Flying High in Fourth Grade!

I can't believe how quickly we have gotten into our routines! We now are switching for classes, taking tests, doing word study contract work, etc. and it all seems like no problem for these great kids! This week we learned more about weather in science. We did some experiments with temperature and will do some graphing with this topic next week. In Virginia Studies the students made their salt dough maps of the state - easily the highlight of the week! :) We are finishing up our study of place value of math. In fact, we plan to take our unit quiz on Monday and move into estimation and addition/subtraction review. I love to help students learn more ways to think about how to mentally add and subtract numbers so they don't always have to rely on paper and pencil methods. We will play loads of fun games to help with this. Ask your child about what we play as you can easily play them at home. We played a game this past week called "Make 16" with playing cards. It is easy and fun!