4th Grade Spanish Immersion with Maestra Damsteegt

What We Learned this Week Bible:  We have started our unit study of Samuel. We learned about Hannah's petition to God, and how He answered her prayer. We also studied the story of God calling Samuel during the night.  Math:  We are studying different methods to use in order to multiply a two digit number by a single digit number- place value sections, expanded form, algebraic notation. We will be reviewing these three methods and then continuing on with our multiplication unit.  Reading:  The students have been working with their reading partners this week to learn how to listen with open minds, ask good questions to each other about the books they are reading, and practicing their summarization techniques.  Grammar:  This week, the students studied the gerund form of Spanish verbs. These are verbs that express an action that is currently happening. We also studied the Spanish hard "c" and "qu" sounds and the circumstances that create for those hard so...

Happy short week! I pray that everyone has an enjoyable and rest-filled EXTENDED weekend. I apologize for not taking many photos this week. 😳 Chapel Announcement We are pleased to announce that our class will be leading chapel on Thursday, October 26. We are working hard on preparing an amazing chapel. You are welcomed to attend. Chapel starts at 8:30 AM that day. Think Energy! Announcement I have sent out via mail the Think Energy! worksheets many of you all have completed with your students during these past two weeks. It's possible that our class will earn some money to spend on things we need in the classroom. I will be keeping you all posted! What We Learned this Week Bible:   We finished up the Judges and Ruth unit this week! The students took their test, and we look forward to starting our new unit next week. Math:   The students have been introduced to multipying a double digit number by a single digit number. We started off by learning about a box method involving fi...

What We Learned this Week: Bible:  This week, we began our study on Ruth. We talked about her love for Noemi and God's providence as he orchestrated the love story between Ruth and Boaz. Math:  We have begun multiplication! This week we studied two multiplication properties- the commutative and the associative.  Reading:  We studied techniques that good readers can employ when they come across unknown or tricky words. We also talked about how good readers imagine movies in their minds as they read. We concluded the week by examining our attitudes toward reading.  Writing:  The students worked to add dialogue, paragraphs, and transitional words to their stories.  Science:  We talked about how our senses affect reaction time. We conducted an experiment by catching rulers with our thumbs and forefingers. We then brainstormed ways of things we could do to improve our speed, and then we re-did our experiment employing those ideas. Grammar:  We stu...

What We Learned this Week: Bible:  This week, we talked about the death of Samson. The students worked on a concluding activity that asked them to select one major character from Samson's story and draw 5 objects that made them think of this character. The students really enjoyed it. Math:  We took some time to review for and take the chapter one test. Reading:  This week, we talked about how good readers do not rush through the words on the page to just make it to the next page. Good readers take the time to slowly read the words on the pages and truly comprehend what they are reading.  Writing:  The students were excited to work on their realistic fiction stories this week. We took this week to simply get our stories from the story maps onto their Google Documents. Next week, we will be talking about specific parts of good writing such as dialogue, indents and paragraphs, and transition words.  Science:  The students worked hard this week to conduct ...