Ms. Hurt’s
th
4 Grade Classroom News
November 5, 2015
MATH:
The students will use place value understanding and
properties of multiplication in order to solve problems.
They will illustrate and explain calculations by using
equations, arrays, and/or area models. Students
focused on using the Partial Product strategy to solve
problems. This next week, we will be using 2 digit by
2/3 digit multiplication to solve a variety of problems.
MESSAGES:
Please look for the Parent-Teacher
Conference forms in your child’s Red Folder.
If you could please confirm your conference
and complete/return the preconference
form by MONDAY, November 16th.
Friday, November 6 – Institute Day – No
student attendance
Oral Language- Nonfiction Book Review
November 12 for Dillon, Jareli, Kai, Kaavya,
Grant & Emily
November 19 for Lauren, Rafael, Jessica,
Ryan, Matthew, Katy
TUESDAY, November 23 for Xander, Anya,
Joe, Kevin, Rebecca
PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES:
Thursday, November 19 & Tuesday, Nov. 23
Barnes & Noble’s Book Fair- Sat. Nov.21
Early Release @12:50 November 23
STAR STUDENTS:
Saioa& Kevin
Kevin is a great listener in class. This enables him
to follow directions and complete his work
accurately. He is a dependable friend!
Saioa’s mood and disposition are always cheery.
She is easy to be around because of her good
spirits and pleasant outlook affect others with
enthusiasm!
READING & LANGUAGE ARTS
Students understand how to use text structures
to identify important information in nonfiction
text. The common text structures are
Description (main idea/details), Chronological
(sequence), Comparison (compare/contrast),
Problem/ Solution and Cause/Effect.
We will be working on context clues and
summarization this next week.
Students will need to choose and read a short
nonfiction textbook to use for their Oral
Language speeches for the month of
November.
Students are working on different text
structures in their TAG groups. This will be the
last week for this rotation. The students will
then apply their taught skills in an interest
based project.
Students will be working on a descriptive,
explanatory text that examines a topic and
convey ideas and information clearly.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES NOTES:
The students learned to identify slow processes
that change the earth’s surface. We will learn
to identify and explain different resources that
are found on the earth. Then we will move onto
identification of rocks & minerals. We will be
starting our unit on the Northeast region.