Families of 4C,
As the first quarter is winding down and coming to an end, your fourth grade students are continuing to persevere and work hard to finish strong!
Regular Grade Reports will be sent this weekend as per usual. If your student has any missing assignments, they can turn them in no later than Thursday, October 4 for partial credit. No missing assignments will be accepted for late credit after October 4, as grades for the quarter will be finalized.
Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held the first week back to school from Fall Break. The Sign-Up for conference times will be posted to the blog on Wednesday, October 3.
This Week:
Math: Students will continue to learn how to multiply by two-digit numbers. Students will learn long division with one and two-digit numbers and will take their test toward the end of the week on Thursday or Friday.
Grammar: This week, students will learn about Personal and Indefinite Pronouns, Interrogative Pronouns, Interjections, Contractions, and Introductory Elements. They will also be doing review of last week’s concepts: demonstrative pronouns, and comparative and superlative adjectives.
Spalding: This week, students will be studying their next 31 words, Avenue----- differ. We will typically study 30 words every week; however, this is subject to change by a word or two from week to week depending on word groupings. A family member should dictate the words to the student each night for homework. Students will review words on Thursday and take the final test on Friday. On Thursday, we will be doing our Spalding review lesson with our Spalding coach Mrs. Clause!
Science: Students will continue working through our Life Sciences Unit as they learn about vascular and nonvascular plants and plant reproduction and seed dispersal. Students will have two quizzes, one at the beginning of the week and one toward the end. Each quiz will be review of the notes they have taken thus far. Students should be reviewing their notes regularly to ensure they are prepared.
History: We will continue studying the Middle Ages by reading about William the Conqueror, King Henry II, and Thomas Becket. There will be a quiz on this week’s notes a the end of the week, so students should be reviewing history notes regularly this week to ensure they are prepared.
Essays and research packets for the European Country Project are due Tuesday, November 13. Presentations will be due November 13-16, and will be assigned later in second quarter.
Literature: We have finished our first literature book this year, The Princess and the Goblin. We will be having our end-of-quarter celebration on Friday afternoon to commemorate our first novel completed as fourth graders!
Greek and Latin Roots: On Wednesday, students will be taking a review test on roots 1-25. They can use their set of notecards and their review from September 26 as a study guide. The review check they were given will be nearly identical to the test, except it will include roots 23-25 as well.
Poetry: Students will give their oral recitation of “Dreams” by Langston Hughes on Monday, October 1. All students should be prepared to recite the poem on Monday, but may present on Tuesday depending how time allows.
As the first quarter is winding down and coming to an end, your fourth grade students are continuing to persevere and work hard to finish strong!
Regular Grade Reports will be sent this weekend as per usual. If your student has any missing assignments, they can turn them in no later than Thursday, October 4 for partial credit. No missing assignments will be accepted for late credit after October 4, as grades for the quarter will be finalized.
Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held the first week back to school from Fall Break. The Sign-Up for conference times will be posted to the blog on Wednesday, October 3.
This Week:
Math: Students will continue to learn how to multiply by two-digit numbers. Students will learn long division with one and two-digit numbers and will take their test toward the end of the week on Thursday or Friday.
Grammar: This week, students will learn about Personal and Indefinite Pronouns, Interrogative Pronouns, Interjections, Contractions, and Introductory Elements. They will also be doing review of last week’s concepts: demonstrative pronouns, and comparative and superlative adjectives.
Spalding: This week, students will be studying their next 31 words, Avenue----- differ. We will typically study 30 words every week; however, this is subject to change by a word or two from week to week depending on word groupings. A family member should dictate the words to the student each night for homework. Students will review words on Thursday and take the final test on Friday. On Thursday, we will be doing our Spalding review lesson with our Spalding coach Mrs. Clause!
Science: Students will continue working through our Life Sciences Unit as they learn about vascular and nonvascular plants and plant reproduction and seed dispersal. Students will have two quizzes, one at the beginning of the week and one toward the end. Each quiz will be review of the notes they have taken thus far. Students should be reviewing their notes regularly to ensure they are prepared.
History: We will continue studying the Middle Ages by reading about William the Conqueror, King Henry II, and Thomas Becket. There will be a quiz on this week’s notes a the end of the week, so students should be reviewing history notes regularly this week to ensure they are prepared.
Essays and research packets for the European Country Project are due Tuesday, November 13. Presentations will be due November 13-16, and will be assigned later in second quarter.
Literature: We have finished our first literature book this year, The Princess and the Goblin. We will be having our end-of-quarter celebration on Friday afternoon to commemorate our first novel completed as fourth graders!
Greek and Latin Roots: On Wednesday, students will be taking a review test on roots 1-25. They can use their set of notecards and their review from September 26 as a study guide. The review check they were given will be nearly identical to the test, except it will include roots 23-25 as well.
Poetry: Students will give their oral recitation of “Dreams” by Langston Hughes on Monday, October 1. All students should be prepared to recite the poem on Monday, but may present on Tuesday depending how time allows.
