Week of 1/2 - 1/6

WHAT WE ARE LEARNING

LA - MRS SCHMITT

This week students will continue their focus on the essential questions:

• How can I briefly and accurately express the main ideas and supporting details of the text?

• How can using the text to justify my answers help me better understand what the author is saying?

 Students will be focusing on the following skills: 

• Identify the main idea and themes

• Explain how details are needed to support the main idea

• Summarize text with key supporting details

We will be reading informational texts, specifically biographies, as a class to practice strategies in determining the importance of a text. Students will also be reading leveled texts and informational passages with the use of graphic organizers to synthesize and summarize their thinking using text evidence.

Students will be identifying and using roots and affixes, as well as begin learning about prepositional phrases. Students are practicing these skills on IXL, Khan Academy, and Freckle Apps.

Homework:

Weekly Reading Log for week of 1/2-1/6. Due by Friday 1/6. The form is posted on their Language Arts Google Classroom.

Unit 7 Vocabulary Test will take place on Thursday, January 12. Vocabulary words have been posted on Google Classroom.

 MAP Testing will take place for the next two weeks during Language Arts.

MATH: MRS. BENNETT

This week in Math class we will be getting back into routine! We will spend some time reflecting on the 2022 year, and picking a word of the year for 2023! Students will write a reflection about the word they chose and how it will help them be successful for the remainder of 4th grade. In addition, we will begin to prepare for conferences next week by reviewing our grades and setting goals for the remainder for the Second Trimester!

1/3 SS #65 & ONE HMH dashboard assignment due Friday 1/6

1/4 SS #66

1/5 SS #68 (we will do SS #67 at school Thursday morning)

1/6 SS Quiz & HMH Dashboard Due!

SOCIAL STUDIES: MRS. CRUSH

We will continue 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. We will begin our studies about the Midwest Region. Students will be assessed on the Midwest Region State Capitals + States when we return from Christmas Break. They will also be researching and presenting a landmark on the Midwest Region in the next few weeks. 

Test on Thursday, January 19: Midwest Region State Capitals + States 

RELIGION: MRS CRUSH

We will begin Ch. 6, "Baptism in Christ," in our Blest Are We workbooks.  The students will discuss experiences of belonging to a group, realize the significance of the gift of Baptism, learn that in Baptism we are united with Christ and the Church, and understand our call to live Christian lives. 

*Students will be completing their next Student Led Prayers on Google Classroom during class on Friday. If they do not finish, this will need to be completed for homework. Due Date: Monday, January 9

HW: 2nd Trimester Service Hours due Friday, February 17 (Students may turn in on Google Classroom or fill out paper copy)

SCIENCE: MRS JACKEL 

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