Q3W5
How's the Paul Revere's Ride memorization going at your home? Is your child taking seriously the endeavor of this project? In the next weeks, stanza 6-8 especially, scholars historically struggle to keep on top of the task and make sure to memorize their weekly portion fully. Parents, make sure you remind them to take this task to heart and work on the poem daily.
This Friday is a half day due to teacher in-service.
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Reminder:
-All late assignments will receive a 10% deduction per day late in Q2-4.
NEWS:
First Q3 Science Comprehension Check this Thursday. Why is Earth’s surface changing? Terms to include: Convection currents, molten, density, Asthenosphere, Lithosphere, tectonic plates, plate boundaries.
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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 "Paul Revere's Ride" stanza 5 is due this Friday, February 2nd. 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 se. 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 This week we begin reading "Prince Caspian" by C.S. Lewis. Scholars should have the book in class on Monday, January 29th. Reading groups will resume on Wednesday. We will read chapter 3 in reading groups and scholars will summarize the events of chapter 2 for homework on Tuesday.
In the COMPOSITION program for the week we will work on analyzing writing pieces and utilizing comprehension skills as our preparation for AASA testing in April.
In GRAMMAR, we take a break from the WOL book as we look at vocabulary and grammar related questions and thinking to standardized testing.
In Philosophy, we will examine the question, "Should we let the little things bother us?"
In LATIN AND GREEK ROOTS we have 3 roots this week:
Q3 W5 Roots
Mon
Pyro – fire
py ro tech nics (n) fireworks
py re (n) a huge bonfire used for burning bodies in ancient funerals
py ro ma ni ac (n) a crazy person who plays with fire
py ro me ter (n) a device for measuring high temperatures
py rite (n) a common mineral that is brass-yellow in color (fools gold)
Tues
Ignis - fire
ig ne ous (adj) pertaining to fire
ig ni tion (n) act of “firing up” or starting an engine (sparks light up fuel & fires engine)
ig nite (v) to set on fire
Vulcanus – Roman god of fire
vol ca no (n) a crack in the earth pouring out hot magma and hot gases
vol can ic (adj) like or pertaining to volcanoes
vul can ol o gist (n) a person who studies volcanoes
Math:
In Math, we will continue Chapter 7 decimal concepts in our 4B Green and Blue Math books. We will work with hundredths in decimals including adding and subtracting and comparing and ordering.
History:
In History in W5, we will continue our journey in our current book, but start a new section on African Kingdoms. We will read chapters 1 and 2 about the major geographic features of Africa and students will recognize the importance and the rise and fall of the kingdoms of Kush and Aksum.
The Ancient Aksom City of Meroe
Science:
We will continue our study of the Earth and its structures in W5. We will review and look at how stress and tension apply force and convert to energy (through convection currents inside the Earth moving the lithospheric plates on which the continents sit). Scholars will take a comprehension check on Thursday.
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