Dr. Johnson's Reading Blog

I wanted to get out a few other updates as to what's going on in class. Reading : In reading, we are working on nonfiction. We have spent the last week discussing what nonfiction is, finding nonfiction books that appeal to students, and will begin looking at the text features of nonfiction, which may help student's make better sense of nonfiction texts. Writing : In writing, we are working on lots of writing and editing. Math : We are now moving into multiplication. In 4th grade, multiplication means knowledge of arrays, factors and multiples, composite and prime numbers, doubling, and solving multiplication problems in a variety of ways. This also means students will need to begin memorizing their multiplication tables to the point of recalling multiplication problems automatically. A good website for this is www.multiplication.com . Science:  In science we are at the end of our weather unit, and will be moving into astronomy. Social Studies : In social studies, we h

Here are some pictures from our school wide zoo trip. I was having so much fun with the kids, I only got pictures from the class we took: I also have some pictures from "It's a Grand Day." Everyone had a great time with the grandparents. While we presented a few things to the grandparents, the highlight was explorations with grandparents.