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.
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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.