Grade 4
Weekly Newsletter
February 25 - March 1, 2019
Language Arts
This week in language arts students are continuing to research and learn more about their selected non fiction topic for their own projects. Students will continue to learn how to deconstruct non fiction texts, learning about note taking and how to recognise different text structures. br />
Math
This week we are moving on to our new, but related, unit of operations with fractions. We start with adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators and then unlike denominators. The students will continue to use visual models to decompose and show equivalency with fractions.
Science
This week students read about, consider details of, and model sedimentary rock formation in different environments. Students add a new layer to their Sedimentary Rock Formation Models, showing two different kinds of sedimentary rock, to apply what they learned about what makes sedimentary rock different and how different rock forms in different environments. Students will reflect on what they’ve learned by returning to the Rocks and Fossils anticipatory chart and engaging in a short reflective writing activity in response to the question: How do rocks provide information about what an environment was like in the past? Students will then begin to apply their understanding about what rock layers suggest about previous environmental changes.
Announcements
March 7th & March 8th - Student Led Conferences (SLC): Be sure to sign up for a time slot on POWERSCHOOL. If you are unable to attend, please contact your child’s teacher so that an alternative date can be set up.
ES Dress Up Days: plan your days in advance -see Christian's email for the dates.
Resources
To further support our exploration of non-fiction text log on to Newsela, which is an online news website that has the capability of breaking down the text into different reading levels that all readers can access. https://newsela.com/ (focus on Science)
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