Q3W7

Happy Lunar New Year! Our amazing new 4A instructional assistant helped fourth grade get into the spirit of the holiday with candies from China! Thank you, Mrs. Tong for all you do for the team and our scholars!

Please do not send scholars with any candy or cards on Wednesday. We have planned many activities for Great Hearts Day. Students should be prepared to pass out the 31-32 prepared hearts for classmates and teachers.

Stanza 7 of PRR is due this Friday! Next weekend is R&R, but stanza 8 will still be due the following Friday.

Next Math Test is Chapter 8 on Wednesday, February 21st. Here are links to instructive help for scholars who are struggling.

Khan Academy Area and Perimeter

Area of Composite Figures

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Reminder:

-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.

-All late assignments will receive a 10% deduction per day late in Q2-4.

NEWS:

Chapter 7 Math test was Tuesday, 2/6. Scholars should make test corrections and return asap.

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 7 is due this Friday, February 16th. 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 9-12. We will read chapter 11 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 will work from the WOL book on Compound elements and have reteaching lessons on writing topic sentences.

In Philosophy, we will enjoy sharing our many Great Hearts Day collaborations including our virtue banners.

In LATIN AND GREEK ROOTS we have 3 roots this week:

Q3 W7 Roots

Mon

biblos – book (Greek)

Bi ble (n) the book of the Christian religion

bib li o graph y (n) list of books on a particular subject (graph=write)

bib li o phile (n) lover of books (philia-love)

bib li o ma ni a (n) – craziness about books (mania-madness)

bib li o pho bi a (n) fear or dislike of books (phobos – fear)

Tue

liber/libri = book (Latin)

li brar y (n) – place where books are kept

li brar i an (n) – one in charge of a library

Wed

chronos – time (Greek)

chron o log i cal (adj) relates events in time sequence (logos=word,study)

syn chro nize (v) do at same time (syn=together, same)

chro nom e ter  (n) device to measure time (metron=measure)

chron ic (adj) over a period of long time; “from time to time” 

chron o graph (n) device to measure and record time (graph=write,draw) 

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 on Friday and next Wednesday.

History:

In History in W7, we will continue our journey in African Kingdoms. We will read chapters 6-8 about Islam's influence of the development of regions of western Africa.

W6:

Video on Mali

W5: