Hi Fourth Grade Families,
Welcome to week 5 in quarter 2. This week, our progress reports are due for students who are falling below 70% in any subject. The reason we do this is to work in better partnership as a team with your child, you the parent and us the teaching team. If you are not sure why your student is receiving a deficiency, please reach out to us. I would encourage you to ask your child first; however, if they know why they might not be having success.
Coming up in weeks 5 and 6 we are beginning our 5 paragraph essays for Robin Hood. Students will write a position paper on whether they think Robin Hood was a hero or not. They will support their body paragraphs using the virtues he either did or did not display proving their position. They will write an Introductory paragraph, followed by 3 supporting paragraphs with evidence from the text and a conclusion paragraph. This assignment will be a significant part of the ELA grade in quarter 2 and will only be written at school.
Absences- please make sure that even if you email the teacher and let them know your child will be absent due to an illness, it is critical that you ask for homework from the front office when you call out the student. This homework can be picked up by a parent or student after 2:30pm. It is the responsibility of the student to turn in all missed work in a timely manner.
Curriculum Focus Q2W5:
Math: We are continuing our study of fractions including adding and subtracting and using fractions in word problems.
Science: We will continue discussing weather fronts and incidences of severe weather.
History: We are reading chapters 13, 14 and 15 in the History book and studying three important figures in the Middle Ages.
ELA:
Literature- We are finishing Robin Hood this week and this is our last week of reading groups until the New Year.
Composition- We will write a summary from Little Women, review Introductory and Conclusion Paragraphs, learn how to write body paragraphs and begin our 5 Paragraph Essays on Robin Hood.
Grammar- WOL pages 112-117
Poem- Norman and Saxon
Latin and Greek Roots-
scribe/scriptum = write
scribe (n) one who knows how to write
man u script (n) – a book, document, or piece of music written by hand
scrib ble (v) write carelessly and aimlessly
in de scrib a ble (adj) not able to be written about
pre scrip tion (n) document written beforehand by a physician
post script (n) extra word which are written after the main body of a letter
de scrip tion (n) a spoken or written account of a person object, or event
in scrip tion (n) words cut, painted, or written on stone or a hard surface
graph = written down, printed, drawn
pho to graph (n) a picture made using a camera
par a graph (n) a section of writing, dealing with a single theme
tel e graph (n) a system for transmitting messages from a distance along a wire
au to graph (n) a signature, especially that of a celebrity
graph ite (n) a form of carbon that is most commonly found in pencils
pho no graph (n) an early sound-reproducing machine
bi og ra phy (n) a book written about a person’s life