This week was busy with NYS ELA testing Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.  Our fourth graders worked very hard!

We introduced some poetry this week in honor of National Poetry Month.  We look forward to exploring more poetry throughout the month, as well as writing some poetry!  

In math, we have come to the end of topic 13, Extending Fraction Concepts.  This week we learned about equivalent fractions and decimals, decimal place value, comparing and ordering decimals, and using money to understand decimals.  Next week we will review on Monday and have a topic test on Tuesday.  We have also been working on reviewing some of the topics that were taught at the end of third grade.  We made flashcards with partners to refresh our minds on some of the vocabulary that we might see on the test next week.  I introduced the students to protractors this week, and they enjoyed exploring different angles.  We played with a protractor gadget on the smartboard, and the students enjoyed making and measuring new angles!

We met with our buddies to work on a spring craft this week and got a little messy with paint!  I will post pictures of the finished products once they are completed. 

This past week we ran the pacer test in PE.  I decided to give it a go and run it with the kids!  It was fun, and they all did great!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Riegel