We completed review in preparation for the DoDEA Math Summative Assessment starting this Thursday. We are reviewing protractor practice, multiplication and division, and fractions. The homework is on pg. 61-62 in their PARCC book (Utter's Homeroom). You will find the content to be covered for the week, important dates, and reminders below.
Math:
Students are completing PARCC review today, tomorrow and Wednesday. They will be testing on Thursday, Friday, next Monday, and Tuesday.
Science/ Social Studies:
They are continuing science with soil. They will be learning about what soil is, what is found in it, what causes big rocks to break down into smaller rocks, and understand how rocks are affected by acid rain.
Language Arts:
Students are learning new skills in unit 7. They will be working on: read to integrate information from two texts, use my understanding of two texts to make a comparison; group related information to plan for my news report; use the relative pronouns: who, whose, whom, which, and that; share information I have learned about how and why communities evolve; share information about identifying chronological text structure and using graphic features; read to identify and annotate key details; use key details to determine the main idea; identify and demonstrate understanding of words by relating them to their synonyms; revise sentences to vary sentence length and structure; revise my news report to maintain a formal voice; explain what happened and why based on specific information in the text; determine the meanings of homophones; and use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
Important Dates
May 1st
Parent Open Forum with the Principal 8:30
Normal Early Dismissal
May 2nd
DoDEA Math Summative Assessment
May 3rd
DoDEA Math Summative Assessment
New:
Sign the Nature Walk permission slip and send it in. DoDEA Math Summative Assessments will be this Thursday, Friday, next Monday and Tuesday. Send in money if you are purchasing student or class pictures. Please sign and return the signature page in the orange envelope saying that you received your child's report card for the third quarter. 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:
- 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.
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