4th
Grade
News
February 26, 2016
4th grade is in need of tissues, Clorox
wipes, and hand sanitizer! Thank you in
advance for any donations 
Upcoming Events
H & S Carnival @ 6:30-8:30 PM
Friday- 2/26/16
English Language Arts
By: Miss Vilsmeier & Houghton Mifflin
This week we continued the stories, skills, and
strategies we began last week that went along with the
informational text Ecology for Kids. Students also began to
take a district assessment called the ELA Common
Assessment. This assesses students on reading and analyzing
4th grade text, writing a response to a text dependent analysis
(TDA) question, revising and editing skills, and writing an
essay based on a prompt.
Who Wants to be A Seuss-anaire Assembly
Tuesday- 3/2/16
25 Book Challenge Small Goal Reward
Friday- 3/4/16
Book Fair @ 4-8:30 PM
Monday- 3/7/16
Book Fair (during school hours)
Tues. 3/8- Thurs. 3/10
**Planetarium Trips**
By: Miss Vilsmeier
Fourth grade students will be visiting the planetarium
3 times at the high school during the first 3 weeks in March.
The visits will be a preview to a science kit we will study
towards the end of the school year: Sun, Moon, and Stars. We
will be traveling to the planetarium with our Block 2 students.
Next Week: Block 2: Lahneman & Yates- Monday, Feb. 29th
12:20-1:40 PM
Block 2- Vilsmeier & Hunter, Tuesday, Mar. 1st
12:20-1:40 PM
Math
By: Miss Yates
Block 2: We spent this week reviewing for our Chapter 6 test
and we began Chapter 7. In Chapter 7 we began adding and
subtracting fractions. We are using our knowledge of finding
common denominators to show that we must refer to parts of
the same whole before we are able to add or subtract
fractions.
Blocks 1 and 4: We continued to work with common
denominators and simplifying fractions in preparation for our
Chapter 6 assessments. We practiced finding equivalent
fractions by finding common multiples and using tables to
solve fraction word problems.
Contact Information
Mrs. Susan Lahneman
lahnemsm@npenn.org
215-855-4331 Ext. 5718
Miss Christie Vilsmeier
vilsmecl@npenn.org
215-855-4331 Ext. 4682
Miss Breanna Yates
yatesbs@npenn.org
Social Studies
By: Mrs. Lahneman
Pennsylvania History is so fascinating! We continued to focus on text
structure to support students in learning how to use their resources to back up
their thoughts or answers to important questions. Some of our other goals this
week included being able to explain how the earliest animals and people arrived in
our land, as well as how to identify and explain material artifacts important in our
history. We also focused on the new vocabulary, where the students had to be
able to define new words and apply the definition and be able to write a good
fourth grade sentence to show that they understood the meanings. Did you know
that a hard-shelled, flat creature, called a Trilobite, once lived on these lands we
call Pennsylvania? Do you know the difference between an artifact and a fossil, or
between a paleontologist and archaeologist? I bet if you asked a fourth grader,
they would know these fun facts! Finally, we can now explain why the Native
Americans may have settled in this area, and what some of their
contributions to Pennsylvania History are!