4th Grade Weekly News
November 14th, 2014
Dear Parents,
The Wax Museum is right around the corner. Students have been working very
hard this week writing their essays. On Tuesday, November 25th we would like for you to
join us for the performance. If you child needs assistance getting ready we are asking for
you to come in between 1:00-1:15. Students will be getting ready at that time. The
performance will begin at 1:30 in the multi-purpose room.
WE ARE EXTENDING THE DUE DATE FOR SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS. WE JUST
RECEIVED NEW FORMS AND THESE WILL BE IN FRIDAY’S FOLDERS. THE NEW DUE
DATE WILL BE FRIDAY NOV. 21! YOU MAY ORDER FROM ANY OF THE FORMS FROM
LAST OR THIS WEEK.
Upcoming Events/Dates:
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November 25th- 4th Grade Wax Museum 1:30-3:00pm
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November 26th- 28th No School Thanksgiving Break
Birthdays:
Marlayna 13th
Accelerated Reader Points for 2nd nine weeks:
12 points=A
Curriculum for the week:
ELA- For the week of Nov 17 we will be cranking it out in ELA. We will practice using
prefixes AND suffixes in the same word; learn and use root words (these are basically
stems that are used with prefixes and suffixes). The roots we will cover are cycl, graph,
phon, viv, tract, tain, & struct. In addition we will be finishing Sarah Plain and
Tall. Students are focusing on finding evidence that supports whether Sarah will stay with
the family or go back home to Maine. Before we find out (the last chapter) we will have a
class debate using our evidence to support our position. This will be held on Thursday. To
get ready, students will write a reading response to organize their thoughts. This will be
homework on Wednesday night. Students are busy taking notes this week to prepare for
this. Finally, on Friday students will watch the movie version of Sarah Plain and Tall so we
can compare and contrast the visual representation of the book with the text (another
Common Core standard). Since the following week is so short (Wednesday dismissal)
here’s what to expect for the two days we are in school. First, Tuesday will be all about
the Wax Museum so we will not be having ELA. On Monday we will be reviewing our
comparisons made on Friday (between the text and movie versions of Sarah Plain and
Tall). We will also visit the computer lab so students can start becoming comfortable with
our new state testing format. It will be totally on the computer this year so I want to
help the students learn how to navigate the testing situation so that when the time comes
for PARCC (the “new” ISAT) they can use their brain power to show what they know
without being hindered with new formats. THEN…..let’s all relax and enjoy our
Thanksgiving break.
Coming UP……When we return we’ll start a unit on Greek Myths and Non-Fiction. Since
Greek myths attempt to explain natural phenomenon, we’ll compare these with Non-Fiction
passages that give scientific reasons for the phenomenon.
Spelling Words- List 12-shelves, sheep, teeth, elves, mice, calves, spacecraft, jeans,
feet, women, men, geese, salmon, series, scissors, halves, oxen, crises, knives, thieves
Math- We will continue working in unit 6 which focuses on understanding the division
operation, developing a method for dividing whole numbers, and solving division number
stories. Students will be shown the "good ole way" of doing long division and they will also
learn the common core method of doing partial products.
Social Studies / Science- We will continue to work on our Wax Museum projects. Next
week students will be going to the computer lab to type their final drafts, they will pick
out their lines for the presentation, and they will begin to memorize their lines. Please
make sure you are helping your child gather their costumes for the presentations.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us via email. Please
continue to check your child’s assignment notebook daily.
Mrs. Gutierrez – kgutierrez@tri-valley3.org
Mrs. Johnson – sjohnson@tri-valley3.org
Mrs. Hebbel- mhebbel@tri-valley3.org
Mrs. Hospelhorn- jhospelhorn@tri-valley3.org
Have a great weekend!!
4th grade team