Q2W4
We are in week 4 already! Soon our mid-quarter progress reports will be upon us for select scholars.
This week we have No School on Friday 11/10 due to Veterans Day. We wrote letters to deployed service members as a school this past week. If your child would like to write a letter to a stationed service member, please use this link and do so as a family.
https://www.operationgratitude.com/volunteer/anywhere/letters/
-Please send students with the Dover Classics copy of "Robin Hood" for Q2.
-Make sure students are studying regularly throughout the quarter: review History chapters read in class, review Science spiral notes, study Roots definitions flash cards, study multiplication flash cards on missed problems from Rocket Math tests, and reading 6-8, 150 page or more books with journal entries.
-We will no longer check agendas for a signature, but please still ask to see their agendas and homework for correctness.
-All late assignments will receive a 10% deduction per day late in Q2-4.
NEWS:
On November 17th, we will be attending the Liberty Festival at Schnepf Farms. It recreates the momentous era of the Revolutionary War through games, activities, and live battle reenactments. This will give us a great preview for our upcoming history unit and grant deeper understanding of life during this time. If you would like to help out and chaperone, please sign up with the following link: https://archwaychandler.configio.com/pd/4143/23-24-4th-grade-chaperone--phoenix-liberty-fe?cid=389&returncom=productlist&source=search
We can’t wait to see you there!
This link will open at 7pm on Monday, 11/6/23.
Update 11/8- please send in toilet paper rolls for our Robin Hood Party by 12/4.
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).
Medieval Faire 11/18 11am-2pm
Please sign up to volunteer at your class's booth:
CURRICULUM:
ELA:
The last poem of Quarter 2 is "Norman and Saxon". It is due on Wednesday, December 13th, but we encourage students to perform as early as they choose.
LITERATURE We are reading more chapters of Robin Hood this week. This is to complete the tale and set us up for Robin Hood Essays at the end of Quarter 2. Be sure your students have the correct edition of Robin Hood (Dover Evergreen Classics) for all of quarter 2.
We continue our COMPOSITION program with practicing the Narrative Element- author's perspective (ie. first person, second person, third person). Red Spiral notes will be required for a homework assignment on Author's Perspective. Scholars will read a passage from "Phantom Toll Booth" and write a summary and dictation for a grade.
In GRAMMAR, we review notes in the red spiral on Predicate Adjectives. Students should refer to these notes to do homework and writing assignments to include these types of sentences in summary and essay writing for the remainder of the year. Scholars will begin Predicate Adjectives in Chapter 6 and complete lessons A,B, and C. A predicate adjective re-describes the subject. For example: The thunder was frightening. Frightening is the predicate adjective.
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
In LATIN AND GREEK ROOTS our roots are -ance (state or quality of) and -ence (state or quality of). Their derivatives are: annoyance, defiance, dominance, elegance, perseverance, radiance, tolerance, maintenance, patience, convenience, diligence, consequence, persistence, conference, coincidence. Scholars should study their 24 Roots Cards every day for 5-10 minutes.
For PHILOSOPHY, we will discuss Marcus Aurelius's view on the little things bothering us.
Math:
In Math, we will begin with an open-note quiz on finding equivalent fractions using multiplication and simplifying fractions with division. We will continue with Chapter 5 concepts which is our first chapter on Fractions. Scholars will compare fractions with unlike numerators and denominators, compare and order three fractions, relate tenths to fractions, and begin adding fractions with like denominators. Chapter 4 test corrections should be turned in on Thursday, November 9th, no later.
Math Test Corrections:
Students will attach a separate piece of paper to their graded math tests and write the problem number of each problem missed. They will re-do the problem correctly and show their work. They will also write a short sentence about why they missed that problem. Students can earn up to 5 points for their corrections. Students who missed no problems, do not need to submit corrections.
Khan Academy Help for Comparing Fractions
History:
In History, we will read chapters 18, 19, and 20 in the History Book about Parliament, The Hundred Years War and Joan of Arc. Your child should be able to share with you about these chapters and answer the big question at the beginning of each. Students will complete a graded homework on Monday and graded classwork on Thursday.
Science:
In Science, we will learn about wind and air masses and their effect on the Earth's weather patterns.
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