2/14 - Unit 4b Math Test (Enhanced)
2/14 - Unit 5 Math Test (Accelerated)
2/14 - Valentines Exchange
2/14 - Brain Building
2/19 & 2/20 - No School for Students - Presidents Day and Teacher Workday
2/26 - 3/1 - Teacher Appreciation Week
2/28 - Sparkles Field Trip
2/29 - House Day (Wear House Shirts/ Colors!)
What are we learning this week?
Math
Enhanced -
The beginning of this week will serve as review for our Unit 4b Test on Wednesday. Students received a study guide for this test which we will go over on Monday of this week. The study guide, as well as the Unit 4b standards are posted on our Weebly. On Thursday, we will begin Unit 5 starting with exploring angles.
Accelerated
For information on what our students are learning in accelerated, please follow this link,
- - - - - Welcome to 4th Grade at NPE! - - - - - - Accelerated Math Info (weebly.com)
Science
This week, we are continuing our new Science unit on Force and Motion. Students will watch videos, explore through experimentation, Nearpod activity, and class discussion. We are focusing on simple machines: lever, wheel & axel. On Thursday of this week, students will be introduced to a Simple Machines project. This project will be taken for two grades, a major and a minor.
Reading
This week, we will read narrative nonfiction texts. On Monday, we will introduce new vocabulary and Latin roots. Our focuses of this week will be text structure, text features, central idea and key details, and author's purpose.
Writing
We will start this week by finishing up our historical fiction narratives. This essay will be due on Tuesday. On Thursday, students will be introduced to a new informational essay. The prompt of this essay is about hurricane preparedness. We will plan for the essay this week.
his week, we will start a new informational essay. Students will be writing about the similarities in sea animals, specifically Sailfish and Bottlenose Dolphins. This week, we will review the prompt and find supporting information from the sources. Students will use Four- Square essay planning to prepare for their writing.
Announcements -
-Our 4th grade field trip will be held at Sparkles Family Fun Center in Kennesaw on February 28. See the online payment here - New Prospect ES (osmsinc.com)
-Valentines Day is quickly approaching! If students wish to bring treats or cards to pass out to their class, they must bring one to share for each of their classmates.
-We have another field trip coming up! 4th Grade will be traveling to the Atlanta History Center on March 18. Students were sent home with permission slips from their homeroom teachers. Please have these signed and returned to teachers by Friday, February 16.
- See the attachment for information on the Young Georgia Author's Competition: