Stanza 8 of PRR is due this Friday!
Attention Parents! Please help 4th grade win the highest number of surveys completed in the school!
Reminder:
Fourth Grade Homework Expectations
It is the scholar's responsibility to regularly communicate with their parents about any missing assignments. Students receive a daily notification of any late work. This will not happen in 5th grade.
For Quarters 2-4, all late assignments will incur a 10% deduction per day. After 10 school days, missing assignments will be recorded as a zero in the grade book.
-All late assignments will receive a 10% deduction per day late in Q2-4.
NEWS:
The Geologic Events Science Comprehension Check is on Tuesday, 2/26. Students will write in depth about one of the four geologic events.
The chapter 8 Math test is Wednesday, 2/27. Once returned, scholars should make test corrections and return.
The African Kingdoms Comprehension Check is on Thursday, February 28th.
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 8 is due this Friday, March 1st. 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 continue reading "Prince Caspian" by C.S. Lewis. This week we will read chapters 12-15. We will read a chapter in reading groups on Wednesday.
In the COMPOSITION program for the week we will circle back to analyzing the elements of 5 paragraph essay writing including becoming skilled and proficient at making a graphic organizer to write an essay.
In GRAMMAR, we will work from AASA test preparation materials.
In LATIN AND GREEK ROOTS we have 3 roots this week:
Q3 W8 Roots
Mon
tempus/temporis = time (Latin)
tem per a ture (n) a measure of the warmth or coldness of something
tem po ral (adj) pertaining to time
tem po rar y (adj) for a limited time
con tem po rar y (adj) living at or occurring at the same time (cum=together,with)
ex tem po ra ne ous (adj) speak or act at the time without preparation (ex=out)
Tues
annus = year (Latin)
an nu al (adj) – yearly
an ni ver sa ry (n) celebration marking the turning of a year (verto, versum-turn)
bi an nu al (adj) occurring twice a year (bi-two)
bi en ni al (adj) every two years
per en ni al (adj) lasting through the years (per-through)
Math:
In Math, we will finish Chapter 8 area and perimeter concepts in our 4B Green and Blue Math books. We will review chapter 8 concepts on finding Area and Perimeter and take the unit test on Wednesday. Chapter 9 will begin on Thursday, our next chapter on Geometry and measuring angles.
Helpful Links to Ch. 9 Concepts:
History:
In History in W8, we will finish our journey in African Kingdoms on Thursday, Feburary 28th. Students will answer the following prompt- “Describe the role of trade in the development of African kingdoms and Empires. Include 5 different examples of how trade helped these kingdoms and empires grow and develop. Include at least 3 different kingdoms.”
W6:
W5:
Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe
The Ancient Aksom City of Meroe
Science:
We will wrap up our investigation of 4 major geologic events including earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes and geysers. Scholars will prepare to take the final Comprehension Check of Q3 on Tuesday. They will choose a geologic event to explain in detail.
W8
Geysers and Springs of Yellowstone
W7
W6 Videos
Tsunami 1
Tsunami 2
W4-5 Videos
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