May 7, 2018

Parents,

There is no math homework tonight due to PARCC testing. Tomorrow is the last day of testing. They can still read for at least 20 minutes and practice multiplication facts, if needed. Below you will find this week's G Force Gazette.

Neighborhood News

• PARCC Testing in math this Monday and Tuesday
• Supplies would be appreciated (pencils, scissors, glue sticks, highlighters, dry erase  markers, and folders
• Please go to the following site to assist you in parent math newsletters, extra practice for the math unit we are working on, games, and many other useful resources to help your child with math concepts. (https://sites.google.com/view/midatlanticmathresource Found on Crossroads homepage
• If you need to contact any of us, the quickest way is probably through email. Our emails are as follows: charles.utter@am.dodea.edu; kali.hamill@am.dodea.edu and judith.ward@am.dodea.edu.

• If your child will be absent from school, please let the office know with a call, email, or note. You can email the school at CESattendance@am.dodea.edu
• New DODEA rules prohibit food for birthdays so please do not send in cupcakes or other food for your child.

• Please check the 4th grade blog for updates and assistance in homework at www.gforceeagles.blogspot.com

Weekly Homework:

Monday:

• No Math homework due to PARCC testing
• Read for at least 20 minutes
• Practice your multiplication facts if you don’t have them memorized

Tuesday:

• No Math homework due to PARCC testing
• Read for at least 20 minutes
• Practice your multiplication facts if you don’t have them memorized

Wednesday:

• Homework assigned on Think Central
• Read for at least 20 minutes
• Practice your multiplication facts if you don’t have them memorized

Thursday:

• Math homework pg.531 - 532
• Read for at least 20 minutes
• Practice your multiplication facts if you don’t have them memorized

Friday:

• Read for at least 20 minutes
• Practice your multiplication facts

Important Dates

PEA’s Staff Appreciation Week

May 7th

Math PARCC Testing

May 8th

Math PARCC Testing

Dress up in Hawaiian attire

May 9th

Normal Wednesday Early Dismissal/Bring in favorite fruit or flower for a staff member

May 10th

Write a poem/letter for a staff member

May 11th

Bring in a drawing/gift for a staff member

Educational Targets:

Math:

Students will finish unit 7, chapter 9 on decimals. The lesson this week will only include adding fractional parts of 10 and 100 along with comparing decimals due to PARCC testing.

Science/ Social Studies:

We will finish the lapbook on a Native American tribe from a region of their choosing. We will begin a culminating project on regions that include the major geographic features, resources, industry, and an important historical event.

Language Arts:

We are continuing our literature circles this week. We will meet to share our job that we completed for the designated pages that were read for the fifth week. Then they will receive a new job to complete with the next set of pages to be read. They will also be required to still complete work on this week’s grammar skill on comparative and superlative adjectives. The reading comprehension skill this week is still sequencing. For writing, they will continue to work on different types of poetry.