When Pigs Fly!

This week has been a very bust one in fourth grade! The biggest event has been starting Dear Mr. Henshaw. We have been reading together in class as well as at home. We started this book by talking about our favorite authors. We wrote letters to our favorite authors and we will eventually send them out.

We have continued to work on our comprehension. I even threw a pop quiz there was which really scared them! It also proved to them how so many of them just rush through their reading and don't read for understanding. We had to go back and read the first 10 pages before we were truly able to answer them. I would challenge you, as parents, to ask your children what they are reading. Read a bit yourself and ask them some comprehension questions to see if they are reading for understanding.

Science brought our first experiment in the classroom! We learned how plants that are in sunlight produce more gas/oxygen then those that are in less sunlight. The kids started their science notebooks and worked hard on drawing as well as writing about their findings.

Today we talked about idioms. We, of course, had a blast talking about them. I think they especially liked the lesson because some of them I say frequently...."Zip your lips please!" I often tell them that they can have free time "when pigs fly" so we got a good laugh at all the ones we thought of today.

Have a great weekend!