Week of 8/22 - 8/26

Hello 4th Grade Families!

The first few days of school went wonderfully! Students participated in several team building activities to set foundations for a strong classroom community. Students set up our classroom economy, made wallets, and determined our salary brackets. Students completed surveys about themselves, created personality balls, and focused on getting organized for our year. We did several group work activities to learn about respect and effective collaboration. I truly am so excited to see all that's in store for this year. This week will be a full week and regular schedule. I look forward to diving into content this week and continuing to start the year strong!

Trinity Bennett

LA: MRS. SCHMITT

To start our year in Language Arts, we will learn expectations and procedures for Reading and Writing Workshop while building a community around literacy.Students will gain a clear understanding of the following:· Literacy Workshop components· high standards of reading and writing behaviors· how to choose just right independent reading books· how to establish clear reading goals· how to monitor their reading stamina and focus· expectations for sharing about books they have read· how to effectively use and write in their notebooks· how to self-assess their progress in workshop time
Homework: Notebook Decorating due 8/29Students are being asked to decorate their orange LA Notebooks. More information is posted on Google Classroom.

Looking Ahead:

Next week students will begin MAP Testing for Language Arts: Reading Growth. This test will be broken up into two sessions, being on Tuesday, 8/30 and Thursday, 9/1.
A digital Reading Log will be required starting next week. Students are expected to begin reading at home each night for at least 15-20 minutes. Every Thursday evening, students will complete a digital weekly reading log tracker to document what they read for the week. The weekly log is posted onto their Language Arts Google Classroom.
Students will also be given their new vocabulary words on Monday, 8/29, and will be tested on Thursday, 9/8. The words are able to be accessed through this Google Site in the Vocab section.

MATH: MRS. BENNETT

We are excited to get our first full week under our belt in math class! We are continuing to get organized and learn our new routines. This week students will learn how to model a respectful classroom. We will discuss what a respectful classroom looks like, sounds like, and feel like to help us create a restful culture for learning! In addition, we will discuss "What does great group work look like in math?" Students will complete a challenge where they have to collaborate and strategize as team. Then we will discuss what components of group work help everyone be successful!

Homework:

We are starting homework this week. Students should complete one SS lesson a night. The assigned lessons are listed below. Students should take their books home and bring them back to school each day. We will check our lessons every Thursday. Students have the opportunity to ask questions and review problems. We will take a SS Quiz every Friday, starting this week. The quiz questions correspond to the homework, which is why students should take their time when completing a lesson and have an adult check over their work. Each quiz is 7 questions and will be a grade in Rediker.

8/22 Simple Solution Lesson #1

8/23 Simple Solution Lesson #2

8/34 Simple Solution Lesson #3

8/25 Simple Solution Lesson #4

8/26 SS Quiz #1

Making our personality balls!

Students learned a 12 sided 3D shape is a dodecahedron.

We loved sharing about ourselves!

SOCIAL STUDIES: MRS. CRUSH

We will begin our unit of Geography of the United States. Students will understand that the United States has a diverse geography and various maps can be used to represent and examine the geography. They will identify and map major physical features, including mountains, rivers, lakes, and large bodies of water. They will also examine climate and vegetation maps to explore the relationship between physical features and vegetation/climate.

RELIGION: MRS CRUSH

The students will begin Ch.4 "The Lord's Prayer" in our Blest Are We workbooks. Students will be able to describe ways we communicate our thoughts and feelings, to learn how Jesus taught us to pray, to discover how prayer leads us toward God's kingdom, to learn how to respond in prayer to the Ten Commandments, and to pray the Lord's Prayer using sign language. The students will create and share their Student Led Prayers as they did last year. There have been a few changes and will be discussed in class.

SCIENCE: MRS JACKEL

https://sites.google.com/ascension-parish.com/k-5science/4