Week in Review

Week of September 8- September 11th

Reading:

• We are envisioning our stories and sketching the movies we make in our mind. BV
• We are pushing ourselves to write about our envisionments. MR
• We set goals for ourselves in reading. BW
• We are continuing to read intensely and learning more ways to do this! WM
• We have reading partners to help push up to be the best reader we can be! CL
• We are using a checklist to help us lift the level of our envisionments. AD

Math:

• We are learning about arrays. CJ
• We are learning about factors and multiplication. LK
• We learned that 10 cannot be a factor if there is not a 0 in the ones place. JE
• We also learned about prime numbers, composite numbers, and square numbers. JW
• We had a gallery walk to find prime numbers, composite numbers, and square numbers. CN

Writing:

• We are applying for our cursive permit! LS
• We are brainstorming story ideas for realistic fiction. AA
• We brainstormed ideas by thinking about small moments from our own lives and then turning them into realistic fiction story ideas.
• We edited our story ideas with red pen because we know that fourth graders should ALWAYS use capital letters, punctuation, and paragraphs when needed. DR

Second Steps:

• We are learning to listen with attention. We played the game, "Telephone" to practice listening with attention. LD

Workshop:

• We started workshop this week. This is a time for us to continue working on something we need to finish, a time to practice strategies, or a time to meet with Miss Sproch! VS