4th Grade
News
May 6, 2016
Upcoming Events
Spring Select Chorus & Jazz Band
Concert
Thursday- 5/12/16 @ 9:30 AM
School Store
Friday- 5/13/16 @ recess
Student Council Spirit Week
English Language Arts
By: Miss Vilsmeier
This week we asked the question “How do people
from different cultures contribute to American history?” In
the biography Sacagawea, students read about an
indispensable member of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
And Native American Poetry gave students a glimpse
into the relationship between Native Americans and the
natural word.
Monday 5/16-Friday 5/20
Spring Orchestra Concert
Tuesday- 5/17/16 @ 9:30 AM
4th Grade Field Trip to Harrisburg
Thursday- 5/19/16
Olympic Day
Friday- 5/27/16
NO SCHOOL
Monday- 5/30/16
This week’s…
Target Vocabulary: territory, accompany, proposed,
interpreter, duty, supplies, route, corps, clumsy, landmark
Vocabulary Strategy: shades of meaning
Comprehension Skill: main idea and details
Comprehension Strategy: visualize
Writing: Narrative Writing: personal narrative
Grammar: abbreviations
Check out Think Central (online) to
view the eBook and listen to this
week’s selection.
Math (continued)
Block 3/4: After reviewing for and completing the Unit 4
assessment, the students moved into our first chapter of
geometry. The students learned about lines, line segments, rays, and
angles (acute, obtuse, straight, and right). Ask the students to show
you examples of the different kinds of angles with their arm! We
then focused on classifying triangles by the size of their angles.
Reminder: Students can continue using their Moby Max accounts at
home to help build their math fact fluency.
Math
By: Mrs. Patel
Block 1: The students built their problem solving skil s using decimals and money
notation. After a review of lessons 9.1-9.5, the students completed a mid-chapter quiz. At
the end of the week, we focused on adding fractions with denominators of 10 and 100. The
students can expect a Unit 4 (chapters 8 and 9) test on Wednesday, May 11 th.
Block 2: This week the students continued to add to their geometry vocabulary. The
students learned about parallel, perpendicular, and intersecting lines. We also focused on
naming and classifying quadrilaterals and determining whether figures have a line of
symmetry. The students had the opportunity to dig deeper with their problem solving skil s
to work through multi-step problems. We ended the week with a mid-chapter quiz. Block 2
can expect a chapter 10 test on Thursday, May 12th.
Science & S.S.
By: Mrs. Lahneman
1We ended our Science unit with a
game review and test earlier this week, and
jumped right into Social Studies and
Pennsylvania Government. We are looking
to sharpen our background knowledge in
honor of our upcoming trip to the state
capital in Harrisburg. We are so excited to
be learning about our great state once
again!