Weekly Newsletter Sept. 17-21

Grade 4

Weekly Newsletter

September 17 - September 21, 2018

Language Arts

This week in reading, the students will be using nonfiction books about Culture to learn more about the Cultural Universals. They will be learning to take notes in order to find the main idea of a text. Our grade 4 writers will be entering the drafting phase of their opinion writing by expanding their ideas and including evidence to support their opinion statement.

Math

The students will continue to use rounding to determine if an answer is reasonable. They will solve multi-step word problems and assess the reasonableness of answers. Students will also be learning how to answer the word problems with complete sentences.

Social Studies

We will continue with our investigation into the different cultural universals through non-fiction texts. Students will be blending their non-fiction reading skills with learning about a specific cultural universal. Many students have finished painting their flag on their identity posters and more work on the posters will continue throughout the next few weeks.

Announcements

• Be sure to refer to the Swimming Schedule to see when your child has P.E. swimming lessons.
• Three way conferences will be on October 4th and 5th. On September 24th, you will be receiving a letter informing you of when your conference time will be. Your child will be presenting their goals for the year.
• Red Hat Free Dress Friday, Sept 21, 5 rm suggested charitable donation

Resources

Continue to learn with us about teaching and learning math. Here is another video from YouCubed that talks about the importance of believing in yourself and accepting mistakes as learning opportunities. Watch this one with your kids!

Boosting Your Brain with Math