We have two tests this week. Throughout the whole week we will be doing our Unit 2 Assessment for Communication Arts. On Friday we will have our Math Unit 4 Assessment on decimals.
If you are looking for a way to study for Communication Arts, review all of the family letters for Unit 2 with the students at home.
http://www.abington.k12.pa.us/overlook/gradefour.shtml
To be prepared for our math test, you can review the family letter for Unit 4 (same link as above). Here are some math games that target some of our weaker areas.
The students can use some practice in ordering decimals. Here is a great game:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/ks2_activities/maths/decimals.shtml
Top-It is a great game that the students are very familiar with from class. They can play it with using decimals on www.everydaymathonline.com
Winter Break:
I have recently been trying to give the students time in class to finish their homework. The reason is because when I think back at meaningful moments when I was in fourth grade none of them involved homework. I remember inventing games with my friends, building toys, and playing sports. I know everyone's lives are busy, but I think it's important to be "bored."
I heard an interview with the founder of a new website DIY.org. If you start an account, the students then can earn badges for completing different activities. They can be anything from building a flute out of a carrot to making a pumpkin pie, or from building a mini motor to a stop motion animation. Most activities come with a video explanation on how to complete the task. After you have complete a specific number of activities for each topic, you receive a badge for that skill.
If anyone does end up using this, please tell me what you think. Here's an example: How to make a balloon racer: https://diy.org/nednewton/000j2y#30370
Also, found a great website for finding books for the all-starts:
http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/4th-grade
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