Q2W6
It's already Veterans' Day! This is a short week with only 4 days of school. Please have your children in school making sure they don't miss critical content!
The fourth-grade team sincerely wishes you and your family a wonderful long weekend, filled with gratitude for the dedication and sacrifices of our troops. May this time bring reflection and appreciation for all they do.
-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:
December 6th is our first Field Trip of the year. Look for a sign-up in W7 to be a parent chaperone. We will take 5 chaperones per class.
On December 17th, Fourth Grade is holding our annual Robin Hood Party. Stay tuned for details!
Dress Code Notes:
Only school logo sweaters or plain navy 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:
The last poem of Quarter 2 is "Norman and Saxon". It is due on Friday, 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 writing our 5 paragraph persuasive essays about Robin Hood.
In GRAMMAR, we review predicate elements in chapter 7 of WOL. We review predicate verbs, predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives.
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
In LATIN AND GREEK ROOTS our roots are scribe/scriptum = write and graph = written down, printed, drawn. Their derivatives are: scribe, manuscript, scribble, indescribable, prescription, postscript, description, inscription, photograph, paragraph, telegraph, autograph, graphite, phonograph, biography. Scholars should study their 26 Roots Cards every day for 5-10 minutes.
Math:
In Math, we will begin with an open-note quiz on adding, subtracting and simplifying fractions. Simplification of fractions is a key concepts scholars should hone. We will continue with Chapter 5 concepts which is our first chapter on Fractions. Scholars will add and subtract fractions in the context of word problem solving.
Khan Academy Help for Adding with Unlike Denominators
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.
History:
In History, we will begin a new Unit on the Empires and Dynasties of China. We will read from the textbook chapters 1 and 2 covering the first emperor of China and the Han Dynasty.
Shi Huangdi, First Emperor of Unified China
Science:
In Science, we will finish the concepts in our Meteorology unit with extreme weather including thunderstorms, tornadoes and hurricanes. We will also prepare for our Comprehension Check in W7 answering the question, "What is is weather and why is it always changing?"
Convection Currents, Global Winds
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