We had our third Math DoDEA Summative Assessment today. They will have their last one tomorrow. Since they are testing, there is no math homework tonight. You will find the content to be covered for the week, important dates, and reminders below.
Math:
Students are finishing up the Math DoDEA Summative Assessment tomorrow, have no school on Wednesday, and then will go back to Unit 7 lesson 11.1 on Thursday, and lesson 11.2 on Friday.
Science/ Social Studies:
We are testing on soil and rocks that we learned lately. We will be finishing up science with a topography investigation. We will be looking to go back to social studies next week.
Language Arts:
Students are finishing up unit 7. They will be working on: revise my news report to maintain a formal voice; explain what happened and why on specific information in the text; determine the meanings of homophones; use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary; recognize and avoid run-on sentences; use a comma before a coordinating conjunction; explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text; determine the meanings of homophones; use context to define homophones; and spell homophones; edit my writing to use relative pronouns correctly; integrate information from two texts on the same topic; and use criteria to evaluate my news report;
Important Dates
May 6th - May 10th
Teacher Appreciation Week
May 6nd
DoDEA Math Summative Assessment
May 7th
DoDEA Math Summative Assessment
May 8th
No School For Students (Teachers have Professional Development)
New: DoDEA Math Summative Assessments will finish up today and tomorrow. 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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