  Report Card Pick-Up is Wednesday, November 12.  Next week I will send home a reminder slip to identify your time.

READING

• We will finish Because of Winn Dixie (Chapter 26)
• Finding examples of friendship in the story
• Discussing the theme of acceptance
• Predict the ending - What do you think happened to Winn Dixie?
• Reader Response :  How has Opal been a friend to other characters in the story?
• There will be an all-book test early next week

WRITING -

Due to Learning First Testing, we did not make as much progress in writing as planned last week.

MATH

• Subtracting across zeros:  How the regrouping works, strategies to eliminate careless mistakes
• Unit 2 Review:  Place value to 100 millions, Graphing (line plot, bar graph, line graph, and pictograph). Identifying landmarks to analyze data, adding and subtracting with regrouping.
• Unit 2 Test on Wednesday

Unit 3:  Multiplication and Division; Number Sentences and Algebra

• Patterns of multiplication
• Strategies for learning the facts using a multiplication table
• Weekly basic facts quizzes for multiplication will begin the week of November 3.

SCIENCE

• Lesson 3:  Review investigation from last week to review the idea of solubility and develop a better understanding of why some solids can dissolve and others cannot.
• Begin Chapter 11 Review - there will be a test the week of November 3.

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Thursday will be the last day in the computer lab to work on map projects. Students should have 5 places located on their map including a title and 3 places should have a short description.
• Friday - Students will begin to present their personal maps using the SMARTboard.

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