Mrs. Leiby

Our Specials Schedule:

Monday:  gym     Tuesday:  spanish     Wednesday:  art/library    Thursday:  music/guidance     Friday:  STEM

Instrumental Music - Friday         

🍀Week of March 16-18🍀

ELA:    

Essential Question:  How does technology affect your life?

Genre:  Historical Fiction

Shared Read:    "A Telephone Mix-Up"

Anchor Text: "The Moon Over Star" 

Paired Text: "Star Parties" 

Vocabulary Words:   

decade     directing     engineering     gleaming     scouted     squirmed     technology     tinkering

Vocabulary Strategies:

synonyms 

Reading Skills & Strategies:

point of view/perspective

1st person:  readers usually only know what the narrator knows.  If the narrator uses pronouns such as I, me, my, and our, the narrator has a 1st person point of view.

3rd person:  is not in the story and can know the perspective of one or more characters

making inferences

setting:  time and place of the story

Text Features:

illustrations

Writing:

Multi-paragraph Opinion Essay - using two text.

Continue responding to text using RACES.

Math:  

Module 11 - Fraction Equivalence and Comparison

11.1 Compare Fractions Using Visual Models 

11.2 Compare Fractions Using Benchmarks 

11.3 Explain Fraction Equivalence Using Visual Models 

11.4 Generate Equivalent Fractions 

11.5 Use Common Multiples to Write Equivalent Fractions 

11.6 Compare Fractions Using Common Numerators and Denominators 

11.7 Use Comparisons to Order Fraction

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts. ✖️There are multiplication games/facts practice located in your child's math google classroom.

Social Studies:    

Science:

Students will begin learning how energy can be transferred from one location to another or can be transformed from one form to another. 

In STEM they will be learning:

• Electric circuits require a complete loop of conducting materials through which electrical energy can be transferred. 

• Electrical energy in circuits can be transformed to other forms of energy, including light, heat, sound and motion. Electricity and magnetism are closely related. 

🍀Week of March 9-13🍀

ELA:    

Essential Question:  How does technology affect your life?

Genre:  Historical Fiction

Shared Read:    "A Telephone Mix-Up"

Anchor Text: "The Moon Over Star" 

Paired Text: "Star Parties" 

Vocabulary Words:   

decade     directing     engineering     gleaming     scouted     squirmed     technology     tinkering

Vocabulary Strategies:

synonyms 

Reading Skills & Strategies:

point of view/perspective

1st person:  readers usually only know what the narrator knows.  If the narrator uses pronouns such as I, me, my, and our, the narrator has a 1st person point of view.

3rd person:  is not in the story and can know the perspective of one or more characters

making inferences

setting:  time and place of the story

Text Features:

illustrations

Writing:

Multi-paragraph Opinion Essay - using two text.

Continue responding to text using RACES.

Math:  

Module 10 - Algebraic Thinking and Number Theory 

• identify prime & composite numbers

Prime Number

A prime number is a number greater than 1 that has exactly two factors: 1 and itself.

Examples:

• 2 (factors: 1, 2)

• 3 (factors: 1, 3)

• 5 (factors: 1, 5)

• 7 (factors: 1, 7)

👉 7 is prime because the only numbers that divide evenly into it are 1 and 7.

Composite Number

A composite number is a number greater than 1 that has more than two factors.

Examples:

• 4 (factors: 1, 2, 4)

• 6 (factors: 1, 2, 3, 6)

• 8 (factors: 1, 2, 4, 8)

• 9 (factors: 1, 3, 9)

👉 6 is composite because it has more than two factors.

• generate & analyze number patters

Module 11 - Fraction Equivalence and Comparison

11.1 Compare Fractions Using Visual Models 

11.2 Compare Fractions Using Benchmarks 

11.3 Explain Fraction Equivalence Using Visual Models 

11.4 Generate Equivalent Fractions 

11.5 Use Common Multiples to Write Equivalent Fractions 

11.6 Compare Fractions Using Common Numerators and Denominators 

11.7 Use Comparisons to Order Fraction

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts. ✖️There are multiplication games/facts practice located in your child's math google classroom.

Social Studies:    

History & Government:  

We will explore rights as protected by government, written plans that provide frameworks for government, and roles and responsibilities in governments as well as how human rights and responsibilities affect expression of ideas and beliefs.

Science:

Students will begin learning how energy can be transferred from one location to another or can be transformed from one form to another. 

In STEM they will be learning:

• Electric circuits require a complete loop of conducting materials through which electrical energy can be transferred. 

• Electrical energy in circuits can be transformed to other forms of energy, including light, heat, sound and motion. Electricity and magnetism are closely related. 

🍀Week of March 2-6🍀

ELA:    

Essential Question:  Why do we need government?

Genre:  Expository Text 

Paired Text: "The Birth of American Democracy" 

Just a reminder - these stories can be accessed through Clever.  Your child can listen and/or read to you & with you.

Vocabulary Words:   

amendments     commitment     democracy     eventually     legislation     privilege     version     new words:  approved     represent     compromised

Vocabulary Strategies:

Latin roots:

dent:  "tooth"  ex: dentist

commun:  "common" ex:  community

port:  "carry" ex:  report

spect:     "look" ex:  inspect

Reading Skills & Strategies:

cause/effect

Cause is why something happens.

Effect is what happens.

Writing:

Expository/Informational Writing 

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. 

a. Introduce a topic clearly and group related information in paragraphs and sections; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia to aid comprehension, if needed.

b. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic. 

c. Link ideas within categories of information using words and phrases (e.g., another, for example, also, because). 

d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. e. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented. 

Math:  

Module 16 - Multiply Fractions by a Whole Number

• understand multples of unit fractions

• find multiples of fractions

• represent multiplication of a fraction by a whole number

• solve problems using multiplication of a fraction or mixed number by a whole number

Module 10 - Algebraic Thinking and Number Theory

• investigate factors & multiples

Factors:  Numbers you multiply together to get another number (product). Example: The factors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12.

Multiples:  is the product result of multiplying a whole number by another whole number.  Example: Multiples of 4:
4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32…

These numbers are called multiples of 4 because you get them by multiplying 4 by whole numbers:

• 4 × 1 = 4

• 4 × 2 = 8

• 4 × 3 = 12

• 4 × 4 = 16

• identify prime & composite numbers

Prime Number

A prime number is a number greater than 1 that has exactly two factors: 1 and itself.

Examples:

• 2 (factors: 1, 2)

• 3 (factors: 1, 3)

• 5 (factors: 1, 5)

• 7 (factors: 1, 7)

👉 7 is prime because the only numbers that divide evenly into it are 1 and 7.

Composite Number

A composite number is a number greater than 1 that has more than two factors.

Examples:

• 4 (factors: 1, 2, 4)

• 6 (factors: 1, 2, 3, 6)

• 8 (factors: 1, 2, 4, 8)

• 9 (factors: 1, 3, 9)

👉 6 is composite because it has more than two factors.

• generate & analyze number patters

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts. ✖️There are multiplication games/facts practice located in your child's math google classroom.

Social Studies:    

History & Government:  

We will explore rights as protected by government, written plans that provide frameworks for government, and roles and responsibilities in governments as well as how human rights and responsibilities affect expression of ideas and beliefs.

Science:

Students will begin learning how energy can be transferred from one location to another or can be transformed from one form to another. 

In STEM they will be learning:

• Electric circuits require a complete loop of conducting materials through which electrical energy can be transferred. 

• Electrical energy in circuits can be transformed to other forms of energy, including light, heat, sound and motion. Electricity and magnetism are closely related. 

♥️Week of:  February 23-27♥️

ELA:    

Essential Question:  Why do we need government?

Genre:  Narrative Nonfiction

Shared Read:    "A World Without Rules"

Anchor Text: "See How They Run" 

Paired Text: "The Birth of American Democracy" 

Just a reminder - these stories can be accessed through Clever.  Your child can listen and/or read to you & with you.

Vocabulary Words:   

amendments     commitment     democracy     eventually     legislation     privilege     version

Vocabulary Strategies:

Latin roots:

dent:  "tooth"  ex: dentist

commun:  "common" ex:  community

port:  "carry" ex:  report

spect: "look" ex:  inspect

Reading Skills & Strategies:

cause/effect

Cause is why something happens.

Effect is what happens.

Text Features:

headings

pronunciations

Writing:

Expository/Informational Writing 

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. 

a. Introduce a topic clearly and group related information in paragraphs and sections; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia to aid comprehension, if needed.

b. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic. 

c. Link ideas within categories of information using words and phrases (e.g., another, for example, also, because). 

d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. e. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented. 

Math:  

Module 16 - Multiply Fractions by a Whole Number

• understand multples of unit fractions

• find multiples of fractions

• represent multiplication of a fraction by a whole number

• solve problems using multiplication of a fraction or mixed number by a whole number

Module 10 - Algebraic Thinking and Number Theory

• investigate factors & multiples

Factors:  Numbers you multiply together to get another number (product). Example: The factors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12.

Multiples:  is the product result of multiplying a whole number by another whole number.  Example: Multiples of 4:
4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32…

These numbers are called multiples of 4 because you get them by multiplying 4 by whole numbers:

• 4 × 1 = 4

• 4 × 2 = 8

• 4 × 3 = 12

• 4 × 4 = 16

• identify prime & composite numbers

Prime Number

A prime number is a number greater than 1 that has exactly two factors: 1 and itself.

Examples:

• 2 (factors: 1, 2)

• 3 (factors: 1, 3)

• 5 (factors: 1, 5)

• 7 (factors: 1, 7)

👉 7 is prime because the only numbers that divide evenly into it are 1 and 7.

Composite Number

A composite number is a number greater than 1 that has more than two factors.

Examples:

• 4 (factors: 1, 2, 4)

• 6 (factors: 1, 2, 3, 6)

• 8 (factors: 1, 2, 4, 8)

• 9 (factors: 1, 3, 9)

👉 6 is composite because it has more than two factors.

• generate & analyze number patters

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts. ✖️There are multiplication games/facts practice located in your child's math google classroom.

Social Studies:    

History & Government:  

We will explore rights as protected by government, written plans that provide frameworks for government, and roles and responsibilities in governments as well as how human rights and responsibilities affect expression of ideas and beliefs.

Science:

♥️Week of:  February 16-20♥️

ELA:    

Essential Question:  Why do we need government?

Genre:  Narrative Nonfiction

Shared Read:    "A World Without Rules"

Anchor Text: "See How They Run" 

Paired Text: "The Birth of American Democracy" 

Just a reminder - these stories can be accessed through Clever.  Your child can listen and/or read to you & with you.

Vocabulary Words:   

amendments     commitment     democracy     eventually     legislation     privilege     version

Vocabulary Strategies:

Latin roots:

dent:  "tooth"  ex: dentist

commun:  "common" ex:  community

port:  "carry" ex:  report

spect: "look" ex:  inspect

Reading Skills & Strategies:

cause/effect

Cause is why something happens.

Effect is what happens.

Text Features:

headings

pronunciations

Writing:

Expository/Informational Writing 

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. 

a. Introduce a topic clearly and group related information in paragraphs and sections; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia to aid comprehension, if needed.

b. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic. 

c. Link ideas within categories of information using words and phrases (e.g., another, for example, also, because). 

d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. e. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented. 

Math:   ⏩TEST:  Friday, February 20th⏪

Module 15 - Operations with Fractions - Add & Subtract fractions with mixed numbers with like denominators

• add & subtract fractions to solve problems

• rename fractions and mixed numbers

• add & subtract mixed numbers to solve problems

• rename mixed numbers to subtract

• apply properties of addition to add fractions and mixed numbers

• practice solving fraction problems

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts. ✖️There are multiplication games/facts practice located in your child's math google classroom.

Social Studies:    

History & Government:  

We will explore rights as protected by government, written plans that provide frameworks for government, and roles and responsibilities in governments as well as how human rights and responsibilities affect expression of ideas and beliefs.

Science:

♥️Week of:  February 7-11♥️

ELA:    

Essential Question:  Why do we need government?

Genre:  Narrative Nonfiction

Shared Read:    "A World Without Rules"

Anchor Text: "See How They Run" 

Paired Text: "The Birth of American Democracy" 

Vocabulary Words:   

amendments     commitment     democracy     eventually     legislation     privilege     version

Vocabulary Strategies:

Latin roots:

dent:  "tooth"  ex: dentist

commun:  "common" ex:  community

port:  "carry" ex:  report

spect: "look" ex:  inspect

Reading Skills & Strategies:

cause/effect

Cause is why something happens.

Effect is what happens.

Text Features:

headings

pronunciations

Writing:

Expository/Informational Writing 

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. 

a. Introduce a topic clearly and group related information in paragraphs and sections; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia to aid comprehension, if needed.

b. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic. 

c. Link ideas within categories of information using words and phrases (e.g., another, for example, also, because). 

d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. e. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented. 

Math: 

Module 15 - Operations with Fractions - Add & Subtract fractions with mixed numbers with like denominators

• add & subtract fractions to solve problems

• rename fractions and mixed numbers

• add & subtract mixed numbers to solve problems

• rename mixed numbers to subtract

• apply properties of addition to add fractions and mixed numbers

• practice solving fraction problems

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts. ✖️There are multiplication games/facts practice located in your child's math google classroom.

Social Studies:    

History & Government:  

We will explore rights as protected by government, written plans that provide frameworks for government, and roles and responsibilities in governments as well as how human rights and responsibilities affect expression of ideas and beliefs.

Science:

Fossils can be compared to one another and to present-day organisms according to their similarities and differences. We will be making the 4 types of fossils learned about in class - They are trace, mold, cast & true form.

♥️Week of:  February 2-6♥️

ELA:  

Essential Question:  How can one person make a difference?

Genre:  Biography

Shared Read: "Judy's Appalachia"

Anchor Text: "Delivering Justice"      ➡️Test:  February 6th⬅️

Paired Text: "Keeping Freedom in the Family"

Vocabulary Words: 

boycott    encouragement    fulfill    injustice    mistreated    protest    

qualified     registered

Please make sure your child reviews the vocabulary words/definitions.

Vocabulary Strategies:

synonyms and antonyms

Reading Skills & Strategies:

author's perspective

author's purpose

sequence

inference

Text Features:

timeline

illustrations

chart

Writing:

Expository/Informational Writing 

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. 

a. Introduce a topic clearly and group related information in paragraphs and sections; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia to aid comprehension, if needed.

b. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic. 

c. Link ideas within categories of information using words and phrases (e.g., another, for example, also, because). 

d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. e. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented. 

Math: 

Module 15 - Operations with Fractions - Add & Subtract fractions with mixed numbers with like denominators

• add & subtract fractions to solve problems

• rename fractions and mixed numbers

• add & subtract mixed numbers to solve problems

• rename mixed numbers to subtract

• apply properties of addition to add fractions and mixed numbers

• practice solving fraction problems

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts. ✖️There are multiplication games/facts practice located in your child's math google classroom.

Social Studies:    

Science:

Fossils can be compared to one another and to present-day organisms according to their similarities and differences. We will be making the 4 types of fossils learned about in class - They are trace, mold, cast & true form.

❄️Week of:  January 21-23⛄

ELA:    

Essential Question:  How can one person make a difference?

Genre:  Biography

Shared Read: "Judy's Appalachia"

Paired Text: "Delivering Justice"

Paired Text: "Keeping Freedom in the Family"

Vocabulary Words: 

boycott    encouragement    fulfill    injustice    mistreated    protest    

qualified     registered

Please make sure your child reviews the vocabulary words/definitions.

Vocabulary Strategies:

synonyms and antonyms

Reading Skills & Strategies:

author's perspective

author's purpose

sequence

inference

Text Features:

timeline

illustrations

chart

Writing:

Informational Writing - compare/contrast

Compare/Contrast Multi-Paragraph Essay Checklist

Introduction - 1st paragraph

• I have a hook

• I have a topic sentence (for what the whole essay is about)

• indented

2nd Paragraph

• I have a topic sentence -  how they are alike

• I indented

• My paragraph is on a new line

• I included detail 1

• I included detail 2

3rd paragraph  

• I have a topic sentence -  how they are different

• I indented

• My paragraph is on a new line

• I included detail 1

• I included detail 2

Conclusion - 4th paragraph 

• I restated the  topic sentence from introduction

• I indented

• My paragraph is on a new line

• Leave the reader with a thought or wondering

Math: 

▶️Module 14 Test:  January 23rd

Module 14 - Fractions- Understanding Addition and Subtraction of Fractions with Like Denominators

• Decompose Fractions into Sums

• Join Parts of the Same Whole

• Represent Addition of Fractions

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts. ✖️There are multiplication games/facts practice located in your child's math google classroom.

Social Studies:    

Science:

Fossils can be compared to one another and to present-day organisms according to their similarities and differences. 

❄️Week of:  January 12-16⛄

ELA:    

Essential Question:  How can one person make a difference?

Genre:  Biography

Shared Read: "Judy's Appalachia"

Paired Text: "Delivering Justice"

Paired Text: "Keeping Freedom in the Family"

Vocabulary Words: 

boycott    encouragement    fulfill    injustice    mistreated    protest    

qualified     registered

Please make sure your child reviews the vocabulary words/definitions.

Vocabulary Strategies:

synonyms and antonyms

Reading Skills & Strategies:

author's perspective

author's purpose

sequence

inference

Text Features:

timeline

illustrations

chart

Writing:

Informational Writing - compare/contrast

Compare/Contrast Multi-Paragraph Essay Checklist

Introduction - 1st paragraph

• I have a hook

• I have a topic sentence (for what the whole essay is about)

• indented

2nd Paragraph

• I have a topic sentence -  how they are alike

• I indented

• My paragraph is on a new line

• I included detail 1

• I included detail 2

3rd paragraph  

• I have a topic sentence -  how they are different

• I indented

• My paragraph is on a new line

• I included detail 1

• I included detail 2

Conclusion - 4th paragraph 

• I restated the  topic sentence from introduction

• I indented

• My paragraph is on a new line

• Leave the reader with a thought or wondering

Math: 

Module 14 - Fractions- Understanding Addition and Subtraction of Fractions with Like Denominators

• Decompose Fractions into Sums

• Join Parts of the Same Whole

• Represent Addition of Fractions

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts. ✖️There are multiplication games/facts practice located in your child's math google classroom.

Social Studies:    

Science:

Fossils can be compared to one another and to present-day organisms according to their similarities and differences. 

❄️Week of:  January 5-9⛄

ELA:    

Students will be taking the Q2 ELA interim test this week.  It will be taken throughout the week.  There are several reading passages with comprehension questions.

Writing:

Students will be completing the writing portion of the interim that goes along with the passages.

Math: 

Module 8 - Multiply by 2 digit numbers

• We will be reviewing 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication

• solve multistep problems & assess reasonableness (using all 4 operations)

Module 14 - Fractions- Understanding Addition and Subtraction of Fractions with Like Denominators

• Decompose Fractions into Sums

• Join Parts of the Same Whole

• Represent Addition of Fractions

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts. ✖️There are multiplication games/facts practice located in your child's math google classroom.

Social Studies:    

This unit focuses on why people migrate to different places for different reasons.  We will also explore decisions towards migration, cooperation within a community, and conflict between community groups.

In fourth grade, students must understand that various groups of people have lived in Ohio over time including American Indians, migrating settlers and immigrants. Interactions among these groups have resulted in cooperation, conflict and compromise. 

Science:

Fossils can be compared to one another and to present-day organisms according to their similarities and differences. 

🎁Week of:  December 15-19🎄

ELA:    (Vocabulary & comprehension test on December 18th)

Essential Question:  In what ways can you help your community?

Genre:  Realistic Fiction

Shared Read: "Remembering Hurricane Katrina"

Paired Text: "Aguinaldo"

Paired Text: "Partaking in Public Service"

Vocabulary Words: 

assigned     generosity     gingerly     mature     organizations     residents     scattered     selective

Please make sure your child reviews the vocabulary words/definitions.

Vocabulary Strategies:

context clues

Reading Skills & Strategies:

character & setting

Plot:  flashback

point of view and perspective

character development

inference

Text Features:

illustrations

dialogue

Writing:

Multi-paragraph Opinion Essays - using two texts to cite evidence.

Math: 

Module 8 - Multiply by 2 digit numbers

• We will be reviewing 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication

• solve multistep problems & assess reasonableness (using all 4 operations)

Module 14 - 

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts. ✖️There are multiplication games/facts practice located in your child's math google classroom.

Social Studies:    

This unit focuses on why people migrate to different places for different reasons.  We will also explore decisions towards migration, cooperation within a community, and conflict between community groups.

In fourth grade, students must understand that various groups of people have lived in Ohio over time including American Indians, migrating settlers and immigrants. Interactions among these groups have resulted in cooperation, conflict and compromise. 

🎁Week of:  December 8-12🎄

ELA:    (Vocabulary & comprehension test on December 18th)

Essential Question:  In what ways can you help your community?

Genre:  Realistic Fiction

Shared Read: "Remembering Hurricane Katrina"

Paired Text: "Aguinaldo"

Paired Text: "Partaking in Public Service"

Vocabulary Words: 

assigned     generosity     gingerly     mature     organizations     residents     scattered     selective

Please make sure your child reviews the vocabulary words/definitions.

Vocabulary Strategies:

context clues

Reading Skills & Strategies:

character & setting

Plot:  flashback

point of view and perspective

character development

inference

Text Features:

illustrations

dialogue

Writing:

Multi-paragraph Opinion Essays - using two texts to cite evidence.

Math: 

Module 6 & 7 - Understand division by 1 digit numbers 

• represent division

• understand division with regrouping

• solve multistep multiplication & division problems

• interpreting remainders in word problems

Students must be able to divide one, two, three, and four digit numbers by one divisor with or without remainders.  

We will be teaching the standard algorithm using the box method This method keeps students organized.  

Please refer to the reference sheet that was sent home for support.

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts. ✖️There are multiplication games/facts practice located in your child's math google classroom.

Social Studies:    

This unit focuses on why people migrate to different places for different reasons.  We will also explore decisions towards migration, cooperation within a community, and conflict between community groups.

In fourth grade, students must understand that various groups of people have lived in Ohio over time including American Indians, migrating settlers and immigrants. Interactions among these groups have resulted in cooperation, conflict and compromise. 

🎁Week of:  December 1-5🎄

ELA:    

Essential Question:  In what ways can you help your community?

Genre:  Realistic Fiction

Shared Read: "Remembering Hurricane Katrina"

Paired Text: "Aguinaldo"

Paired Text: "Partaking in Public Service"

Vocabulary Words: 

assigned     generosity     gingerly     mature     organizations     residents     scattered     selective

Please make sure your child reviews the vocabulary words/definitions.

Vocabulary Strategies:

context clues

Reading Skills & Strategies:

character & setting

Plot:  flashback

point of view and perspective

character development

inference

Text Features:

illustrations

dialogue

Writing:

Multi-paragraph Opinion Essays - using two texts to cite evidence. 

Math: 

Module 6 & 7 - Understand division by 1 digit numbers 

• represent division

• understand division with regrouping

• solve multistep multiplication & division problems

Students must be able to divide one, two, three, and four digit numbers by one divisor with or without remainders.  

We will be teaching the standard algorithm using the box method This method keeps students organized.  

Please refer to the reference sheet that was sent home for support.

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts. ✖️There are multiplication games/facts practice located in your child's math google classroom.

Social Studies:    

This unit focuses on why people migrate to different places for different reasons.  We will also explore decisions towards migration, cooperation within a community, and conflict between community groups.

In fourth grade, students must understand that various groups of people have lived in Ohio over time including American Indians, migrating settlers and immigrants. Interactions among these groups have resulted in cooperation, conflict and compromise. 

🦃Week of:  November 24-25🦃

ELA:    

Essential Question:  How do animal characters change familiar stories?

Genre:  Drama

Paired Text: "Pecos Bill and the Bear Lake Monster" 

A tall tale is a story that exaggerates unbelievable elements as if they were true, often featuring a larger-than-life hero with superhuman abilities.

Vocabulary Words: 

annoyed   attitude   commotion   cranky   familiar   frustrated   selfish   specialty

Vocabulary Strategies:

Figurative Language:  

Hyperbole is exaggerated statements or claims.

Writing:

Multi-paragraph Opinion Essays - using two texts to cite evidence. 

Math: 

Module 6 & 7 - Understand division by 1 digit numbers 

• represent division

• understand division with regrouping

• solve multistep multiplication & division problems

Students must be able to divide one, two, three, and four digit numbers by one divisor with or without remainders.  We will be teaching the standard algorithm using the box method (see image below).  This method keeps students organized.  Students that want to use the regular standard algorithm are able to do so.

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts. ✖️There are multiplication games/facts practice located in your child's math google classroom.

Science:    

Living Things & Their Environments

We will discuss abiotic (nonliving) and biotic (living) factors as it relates to an organism's survival, along with climate and its impact on ecosystems, humans and their impact on the environment, and types of changes that impact an ecosystem: human, environment, and animals.  

🦃Week of:  November 17-21🦃

ELA:    

📝Vocabulary & Comprehension TEST - Friday, November 21

Essential Question:  How do animal characters change familiar stories?

Genre:  Drama

Shared Read:    "The Ant and the Grasshopper"

Anchor Text: "Renita The Frog Princess" 

Paired Text: "Pecos Bill and the Bear Lake Monster" 

Vocabulary Words: 

annoyed   attitude   commotion   cranky   familiar   frustrated   selfish   specialty

Please make sure your child reviews the vocabulary words/definitions.

Vocabulary Strategies:

antonyms

Reading Skills & Strategies:

theme

plot

story elements:  play

inference

Text Features:

dialogue

stage directions

characters

Writing:

Multi-paragraph Opinion Essays - using two texts to cite evidence. 

Math: 

Module 6 & 7 - Understand division by 1 digit numbers 

• represent division

• understand division with regrouping

• solve multistep multiplication & division problems

Students must be able to divide one, two, three, and four digit numbers by one divisor with or without remainders.  We will be teaching the standard algorithm using the box method (see image below).  This method keeps students organized.  Students that want to use the regular standard algorithm are able to do so.

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts. ✖️There are multiplication games/facts practice located in your child's math google classroom.

Science:    

Living Things & Their Environments

We will discuss abiotic (nonliving) and biotic (living) factors as it relates to an organism's survival, along with climate and its impact on ecosystems, humans and their impact on the environment, and types of changes that impact an ecosystem: human, environment, and animals.  

🦃Week of:  November 10-14🦃

ELA:    

Essential Question:  How do animal characters change familiar stories?

Genre:  Drama

Shared Read:    "The Ant and the Grasshopper"

Anchor Text: "Renita The Frog Princess" 

Paired Text: "Pecos Bill and the Bear Lake Monster" 

Vocabulary Words: 

annoyed   attitude   commotion   cranky   familiar   frustrated   selfish   specialty

Please make sure your child reviews the vocabulary words/definitions.

Vocabulary Strategies:

antonyms

Reading Skills & Strategies:

theme

plot

story elements:  play

inference

Text Features:

dialogue

stage directions

characters

Writing:

Multi-paragraph Opinion Essays - using two texts to cite evidence. 

Math: 

Module 5

Multiply 2, 3 & 4 digit by 1 digit & 2 digit by 2 digit using area model & distributive property as well as multiplication word problems

An area model reference sheet was sent home last week to help assist your child with the area model.

See explanation/examples of area model & distributive property with muliplication below ⬇️hyperlink

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts. ✖️There are multiplication games/facts practice located in your child's math google classroom.

Science:    

Living Things & Their Environments

We will discuss abiotic (nonliving) and biotic (living) factors as it relates to an organism's survival, along with climate and its impact on ecosystems, humans and their impact on the environment, and types of changes that impact an ecosystem: human, environment, and animals.  

We will be using Science Fusion & no longer piloting a different science program.

🦃Week of:  November 3-7🦃

ELA:    

Essential Question:  How do animal characters change familiar stories?

Genre:  Drama

Shared Read:    "The Ant and the Grasshopper"

Anchor Text: "Renita The Frog Princess" 

Paired Text: "Pecos Bill and the Bear Lake Monster" 

Vocabulary Words: 

annoyed   attitude   commotion   cranky   familiar   frustrated   selfish   specialty

Please make sure your child reviews the vocabulary words/definitions.

Vocabulary Strategies:

antonyms

Reading Skills & Strategies:

theme

plot

story elements:  play

inference

Text Features:

dialogue

stage directions

characters

Writing:

Multi-paragraph Opinion Essays - using two texts to cite evidence. 

Math: 

Module 5

Multiply 2, 3 & 4 digit by 1 digit & 2 digit by 2 digit using area model & distributive property

See explanation/examples of area model & distributive property with muliplication below ⬇️hyperlink

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts. ✖️There are multiplication games/facts practice located in your child's math google classroom.

Science:    

Living Things & Their Environments

We will discuss abiotic (nonliving) and biotic (living) factors as it relates to an organism's survival, along with climate and its impact on ecosystems, humans and their impact on the environment, and types of changes that impact an ecosystem: human, environment, and animals.  

We will be using Science Fusion & no longer piloting a different science program.

🎃Week of:  October 27-31🎃

ELA:    

🕷️ The vocabulary/comprehension test on "Spiders" will be on October 31st.🕸️

Essential Question:  What helps an animal to survive?

Genre:  Expository

Shared Read:    "Animal Adaptations"

Anchor Text: "Spiders" 

Paired Text: "Anansi & the Birds" 

Vocabulary Words: 

camouflaged   dribbles    extraordinary    poisionous    pounce    predator    prey    vibrations

Vocabulary Strategies:

prefixes

Reading Skills & Strategies:

main idea & details

summarize

Text Features:

photographs & captions

headings

Writing:

Multi-paragraph Opinion Essays - using two texts to cite evidence. 

Math: 

Module 5

Multiply 2, 3 & 4 digit by 1 digit using area model & distributive property

See explanation/examples of area model & distributive property with muliplication below ⬇️hyperlink

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts. ✖️There are multiplication games/facts practice located in your child's math google classroom.

Science:    

Living Things & Their Environments

We will discuss abiotic and biotic factors as it relates to an organism's survival, along with climate and its impact on ecosystems, humans and their impact on the environment, and types of changes that impact an ecosystem: human, environment, and animals.  

We will be using Science Fusion & no longer piloting a different science program.

Social Studies:

🎃Week of:  October 20-24🎃

ELA:    

Due to a short week  - we will be working on this for this week & next.  The vocabulary/comprehension test will be on October 31st.

Essential Question:  What helps an animal to survive?

Genre:  Expository

Shared Read:    "Animal Adaptations"

Anchor Text: "Spiders" 

Paired Text: "Anansi & the Birds" 

Vocabulary Words: 

camouflaged   dribbles    extraordinary    poisionous    pounce    predator    prey    vibrations

Vocabulary Strategies:

prefixes

Reading Skills & Strategies:

main idea & details

summarize

Text Features:

photographs & captions

headings

Writing:

Multi-paragraph Opinion Essays - using two texts to cite evidence. 

Math: 

Module 4

• Explore multiplication & division patterns with tens, hundreds, and thousands

• Use mental math strategies for multiplication/division

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts. ✖️There are multiplication games/facts practice located in your child's math google classroom.

Science:    

Social Studies:

Geography/Map skills: 

Compass Rose, cardinal & intermediate directions, & relative location 

🎃Week of:  October 13-17🎃

ELA:    

Essential Question:  What helps an animal to survive?

Genre:  Expository

Shared Read:    "Animal Adaptations"

Anchor Text: "Spiders" 

Paired Text: "Anansi & the Birds" 

Vocabulary Words: 

camoflaged   dribbles    extraordinary    poisionous    pounce    predator    prey    vibrations

Vocabulary Strategies:

prefixes

Reading Skills & Strategies:

main idea & details

summarize

Text Features:

photographs & captions

headings

Writing:

Multi-paragraph Opinion Essays - using two texts to cite evidence. (See format below)

Math: 

Unit 2 - Multiplication & Division Problems   

Module 3 - Interpret & solve problem situations

• explore multiplicative comparisons

• distinguish between multiplicative & additive comparisons

• use division to solve multiplicative comparison problems

• use comparisons to solve problem situations

• solve multistep problems with multiplication & division

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts. ✖️There are multiplication games/facts practice located in your child's math google classroom.

Science:    

Social Studies:

Geography/Map skills: 

Compass Rose, cardinal & intermediate directions, & relative location 

OPINION WRITING ESSAY FORMAT

🎃Week of:  October 6-10🎃

ELA:    

Essential Question:  How can starting a business help others?

Genre:  Argumentative text

Shared Read:    "Dollars and Sense"

Anchor Text: "Kids in Business" 

Paired Text: "Starting a Successful Business" 

Vocabulary Words: 

innovative    compassionate     enterprise     exceptional     funds     process     routine     undertaking

Vocabulary Strategies:

suffixes:  an affix, a word part that is added to a word to change its meaning.  It's added to the end of word.

-ly:  done in a way of

-ity:  state or quality of

-ive:  related or belonging to

Reading Skills & Strategies:

central idea (main idea) & relevant details

Text Features:

graphs & headings

Writing:

Read & responding to a prompt using text evidence to support & answer a prompt using the RACES strategy.

R - restate the question

A - answer the question

C - cite text evidence

E - explain your evidence/proves your answer

S - summarize/sum it up

Math: 

Module 2 - Addition & Subtraction of Whole Numbers:

• use the standard algorithm to add whole numbers & find the difference between two whole numbers & assess reasonableness using mental math & estimates

• Interpret & solve comparison problems using addition & subtraction by drawing bar models

• use a formula to find the perimeter of a rectangle or find an unknown side given the perimeter & the length of one side

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts. ✖️There are multiplication games/facts practice located in your child's math google classroom.

Science:    (earth & space) 

We will explore:

• Earth's surface has specific characteristics and landforms that can be identified.

• The surface of Earth changes due to weathering.

• The surface of Earth changes due to erosion and deposition.

Social Studies:

Geography/Map skills: 

Compass Rose, cardinal & intermediate directions, & relative location 

As we continue to explore the surface of the Earth, we will learn about the different landforms found around the world.  Students will explore map skills as we learn about these landforms.  

🍁Week of:  September 29 - October 3🎃

ELA:    

Essential Question:  How can starting a business help others?

Genre:  Argumentative text

Shared Read:    "Dollars and Sense"

Anchor Text: "Kids in Business" 

Paired Text: "Starting a Successful Business" 

Vocabulary Words: 

innovative    compassionate     enterprise     exceptional     funds     process     routine     undertaking

Vocabulary Strategies:

suffixes:  an affix, a word part that is added to a word to change its meaning.  It's added to the end of word.

-ly:  done in a way of

-ity:  state or quality of

-ive:  related or belonging to

Reading Skills & Strategies:

central idea (main idea) & relevant details

Text Features:

graphs & headings

Writing:

Read & responding to a prompt using text evidence to support & answer a prompt using the RACES strategy.

R - restate the question

A - answer the question

C - cite text evidence

E - explain your evidence/proves your answer

S - summarize/sum it up

Math: 

Module 2 - Addition & Subtraction of Whole Numbers:

• use the standard algorithm to add whole numbers & find the difference between two whole numbers & assess reasonableness using mental math & estimates

• Interpret & solve comparison problems using addition & subtraction by drawing bar models

• use a formula to find the perimeter of a rectangle or find an unknown side given the perimeter & the length of one side

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts. ✖️There are multiplication games/facts practice located in your child's math google classroom.

Science:    (earth & space) Test:  Wednesday, October 1st

We will explore:

• Earth's surface has specific characteristics and landforms that can be identified.

• The surface of Earth changes due to weathering.

• The surface of Earth changes due to erosion and deposition.

Social Studies:

Geography/Map skills: 

Compass Rose, cardinal & intermediate directions, & relative location 

As we continue to explore the surface of the Earth, we will learn about the different landforms found around the world.  Students will explore map skills as we learn about these landforms.  

🍁Week of:  September 22-26🍂

➡️Test - "Experts, Incorporated" this Friday.⬅️

Continue to review vocabulary words as well as access Clever to read the story with your child.

ELA:    

Essential Question:  How do your actions affect others?

Genre:  Realistic Fiction

Shared Read:    "The Talent Show"

Anchor Text: "Experts, Incorporated" 

Paired Text: "Speaking Out to Stop Bullying" 

Vocabulary Words: 

accountable   advise   desperately   hesitated   humiliated   inspiration   

self-esteem   uncomfortably

Vocabulary Strategies:

figurative language (idioms & similies)

Reading Skills & Strategies:

plot:  conflict (problem) /resolution (solution)

make predictions

author's purpose

Writing:

Read & responding to a prompt using text evidence to support & answer a prompt using the RACES strategy.

R - restate the question

A - answer the question

C - cite text evidence

E - explain your evidence/proves your answer

S - summarize/sum it up

Math: 

Module 2 - Addition & Subtraction of Whole Numbers:

• use the standard algorithm to add whole numbers & find the difference between two whole numbers & assess reasonableness using mental math & estimates

• Interpret & solve comparison problems using addition & subtraction by drawing bar models

• use a formula to find the perimeter of a rectangle or find an unknown side given the perimeter & the length of one side

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts. ✖️There are multiplication games/facts practice located in your child's math google classroom.

Science:    (earth & space) 

We will explore:

• Earth's surface has specific characteristics and landforms that can be identified.

• The surface of Earth changes due to weathering.

• The surface of Earth changes due to erosion and deposition.

Social Studies:

Geography/Map skills: 

Compass Rose, cardinal & intermediate directions, & relative location 

As we continue to explore the surface of the Earth, we will learn about the different landforms found around the world.  Students will explore map skills as we learn about these landforms.  

🍁Week of:  September 15-19🍂

➡️Test - Next week - "Experts, Incorporated".⬅️

Continue to review vocabulary words as well as access Clever to read the story with your child.

ELA:    

Essential Question:  How do your actions affect others?

Genre:  Realistic Fiction

Shared Read:    "The Talent Show"

Anchor Text: "Experts, Incorporated" 

Paired Text: "Speaking Out to Stop Bullying" 

Vocabulary Words: 

accountable   advise   desperately   hesitated   humiliated   inspiration   

self-esteem   uncomfortably

Vocabulary Strategies:

figurative language (idioms & similies)

Reading Skills & Strategies:

plot:  conflict (problem) /resolution (solution)

make predictions

author's purpose

Writing:

Read & responding to a prompt using text evidence to support & answer a prompt using the RACES strategy.

R - restate the question

A - answer the question

C - cite text evidence

E - explain your evidence/proves your answer

S - summarize/sum it up

Math: 

➡️Test - Friday, September 19th - Unit 1 Module 1⬅️

Unit 1 Module 1

Place Value:

Understanding place value relationships, read/write multi-digit numbers using base ten numerals, number names, & expanded form, regroup/ rename multidigit numbers, compare and order numbers & rounding.

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts. ✖️There are multiplication games/facts practice located in your child's math google classroom.

Science:    (earth & space) 

We will explore:

• Earth's surface has specific characteristics and landforms that can be identified.

• The surface of Earth changes due to weathering.

• The surface of Earth changes due to erosion and deposition.

We will be wrapping up this unit by the end of this week.

🍁Week of:  September 8-12🍂

➡️Reading Comprehension/Vocabulary test on Earthquakes:  Monday - September 8th.⬅️

(Students can access the story through Clever.)

ELA:    

Essential Question:  How do your actions affect others?

Genre:  Realistic Fiction

Shared Read:    "The Talent Show"

Anchor Text: "Experts, Incorporated" 

Paired Text: "Speaking Out to Stop Bullying" 

Vocabulary Words: 

accountable   advise   desperately   hesitated   humiliated   inspiration   

self-esteem   uncomfortably

Vocabulary Strategies:

figurative language (idioms & similies)

Reading Skills & Strategies:

plot:  conflict (problem) /resolution (solution)

make predictions

author's purpose

Writing:

Read & responding to a prompt using text evidence to support & answer a prompt using the RACES strategy.

R - restate the question

A - answer the question

C - cite text evidence

E - explain your evidence/proves your answer

S - summarize/sum it up

Math: 

Unit 1 Module 1

Place Value:

Understanding place value relationships, read/write multi-digit numbers using base ten numerals, number names, & expanded form, regroup/ rename multidigit numbers, compare and order numbers & rounding.

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts. There are multiplication games/practice located in your child's math google classroom.✖️

Science:    (earth & space) 

We will explore:

• Earth's surface has specific characteristics and landforms that can be identified.

• The surface of Earth changes due to weathering.

• The surface of Earth changes due to erosion and deposition.

🍎Week of:  September 1-5🏫

ELA:

Essential Question:  How do people respond to natural disasters?

Genre:  Expository text

Shared Read:    "A World of Change"

Anchor Text: "Earthquakes"

➡️Reading Comprehension/Vocabulary test:  September 8th.⬅️

(Students can access the story through Clever.)

Vocabulary Words: (Throughout the week -Please review these with your child)

alter, collapse, crisis, destruction, hazard, severe, substantial, unpredictable

Vocabulary Strategies:

multiple meaning words

homographs

Reading Skills & Strategies:

compare/contrast

Text Features:

diagrams

headings

Writing: 

RACES

Math: 

Unit 1 Module 1

Place Value:

understanding place value relationships, read/write multi-digit numbers using base ten numerals, number names, & expanded form to 1,000,000.

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts.✖️

Science:    (earth & space) - we are piloting Amplify science program this semester

We will explore:

• Earth's surface has specific characteristics and landforms that can be identified.

• The surface of Earth changes due to weathering.

• The surface of Earth changes due to erosion and deposition.

✏️Week of:  August 25-29🏫

ELA:

Essential Question:  How do people respond to natural disasters?

Genre:  Expository text

Shared Read:    "A World of Change"

Anchor Text: "Earthquakes"

Vocabulary Words: (words & defintions will be coming home - these will be on the weekly test)

alter, collapse, crisis, destruction, hazard, severe, substantial, unpredictable

Vocabulary Strategies:

multiple meaning words

homographs

Reading Skills & Strategies:

compare/contrast

Text Features:

diagrams

headings

Math: 

Unit 1 Module 1

Place Value:

understanding place value relationships, read/write multi-digit numbers using base ten numerals, number names, & expanded form to 1,000,000.

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts.✖️

Science:    (earth & space) - we are piloting Amplify science program this semester

We will explore:

• Earth's surface has specific characteristics and landforms that can be identified.

• The surface of Earth changes due to weathering.

• The surface of Earth changes due to erosion and deposition.