Diagramming Plot, Dropping Eggs, and Distance Measurement

We have four weeks remaining of school and we are still working hard!  Here is what´s going on this week in Room 25:

Science

This week marks the beginning of our last Science unit of the year.   All week we will be researching, discussing, designing, and building our projects for North School´s STEM Fair on Friday.  The fourth grade will be building containers to withstand an egg-drop from the top of the school!  Students are invited to bring in materials that can be used for the project by Wednesday and the final projects will be completed by Friday, May 5th.  Parents are invited to the final egg drop competition on Friday from 1:15-2:15.  Click on the picture below for a link to the rules and timeline of the project.

Math

This week we will finish Chapter 12: Measurement.  Since this chapter covers many different skills, we will not have a chapter test, but rather a few shorter quizzes that cover each of the individual skills.  On the agenda for this week includes metric unit conversions, elapsed time, and reading stem plots.

Language Arts

Word Study

As we read the book Bridge to Terrabithia, our Word Study words will be from the chapters we read throughout the week.  The words range from the familiar to the unknown, but give the students and opportunity to use then in context and become familiar with them as we read.  The words for the week can be found here.

Reading

For the next few weeks, we will continue to read Bridge to Terrabithia to further our comprehension of fictional text.  This week we will focus on diagramming the plot and identifying the setting, rising actions, conflict, and climax of the story.

Writing

While we focus on the plot of Bridge to Terrabithia, we have been anticipating the climax (or most dramatic event) that all the events are leading up to.  This week we will gather information to help us begin to infer what the climax may be.  Throughout the next two weeks, we will writing an inferential essay describing what we think will happen in the book as the climax!

Have a wonderful week!  If you can, we would love to have you attend our final rounds of the Egg Drop Contest on Friday from 1:15-2:15.  As always, if you have any questions, let me know!