Q3W1
Welcome back from Fall Break Archway Chandler Fourth Graders! You're halfway through the Fourth Grade already! Our team sincerely hopes you had lovely holidays with family and everyone is ready to get back into the school-life routine. This quarter has 10 weeks including this one and ends at our Spring Break.
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-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. 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 quarter we will continue our pursuit of excellence in writing through summary, dictation and refining the 5-Paragraph essay.
In GRAMMAR, we take a look at the uses of contractions and quotation marks.
In LATIN AND GREEK ROOTS our roots are on hold until Q3W2. Scholars should continue their memorization of the 33 Roots cards.
Math:
In Math, we will Continue Chapter 6 about fractions greater than 1 applying mixed number and improper fractional concepts for subtracting mixed numbers and making word problems with mixed numbers.
History:
In History in W2, we will begin our unit on Early Islamic Civilizations and African Kingdoms.
Science:
We will begin our study of the Earth and its structures in W2.
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