Week of Dec. 8 - 12

What we are Learning This Week

Math: Mrs. Bennett

This week, we will begin exploring angles as an attribute of shapes and figures. Students will look at real-life examples—such as pairs of scissors, the hands on a clock, and familiar geometric shapes—to understand that an angle is created by the spread between two rays, not the length of the rays themselves. We will also examine everyday objects that are divided into equal-sized angle wedges, like an orange or a beach umbrella, to help students visualize angles in the world around them. This will naturally lead us into thinking about fractions as parts of a circle, laying the foundation for our upcoming work with fractional reasoning.

This week students will have two Simple Solutions lessons. Like November, they will continue to have 3 Reflex sessions per week as part of their homework leading up to Christmas break. Maintaining this routine is essential, as it helps us stay on track to meet our goal of achieving full fluency through the 10s by the end of 4th grade. Thank you for your continued partnership in supporting strong math habits at home!

Homework: 12/1 - 12/5

•  SS 43

• SS 44

• SS Quiz Friday

• 3 Reflex Sessions (use Reflex calendar to help track!)

LA: Mrs. Phelps

Students will start our new geology unit this week! Click this link to view the entire unit overview. 

Skills we will be developing weekly include:

Reading:

• RI.4.1-Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text 

• RI.4.2 Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text 

• RI.4.3 Based on specific information in the text, explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in historical, scientific, or technical texts

• RI.4.8 Explain how claims in a text are supported by relevant reasons and evidence

• L.4.5 Explain similes related to geology concepts

**Topics we are reading about to develop these skills include: Pangea, tectonic plates, and the cause and effect relationship between earthquakes and earth's surface.

Morphology:

• suffix -ly meaning "in a ______ way" (makes words adverbs)

Grammar:

• correct comma use in dates, addresses, city and state, and items in a series

Writing:

• explain the purpose of an informational pamphlet 

• use paraphrased notes to draft an informational pamphlet about tsunamis 

Homework:  Activity p. 3.5 (all pages)

Social Studies: Mrs. Crush

• Students will continue working on their Kentucky County Project. Each student has been assigned a cluster of counties in Kentucky to research as they learn about different regions of our state. This project will be completed in both Social Studies and Technology.

• We are also participating in a state postcard exchange! We have already received several postcards from around the country and will be mailing ours out soon as well.