We had a wonderful time at our class Valentine's Parties. Thank you so much to the families that donated to the animal shelter and helped our learners to share their love with the animals. Thank you, also, to the parents that volunteered to come to the party and to our wonderful room moms that planned the fun!
Thank you, as well, to many of you that shared the love with us in the form of chocolates and Valentines. We appreciate your generosity!
Important Announcements
- Spring Pictures will be Monday, February 22nd. Learners will take individual pictures and a class picture. We will take our pictures first thing in the morning before Specials.
- Jump Rope for Heart will be Friday, February 26th during Specials.
- We will have another session with our partnership with DTCC this Friday, February 26th. During this session, the learners will learn about a variety of careers.
- Open House will be Thursday, March 10th. We will have more information coming about this evening in the near future!
- We are in need of a few important items: tissues, hand sanitizer, and disinfecting wipes. We would greatly appreciate if you would be willing to donate any of the above items to our classrooms. We are trying to keep all of the germs away!
Holiday Coupons!
For the holidays, we gave our students a coupon book. Within this coupon book, there is a coupon for a fun experience for each month. We will send reminders as those days get closer, but you may want to go ahead and mark them in your calendar now.
*March 31st - 30 Minutes of Non-electronic Game Time*April 29th - A Picnic Outside for Lunch
*May 26th - A Movie & Popcorn
Upcoming Dates
- Monday, February 22 - Spring Pictures
- Friday, February 26 - Jump Rope for Heart (During Specials)
- Thursday, March 10 - Open House
- Friday, March 11 - Shamrock Shuffle (During Specials)
- March 14-18 Spring Break
- Thursday, March 24 - Spirit Rally
- Friday, March 25 - Weather Day
- Tuesday, March 29 - Writing STAAR Test
The citizenship quality for February is Respect.
Each week, Town Center focuses on one life principle, or guiding character quality. The life principles for each week are discussed on the morning announcements and will be posted on our agendas.
What are we learning?
Math & Science
In math, we will be continuing our Division unit. The learners will be exploring three different strategies to use when they are solving division problems. The strategies are dividing with partial quotients, dividing with area models, and the standard algorithm.
In science, we will be starting out unit over earth's surfaces. The learners will be exploring erosion, deposition, and weathering. They will also be creating their own experiment to test different types of soils.
We are reading our second Junior Great Books story, No-Guitar Blues. As we read through the story, the learners have had the chance to explore the question, "What does it mean to have integrity?" At the end of our study of the story, the learners will participate in a student-led discussion about the story in which they will use evidence from the text to defend their opinions.
In writing, we will continue to explore expository writing, taking everything we've learned and putting it together to write incredible essays. The learners have been focusing on elaborating by using examples and clarification statements. This past week, they had the chance to put together everything they've learned about the writing process in a midyear writing assessment. We're looking forward to reading the learners' writing.
Social Studies
In social studies, we have begun our study of the Texas Revolution. Throughout our study of the various battles in the Revolution, learners will be thinking about the following big questions:
How does the past shape our present and future?
Could the Revolution have been avoided?
Learners will also get to participate in several Mind Missions in which they will have the chance to go through the Engineering Design Process and apply Design Thinking to their creations.
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Thank you, again, for taking the time to read our blog. We are looking forward to another great week with our fourth graders!
