Benson/Bodrick News
News from the 4th Grade
October 19, 2018
Math News
We have been working on addition and subtraction this week with large numbers. We learned a few new strategies that we can use to help if we need them. We also learned about subtracting with a lot of zeros in our largest number. Ask your child if they can teach you the “magic hat trick”. We will take a test on Topic 4 this next Wednesday.
I extended the math stations due date until next Friday. This will have given every one 4 weeks to complete their 10 stations in class. Please check with your child and see if they are close to finishing so that everyone will be ready to turn them in next Friday.
All graded Math 4 Today quizzes and unit tests will be sent home next week for you to keep. Although the grades have been in the gradebook for you to see, I would like you to look through them and see any comments I might have made for the student. I will have a paper attached to the front of the stack of papers for you to sign and return so that I know you have seen them all. Please return this paper within 2 days of my sending them home. I will try and have them ready to come home on Tuesday.
The Google Classroom “live” calendar is up to date with all tests and/or assignments.
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. I will be allowing them to get a maximum of 10 bonus points each week starting next week. This means that they can do 15 topics a week and receive their 5 points for a 100% and then 10 points for extra credit.
Science News
We will be working on our severe weather reports next week. Students will be given a guide to use on Monday for these reports. I have attached a version of this below so that you can see what students are completing. This will count as a major grade and be due no later than Friday. Students will be given time in class each day next week to work, but if by Wednesday they are not close enough to a finished project, they may need to work at home. I will send an email out on Wednesday to those who need to work some at home.
We will also be finishing up our weather unit the last week of the month and taking a weather unit test on Thursday, November 1st. A study guide will be given by the end of next week so that students can prepare. We will review for several days before the test.
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
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, students will complete a fun project to show their learning of Native American cultural regions! They will be making snow globes on Monday and Tuesday and will need to choose one region to write a paragraph about and draw an illustration. Instructions were given today, October 19th. Some students may already have their snow globe template. Tentative test date is Wednesday, October 24, 2018. Make sure your child is referring to the Tribes at a Glance Chart, notepages in their binders and the full presentation that has been posted in the Social Studies Google Classroom that has some video links. There are also some additional resources in Google Classroom they can use as well. All parents have been invited/have access to Google Classroom.
Graded Native Americans review was given today - students knew about since Monday. Grades have been put in gradebook and papers have been returned so students can study. Students will have the opportunity to earn extra points on this assignment on next Wednesday’s test if the did poorly. Use the PowerPoint in Google Classroom to check answers.
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.
Ending Thoughts
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