I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed two beautiful days. We have talked a bit about setting goals and certain things that we want to achieve in fourth grade. Today I achieved one of my personal goals in running a half marathon!
This past week we started a couple new units of study! We learned about different types of rocks and each student brought in a rock to observe from home. They really enjoyed studying their own special little rock and jotting down some of the properties their rock displayed. We looked at the website below to learn about some of the different properties of rocks.
We began our narrative writing unit, realistic fiction. As writer's of realistic fiction, we often find story ideas from things that have happened in our lives. Each fourth grader started this unit by thinking of different small moments that have happened in their life. This may a memory of a special person, place, or event that happened in their life. We wrote lots of small moment stories to help us brainstorm a story idea. It has been fun to read all these small moments and get to know your child better through their own writing.
On Friday morning we have music with Mrs. Seebode. I was lucky enough to hear a sneak peak of a new chorus song the kids are learning. I absolutely loved hearing them all sing Bruno Mars!!! I'm already looking forward to their mini performance for me this week. :)
We also got to meet our class buddies in Mrs. Klugman's second grade last week. We will meet once a week with our buddies and are looking forward to many fun activities with them throughout the school year! Check out some pictures below!
See you in school tomorrow!
Mrs. Riegel
