This Week In Grade 4 At Discovery

Hello everyone!  Thanks for checking in!

IMPORTANT REMINDER:

There is no school this Thursday and Friday, September 6 and 7, for all Discovery School Elementary classes as our teachers will be attending MAP training sessions.  Please see last week's blog post for more details.

DPTO MEETING THIS WEEK - The Discovery Parent Teacher Organization is holding its first meeting on Wednesday, September 5 from 7:30am to 8:15am.  The agenda items include: general information about the DPTO, activities for the school year, budget, and organizing the United Nations Day.  A light morning snack will be provided.


Our Honduran Independence Day celebration breakfast will be on Thursday, September 13th.  All parents are invited to join us for a Desayuno Catracho.  Following breakfast will be our Independence Day celebration.  It should be a fun-filled day at Discovery.

THIS WEEK'S CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

Math:  This week's math lessons will focus on good ol' fashioned adding and subtracting using the column method.  Our students will also be working on the quick recall of basic adding and subtracting facts.  Any parents or students who would like to practice their skills are welcome to borrow class flash cards.

Reading and Writing:  This week in guided reading reading we will be examining and then re-examining our 'good predictions' for the conclusion of our class novel Stonefox.  In writing we will practice writing for a purpose, using our mystery box of fun writing prompts.  Let's see if our students can use their creativity and expressive writing to complete this fun activity successfully.

Social Studies:  We will be looking at our last two global regions this week, Australia and the Middle East.  Afterwards we will review for our SOCIAL STUDIES QUIZ on WEDNESDAY.  On the quiz the students will have to demonstrate understanding of some of our key geographical concepts, and accurately label selected items on a world map.  Good luck students!

Grammar and Spelling:  Due to our short week we will not be having grammar or spelling lessons this week.

Here's to a great week everyone!!  Thanks for reading!!