Hello Wonderful 4th Grade Families,
Can you believe we are already diving into our second month of 2022? One twelfth of the year has sped by! Progress reports are due next week, so please make sure students have all late work turned in by Friday, 2/4.
Thank you for all your support as we manage absences and sickness. I hope this blog will serve as a way to keep organized. In 4A, we have referenced a blog visit almost daily as a way your child can stay connected to class happenings at home. I hope you've had interesting discussions regarding the Age of Exploration, earthquakes, tsunamis, or even had fun with reading and writing poems!
Questions to follow up with your children...
Why isn't there a 'oneths' place in place value? What happens to numbers as we move right or left on the place value chart? What was your favorite poem you wrote in your poetry book? What is a grenadier? What can cause a tsunami? Why and where do volcanoes form?
Discuss the idioms: "The bigger they are, the harder they fall." "Don't count your chickens before they hatch."
Discuss the analogies: 3/20:0.15::7/8:___________
static:dynamic::idle:_________
Reading groups restart this week for Prince Caspian, please bring the books to school on MONDAY.
Friday, February 4th is a HALF DAY.
Week 5 Learning:
Math: Writing decimals to the thousandth in fraction form and simplifying, rounding decimals, review for Chapter 6 test.
ELA: Beginning "Prince Caspian" on Monday, utilizing summary elements, mood vs. tone in literature, ASAA practice, paragraph editing.
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
Wed
photos - light
pho to graph y – (n) – process of using light to make a picture/image
pho to jour nal ist –(n)- a reporter who uses photos to tell a story
pho to syn the sis – (n) the process that plants use to make food from the light of the sun
pho ton-(n)- a small particle of light
History: Age of Exploration- Conquistadors cont., Cortez and Pizarro using Outlining Methods.
Science: All week we investigate volcanoes. Week 6... Volcano Experiment! Keep bringing large-mouth bottles and poster board.
Week 5 Homework (Subject to change or vary by class):
All Week: Stanza 5 of "Paul Revere's Ride" due 2/4, Practicing roots definitions, practicing math facts for SPEED, Unit 6 Decimals Study Guide Due 2/3.
Monday 1/31: Ex. 11 and 12 pg. 38 Ex. 1: Addition and Subtraction worksheet, Roots 3x, Cortez Outline.
Tuesday 2/1: Ex. 13 pgs 40 and 41, Roots 3x, Finish Age of Exploration Classwork worksheet.
Wednesday: Ex. 14 pg. 42, Finish Unit 6 Decimals Study Guide, Roots 3x, Paragraph Editing #1, Complete "Best Book of Volcanoes".
Thursday: W.B. Review 6 selected problems: 1-6, 7b, 8a 8c, 9b, 9c, 10-20 Pgs 43-45, Roots 3x Keyword Outlining "The Spanish and the Inca".
Friday: Finish Review 6: problems in WB Pgs 43 - 45, Correct any and all homework from unit 6 including the Study Guide.
Learning Links:
Volcanic Activity and Plate Motions
National Geographic Volcano! (watch starting at 10:10 min. to about 14:00 min.)