Nov.19, 2018

Parents,

The math homework tonight is on lesson 4.9 on using base-ten blocks to model division with regrouping. The tutorial below will assist you in helping your child with math homework tonight, if needed.

Math:

Students will continue division tomorrow on lesson 4.12 on problem solving with division. We are skipping lessons 4.10 and 4.11 until another time.

Science/ Social Studies:

Students are continuing a new science unit on energy, specifically on electricity. They will study simple circuits and then move onto conductors this week.

Language Arts:

Students will continue unit 3 on nature on editing writing for the correct form and usage of the progressive tenses, comparing and contrasting character actions and events in two texts, edit and publish fairy tale writing, read to identify and annotate key details, use key details to determine the main idea, describe the structure of part of a literary essay, recognize and explain the meanings of idioms, identify facts and details in a source text when researching for an informative report, gather information from a print source, identify words with open syllable patterns, and gather important facts and details from a video source.

Important Dates

Thanksgiving Break
No School Nov.21st - Nov.25th

Reminder: If you missed your conference, please contact your child's homeroom teacher to reschedule.

There are still some students who are struggling with their multiplication facts. Please practice them at home.

Grading:

This year your child will have letter grades on their report cards.  It is important for you to review the papers that come home with your child on a regular basis. If your child has a C or below on an assignment, please help reinforce the concepts and have your child redo the assignment.  Sometimes you may also see a 1-4 score on your child’s paper. This type of score reflects a rubric score for the assignment. See the grade equivalents below:

4-A, 3-B, 2-C, 1-D or Below

Interims will keep you informed of your child’s current grades. The first interim, however, will be very general since only a few grades will be given by that date.

Homework:

Please check your child’s homework notebook for daily homework assignments.  The basic nightly routine will be 20 minutes of reading AND a math assignment.  The math will be the homework pages in the math workbook that correlate with the daily lesson OR a Think Central assignment.  Your child should have the pages written down in their notebooks. Mr. Utter will also post daily assignments with how to videos on the G-Force blog.

Snack:

Fourth grade students have a very early lunch this year, so we will not have a snack time.  Our time is limited in the afternoon due to recess and specials. Please make sure your child eats a sufficient amount of lunch to get them through the school day.

FYI...

• Looking for extra math practice? Please go to the following site to assist you in parent math newsletters, extra practice for the math units we are working on, games, and many other useful resources to help your child with math concepts. (https://sites.google.com/view/midatlanticmathresource This site is found on the Crossroads homepage.

• If you need to contact any of us, the quickest way is through email. (NOT through Class Dojo).Our emails are as follows:
• charles.utter@am.dodea.edu; kali.hamill@am.dodea.edu and judith.ward@am.dodea.edu.
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• 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
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• New DODEA rules prohibit food for birthdays so please do not send in cupcakes or other food for your child.