Benson/Bodrick News
News from the 4th Grade
October 12, 2018
Math News
This week we finished topic 3--Place Value. We took our test and started our new unit on addition and subtraction today. We will be working on it throughout next week and testing on it around Wednesday, October 24th.
I have placed a calendar in Google Classroom that is a “live” calendar--meaning I can update it and it will show up with updates immediately. I will make sure to update this with the specific date when I know for sure.
Don’t forget to have your students complete at least 5 ALEKS topics each week. If your child forgets their ALEKS username and password, please let me know. It is taped in their math journal, but I can look it up and send it by email to you so you can have it too.
Science News
We finished up the water cycle this week and took a quiz today. Next week we will discuss clouds, weather maps, and forms of precipitation. We will also start working on our severe weather reports. Information on these reports will come home by the end of next week.
Don’t forget if you haven’t joined Seesaw, the directions are below. There are different sets for each homeroom.
Ms. Bodrick’s homeroom:
2. Choose your child from the list
3. Create your account
4. Once you’re approved by Shannon Benson, you’ll get access to Seesaw
Mrs. Benson’s homeroom:
2. Choose your child from the list
3. Create your account
4. Once you’re approved by Shannon Benson, you’ll get access to Seesaw
ELA News
READING LOGS
Reading logs are assigned every week. Students are expected to read for at least 20 minutes and then respond to their reading using the question bank provided in their binder for fiction and nonfiction books. Your child is only required to answer one question a night on the reading response sheet provided. Please check weekly - if not every night - to make sure that your child is completing this task.
READING
This week students were assessed online via Quizizz on our Treasures selection Mystic Horse and understanding of homophones (which were encountered in the text) - and I must say that most did very well! Grades are already in PowerSchool and I am currently finishing up scores for the text-dependent questions students answered in Google Classroom.
Next week, we will focus our attention on Main Idea and Theme and being able to decipher between the two - which are very different. The main idea is what the text is mostly about. The theme is the lesson or message that the writer wants to get across in his or her story that can be applied to our everyday life - we call it THE MEssage (think about how it can be applied to me). As we learn about theme, we will read a few familiar pieces of literature - folktales such as The Ant and the Grasshopper, King Midas and the Golden Touch, and The Boy Who Cried Wolf just to name a few.
Social Studies News
Next week, we will finish learning about the final Native American Cultural Group of the United States - the Pacific Northwest. After Monday/Tuesday, the rest of the week will be devoted to review of all five regions. Students will complete a fun project to show their learning by the end of the week (hopefully)! Tentative test date is Wednesday, October 24, 2018. Make sure your child is referring to the Tribes at a Glance Chart and notepages in their binders and the full presentation that will be posted in the Google Classroom next week that has some video links. I also have books in the classroom on natives of these specific regions that they can read in class, or bring home to read/review with you.
RAP Questions did not go home this week due to us being out because of weather; however, they will go out next week. RAP questions are grade boosters and in order to receive full credit, they should be answered in complete sentences. Students can use any social studies resource to complete this assignment.
Fourth Grade News
Related Arts Schedule for next week
Parent Conferences
If you would like to schedule a conference with Ms. Bodrick and Mrs. Benson, you may go to the link below and schedule it. We look forward to meeting with many of you.
Brattonsville Field Study
We are traveling to Historic Brattonsville on Wednesday, October 17th. We will leave school shortly after 8 and return by dismissal. If students ride a bus to school, they will be fine arriving and departing on their bus.
Remember--Pack a lunch. We are not placing orders from the cafeteria--please make sure to pack a lunch for your child--and if you’re chaperoning--don’t forget your lunch too.
Ending Thoughts
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