Jan. 31, 2019

Parents,

The math homework tonight is on lesson 6.7 on pg.369 - 370 on comparing fractions. There is a tutorial below to assist you, if needed. Students should be reading every night for at least 20 minutes.

Jan. 29, 2019

Parents,

This week's curriculum goals, important dates, and reminders were posted yesterday. Tonight the students have math homework on lesson 6.6 on comparing fractions with a benchmark fraction. They have to complete pg.363-364. The tutorial below will assist you, if needed. Have a good night.

Jan. 28, 2019

Parents,

This week's curriculum objectives, important dates, and reminders can be found below.

Math:

Students will be completing lesson 6.6 on comparing fractions using benchmarks tomorrow, 6.7 on Wednesday comparing fractions, 6.8 on Thursday comparing and ordering fractions, and we will start chapter 7 lesson 7.1 on adding and subtracting parts of a whole on Friday.

Science/ Social Studies:

Students are continuing a new project on regions. They will be researching information and coming up with artifacts that visitors will read and see when the "museum" is open. They will also be building artifacts that correlate with the standard. The "theme" they are starting with is Native American art and architecture from the five regions of the U.S.

Language Arts:

Students are finishing new skills in the last part of unit 4 and will be learning new skills starting unit 5. They will be working on: reading to identify and annotate examples of text evidence that reveals character; using knowledge of the consonant-le syllable pattern to read; working with others to identify and list words with the consonant-le syllable pattern; editing a text to check or correct frequently confused words; consulting reference materials to check and correct spelling; reading to identify text evidence; making a judgment based on text evidence; reflecting and evaluating my own writing; sharing my prior knowledge about the Essential Question; reading to identify key details and main idea; summarizing the text; brainstorming an essay topic in the area of science and technology; determining the meaning of domain-specific vocabulary; describing the overall structure of events in a text; and recognizing credible online sources.

Important Dates

Jan. 28th

No School - Teacher Workday

Jan. 30th
School-Wide Positive Behavior Incentive For January - Board Game Day

Jan. 31st
NAEP Testing

Feb. 4th
Report Cards Go Home

New: Remind your child to use clues from the text to improve their reading comprehension.

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.
• 
  

• 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.

Jan. 24, 2019

The homework tonight is on lesson 6.4 on creating common denominators. There is a tutorial below to assist you, if needed. We are reminding you that the end of the quarter is tomorrow and all incomplete work needs to be handed in to avoid them turning into F's.

Jan. 23, 2019

Parents,

The homework tonight is on lesson 6.3 on simplifying fractions. The homework is pg.343-344. The tutorial below will assist you, if needed. Have a good night.

Jan. 22, 2019

Parents,

The homework tonight is on equivalent fractions on pg.337 - 338. A tutorial is below to assist you, if needed. You will also find this week's important dates, learned content, and reminders.

Math:

Students completed 6.2 on generating equivalent fractions. Tomorrow we will be working on 6.3 on changing fractions to simplest form, Thursday will be 6.4 on making common denominators, and Friday will be 6.5 on finding equivalent fractions using problem solving.

Science/ Social Studies:

Students are continuing a new project on regions. They will be researching information and coming up with artifacts that visitors will read and see when the "museum" is open. They will also be building artifacts that correlate with the standard. The "theme" they are starting with is Native American art and architecture from the five regions of the U.S.

Language Arts:

Students are continuing to learn new skills in unit 4. They will be working on: summarizing key ideas, identifying key events, summarizing a story, explaining why certain details are important to a piece of writing, using context clues to determine word meaning, reading to identify and annotate examples of first person point of view, determining the effect of first person point of view in a text, applying grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words, using knowledge of letter-sound connections and syllable patterns to read unfamiliar words of more than one syllable, providing reasons that are supported by facts and details, providing a concluding statement related to the opinion presented, revising my writing using modal auxiliaries to strengthen my discussion of my opinion, reading to identify and annotate examples of text evidence that reveals character, using knowledge, identifying, and listing of the consonant-le syllable pattern, and editing a text to check or correct frequently confused words.

Important Dates

Jan. 23rd

Normal Early Dismissal Wednesday

Jan. 25th
Last Day of Quarter 2
Club and Candid Photos Day

Jan. 28th
No School - Teacher Workday

New: Friday is the end of the 2nd quarter. All unfinished work MUST be in by Friday or incomplete work will be an F. Please make sure all assignments are handed in.

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.
• 
  

• 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.

Jan. 17, 2019

Parents,

There is no math homework tonight due to the unit 3 test we took today. Have a good night.

Jan.16, 2019

Parents,

The homework tonight is to finish the study guide that we had students start during review stations today. The test tomorrow is very similar to the study guide so it is important for the students to complete it and understand it. Have a good night.

Jan. 15, 2019

Parents,

The math homework tonight is finishing the review on chapter 13 on perimeter and area. The students started it during review stations today in math. The page numbers they need to finish up are on pg.749 - 754.

Due to the inclement weather yesterday, the math test on unit 3 (chapters 12 and 13) has been pushed to Thursday. We will finish review tomorrow and the students will receive a study guide for the test. Please review that with your child tomorrow.

Math:

Students completed review today and will finish up the review tomorrow. The homerooms rotated each day to a different studio to complete review activities. Mrs. Ward did review on perimeter and area. Mrs. Hamill completed review on customary measurement and Mr. Utter had activities on the metric system and elapsed time.

Science/ Social Studies:

Students are continuing a new project on regions. They will be researching information and coming up with artifacts that visitors will read and see when the "museum" is open. They will also be building artifacts that correlate with the standard. The "theme" they are starting with is Native American art and architecture from the five regions of the U.S.

Language Arts:

Students are continuing to learn new skills in unit 4. They will be working on: drawing inferences from details in the text, drawing on knowledge of the story, applying grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words with a vowel-consonant-e syllable pattern. using context to determine the meaning of a word, using knowledge of letter-sound connections and syllable patterns to read unfamiliar words or more than one syllable, explaining the different information that can be presented from the first and third person point of view, developing reasons for my opinion based on a text, gathering facts and details from a text to support my reasons, comparing and contrasting narrative points of view, correctly using frequently confused words, and using reference materials to check my spelling.

Important Dates

Jan. 14th - Jan.17th

Make Those Pledges

Jan. 18th
Boosterthon Fun Run For Your Pledges

Jan. 17th
Math Test on Unit 3 (ch. 12 - 13)

Jan. 21st
No School - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

New: Friday is a day to make sure students have all their work caught up and turned in.  Friday afternoons from 2:30-2:50 may be used as an incentive for the students who have finished ALL work where students who are caught up with all assignments will be given free time!!!

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.
• 
  

• 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.

Jan. 9, 2019

Parents,

We completed lesson 13.5 on problem solving using area. The homework is on pg. 747 - 748. There is a tutorial below if you need assistance helping your child. Have a good night.

Jan. 8, 2019

Parents,

The homework tonight is lesson 13.4 on finding the unknown measure of a side of a rectangle given the perimeter or area. The homework is on pg. 741-742. It was written down wrong this morning. Hopefully you can see that the homework is on these pages. The tutorial below will assist you with tonight's lesson, if needed. Thanks.

Jan. 7, 2018

Parents,

The math homework tonight is finding the area of combined rectangles. They are basically breaking apart the shape into two or three rectangles so they can apply the area formula to each one. The homework is on pg. 733-734. The tutorial below will assist you, if needed.

Math:

Students completed 13.3 today, will do 13.4 on finding unknown measures tomorrow, 13.5 on Thursday on problem solving on area and review on Friday. We will also be reviewing next Monday and Tuesday in preparation for the unit 3 test on chapters 12 and 13. The test will be next Wednesday. We will also provide a study guide.

Science/ Social Studies:

Students are starting a new project on regions. They will be researching information and coming up with artifacts that visitors will read and see when the "museum" is open. They will also be building artifacts that correlate with the standard. The "theme" they are starting with is Native American art and architecture from the five regions of the U.S.

Language Arts:

Students have started unit 4 on different points of view. Students are identifying third person point of view; explaining the effect of third person point of view on a narrative; explaining, identifying, and spelling compound words; understanding how a concluding statement differs from an introductory opinion statement; finding and annotating key details in narrative text; using evidence to draw inferences; comparing and contrasting first and third person point of view; understand and use modal auxiliary verbs; answer questions about stories; summarize ideas; read to identify key events and summarize a story; explain the meaning of certain key events; analyze the meanings of metaphors and identify reasons and details from the text to support my opinion.

Important Dates

Jan. 9 - No School For Students

New: Friday is a day to make sure students have all their work caught up.  Friday afternoons from 2:30-2:50 may be used as an incentive for the students who have finished ALL work where students who are caught up with all assignments will be given free time!!!

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.
• 
  

• 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.