It was a busy week back after vacation! We worked on finishing our first essay. We focused on making sure we had a great introduction that would grab the attention of the reader and make them want to keep reading. The kids will be finishing their final copies at home. They are due on Tuesday. We also spent a lot of time brainstorming in our essay notebooks. Fourth graders sure have an opinion about a lot of things from what the perfect bedtime is to what they would change about the school. They got to discuss it all this week! :)
In reading we have started our Test Prep unit. We have talked about how we need to think about the MCAS test like a game we are trying to win. We have learned that the MCAS test is set up a particular way, has rules that we need to follow, and that there are strategies that we can use to "beat the test!" One of the important strategies that we talked about and practiced with a partner this week was to go back into the text to find the answer to a question. We will continue to practice strategies that will help us over the next few weeks.
We finished up our Magnets and Electricity unit in science. We did some experiments to determine what objects are conductors (allow electricity to flow through) or insulators (don't allow electricity to flow through). We were also able to test out objects around the classroom.
Have a great rest of the weekend!
~Mrs. Lewis
