What is Your Child Doing in 4th Grade?
Well ask them…
Math
- Tell me about multiplication math facts shortcuts or patterns
- What is the 50 facts multiplication test? What’s the difference between the 1 minute and 3 minute scoring?
- How did you graph the results of the test?
- What are some other ways to think about 27/3? (How many 3s in 27? or 3 times what equals 27?)
- Explain the game “Multiplication Beat the Calculator” to me. What’s the point of the game?
Reading
- You’ve been doing a new novel study as a class with the book Owl in the Shower. How does the book connect with what you’re learning about Ecosystems?
- Who are Borden, Leon, and Enrique?
- Which side are you leaning toward at this point—the loggers or the environmentalists? Why is making a firm decision so difficult?
- How are the needs of the loggers and their families similar to the needs of the spotted owls and their families?
- What’s your favorite part so far?
Writing
- Tell me about the Author’s Chair Celebration you had on Friday
- What are you most proud of in your piece? What was your writing partner impressed with in your piece?
- Who was the special guest that joined the class?
- Tell me about the toast
- How have you grown as a writer through this writing unit? What things are you noticing now in your writing and in others’ writing?
Science
- What is an ecosystem (An area in which all the plants, animals, and micro-organisms interact with all the non-living things)
- How do food webs compare to food chains?
- Give me some examples of inputs and outputs
- Tell me about the root beer energy transfer experiment. How does this help us understand how energy transfers between the sun, producers, and consumers?
- Tell me all about the SOAR Raptor presentation. What’s the amazing story of the bird: D1? What was your favorite part of the presentation and why?
Art Docent
- I understand you had your first art docent lesson with Mrs. Karvasek and Mrs. Varner. Tell me what you created. How did you produce it?
