Mar. 29, 2019

Parents,

I wanted to let parents know that our neighborhood was limited to so many chaperones for the upcoming field trip. Unfortunately we could not take everyone who wanted to volunteer to chaperone. If a parent can not make it, we may notify you to chaperone. Thank you for understanding.

Mar. 28, 2019

Parents,

The math lesson that was covered today was on lesson 9.7 on comparing decimals. The homework is on pg. 537-538. There is a tutorial below to assist you, if needed. Have a good night.

Mar. 26, 2019

Parents,

The math homework tonight is on lesson 9.6 on adding fractional parts of 10 and 100. The homework is on pg. 531-532. There is a tutorial below, if needed. Thank you.

Mar. 25, 2019

Parents,

We are close to finishing chapter 9 on fractions and decimals. Today's lesson on 9.5 was on problem solving with money. They are to complete pg. 523-524. A tutorial is below, if needed. This week's curriculum objectives, important dates, and reminders can be found below.

Math:

Students learned 9.5 on problem solving with money, will complete 9.6 on adding fraction parts of 10 and 100, 9.7 on Thursday on comparing decimals, and will do review .

Science/ Social Studies:

They are continuing the science unit on building an electromagnet, testing its strength, and reinventing the telegraph.

Language Arts:

Students are learning new skills in unit 6. They will be working on:

Important Dates

Mar. 27th
No School For Students - Professional Development

New: The third quarter is almost over which means report cards will be going home in a few weeks. Please make sure your child has all past due assignments handed in. If your child has completed their reading log for the month, they will earn free pizza via the Book It! program.

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.

Mar. 21, 2019

Parents,

The math homework tonight is on lesson 9.3 on equivalent fractions and decimals. They are to complete pg. 511 - 512. There is a tutorial below to assist you, if needed. Have a good night.

Mar. 20, 2019

Parents,

The homework tonight is on lesson 9.2 on relating hundredths and decimals. They are to complete pg. 505-506 in their Go Math book. The tutorial below will help you, if needed. Have a good night.

Mar. 19, 2019

Parents,

We started chapter 9 today on fractions and decimals. They learned lesson 9.1 on relating tenths and decimals where the homework is pg. 499-500. There is a tutorial below, if needed.

Mar. 18, 2019

Parents,

We are finishing up chapter 8 on multiplication of fractions and will be starting chapter 9 on fractions and decimals. Today's lesson on 8.5 was on problem solving with comparison problems using fractions. They are to complete pg. 485-486. A tutorial is below, if needed. This week's curriculum objectives, important dates, and reminders can be found below.

Math:

Students learned 8.5 on problem solving with comparison problems using fractions, will complete 9.1 tomorrow on relating tenths and decimals, 9.2 on Wednesday on relating hundredths and decimals, 9.3 on Thursday on equivalent fractions and decimals, and 9.4 on Friday on relating fractions, decimals, and money.

Science/ Social Studies:

They are continuing the science unit on magnetism where they are studying magnetic forces and electromagnets.

Language Arts:

Students are learning new skills in unit 6. They will be working on: read to identify and annotate examples of fairy tale genre features; use understanding of fairy tale genre features to respond to a close reading prompt; use knowledge of letter-sound correspondences to read accurately; decode, sort, and spell words with "oo" sounds spelled oo, ould, ull, and ew. understand the features of a strong narrative journal entry; analyze characters' actions; infer information about characters; read to gather evidence to describe a character; use my understanding of characters to respond to a close reading prompt; identify events in a source text; create a plan for organizing three narrative journal entries; read to gather evidence to compare texts with similar themes; use my understanding of themes to respond to a close reading prompt; and order adjectives correctly within sentences.

Important Dates

Mar. 18 - 22nd
International Week (After Specials This Week)

Mar. 20th
Normal Wednesday Early Dismissal

New: Progress Reports went home. Please sign it and have your child return it to let us know you are aware of his/her progress. If your child has completed their reading log for the month, they will earn free pizza via the Book It! program.

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.

Mar.14, 2019

Parents,

The homework tonight is on math lesson 8.4 on multiplying a fraction or mixed number by a whole number. They need to complete pg. 479-480. A tutorial is below if you need to refer to it. Thanks.

Mar. 13, 2019

Parents,

The math homework tonight is on lesson 8.3 on multiplying a fraction by a whole number using models. They have to complete pg.473 - 474. A tutorial is below, if needed. Have a good night.

Mar. 12, 2019

Parents,

The math homework tonight is on lesson 8.2 on multiples of fractions. They need to complete pg.465-466. A tutorial is below, if needed. Have a good night.

Mar. 11, 2019

Parents,

We started a new unit on multiplication of fractions in chapter 8 and later will be working through chapter 9 on fractions and decimals. Today's lesson on 8.1 was on multiples of unit fractions. They are to complete pg. 459-460. A tutorial is below, if needed. This week's curriculum objectives, important dates, and reminders can be found below.

Math:

Students started lesson 8.1 on multiples of unit fractions, will complete 8.2 on Multiples of Fractions tomorrow, 8.3 on multiplying a fraction by a whole number using models on Wednesday, 8.4 on multiplying a fraction or mixed number by a whole number on Thursday, and 8.5 on problem solving: comparison problems with fractions on Friday.

Science/ Social Studies:

They have started a new science unit on magnetism where they are studying magnetic fields and magnetic forces.

Language Arts:

Students are learning new skills in unit 6. They will be working on: read on-level texts with purpose and understanding; read to identify and explain key story events; write a summary; explain the meaning of the suffixes -ly, ily, -ways, and -wise; sort words by suffixes; spell words with -ly, -ily, -ways, and -wise; infer a character's traits from his or her actions; infer a character's traits from dialogue; reread to find context clues for unfamiliar words; explain the meaning of the suffixes -ly, -ily, -ways, and -wise; collaborate to list and define words with -ly, -ily, -ways, and -wise; identify and analyze a character's voice; write in a voice that conveys a character's traits; identify the characters, setting, and events in a quest story; use details from a text to identify and describe characters, setting, and events; compare and contrast stories with similar themes; use text evidence to support points of comparison and contrast in conversation and in writing; reflect on and share my knowledge about confronting challenges; reflect on reading strategies that I have learned; form and use prepositional phrases; and understand the features of a strong narrative journal entry;

Important Dates

Mar. 11 - 15th
Book Fair This Week

Mar. 13th
Normal Wednesday Early Dismissal

Mar. 14th
Family Night at the Book Fair

New: Progress Reports went home. Please sign it and have your child return it to let us know you are aware of his/her progress. If your child has completed their reading log for the month, they will earn free pizza via the Book It! program.

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.

Mar. 7, 2019

Parents,

There is no homework tonight due to the math test that students took today. Have a good night.

Mar. 5, 2019

Parents,

The homework tonight was having students finish up the study guide that they worked on during class. Some students finished it but could still go over the problems with you at home. The test is on Thursday. Just a reminder that there is no school for students tomorrow as it is a professional development day for teachers. Have a good night.

Mar. 4, 2019

Parents,

The math homework is a review sheet on line plots. We covered this lesson last Thursday so they should be somewhat familiar with it. This week's curriculum objectives, important dates, and reminders can be found below.

Math:

Students reviewed line plots today and will complete review tomorrow. They will receive a study guide. The unit 5 test will be on Thursday covering lessons 7.3 - 7.5, 7.7, 7.10, and 12.5. We will begin unit 6 on Friday on multiplying fractions and comparing decimal fractions lesson 8.1.

Science/ Social Studies:

They are finishing up the theme on storytelling of an important event that happened in their region. They have written about two important events and now will choose one of them speaking from the first person point of view as if they were at the event, and will explain what they saw and what happened.

They will begin a new science unit on magnetism near the end of the week.

Language Arts:

Students are learning new skills in unit 5. They will be working on: understanding the form and use of progressive verb tenses; editing my essay for correct form and use of progressive verb tenses; integrating information from two texts to speak knowledgeably on a topic; assessing my writing using a rubric; choosing an appropriate font style and size to publish my writing; sharing my prior knowledge about the Essential Question; reading on-level text with purpose and understanding; reading to identify key story events; writing a summary; reading and analyzing a writing prompt; reading and analyzing the features of a narrative journal entry; rereading to find text evidence about characters; making inferences about characters based on text evidence; analyzing characters and events in a story to determine the theme of a story; identifying events and details from a source text used in a fictional journal entry; explaining the meaning of the suffixes -ly, -ily, -ways, and -wise; sorting words by suffixes; and spelling words with -ly, -ily, -ways, and -wise.

Important Dates

Mar. 6th
No School - Professional Development

Read Across America Week Mar.1 - Mar.8th
Mar. 4th - Purple Up Day - Wear Purple
Mar. 5th - Wear a Hat
Mar. 6th - No School
Mar. 7th - Read With a Buddy
Mar. 8th - Dr. Seuss Day


Mar. 7th - Math Test on Unit 5 (Study Guide going home)

New: If you are interested in reading in your child's classroom for Dr. Seuss Week, please notify your child's teacher. If your child has completed their reading log for the month, they will earn free pizza via the Book It! program.

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.