Have a wonderful winter break!
What are we focusing on when we return from winter break?
- Writing: Students will finish their literary essays.
- Reading: We will begin Unit 4: "Reading like a Historian"/Informational
- Standards focused on throughout the unit:
- 3.0_1 Determine the main idea of a text
- 3.0_2 Explain how the main idea is supported by key details
- 3.0_3 Summarize the text
- 3.0_1 Explain events in a historical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text
- 3.0_3 Explain ideas or concepts in a scientific text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text
- 3.0_1: Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text
- RI6 [3.0_1]: Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic
- RI6 [3.0_2]: Describe the differences in focus and the information provided in the firsthand and secondhand accounts • 2.0_2: Identify the firsthand account of an event or topic • 2.0_3: Identify the secondhand account of an event or topic •
- 3.0_1 Determine the main idea of a text
- Standards focused on throughout the unit:
- Math:
- 4.1 (Ms. Barilla/Ms. Smith): Continue Unit 4- Operations with Fractions
- MGSE4.NF.3 Understand a fraction 𝑎/𝑏 with a numerator >1 as a sum of unit fractions 1𝑏.
- c. Add and subtract mixed numbers with like denominators, e.g., by replacing each mixed number with an equivalent fraction, and/or by using properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction.
- d. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions referring to the same whole and having like denominators, e.g., by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem.
- MGSE4.NF.3 Understand a fraction 𝑎/𝑏 with a numerator >1 as a sum of unit fractions 1𝑏.
- 4.2 (Ms. Smith): Introduction to decimals & comparing decimals
- 5.1 (Mrs. Jethi): http://fourthgradenpes.weebly.com/current-51-math-info
- 4.1 (Ms. Barilla/Ms. Smith): Continue Unit 4- Operations with Fractions
- Social Studies: We will be starting a new unit! We learning about the following historical events: The War of 1812, Westward Expansion, & the story behind The Star Spangled Banner.
Important Dates & Information:
- January 10: Semester 1 Report Cards (visible in Parent Portal)
- iReady Testing Results: We will be sending home the iReady Parent Reports in Thursday Folders on January 6th as we need to wait until the testing window has closed before we can communicate final scores. These are a mid-year check for us as a school, and us as teachers to help guide our instructional planning. You do not need to do anything with these reports, but we just want to be transparent when a student takes a test how they perform on that one indicator. This is not a grade but just a check point.