1/26 - House Day - Wear House Colors!
1/26 - 1/27 - School Play - The Lion King (see more info below!)
2/6 - Spring Picture Day
2/9 - STEAM Day
What are we learning this week?
Math
Enhanced -
This week, we will discuss decimals to the thousandths place - in standard and word form and adding decimal fractions. Students will have a minor grade on Friday on adding 10ths and 100ths.
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)
Social Studies
This week, we are continuing our third Social Studies unit on Westward Expansion. We will be discussing the additions of Oregon and California, and the Westward Expansion effects on American Indians. Students will have Social Studies notes due for a practice grade this week.
Reading
This week, read both a Historical Fiction text and a Folktale. We will be comparing and contrasting topics and themes across these stories. As well as analyzing structure and craft. Our big focus this week is on theme of a text. The Historical Fiction texts in Reading will help develop our skills for our writing we will begin later this week. Students will have a practice grade in Reading on Thursday.
Writing
This week, we will finish writing our narrative realistic fiction essay. The prompt of our essay is to "Write a story about a character who is nervous about trying something new". This essay will be due on Tuesday for a Practice grade. On Monday of this week, students will take the Write Score assessment. Later this week, we will start a new Narrative Historical Fiction essay.
Announcements -
-Our 4th grade field trip will be held at Sparkles Family Fun Center in Kennesaw on February 28. Please have permission slips signed and returned to teachers. See the online payment here - New Prospect ES (osmsinc.com)
Write Score in 3rd-5th Grade
On Monday, January 22nd our grade level will be taking the Write Score’s Text-Based Writing Assessment during our ELA block. This is an online test that measures skills in writing standards as aligned to the state standards and the Part 1 (writing) section of the ELA GA Milestones. The assessment uses grade-appropriate articles, multiple choice questions, a constructed response, and an extended writing task.
This assessment is not used for a grade, but is used as targeted data for us as teachers to determine areas of need and to guide our instructional decisions for this semester. It allows us to see a snapshot of how our students perform and areas they are proficient in. This assessment is administered district-wide in 3rd-8th grade.
-Our students have been working hard to put on the NPE play - The Lion King. Check out the ad to see the show!