Grade 4
Weekly Newsletter
April 8 - April 12, 2019
Language Arts
In Language Arts, students will spend the next week completing the end of unit assessment, combining all recent learnings in order to produce a new informational text. Students will choose a nonfiction topic, identify & locate relevant resources, make a plan and select text structures that are most relevant. They will select headings & subheadings, research, take notes and paraphrase key words and ideas within their report. Students will draft their writing and revise using ARMs And CUPs.
Math
This week in math students will be researching and learning about decimals - our next unit. Students will be watching videos and learning how to model decimal work using decimats, along with noticing the relationship between decimals and fractions. In addition, we will be revisiting the place value mat, only this time, looking at values past the decimal point.
Science
This week we start our final chapter in science. Students are invited to consider how rock around the world is shaped, broken, worn down, and exposed. The are introduced to a new question and phenomena: why Desert Rocks Canyon has so much more exposed rock than nearby Keller’s Canyon. They use the book, Rocky Wonders, to learn about how rock is weathered and eroded over time. Later in the week, students use the Earth’s Features Sim to explore what factors can cause water to erode different amounts of rock. The purpose of these lessons is to begin to explore what factors affect how much rock a river can erode.
Announcements
- WIDA Testing: EAL students have been notified and will be taking the WIDA test this week with Mr. Balsamo.
- ES Dress Up Days: Plan your days in advance click HERE for dates and details. (The next Dress Up Day will be Friday, April 19th)
- MAPS Testing: Grade 4 students will begin taking their MAPS test Starting on April 25th.
Resources
Here is a link to extend students curiosity about fossils: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/fossil/
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