4th Grade Spanish Immersion with Maestra Damsteegt

What We Learned this Week: Bible:  We have started the Elijah unit. We have kicked off this week by studying how God provided for Elijah while he was on the run from King Ahab.  Math:  The students took the unit 5 test this week. We will be starting the fractions unit next week! Reading:  We have started to read the book "Number the Stars." This is the book we are reading together as a class for the historical fiction unit. The students look forward to starting to read their own historical fiction chapter books with their groups.  Writing:  We are finished with the personal expertise essays. We will start our brand-new unit on literary essays next week. Grammar:  This week, we studied the silent "h" that can sometimes be found in front of a Spanish word. We also reviewed the Spanish past tense participles and how they can be used as an adjective to describe nouns.  Plant Sale Update:  We have about 62 pepper seeds that have germinated. We are...

What We Learned this Week: Bible : This week, we studied king Asa and how he obeyed and disobeyed God. We concluded the week by studying how King Ahab disobeyed God. A great topic for conversation this week could be the following: What kind of influences do you face? Are they good or bad? Are you a good influence? How are you a good influence to others?  Math : We studied area and perimeter of rectangles this week. We took it a step further and learned how to solve for unknown sides of rectangles and calculating the area and perimeter from there. If your student (or you!) would like to see how this is done, I am including a video here . It's in English, so that mom and dad are able to understand. If your student wants to practice a bit more at home, I am including two worksheets . One has an answer key, and the other one doesn't. If your child turns in the one without an answer key, I can definitely go over it with your student.  Reading : We have started our historical fictio...

What We Learned this Week: Bible:  This week, we learned about King Asa- a king of Judah. We are learning about how he obeyed God. However, as is the tale with previous kings, there were times in which he disobeyed God. Math:  We have been busy in math class! We practiced using the metric system to convert units of weight. We then started to study the U.S. Customary Units System to convert units of distance and weight. Reading:  This week, we read a handful of myths and legends. These types of stories are usually full of unusual and interesting settings. We talked about how the setting can stir up emotion within the reader. We also focused on how character dialogue and sequences of action allow us to understand a character better. Social Studies:  We talked about the physical items that immigrants took with them from their home countries when they came to the United States. The kids thought about what they would pack in a trunk if they were immigrating to a new count...