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Mr. Grotte Main Daily Planner Homework Spelling Class Photos Lunch Menu Contact Information Elementary Site District Site	Date: 5/21/13 Upcoming Dates and Activities: May 22 Mr. Sloniker walking field trip May 23 4^th grade concert 1pm-2pm May 28 Mr. Grotte walking field trip June 6 Mr. Sloniker field trip June 7 Classroom auction June 7 4^th grade spelling bee June 10 Puff paint t-shirts June 11 Final day of school- half day Helpful links and resources: Student Math Book 4^th grade math power standards 4^th grade math standards checklist Helpful math internet sites Language Arts Book Spelling practice pages Parent reading resource Kahn Academy Academics: Math- Key concepts studied in math: · Writing decimals as fraction, vice versa · Comparing and ordering decimals · Finding area and perimeter of a rectangle · Finding area and perimeter of a polygon · Exploring connections between area and perimeter Language Arts- Key concepts studied in writing and reading: Diary entry: incorporating description, dialogue, thoughts and feelings, point of view Practicing the revising and editing process Using a thesaurus to find synonyms for our writing Focus skill is currently Story Sequence Reading aloud to improve fluency Reading comprehension and providing text based answers to show understanding Figurative Language Social Studies- Key concepts studied in Social Studies: Investigate explorers to visit the Northwest by land Point of view Science- We will be starting a unit on rocks and minerals next week. We are currently studying measurement conversions. The electricity and magnetism science fair was fantastic. Thank you for all of your help in patience while your child built their project. Every project was very well put together and I’m sure there was a great deal of learning that occurred as a result.
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