Q3W2
We are excited to jump into a normal-routine week with the scholars! Please read below to follow along with the learning.
-All late assignments will receive a 10% deduction per day late in Q2-4.
NEWS:
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Dress Code Notes:
Only school logo sweaters are allowed to be worn in the building. Non-dress code sweaters/fleeces/jackets can be worn at recess only and must be in their backpack/cubby while in the building. Now that the weather is getting cooler, remember that long sleeve shirts worn underneath a polo can be white, maroon, navy, or black. Black or blue leggings are allowed under skirts, but they should reach the sock line (not capri length).
CURRICULUM:
ELA:
POETRY Hopefully your children have shared their "Paul Revere's Ride" poems with you over the break. The first recitation is due on Friday, January 12th. This poem spans 13 weeks (into Q4) and culminates in a grade-wide reciting of the poem in entirety for the parents.
This Poem is a behemoth of a memorization task for scholars. It should be taken seriously and can be enjoyable to accomplish such a task. In Fourth Grade, we do not have any "at-home" projects per say. Consider the memorization and recitation of this work a 13 week-long project endeavor. It can even become a family practice to memorize the weekly stanza.
Helpful Practices for Memorization:
-Listen to the poem in it's entirety daily
-Scholars should write out the stanza memorization for the week (hang it on the bathroom mirror)
-Illustrate or act out the stanza
-Look up unfamiliar words or phrases to understand the meaning
-Re-write that section in your own words (modern language)
-Perform a word while another person says every other word until scholar can say it independently
-Practice reciting in the mirror
-Make up body or hand motions to certain lines and phraes
-Write the stanza out on a whiteboard and erase a word or phrase
-Tell yourself everyday, "I can memorize this, and so did the Fourth Graders before me!"
LITERATURE In Q3, we'll spend the first weeks using our Literature time on our Poetry unit. This week we will cover the poetic elements of rhyme and rhythm, repetition, and figurative language. As a class we will build limericks and a color poem.
Starting Thursday, January 4th, Students will need the poetry anthology from the required list, "The Harp and Laurel Wreath". They will also utilize this book in fifth grade.
**In Q3W4, the fourth grade will begin the next book in the Chronicles of Narnia series, "Prince Caspian". If your child has never read the prior, "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe", please ensure they read it before we begin the next book.
In the COMPOSITION program for the week we will work on writing two summaries and one graded dictation. Students will interact with a grading rubric to score their own summary as a learning opportunity.
In GRAMMAR, we continue our use of quotation marks and begin prepositions and prepositional phrases in WOL. A preposition is a word or group of words used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object. For example in the sentence, "The horse jumped over the fence" "over the fence" is the prepositional phrase with "over" being the preposition. Analyzing and diagramming prepositional phrases is a key concept to master in fourth and fifth grade grammar understanding.
In LATIN AND GREEK ROOTS our roots this week are geo (earth), terra (land) and naut/nav (sea). This week will make 36 total roots cards in the student practice pouch. The derivatives are: geology, geography, geode, geometry, territory, terrestrial, subterranean, terrace, terra cotta, extra terrestrial, nautical, astronaut, navigate, circumnavigate, nauseous.
Math:
In Math, we will conlcude Chapter 6 concepts with fractions multiplied by whole numbers and using mixed numbers in building and interpreting line plot data. The Chapter 6 Test is scheduled for 1/18 after several days of chapter review. Students should make corrections in the blue workbook in order to prepare.
History:
In History in W2, we will begin our unit on Early Islamic Civilizations and African Kingdoms. We will read chapters 1-3 about the 5 Pillars of Islam and the early life of Muhammad and early Islamic expansion.
Science:
We will begin our study of the Earth and its structures in W2. We will begin with the four layers of the Earth and scientists' use of seismic waves to analyze the layers.
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