Hello Fourth Grade Families,

What a beautiful Arizona weekend. I hope you had an opportunity to enjoy the changing weather. I love when it's cool and the ground is damp. It's a nice day to run! Can you believe we're entering the last full week of January?

Scholars will need their Prince Caspian books by Monday, 2/1. We are ready to start Literature Circles back up NEXT Wednesday. Please be sure you are in our Raptor System in order to volunteer. 

If your child is wanting to participate in Literary Character Day, they should have already submitted their paper with their teacher. We're excited to see what virtues they find valuable in our Classical Characters. That week would be a great week for your child to donate a book to their class library.

Let's take a look at what we're doing this week:

Language Arts - 

    Poetry - We're learning "Paul Revere's Ride" with stanza 4 due January 29th.  

   Grammar - This week we'll continue reviewing all of the parts of speech we've learned and how to diagram them. Your child should be using the assignments we've done to continue studying for the test. There will be a Grammar Test on Thursday, 1/28.

     Literature - Hopefully you've gotten a chance to see some of the poems your child has written. They should be compiling them in their LA spiral so that you can take a peek. We've finished our poems and will be compiling them into a Poetry Book this week. There will be a poetry test on Friday, 1/29. They should know all about the different types of poems and figurative language as well as why poetry is a unique genre. Prince Caspian starts next Monday. Literature Circles next Wednesday.

    Roots - We'll have 15 roots this week with a spelling test on Friday. 

Math - We'll continue connecting decimals to fractions this week. Scholars will take a tenths and hundredths quiz on Thursday. Math Facts should be a daily study for every scholar. They are asked to spend 10 minutes a night doing so. We want their "go to" facts to be accurate so that as they work through assignments they can rely on their recall being accurate. They will take a mixed Math Fact quiz on Wednesday.

Science - This week we'll finish up our study of earthquakes and begin studying Tsunamis. Looking forward, fourth grade will need 22 white poster boards and 22 wide neck water bottles (Vitamin Water Bottles have worked perfectly in the past).

History - Your scholars will continue learning about Arizona. This week our focus is the Age of Exploration. 

That's about it. We hope you're enjoying hearing about all of the wonderful things we're doing in fourth grade.

Warmly,

Mrs. Scott