MESSAGES:
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These past two months, we have not had a full class
Ms. Hurt’s 4 Grade Classroom News
due to vacations and illness (except on our V-day
March 2016
party!) Please keep in mind when planning a trip or
READING & LANGUAGE ARTS
special occasion that the PARCC testing is coming in
We are wrapping up our Fiction Unit.
April and we will do 2 practices in March. The
Students are able to explain and describe the
practice is just to get the students aware of the
different story elements; setting, tone/mood,
technology that will be used for this type of testing.
characterization, plot diagram, conflict,
We are running low on supplies especially pencils.
resolution and theme using fictional text and
compare with a similar fictional text. We will
We no longer have any “class pencils” that were
be implementing the story elements using
collected at the beginning of the year, so your child
Greek Mythology literature.
will need to have more pencils to keep in their own
During TAG time, students are practicing their
pencil box. If you are able to donate enough for the
fluency by using Greek myths as a Reader’s
class, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you to
Theater. We will stay in these groups for the
those of you that donated the wipes and soap. ☺
rest of the month.
Oral Language – Women’s History Month
The students have been using “word study”
Students will present a woman who has made a
activities focusing on Character trait
difference in their lives. It could be a famous
vocabulary with integrating a variety of
woman or someone they know. I gave this
grammar rules. They also have been given the
assignment to them in the middle of February in
opportunity to learn from their mistakes and
order to have time to prepare. Please note the
apply learned knowledge to a finish product.
rubric change. Can’t wait to hear all about these
We will start learning the meaning of words
using a variety of prefixes.
wonderful women!
Thursday, March 3 for Xander, Anya, Joe, Kevin,
MATH:
Rebecca
The students are wrapping up Operations & Algebraic
Thursday, March 10 for Omar, Saioa, Liam, Joey,
Thinking unit. The students interpreted & solved number
Amy
word problems/equations as a comparison using a letter to
Thursday, March 17 for Dillon, Jareli, Kai, Kaavya,
stand for the unknown quantity along with solving multistep
problems. We generated and identified number patterns.
Grant, Emily
We will test at the end of the week and then we will move
Thursday, March 24 for Lauren, Rafael, Jessica,
onto fractions.
Ryan, Matthew, Katy
If your child is still struggling with their math facts, PLEASE
Other Important Dates:
Spirit Week:
Monday: Wear Sunglasses
Tuesday: Wear PJ’s
Wednesday: Bring in a Stuffed Animal Day
Thursday: Future Career Day
Friday: Wear Class T-Shirt Day
Orchestra Festival- Tuesday, 3/1 at 7:00pm
Talent Show- Friday 3/4 at 6:30
Early Release- Thursday, 3/10
Report Cards Distributed- Friday, 3/11
No School- Friday, 3/25
Spring Break- 3/28-4/1
make sure they are spending at least 15 minutes daily on
memorizing the facts either by writing out the facts, using a
computer/app program or even by orally going through the
facts.
SOCIAL STUDIES & SCIENCE NOTES:
The students learned how to identify rocks and
minerals. We will learn about magnetism and
electricity. We will learn how to integrate
information from various texts to provide an
overview of landforms, climate, historical
events, resources & tourism in the Southeast
region.