Q3W6
Happy Week 6, Amazing 4th grade families! This Wednesday, progress reports are due for those scholars who need some encouragement or support to keep at this task of showing proficiency for the Fourth Grade standards. This is also a time to encourage all children to finish the year with a renewed vigor and perseverance. Many scholars have pushed through challenges and barriers through Q1-2, but are showing signs of weariness and a lack of persistence. These are truly amazing kids, and have shown great stamina. Fourth grade in general saw a lot of progress on the Galileo tests! Let's keep up the at-home motivation, check-ins, study help and positive encouragement. Thank you for all your support!
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Reminder:
-All late assignments will receive a 10% deduction per day late in Q2-4.
NEWS:
Chapter 7 Math test is Tuesday, 2/6. Scholars should make corrections in their Blue Math books and correct all classwork quizzes in order to study!
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 6 is due this Friday, February 9th. 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. Scholars should have the book in class on Monday, January 29th. This week we will read chapters 5-8. We will read chapter 6 in reading groups on Wednesday.
In the COMPOSITION program for the week we will again work on analyzing writing pieces and utilizing comprehension skills as our preparation for AASA testing in April.
In GRAMMAR, we again 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 dialogue between Caspian and Nikabrik on pg. 77, "Do you believe in Aslan"...
In LATIN AND GREEK ROOTS we have 3 roots this week:
Q3 W6 Roots
Mon
skopeo – look at, inspect, examine
scope (n) all that the eye can see
mi cro scope (n) – device to look at small objects (mickros=small)
tel e scope (n) device for seeing distant objects. (tele = distant)
per i scope (n) device for seeing around obstacles (peri=around)
ka lei do scope (n) device for seeing changing beautiful forms or arrangements of small fragments of glass, etc. (kalos=beautiful; eidos=form)
Tues
video/visum – see
tel e vi sion (n) machine for seeing things that are far away (tele=far away)
ev i dence (n) out of what one can see (e, ex=out)
ad vise (v) offer suggestions about the best choice to someone
in vi si ble (adj) unable to be seen; not visible to the eye
Wed
dico/dictum – speak, say
dic tion (n) – the choice of words in speech or writing
con tra dict (v) to say against
pre dict (v) to say before something happens
dic ta tor (n) a ruler with total power over a country by force
ver dict (n) announcement of the truth
dic tate (v) to say something for another person to write down
Math:
In Math, we will finish Chapter 7 decimal concepts in our 4B Green and Blue Math books. We will begin chapter 8 concepts on finding Area and Perimeter after a lesson on properties of quadrilaterals on Wednesday. Once chapter 7 tests are graded and returned, Test Corrections should be submitted.
History:
In History in W6, we will continue our journey in African Kingdoms. We will read chapters 3-5 about the development of regions of ancient Africa.
W5:
Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe
The Ancient Aksom City of Meroe
Science:
We will begin our investigation of 4 major geologic events including earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes and geysers. This week's focus is earthquakes and resulting tsunamis.
W6 Videos
Tsunami 1
Tsunami 2
W4-5 Videos
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