Grade 4KW
Weekly Newsletter
April 8 - April 12, 2019
Language Arts
In
Language Arts, students will spend the next week completing the end of unit
assessment, combining all recent learnings in order to produce a new
informational text. Students will choose a nonfiction topic, identify &
locate relevant resources, make a plan and select text structures that are most
relevant. They will select headings & subheadings, research, take notes and
paraphrase key words and ideas within their report. Students will draft their
writing and revise using ARMs and CUPs.
Math
This
week in math the students will be using fraction word problems to solve
addition and subtraction equations. The students will use visuals to add and
subtract and their answer will be in improper fractions and mixed numbers. They
will be using the visual models to help represent and show their answers.
Science
This
week we start our final chapter in science. Students are invited to consider
how rock around the world is shaped, broken, worn down, and exposed. They
are introduced to a new question and phenomena: why Desert Rocks Canyon has so
much more exposed rock than nearby Keller’s Canyon. They use the book, Rocky Wonders, to learn
about how rock is weathered and eroded over time. Later in the week, students
use the Earth’s Features Sim to explore what factors can cause water to erode
different amounts of rock. The purpose of these lessons is to begin to explore
what factors affect how much rock a river can erode.
Announcements
- WIDA Testing: EAL
students have been notified and will be taking the WIDA test this week
with Mr. Balsamo.
- ES
Dress Up Days: Plan your days in
advance click HERE for dates and details. (The next Dress
Up Day will be Friday, April 19th)
- MAPS Testing: Grade 4 students will begin taking their MAPS
test Starting on April 25th.
Resources
Here is a link to extend students
curiosity about fossils: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/fossil/
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