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January 19th, 2024

Parent-Student Handbook

Birthday Slip

4th Grade News


Dear Families,


What an amazing first two weeks we have had. Thank you for making sure your child comes ready for learning!

We want to invite you to keep healthy snacks for your children. Chocolates, candies, and sodas are not allowed. Portion control is very important. Snacks should be served in appropriate portion sizes. Eating healthy can help our students retain information and focus.


Important Dates:

Wednesday, January 24th - Big Question Day



Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks

English Literacy

Learning Goal

Writing about Reading 

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Our Essayists will continue finding evidence to support their ideas by selecting mini-stories, lists or quotes. In addition, they will be learning how to study literary essays to find structures for their own literary essays.

Ways to Bring Quotes into an Essay

Katherine Essay

Opinion Writing Checklist

The Literary Essay Anchor Chart

What readers & writers could be doing at home...

Homework Session 6- Tuesday, January 23rd

Homework Session 7 - Thursday, January 25th

Reading Log


Spanish Literacy

Learning Goal

Desarrollando grandes ideas mientras lees.

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Los lectores continuarán estudiando al personaje, también estudiarán el trabajo del autor, con que propósito hizo algunos movimientos y pondrán atención a la lección de vida que dejó el autor.

What readers & writers could be doing at home...

Los lectores leerán unlibro ficción de su preferencia, prestandole atencion al personaje y anotar si el personaje cambia de alguna manera, en qué parte de la historia lo hace y por qué.

Mathematics

Learning Goal

Students will be able to explore benchmarks and relative sizes for length, time , liquid volume, mass, and weight.

What mathematicians are doing at school...

Students will use ratio tables to convert units between the same measurement system, and apply some of the place value and multi -digit computational skills they have been practicing to solve story problems related to measurement. 

What readers & writers could be doing at home...

Monday,January 22th, 2024 pages 79 and 80

Tuesday, January 23 th, 2024 pages 81 and 82


Science or Social Studies

Learning Goal

We will learn to identify stereotypes about groups of people and replace them with fresh thinking.

What tigers are doing at school..

Identify stereotypes or beliefs that exist about groups.

Replace a stereotype thought with a fresh thought that shows we all have similarities and differences.

Challenge stereotypes to make sure others feel valued and to learn more about them.

What tigers could be doing at home...

Observe stereotyped messages in the environment (in school, on TV, in stories) and how these messages affect the way students behave.




Social Emotional Learning Program

Learning Goal

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What friends and learners are doing at school...

What friends and learners could be practicing at home...

CONNECT

Upcoming Events

Jan. 22

Rising DALE
event

Feb. 2

Friday Feedback sent home

Feb. 6

Retake Photo
Session

Feb. 14

Frindship
Celebration

January - Calendar

Swimming

Big Questions Day

Meet the Team

Mrs. Lea Silva

4A

Mrs. Cookie Reyes

4B

Mrs. Denise Dukeshire

4C

Mrs. Eva Pérez

Fourth Grade
Spanish Lead

Ma. Gabriela Blandón

4th Grade Paraprofessional

Javiera Sánchez

4th Grade Paraprofessional

Mrs. Estefania Narváez

Fourth Grade
Inclusion Lead