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Grade 4 Newsletter

Weekly Update: April 9 - April 13, 2018




Language Arts

This week in writing, the students will be working on publishing their Earth change information books. This will include revising their writing to ensure they have used scientific vocabulary and a variety of evidence to teach their reader about their topic. In addition to their writing, each student will be adding text features to emphasize important information in their text.




Math

This week the students will be using manipulatives to show how decimals can be represented through the base-ten model to the hundredths. They will learn that the square is referred to as the whole or one unit, the rods become the tenths, and the unit cubes become hundredths. They will then have the opportunity to draw their own models that will represent given decimals and the equivalent fraction.






Science/ Social Studies

We are finishing up our unit by communicating our expertise to others. Students are drafting their books to describe how earth changes connect to Earth layers, plate tectonics, and/or erosion, weathering and deposition.




Resources

As we are now studying decimal fractions in math, here is a Quizlet that will help you and your child be familiar with the vocabulary of this math unit:






Announcements




WIDA testing will begin Tuesday April 10th to April 13th. This test is only for some students, and those students and parents have already been informed through a take home letter.




Grade 4 Newsletter

Weekly Update: April 2 - April 6, 2018




Language Arts

The students will continue to use their reading research skills as they delve deeper into their Earth Change research. Throughout this week, the children will be drafting their information books and will focus on organizing their writing with a topic sentence and key detail sentences.




Math

This week the students will begin the Fractions and Decimal unit. They will be learning how to convert fractions into decimals and recognize their place value.




Science/ Social Studies

Students are writing as Scientists. They are taking notes from different resources, and creating their own text features to explain that information. They are beginning to draft their book by paraphrasing information in their own words.




Resources

As we continue to share resources on ways to engage kids without technology and keep them safe when they are using it, consider this article. Getting Kids Off Devices How about a tech-free March vacation?




Announcements




School Starts on Monday, April 2nd.


Take a photo of your child reading someplace interesting or pretty or just cool and send it to sdehart@iskl.edu.my They will be posted on the library facebook page.