Sept. 10, 2018

Week of September 10, 2018

Math:

Students will continue to work on concepts in unit 1 chapter 1 on place value, rounding, ordinal numbers, expanded form, standard form, written form, comparing numbers, renaming numbers, and adding and subtracting numbers.

Science/ Social Studies:

Students are studying meal worms, pill bugs and sow bugs.

Language Arts:

Students are still going over routines, protocols, and expectations for reading and writing stations. They will also be taking the Scholastic Reading Inventory this week to gauge where their reading level sits.

Important Dates

Sept. 11th

PEA sponsored Boo Hoo-Yahoo Social for parents (9:00 - 10:00)

Reminder: Early Dismissal Every Wednesday at 1:40

Tonight's homework is on renaming groups to rename numbers on lesson 1.5. The homework is pg. 35 - 36. The video below will assist you if needed. The students should have their agenda updated to reflect this week. They are using the same template as last week with the updated information for this week. 

Sept.6, 2018

Parents,

The math homework tonight is on comparing and ordering numbers up to the hundred thousands place. It is pg.21 and 22. They should also be reading for at least 20 minutes or more each night. Just a friendly reminder that the PEA has an ice cream social tomorrow evening. The video below will assist you, if needed. Have a good night.

Sept. 5, 2018

Parents,

The math homework tonight is pg.15 - 16 on reading and writing numbers. Students learned about standard form, expanded form, and written form. They have done these concepts before. However, fourth grade students are responsible for writing numbers in the different forms up to the hundred thousands place. The video below will assist you with today's lesson, if needed.

Week of September 4th, 2018

Welcome to our 4th grade blog parents!

Math:

Students will begin the year off by working on concepts in unit 1 chapter 1 on place value, rounding, ordinal numbers, expanded form, standard form, written form, comparing numbers, renaming numbers, and adding and subtracting numbers.

Science/ Social Studies:

Students will start by reviewing geography by studying the northern, southern, eastern and western hemispheres of the world, latitude and longitude, and political and physical maps.

Language Arts:

Students have been going over routines, protocols, and expectations for reading and writing stations. They will also be taking the Scholastic Reading Inventory this week to gauge where their reading level sits.

Important Dates

Sept. 5th

Parent Open Forum 8:30 - 9:30

Sept. 7th

PEA Ice Cream Social with Silent Auction

Reminder: Early Dismissal Every Wednesday at 1:40

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.

June 11, 2018

Parents,

The final G Force Gazette of the year is below. Have a great summer.

Neighborhood News

• The last day of school is this Thursday with a dismissal time of 11:30.
• Looking for extra math practice over the summer? Please go to the following site to assist you in parent math newsletters, extra practice for the math units we worked on, games, and many other useful resources to help your child with math concepts. (https://sites.google.com/view/midatlanticmathresource Found on Crossroads homepage
• If you need to contact any of us, the quickest way is probably through email. 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.

Weekly Homework:

Monday:

• No Math homework
• Read for at least 20 minutes

Tuesday:

• Read for at least 20 minutes

Wednesday:

• Read for at least 20 minutes

Thursday:

• LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

Important Dates

June 13th

Normal Wednesday

Early Dismissal

      Bring A Board Game or

Card Game

June 14th

Last Day of School

Bring Your Yearbook If

You Want It Signed By Friends

Educational Targets:

Math:

Students will continue stations on unit 8 which are math concepts to prepare our students for fifth grade next year. This will consist of problem solving, review of some concepts learned this year, and touching on concepts they will learn next year.

Science/ Social Studies:

We will continue to do activities on the unit called Soils, Rocks, and Landforms. They will learn how to draw a topographic map that includes contour lines and contour intervals.

Language Arts:

They will work on their grammar skill on homophones and the reading comprehension skill this week is problem/solution. For writing, students have different choices to choose from to write about unless they are finishing their animal story.

June 4, 2018

Parents,

We are not assigning math homework this week. This week's G Force Gazette is below if you misplaced the hard copy.

Neighborhood News

• For the field trip tomorrow, wear your Red Crossroads shirt and comfortable shoes, and bring your lunch unless you checked off on the permission slip you were buying one.
• No electronics or money
• Please go to the following site to assist you in parent math newsletters, extra practice for the math unit we are working on, games, and many other useful resources to help your child with math concepts. (https://sites.google.com/view/midatlanticmathresource Found on Crossroads homepage
• If you need to contact any of us, the quickest way is probably through email. 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.

• Please check the 4th grade blog for updates and assistance in homework at www.gforceeagles.blogspot.com

Weekly Homework:

Monday:

• No Math homework
• Read for at least 20 minutes
• Practice your multiplication facts if you don’t have them memorized

Tuesday:

• Read for at least 20 minutes
• Practice your multiplication facts if you don’t have them memorized

Wednesday:

• Read for at least 20 minutes
• Practice your multiplication facts if you don’t have them memorized

Thursday:

• Read for at least 20 minutes
• Practice your multiplication facts if you don’t have them memorized

Friday:

• Read for at least 20 minutes
• Practice your multiplication facts if you don’t have them memorized

Important Dates

June 5th

Field trip to Skyline Caverns

June 6th

Normal Wednesday

Early Dismissal

Educational Targets:

Math:

Students will continue stations on unit 8 which are math concepts to prepare our students for fifth grade next year. This will consist of problem solving, review of some concepts learned this year, and touching on concepts they will learn next year.

Science/ Social Studies:

We will continue to do activities on the unit called Soils, Rocks, and Landforms. They will investigate their rocks that had a chemical reaction and then evaporated. They will also collect soil samples around our school to examine and compare to previous soil samples.

Language Arts:

Groups will be finishing up their literature circle project of their choice on the book they read earlier. They will work on their grammar skill on homophones and the reading comprehension skill this week is problem/solution. For writing, students have different choices to choose from to write about.

May 29, 2018

Parents,

We did not assign any math homework tonight or any night this week. We are working on unit 8 in math which is preparing students for the fifth grade. This will consist of problem solving tasks, reviewing concepts from this year, and introducing some concepts that they will see next year. This week's G Force Gazette is listed down below. Thank you.

Neighborhood News

• Field Day is this Thursday Morning for our neighborhood!
• Supplies would be appreciated (PENCILS, scissors, glue sticks, highlighters, dry erase  markers, and folders
• Please go to the following site to assist you in parent math newsletters, extra practice for the math unit we are working on, games, and many other useful resources to help your child with math concepts. (https://sites.google.com/view/midatlanticmathresource Found on Crossroads homepage
• If you need to contact any of us, the quickest way is probably through email. 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.

• Please check the 4th grade blog for updates and assistance in homework at www.gforceeagles.blogspot.com

Weekly Homework:

Monday:

• No School - Memorial Day

Tuesday:

• No Math homework
• Read for at least 20 minutes
• Practice your multiplication facts if you don’t have them memorized

Wednesday:

• Read for at least 20 minutes
• Practice your multiplication facts if you don’t have them memorized

Thursday:

• Read for at least 20 minutes
• Practice your multiplication facts if you don’t have them memorized

Friday:

• Read for at least 20 minutes
• Practice your multiplication facts if you don’t have them memorized

Important Dates

May 30th

Normal Wednesday

Early Dismissal

May 31st

Field Day - From 9 - 11:15 For Our Neighborhood

Educational Targets:

Math:

Students will start unit 8 which are math concepts to prepare our students for fifth grade next year. This will consist of problem solving, review of some concepts learned this year, and touching on concepts they will learn next year.

Science/ Social Studies:

We are bouncing back to science where we will do activities on the unit called Soils, Rocks, and Landforms. They will identify types of soil and what is found in them, do an activity to understand how rocks break down, and complete an activity to understand how acid rain effects rocks.

Language Arts:

Groups will be finishing up their literature circle project of their choice on the book they read earlier. They will also be required to finish last week’s grammar skill on adverbs. The reading comprehension skill this week is still drawing conclusions. For writing, some students are finishing up the publishing of their poetry books while others are selecting a writing choice activity to work on that is due this Friday.

May 23, 2018

Parents,

There is no homework on Think Central tonight. Instead, we asked students to finish up the math review on chapter 8 if they didn't finish it during class which was pg.487 - 492. If it is done, they can still review chapters 8 and 9 in preparation for the test tomorrow. Have a good night.

May 22, 2018

Parents,

The homework tonight is on lesson 8.5 on problem solving. They are to complete pg. 485 - 486 in their math book. The video below will assist you, if needed. Have a good night.