4th Grade Spanish Immersion with Maestra Damsteegt

What We Learned this Week: Bible:  This week, we studied the story of King Ahab and his disobedience to God. The Lord provided the Israelites with a victory over Syria and its leader Ben-Hadad. However, King Ahab disobeyed God when he chose to allow Ben-Hadad to live. We also discussed the importance of property owning in the Old Testament and how / when the Israelites could obtain land. That connected to our story of King Ahab and Naboth's vineyard.  Math:  We have been learning how to multiply whole numbers by unit fractions and proper fractions this week. Reading:  We are continuing forward with the book "Number the Stars." The students are fascinated by this story. It's so wonderful to see. They also continue to read their historical fiction chapter books with their groups.  Writing:  The students are working on their faith writing pieces this week. They are writing about how people or things have helped them to grow their faith. Rabbit River Preserve F...

What We Learned this Week: Bible:  This week, we talked about what it means to be called by God and how we, as Christians, are all called to love and serve God and others. We connected that to our recent field trip! We then read about Elisha's call and the obedient manner in which he responded to God. Math:  This week, we have been practicing adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators. We then moved onto learning how to convert improper fractions to mixed numbers and vice versa. We used that knowledge to add and subtract mixed numbers with like denominators. If your student would like some extra practice with this concept, please click here . Answer keys are included!  Writing:  The students have started to immerse themselves in literary essays. They will continue this work next week.  Grammar:  This week, we studied the Spanish demonstrative pronouns in addition to consonant groups- "l" and "r." Reading:  We are making good progress in "N...

  What We Learned this Week: Bible:  This week, we talked about Elijah's physical and spiritual exhaustion after his victory on Mount Carmel. We focused on how God talked to Elijah in a still, small voice after the spectacular natural displays of wonder- the strong wind, an earthquake, and fire. It was in this moment of silence that God chose to speak to Elijah. We asked ourselves if we are taking moments of silence in our busy schedules to listen to God's voice. How can we hear His voice if we are surrounded by constant "noise"?  Math:  We have started our fractions unit! This week, the students learned how to add unit fractions and how to determine if a fraction is bigger or smaller than another fraction. We also refreshed ourselves on how to pronounce fraction names in Spanish.  Some of the students and I were talking about the math fact fluency homework assignments. They talked about a website that they use to practice their multiplication facts. I took a lo...

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...