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We continue on in our learning fully engrossed in brilliant words such as “accept,” “except,” “impossible,” and “decision.” Please be sure to help them by work through their Spalding daily. Science - The Metric System In Science, our week will be short, unfortunately, as we do science on Mondays and Thursdays. We will be introducing the metric system and prepping to learn how to convert measurements between it and the customary system. Be sure to ask your students which system of measurement they like better and why! History - The American Revolution History has been quite an exciting time for all of us in 4th grade. Students have personally felt the frustration of the Proclamation of 1763 and the agony of the Stamp Act. As we continue on our journey this week of the “birth” of the United States, students will be learning about the Boston Tea Party and the repercussions that came with their physical disapproval of the Tea Act. Please help your scholar get more familiar with the 13 Original Colonies. Here is a link to a simple song to help them remember. It is sung to the tune of Yankee Doodle. 13 Colonies Song. Math - Lining Up Decimal Place Values In Mathematics we will be taking a quiz on Wednesday on adding up to three place decimals. The key here is to remind students that WHENEVER we are adding, we must add numbers to the same place value. They can do this mentally by adding tenths to tenths and hundredths to hundredths, or simply use the tried and true vertical algorithm that we all know and love. In the latter half of the week, we will be diving into subtracting decimals, which will deal with applying a lot of the same principles. Literature - Carry on, Mr. Bowditch In Literature, we are continuing to read the story of Nat in Carry on, Mr. Bowditch. In chapter 11 we will begin to watch Nat grow as he takes on the challenge of sailing on a ship and commanding a watch. We also begin to witness his relationship with Elizabeth begin to blossom. Be sure to discuss the readings with your scholars as the week progresses. Our next seminar will be the following week. Lyceum - Long-Term Goals Lyceum is a beautiful section of our day. Not only do we get to interact with different scholars from different classrooms, but we get to get strong in some of the fundamental aspects of Mathematics as well as enter the world of The Wizard of Oz. This is a valuable portion of our day. This week we are looking at Multiplication and Division with Open Responses. Language Arts - Writing Week In language arts this week, students will be working on the construction of a keyword outline from a passage concerning the Boston Tea Party, which occurred prior to the American Revolution in 1773. From this keyword outline, scholars will begin to develop a five-paragraph essay, which they will begin to type in class with any portion that is not finished in class being sent home for homework on Friday. Poetry - Paul Revere’s Ride This week we will be focusing on practicing stanzas 1 - 8. We will be reciting this poem as a whole at the end of the quarter. Assessments Monday, February 19th~ No School Presidents Day Tuesday, February 20th~ Wednesday, February 21st~ Math Quiz Thursday, February 22nd~ Lyceum Assessment (not for a grade) Friday, February 23rd~ Spelling Test This Week In English Language Arts we are truly beginning to practice summarizing passages and writing essays. It is starting to become routine for your students, which is great! Something you can start to try is having them quickly summarize the plot of a movie or a book you are enjoying together. Get the skill of summarization ingrained into their heads and life will be that much easier when they start having to write larger book reports and papers in the coming years. In History we are exploring the earliest days of the American colonists as they explore a world completely new to them. We will learn how the average colonist boy and girl lived their lives, and the struggles colonists faced. In Science we are continuing to learn about the layers of our Earth! This is a great unit to get your students thinking about things they can't see. The vast majority of our planet is made up of layers we never see, but that have huge effects on our daily lives. Get them to reflect on this and they will start pondering how other unseen forces can affect us. In Mathematics we are continuing to study decimals, which your students are well prepared for by their work in fractions. Give them fractions with denominators of ten or a hundred and challenge them to convert them into decimals! The more familiar students become with the relationship between decimals and fractions, the easier it will be for them to work with decimals by themselves. Upcoming Assessments Monday 2/5 1) Test on decimals in general. (Includes a review on multiplying fractions) Friday 2/9 1) Spelling Test 2) Quiz on Decimals Spalding:
Last week we returned to the rule pages and continued to fill them out. We discussed the different ways English converts base words with a silent final e when an ending that begins with a vowel is attached. This week we will `move into list Q as the scholars have shown themselves to be adequately prepared to advance through the spelling word lists to a more challenging level. next week is fall break. Literature: Last week we continued the great work and dived deeper into the history of the great realm of Logres and the knights of the round table. This week we will continue to read King Arthur as we investigate the famous quest for the holy grail. Math last week we returned one last time to factors before having a small quiz and then dived into the ponderous nature of order of operation. this week we will return one last time to order of operation. REMEMBER to remind the scholars that we move left to right and do operations inside parentheses, then multiplication and division and finally addition and subtraction. we will conclude our first Unit with our FIRST mathematics test this thursday. Science/history: this week we will continue to dig deeper in the wonders and mysteries surrounding the discovery of the atom and medieval Europe. Upcoming tests and Quizes: Monday: Science Test Tuesday: (there is a slim possibility of Mr. Conklin moving the history quiz to this day. I will update this post as soon as I here from him of the definitive date for the history test.) Thursday: Math Test History Test Pronoun and Noun Test. Spalding:
Last week we made a jump into list P in the Spalding blue book. This week we return to the rule pages and continue to fill them out. We will discuss the different ways English converts base words with a silent final e when an ending that begins with a vowel is attached. next week we will `move into list Q as the scholars have shown themselves to be adequately prepared. Literature: Last week we had our first seminar on King Arthur. This week we continue the great work and dive deeper into the history of the great realm of Logres and the knight of the round table. Math last week we began with an investigation into the nature of factors and we conclude it this week. this week we will return one last time to factors before having a small quiz and then diving into the ponderous nature of order of operation. Next week we will conclude our first Unit with our FIRST mathematics test. Science/history: this week we will continue to dig deeper in the wonders and mysteries surrounding the discovery of the atom and medieval Europe. Upcoming tests and Quizes: Tuesday: Math quiz on factors Friday: spelling test Next week: Thursday: Math Test 1
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AuthorMatthew Wall is a fourth grade lead at Archway Trivium East and the mathematics prep for fourth grade. Mr. Wall holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Thomas Aquinas College. He moved to Arizona in 2016. Categories |