4th Grade
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August 16th, 2024

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Dear families,

What a great start for this school year! Students have already created their classroom contracts, started working through multiplication and are reading and writing in both Spanish and English. Please open the following link to find the permission slip from our ANS Library. Find below our next week's learning focus. 4A remains with swimming class. Please send a medical note in case your child can't attend Swimming Class. Have a restful weekend.

Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks

English Literacy

Learning Goal

Creating and Developing Stories that Feel Real

What readers & writers are doing at school...

This next week, students will create and develop stories and characters that feel real. They will learn that fiction writers get ideas for stories from small moments in their lives, developing believable characters who encounter struggles and motivation.

Arc of Story

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Reading Log

Spanish Literacy

Learning Goal

Leemos intensamente.

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Los estudiantes aprenderán de los personajes en las historias de ficción, poniendo en practica diferentes estrategias para leer intensamente.

Lee como si estuvieras EN el libro.
Averigua las partes confusas.
Toma en cuenta las cosas importantes para poder hablar de ellas más tarde.
Haz el trabajo que te pide hacer el libro.

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

Mathematics

Learning Goal

Multiplicative Thinking

What mathematicians are doing at school...

Students will use tile arrays to investigate factors of numbers and determine whether numbers are prime or composite. They consider multiplication fact strategies introduced in third grade and use open number lines, ratio tables, and the area model to review them

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Monday, August 19th - Session 4 Home Connection page 3 & 4

Wednesday, August 21st - Session 6 Home Connection page 5 & 6

Science or Social Studies

Learning Goal

Science -Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.

What tigers are doing at school..

Our students will learn how and why Erosion is affecting different areas of our ANS campus. They will be learning about the cause and effects of erosion and will be collecting data through experiments and observations.

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Social Emotional Learning Program

Learning Goal

Friends and learners will get to know each other and feel valued as individuals and members of the group.

What friends and learners are doing at school...

Friends and learners will be learning about emotional strategies and practicing tiger goals to have a respectful and safe environment in our classroom.