Ms. Arcenas' Class Makes Connections Across Content Areas!

Inspire. Challenge. Succeed. 

Every Student... Every Heart... Every Mind... Wow Grade 4! The first week back after Carnival has been jammed packed with learning in our different content areas. Take the time to review with your parents the learning that has taken place and reflect once again on the following questions:

• In what ways have you demonstrated intellectual curiosity, perseverance, respect, integrity and kindness?
• How have your actions inspired, challenged and/or helped others to succeed?

Recess fun!

Writer's Workshop

Writing across content areas... I wonder Grade 4, in what ways have we been using what we know about opinion writing to support our writing in Reading, Social Studies, Science and Math?

Consider the following questions as you reflect on your writing across content areas:

• What do you notice about the writing that is similar? What makes you say that?
• What tools do we have that can support our writing across content areas?
• I wonder, are you using your writing app every time we write?
• What makes the writing app important to our learning?

Grade 4 practices their dictionary skills during Writer’s Workshop. Students work with their partner to use their tools to help them edit their spelling efficiently.

Good writers always EDIT their work... During Writer's Workshop, we have been working on our writing, but this time, using the different lenses of editing. Review the Editing Checklist below. Connect each editing lens to your writing app. 

What tools could we use to help us edit our writing appropriately and efficiently? What makes you say that?

Teaching point: Good writers edit their writing using specific tools, focusing on one editing lens at a time.

Grade 4 practices using the Editing Checklist for sense and grammar.

Next steps... Grade 4, this week we will look closely at our opinion essays and use our editing checklist to carefully review our writing for spelling, sense and grammar, and punctuation and capitalization. 

In addition, remember to compare your writing to our class example and student examples below. Ask yourself the following questions:

• What do you notice about the writing that is similar? What is different? What makes you say that?
• How do you know that your sentences are clear and complete?

Link to the opinion writing boxes and bullets class example

Felipe's opinion writing

Gabi's opinion writing

One School. One Community. One Graded.

Grade 4, entrepreneurs in the making... Grade 4, remember to use your time wisely during our Marketplace Activity. This week during Social Studies, we will research the cost of materials needed to create your product based on the data collected from your market research surveys. 

For homework, you are expected to meet with your group to make advertisements, purchase and organize the materials needed to create your product, as well as, make your product together. 

Evidence of the group work that takes place outside of school is required!

Please review our class example of the Marketplace Activity presentation to guide you further in the learning process! Information is UPDATED on a regular basis!

Grade 4 is Carnival... Grade 4, we strengthened our sense of community during our LS Carnival celebrations! Thank you for your participation, your enthusiasm is greatly appreciated!

Grade 4 is STEAM! Grade 4, we will continue with STEAM after we have finished the Marketplace Activity. Stay tuned for information regarding our next STEAM challenge, Straw Bridge Building!

Review the information on our STEAM presentation and ask yourself the following questions:

• In what ways could I connect STEAM to The Eagle Way?
• Can I identify specific actions that helped us build our classroom community?
• In what ways could my participation in STEAM help me grow as a learner?