Please feel free to use our class blog to keep up with what is going on in our classroom and as a resource to some great websites for kids. We love to hear comments from our parents and other classmates on things going on in our room.

Monday, August 31, 2015

Welcome to Ms.Kapfhammer fabulous 4th graders!!!


                                                Dear Parents,
       If you are wondering what we are learning/ doing in class here are some tips. In reading we are learning about the Elements of a Story like characters , setting , problem , solution , etc. Also inferring is another thing that we are learning in reading like your schema (which is text to self ,world , text , media , etc.) In writing we are learning about photosynthesis which is where the plant makes oxygen. In math we are learning about rounding up to the hundred thousands place like 422,210 rounded to the nearest hundred thousands place is 400,000 and we also learned a song called , "We Will Round You." In science we are learning about plants like their structurs and how the structurs function and we also learned about the life cycle of a plant and what the plant needs , looks like , and the parts of a plant. Lastly, in social studies we are learning about biographies and auto biographies also primary and secondary sources which is first hand (primary) and second hand (secondary) accounts. I hope you enjoyed my summary of what we are learning in class right now!!




                                                             From,
                                                             Mara
                                                             Soukup