Educating Hearts and Minds for
More than Sixty-Five Years
Mrs. Jillian Duchnowski 4-2
email: jduchnowski7211@ndsnet.org
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Content Areas
READING & WRITING4th Grade participates in book clubs where groups of students are assigned novels and different tasks to complete within their group. The book clubs focus on deepening fluency & comprehension through a variety of strategies which allow students to listen, discuss, & analyze both characters and novels. Book clubs provide students with an engaging and thought-provoking experience throughout the reading of a novel. Writing class goals are to use all the steps in the writing process to create authentic pieces. Grade 4 focuses on persuasive, narrative, expository, and opinion writing.
SPELLING During spelling instruction students are broken up into three spelling teams. Each team receives a different group of words and completes activities such as a word sort. Students also go into spelling centers where they work with their team to play games such as spelling bingo. Assessments are on Fridays unless othewise noted by the teacher. (weekly spelling lists will be posted on google classroom)SCIENCE
Students engage in a number of hands on science activities in which they use the scientific process to problem solve experiments. -
Week of 1/13-1/17
IN SCIENCE: We are working on our Earth unit. We have already learned the importance of the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. We will be studying rocks, natrual hazards, and weathering.
IN READING: We are in the middle of reading The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman. We will focus on character development and perspective during our book clubs.
IN SPELLING: We will continue working in our spelling teams. We will use our new words to create word sorts, use words in context and work in centers to help us learn spelling patterns for challenging words.
IN WRITING: We are creating our own authentic stories using a mentor text as a model. We will publish these stories in hard cover to be displayed during Catholic Schools Week.