Grade 4
Weekly Newsletter
January 21 - January 25, 2019
Language Arts
In
Reading this week we are completing our units on realistic fiction. Students
are completing reading their Book Club realistic fiction stories, using
thinkmarks to identify important & surprising parts. We are also examining
key events and both expected and unexpected character traits as well as
emerging themes.
In
writing this week we are completing peer editing in CUPS (Capitalization,
Usage, Punctuation & Spelling, as well as revising
with ARMS (Add sentences and words, Remove unneeded sentences and
words, Move a sentence or word placement and Substitute words or
sentences for others). We have been both giving and receiving feedback from
peers and teachers in order to get our realistic fiction stories to the
publishing stage.
Math
This
week we begin our unit on equivalent fractions. Students will complete the pre
assessment so we can gather their current knowledge on fractions. They will
then move on to show what fractions will look like when we model them during
our class work. Students will begin to compare two fractions with different
numerators and denominators.
Science
As
we launch our science unit, students are introduced to the unit and to their
roles as geologists exploring a fossil that was discovered in a rocky
outcrop in Desert Rocks National Park. They learn that a geologist is a
scientist who studies the materials and processes that form the solid part of
Earth. They learn that rocks and fossils can provide clues about the way
Earth changes over time. They reflect on what they understand and don’t
understand, allowing them to prepare for learning new things. Students also
learn about observations and inferences and make inferences about
the found fossil and are introduced to some simulations.
Announcements
- January
25th: FREE Dress day
- If your child chooses to not wear their uniform they can make
their 5 RM donation to one of the Red Hats
- Camp
Lost Property -
There are some leftover items from camp that have been forgotten by
students. Please remind your child to check the table in the grade four
common area for lost or missing items.
- Water
Bottles & Hats
- Please check that your child comes to school with their water bottles
and hats every morning. Recently, many students seem to be forgetting them
at home.
Resources
explaining
a game called Race To 1 that you can create at home to help reinforce
the concept of fractions. It is a game primarily for teaching addition and
subtraction of fractions but it can be modified to simply build fractions and
conceptual understanding.
where
students can build and manipulate fractions. Open the link and select
fractions. When building fractions we encourage only using rectangles as it
will reinforce what we are doing in the classroom.
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