Today was a busy day in the fourth grade! We started our day by doing our five minute timed test; our class goal is to achieve a 95% average on addition for the first nine weeks. Today we raised our average to 76.4% thanks to many hard workers! We also played "Beat the Teacher" again; this time some of us were able to use our place value skills (and a bit of luck) to beat Ms. Jameson. During beat the teacher we talked about expanded notation, and learned a new way to write numbers.
In social studies many of us completed our maps of the southeast region of the United States, and we took a spelling test on spellingcity.com. We had to get that done this morning, because the afternoon was reserved for...FUN FRIDAY!
Fun Friday is a special day that only fourth graders get to have. It helps us get used to the responsibility of having homework and getting letter grades. Every other Friday, Ms. Jameson and Mrs. Goertzen plan a special activity. Students who have all of their homework done by that day get to participate, while students who need to finish their homework get the chance to complete it. It's a good reason to be responsible for turning in homework when it is due! Today we got to color and construct gigantic insects during Fun Friday; we were very creative! Our class finished the day in the library with our kindergarten reader's friends. We get to read a book with our kindergartner before helping them pick out and check out a book to take home. When they go back to their classroom we pick out a new book to read to them next week. We are having lots of fun, but are also learning that kindergartners can be a big responsibility!
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