What are we focusing on this upcoming week?
- Writing: Students will begin a new writing unit: writing historical fiction books.
- 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 •
- Standards focused on throughout the unit:
- Math:
- 4.1: Continue Unit 4- Operations with Fractions
- MGSE4.NF.4 Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction by a whole number e.g., by using a visual such as a number line or area model.
- a. Understand a fraction a/b as a multiple of 1/b. For example, use a visual fraction model to represent 5/4 as the product 5 × (1/4), recording the conclusion by the equation 5/4 = 5 × (1/4).
- b. Understand a multiple of a/b as a multiple of 1/b and use this understanding to multiply a fraction by a whole number. For example, use a visual fraction model to express 3 × (2/5) as 6 × (1/5), recognizing this product as 6/5. (In general, n × (a/b) = (n × a)/b.)
- c. Solve word problems involving multiplication of a fraction by a whole number, e.g., by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem. For example, if each person at a party will eat 3/8 of a pound of roast beef, and there will be 5 people at the party, how many pounds of roast beef will be needed? Between what two whole numbers does your answer lie?
- MGSE4.NF.4 Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction by a whole number e.g., by using a visual such as a number line or area model.
- 4.2 (Ms. Smith): Rounding Decimals
- 5.NBT.4: Use place value understanding to round decimals up to the hundredths place.
- 5.1 (Mrs. Jethi): http://fourthgradenpes.weebly.com/current-51-math-info
- 4.1: Continue Unit 4- Operations with Fractions
- Social Studies: We will continue in our "Westward Expansion" Unit by learning about new technologies and productivity, The Louisiana Purchase, & the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Important Dates & Information:
- January 10: Semester 1 Report Cards (visible in Parent Portal)
- January 17: MLK Jr. Holiday (No School)
- January 24: Early Release Day
- iReady Testing Results:
- We will be sending home the iReady Parent Reports in Thursday Folders on January 13th 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.
- Young Georgia's Author Competition:
- Once again, it’s time for the annual Young Georgia Author’s Writing Competition sponsored by the Georgia Department of Education. The purpose of this competition is to encourage our K-12 students to develop enthusiasm for and expertise in their writing, provide a context to celebrate their writing success, and recognize student achievement in the arts and academics. All students have worked diligently to improve their writing so we want to encourage all students to participate in this amazing opportunity and showcase their writing talents across our district and throughout the state.
- WHO CAN PARTICIPATE:
- Any student in grades K-5 may submit a writing piece. Each writing piece will be judged and 1 will be selected from each grade level to represent New Prospect at the district level.
- WHAT TO WRITE
- Unlike many writing competitions, the YGA does not provide a prompt to which students must respond or provide any other boundaries to their genre choice or creativity beyond a 1900-word limit. (if typed, double-spaced Times New Roman is preferred).
- Short Stories
- Poetry
- Essays/Literary Criticism/Analysis
- Journalism
- Academic/Research Reports
- Personal Narratives
- Any Other Original Student Writing
- DEADLINE
- Entries + the Entry Form must be submitted to Diana Zarzour on or before February 1st. Entries will be judged the morning of Feb. 2nd and the winning piece per each grade level will be sent to the district that day. (Entry Form attached below)
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. The instructions reference the "original" work, but then they talk about making sure that there is certain header information on each page of the original and the copy.
A. Original work refers to work that the student created without the help of others. System coordinators are asked to verify that each system winner has the proper heading. This information may be handwritten and must be on each page of the entry.
Q. My students collaborated on a writing project. May I submit multiple names for system consideration?
A. YGA is a writing contest for individuals. While we support collaboration in the classroom, only one student per grade level in each school system may advance to the RESA level.
Please contact Diana Zarzour at [email protected] with any questions
- NPE Book Drive:
- We will now be collecting books the week of Feb. 22nd-25th and ALL classrooms will have a time to come select a book on March 2nd.
fy_22_young_georgia_authors_competition_entry_form__1_.pdf |