Weekly Newsletter June 3-14, 2019

Grade 4KW

Weekly Newsletter

June 3 -June 14, 2019

Next week  includes an  important holiday. We wish all of our muslim families  A Happy Eid.  To our Muslim, host-nation families we wish you a Happy Raya Aidilifitri- Ma’af Zahir dan Batin. This newsletter will take us all the way to the end of the semester and the academic year.

Language Arts

In the final part of Language Arts  for the year, we will finalise our writing on our literary essay unit, showcasing all of our progress during our writing share with parents on Monday, June 3. In reading, we will continue to examine our mentor text Number the Stars, analysing characters and important events and writing our own individual ‘what happened next’ chapters. We will complete the work on our Book Clubs, with groups sharing their text’s theme, major characters and important events with the rest of the class.

Math

In the final part of our geometry unit, students  will continue to explore angles and  measure them with increasing accuracy using protractors.  Students will use their knowledge of right, straight and whole circle angles to find missing angles.  Students will also look at symmetry- especially line symmetry as another way to classify shapes. This will lead into our end of unit test which will be sent home during the last week of school.

Social Studies

Up until the end of the school year we will be deep into our Trade Simulation. Students have been working hard learning about the resources of their country along with other economic factors.  By the end of simulation, students will have had the opportunity to design a country flag, decide on their trading product, designate ministers, create an advertisement for their product and trade with their neighboring countries. At the end of  the two trading rounds country groups will reflect on the process and its implications.

Announcements

• May 10th - June 14th: Car riders pick up will now be in the gym
• June 3rd: 4th Grade Writing Share - Parents invited from 1:45- 2:30.
• June 5th & 6th : No School for Hari Raya Aidilfitri
• June 14th: Last day of school- half day -  whole school clap out at 11:30am
• ES Dress Up Days: Plan your days in advance click HERE for dates and details.
• EXTRA BONUS:  Get a head start on the SUMMER READING LIST

Resources

For more practice at  estimating angles got to Math Playground and look for games alien angles, angles and rocket angles. Here is also a link to Banana Hunt.

For more practice at  lines of symmetry - see if you can draw the symmetrical shape:  Symmetry Game

Weekly Newsletter May 20- May 31, 2019

                                                           Grade 4KW

Weekly Newsletter

May 20 – May 31, 2019

These next two weeks are very choppy in terms of holidays and teaching days.

Language Arts

In Language Arts this next fortnight, students will continue to research and compare historical fiction texts, consolidating their knowledge on common themes and symbols seen throughout. We will finish our study on our mentor text,  Number the Stars, noticing changes in the characters, setting and theme as the story concludes. We will complete our study of historical fiction book clubs, comparing universal themes and ideas across texts. We continue to refine our writing skills in our Literary Essays, through both peer and teacher conferencing, taking feedback from earlier drafts to refine our work.

Math

In math we continue our geometry unit and initially will focus on quadrilaterals- looking at the criteria for a quadrilateral. Later, we will also be drawing and identifying shapes based on their angles. We will be sorting shapes based on angles and will be learning how to use a protractor (angle measure) to more accurately measure and classify angles into acute, right, obtuse and reflex angles.

Social Studies

This week we will be finishing up our lessons to help students understand the targeted vocabulary for the unit and we will begin our Trade and Resource Simulation! This will be an exciting 2 week project where students will work in collaborative groups role playing what factors go into global trade and economies.  The beginning of our project will first focus on learning about an assigned country and its geographical and economic information.

Announcements

• May 10th - June 14th: Car riders pick up will now be in the gym
• Mon, May 20th:  NO SCHOOL - ISKL Holiday in lieu of Wesak Day
• Tues, May 21st:  NO SCHOOL - ISKL Faculty In-Service
• Wed, May 22nd:  NO SCHOOL - Nuzul Al Quran
• Fri, May 24th: Wet ‘n’Wild Day/ Swim Carnival 8:15-9:00
• June 3rd: 4th Grade Writing Share - Parents invited from 1:45- 2:30.
• ES Dress Up Days: Plan your days in advance click HERE for dates and details.
• EXTRA BONUS:  Get a head start on the SUMMER READING LIST

Resources

Reinforce our Geometry unit in math with the power of song on Numberock. Music makes memories...give it a try...with Closed Caption for the added benefit of visual text support.  https://numberock.com/

Quizlet is a digital studying tool. Open the link below to access digital flashcards that include the vocabulary words covered in our Geometry unit. https://quizlet.com/284437039/iskl-grade-4-geometry-flash-cards/

Again to reinforce our ongoing Geometry unit take a look at the link below. Some teachers use Math Learning Center as a digital math manipulative that helps build a concrete understanding of new concepts. The link is directly connected to the websites applications or apps page. Open the geoboard app and the math vocabulary cards (select geometry) and allow your children to explore and practice new skills.

https://www.mathlearningcenter.org/resources/apps

A few of our historical fictions texts can be found on a website site that all readers can access and enjoy. Take a look at the Storyline Online, a website that has videos of actors reading books aloud while showing illustrations from the story.

https://www.storylineonline.net/