Benson/Bodrick News
News from the 4th Grade
September 28, 2018
Math News
This week we continued learning about patterns in topic 2. We took the Topic 2 test today and will begin working on Topic 3 Monday. We will be learning about Place Value through the millions. This will take us about a week and we will be testing on this unit around Wednesday or Thursday of the following week.
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.
Study Island Assignment #2 is due by Friday, October 5th. Each student should have 4 sessions completed. All students need 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 have created some water cycle models in our classroom that we will be observing throughout the next couple of weeks. We will dive deeper into the water cycle next week with more experiments and projects. Children will be constructing their own model of the water cycle most likely in Google Drawings to share with you in Seesaw. The information is below on how to join Seesaw so that you are able to view your child’s work.
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.
SOCIAL STUDIES INTEGRATION
Next week we will focus our attention on a selection from our Treasures textbook entitled “Mystic Horse”- a story about a native boy living in the Great Plains. As we read, we will practice strategies that good readers use (handout found in students’ binders) - all while we continue to learn about/review Native Americans of the Great Plains.
WORD STUDY
Homophones, homophones, homophones! Words that sound the same, but are not spelled the same and have different meanings. This week students got practice using context clues and dictionaries to determine the meaning of commonly used homophones. (Learning to use the actual dictionary was very much necessary and so much fun!) After getting some practice, we had a conversation about figurative language and alliteration - the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Student then created their own homophone alliterations or “tongue twisters”. Take a look at a few examples! (Benson’s homeroom is still working on, so if your child is in her homeroom, please make sure their alliteration is complete Monday.) 
Social Studies News
Next week, we will continue to learn about Native American Cultural Groups of the United States - the Southwest and the Great Basin and review information about natives of the Eastern Woodland and Great Plains. Keep in mind, students received (and will continue to receive) hole-punched notes in their binder. These informational pages are studying tools so please ask your child about what they have learned throughout the week and refer them to the sheets in their binder. Full presentations will be put in Google Classroom by the end of next week and all parents will receive an invite to the class page so you can be alerted when new resources have been uploaded. It will be sent via email so be on the lookout - midweek next week.
RAP Questions went home this week on Thursday and were submitted today - Friday. 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.
*If you did not attend Open House and receive your Parent Study Guide for Social Studies, it will be sent home with your child on Monday.
Fourth Grade News
Related Arts Schedule for next week
Welcome to New Students
We have had 2 new students join our classes. Welcome to Ty’Shaun in Ms. Bodrick’s homeroom and Mary Ashton in Mrs. Benson’s homeroom. We are excited to get to know you both. Welcome to the BHE family!
Open House
It was a pleasure meeting so many of you at open house this past Tuesday evening. The presentation was emailed to everyone so that you can know what was discussed that night. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. The link to sign up for a conference is: https://goo.gl/ge9JS9
Brattonsville Field Study
We are traveling to Historic Brattonsville on Wednesday, October 17th. Permission forms went home this week. Please return them no later than Wednesday, October 10th. The cost is $36 per student. We would love to have chaperones. Chaperone cost is also $36. Please let us know if you are interested in chaperoning.
Ending Thoughts
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Thanks for sharing your children with us each day!
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