Mrs.

Rusch’s
Class News to the Point
January 31, 2020
Happy Friday everyone! Vocabulary Upcoming
Preview Events
We had a lovely week here in 4-4! Students
Thursday 2/6:
had a busy, but routine-filled week. One of pout Chapter 7 Math Test
the highlights was finishing up our Science feasible Friday 2/7:
unit and learning about the polar ice caps that
are melting—a very interesting topic! We had
fortune Spelling Test
Wednesday 2/12:
our auction and pay day today and loved it! horizontal Valentine’s Day Party
vertical 2/13 & 2/14:
Parent Teacher Conferences

This Week’s Focus Reminders

•  Math: Chapter 7: This week we spent our time focusing on learning •  Please send in earbuds
the difference between tenths and hundredths. On Wednesday, we or headphones if your
even made a human number line with mixed up decimals! child took them home for
break
•  Reading: Fiction: We began our unit on Fiction this week and
started to learn about our first skill, summarizing, by reading a •  We have a new
book called Jalapeno Bagels and discussing the beginning, middle, classroom newsletter
and end of the book. written by Davis and Joe!
Check it out under our
news links!
•  Writing: Expository: This week we finished our research and began
our first draft of the paper!
•  Watch for a letter and list
for Valentine’s Day on
•  Science: Energy: We wrapped up our science unit by learning Monday
about the importance of renewable energy and the effect we
•  Parent-Teacher
have on the environment because of our current use of energy.
Conferences are coming
up! J

Preview of Next Week: Social

Math Reading Writing Grammar Studies
Ordering and Fiction: Expository Spelling and The Midwest
Comparing Summarizing Writing Vocabulary Region
Decimals