June 1st-June 5th

It's so hard to believe that it's June! It has been such a great year with your children. We have many fun events coming up!

June 2nd-Field trip to Pine Hills Arboretum
June 3rd-Author's Visit with Colleen Paratore
June 19th-3rd Grade Learning Fair and Picnic 11:30-12:30
June 23rd-Field Day

This week...

Reading and Writing
We are reading Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White for read aloud and the kids are really enjoying this story about a trumpeter swan who cannot make a sound. I am working on my final reading assessments and I am so proud of the progress the class has made in reading! We are working on persuasive writing and students are gathering more evidence to back up their opinions.

Math

We are continuing the review unit. Students are working in groups to review a variety of topics such as regrouping, place value, multiplication, division, fractions, time, money, and geometry.

Science/Social Studies

We are continuing the electricity unit in science and the Brazil unit in social studies. 

May 18th-May 22nd

We have had a busy couple of weeks! We had a great time on our field trip to the planetarium and are looking forward to the next field trip on June 2nd. I am still waiting on a few permissions slips, so please send this in if you have not already done so. As far as chaperones, I am trying to give first choice to people who did not get to join us on the last field trip, then I will go from the group of people who have volunteered to go again. If you would like to chaperone on June 2nd, please send this back by Monday.

This week...

Reading and Writing
In reading, we finished up a fun mystery unit. The students did a great job with their mystery book groups.We will be working on a biography unit this week. In writing, we are working on the persuasive unit. Students will be choosing "seed ideas" this week for their final persuasive speech. They are having a great time with this!

Math
In math, we are going to be doing a review unit over the next few weeks. Students will be working at stations to review major topics of the year including-addition and subtraction with regrouping, place value and rounding, fractions, multiplication, division and word problems. Please make sure your child is continuing to practice each night on xtramath. It is so important to be strong in their facts for fourth grade.

Science/Social Studies
In science, we are continuing the electricity unit. The class is really enjoying the experiments! Check out the pictures below! In social studies, we are learning about Brazil. The students are also really enjoying the Junior Achievement lessons with Mr. Neal! They are learning all about business and money and having fun with it. Thanks Mr. Neal!

May 4th-May 8th

We had a very busy week! Mr. Neal (Spencer's dad) came and started the Junior Achievement program and the kids had a great time becoming city planners. On Friday, we had an Earth Day presentation from Five Rivers. We also celebrated Brian's birthday!

**Important reminder: Monday is our field trip to the Albany Visitors Center. Please make sure your child brings lunch that day! Also, we will be leaving promptly at 9:30 so please make sure your child is on time for school. Thanks!

Also, if your child is interested in playing a stringed instrument next year, the "Meet the Strings" event is Monday night at the high school at 7pm.

Junior Achievement

Five Rivers

Happy Birthday Brian!

This week...

Reading

We finished up mystery book groups last week. The kids did a great job with this. We will be working on reading in connection to social studies and science this week.

Mystery Book Groups

Writing

We are working on the persuasive writing unit.

Math

We will be working on a unit called "Step Up to 4th Grade".

Science/Social Studies

In science, we will continue the electricity unit. In social studies, we will be learning about Brazil.