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 continuing the planning stage and then will enter the drafting phase of their opinion writing by including evidence, examples and expert opinion to support their opinion statement.
Math
The students will continue to use rounding to determine if an answer is reasonable. They will solve real-life world problems, some of which will involve multi-step word problems and assess the reasonableness of answers. Students will also be learning how to answer the word problems, showing their thinking and answering 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 will continue to paint their flag on their identity posters and more work on the posters and symbols will continue throughout the next weeks.
Announcements
Be sure to refer to the Swimming Schedule to see when your child has P.E. swimming lessons. A hard copy and an email has been sent.
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.
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
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