Ms. Hewitt’s Fourth Grade Class Newsletter
Monday, November 30th, 2015
Good Morning Guardians and Students,
It was such a joy to sit with each of you during conferences to discuss your child’s growth throughout the first trimester of the fourth grade. Thank you for all of your support!
Only 13 days left until our next break so be sure to read through our class newsletter for important dates and assignments!
Age of Sail Update
Have you order your Age of Sail sweatshirt yet? This TUESDAY is the DEADLINE to ordered our class sweatshirt! The PayPal link for our Age of Sail class hoodies has been removed because the deadline was today, but I asked for a 2 day extension! Click Here to order your sweatshirts as a STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP option instead. Be sure to include your child’s name, your name, and the SIZE when you order.
Thank you Tyler Mott’s family for offering to clean the pie tins for our fourth graders! Thank you Gina Bell for offering to sew our class ensign! Students voted for William’s design and I am sure it going to turn out amazing. Thanks you all for your support in this incredible adventure!
Be sure to read over the Age of Sail permission slips and paperwork carefully that was sent home 2 weeks ago. Return all the paperwork together by December 12th. Thank you to the families who have already turned it in!
Thank you Brad Mott for offering to come into our classroom to teach the students how to tie knots. The students are really looking forward to it!
Language Arts
- Spelling City List #28 Suffixes- words include: hopeless, careless, homeless, tireless, hopeful, fearful, cheerful, etc. Students will complete assigned activities at home and will take the test in class Friday on their Chromebooks.
- Spelling City Vocabulary List- Greek Allusions- words include: Herculean, Pandora’s Box, Fate, Echo, etc. Students will complete assigned activities at home and will take the test in class Friday on their Chromebooks. Here is a link to a google slides presentation on the words students will use for reference to study as well.
- Grammar: DLR review, prefixes, and suffixes.
- Writing- Continuing informational writing and paraphrasing.
- Nonfiction Text Features: sequencing and compare and contrast in reading.
- Traditional Literature: We will conclude our Mythology unit with the Odyssey. Students presentations were amazing and so much fun!
Math
IXL Strands- Complete IXL strands 30 minutes a week is the minimum requirement. Division Strands- E.1, E.2, E.26, E.18, E.17, E.13, E. 14, E.4, E.5, E.7, E.8, E.9,
Extra Challenge: E.20, E.21, E.22, E.23, E.24
Chapter 6: -
Monday- No School- review past IXL strands assigned
Tuesday- Lesson 9 Divide Greater Numbers- E.11
Wednesday- Quiz Lesson 7-9 and Lesson 10 Quotients with Zeros- E.13
Thursday- Lesson 11 Solve Multi-Step Word Problems
Friday- Review Chapter 6
Monday- Test on Chapter 6 long division/ Pre-test for chapter 7 on patterns and sequencing
Tuesday- Lesson 1 & 2: Nonnumeric and numeric patterns
Wednesday- Lesson 3 & 4: Sequences and looking for a pattern
Thursday- Quiz Lesson 1-4 and Lesson 5 Addition and Subtraction Rules
Friday- Lesson 6: Multiplication and Division Rules
Go on XtraMath daily to become fluent in their math facts. Utilize Mangahigh to practice math facts using the game titled, Sundae Times. Our school ID is 67993. Students have also been working on Base Ten and Counting and Operations on Front Row. Please encourage them to continue to use this adaptive, valuable resource!
Social Studies/ Science
- Life Science Unit: We have studied skin, bones, heart, lungs, and muscles. Now we will work on NGSS standard 4-LS1-1. Constructing an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction
- Introduce study on the interactions among the California Indians and the Europeans. We will study Spanish exploration and colonization of California, including the relationships among soldiers, missionaries, and Indians.
Reminders/Mark Your Calendars-
- Tuesday, December 1st, I will be submitting Scholastic Book Orders.
- This Friday, December 4 is the Final Day to turn in Olympic Triathlon Donations.
- Spelling Bee is scheduled for Tuesday, December 8th. Congratulations to Toby and Megan for being our class representatives. We will be there rooting you on!
- Barnes and Noble Family Night - Friday, December 11
- Holidays around the World will be celebrated on Thursday, December 16th
- No School for Winter Break: Friday 18th- Friday, January 1st.
- Age of Sail Field Lesson Tuesday, January 5th- Wednesday, 6th
- Sign up online and a 4th grader’s family will then get a voucher that grants entrance to the student and a carload of passengers to federal recreation areas. The Every Kid in a Park pass is good for the 2015-2016 school year, until August 31, 2016. The page is hyperlinked above in the words ‘sign up online’. Here’s the link separately, for convenience:http://www.nationalparks.org/ook/ekiap-signup
- Morning Study Hall has been a great success! If you want to come please remember to sign up by CLICKING HERE
