March 23-27, 2026

4th Grade Info

Please feel free to email us with any questions or concerns.

Miss. McMahon

Mrs. Landry

Mrs. Martin

Mrs. Steele

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Looking for some math games and activities to do at home over spring break?

ESC Region 10 has a great Math Week opportunity starting today through March 20th where families read a story and play math games at home over Spring Break. There are separate activities for K-2 and 3-5 for a total of five days and they are available in Spanish as well. This is a part of a Region 10 family engagement initiative in partnership with MIND Education, and it is free for everyone with a device. This is totally optional.

Have a WONDERFUL spring break!

4th Grade Team

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🔌 💻 Parents, please remind your student to charge their Chromebook every night.

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Talent Show

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Curriculum

🧮 Math - This week in math, the students will continue learning about Geometry. They will learn about 4 types of angles - acute, right, obtuse, and straight angles. Then they will use their knowledge of angles to identify and name triangles based on their angles (not sides in 4th grade). We will wrap of the week by identifying quadrilaterals such as parallelograms, trapezoids, rhombuses, rectangles, and squares based on their properties.

🏡Weekly Homework: Spiral Review Week 21 - Due Friday, March 27th. (available on Friday, March 6th)

🧪 Science - Upon our return from spring break, students will begin a new unit on Energy Transfer. Students will investigate and identify the transfer of energy by objects in motion, waves in water and sound.

📚 Reading - Upon our return, fourth graders will begin our Rockin Review! Each day, students will receive targeted reveiw of most commonly tested TEKS and a variety of question types through engaging activities. CLICK HERE to work on STAAR practice questions- answer key provided.

🏡Weekly Homework: Spiral Review Grammar - Due Friday, March 27th (available March )6th and i ready =42 lessons

✏️ Writing - Students will

🌏 Social Studies - This week in Social Studies, students will

📆Upcoming Events

March 16-20 SPRING BREAK

April 2- P.T.A. Neon Night at 6:00 p.m.

April 3-Student/Teacher Holiday

April 8th - 4th Grade Reading STAAR Test

April 14th-5th Grade Science STAAR Test Day (Closed Campus)

April 20-24- Literati Book Fair

April 28th - 4th Grade Math STAAR Test

May 1- Talent Show

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS

2/2, 3/9, 4/6, and 5/4

STAAR Testing in April...

Please mark your calendars for our 4th Grade Reading and Math STAAR testing dates in April. We ask that you try not to schedule any appointments or trips during these dates.

April 8th - 4th Grade Reading STAAR Test

April 28th - 4th Grade Math STAAR Test

Reading Module TIPS

Have yourchild keep a growing list of the Critical Vocabulary words. Quiz each other on their meanings.

Reading Check in:

I ready my path

Plot element/non-fiction q's

Module 7 Review

Be sure to click the links on the document to get access to more practice!

🧮Math Homework

NEW! Weekly Math Spiral Review Homework

Beginning the week of January 12th, your child will have a weekly math spiral review to complete at home. The homework assignment will be found in your child’s Math Canvas Course under the “🏠Homework🏠” Module. Each homework assignment will be available the Friday before in case your child wants to work on it early. The homework will be due each Friday by 7:30 a.m.

📖Reading Homework

NEW!

Weekly Grammar Spiral Review Homework

Beginning the week of January 12th, your child will have a weekly Grammar spiral review to complete at home. The homework assignment will be found in your child’s ELAR Canvas Course under the “🏠Homework🏠” Module. Each homework assignment will be available the Friday before in case your child wants to work on it early. The homework will be due each Friday by 7:30 a.m.

Lunch

Lunch for fourth grade is from 12:20-12:50. Don’t forget to set up a lunch account for your child in the cafeteria. We will use our "Forget Me Not" system again this year. If a student forgets his/ her lunch, parents may bring it to school before lunchtime. Please leave it on the shelf in the lobby (labeled with the student's name). Teachers will remind students to check the shelf before lunch.

🎧Headphones

Please have your child bring a pair of headphones with them daily. Students use headphones frequently to complete various activities and assessments.

Snacks

We invite your child to bring a healthy snack to school each day. The snack needs to be something that is not messy and does not require silverware. We are going to be eating and working at the same time. Any snack that contains candy is not considered healthy. A few suggestions are: goldfish, cheerios, pretzels, grapes, raisins, carrots, etc. Your child’s snack must also be NUT-FREE.

Student Absences

If your student is absent for any reason, please email the following people:

your child's teacher
copy:sierra.salter@gcisd.net and elissa.faught@gcisd.net

Arrival

Students report to the cafeteria starting at 7:25. Then they will be released from the cafeteria to their classrooms at 7:30 a.m. The tardy bell is at 7:35 a.m.

Ride Changes

If you find your child must go home a different way than planned, please notify the office via email by at least 2:00 p.m. Teachers and our front office staff do not always have access to email or are busy teaching or helping others. A phone call is required. Sometimes we have only one person in the front office, so we want to provide ample time to be able to meet your needs. When making ride changes, picking up students for appointments and absences, please email both Sierra Salter (sierra.salter@gcisd.net) and Paola Cervantes (paola.cervantes@gcisd.net) in case one of us is out of the office.

Pick up Reminder

Students should be promptly picked up after school at 3:05. We appreciate your efforts to be on time to pick up your child. Finally, when dropping off or picking up your child, please pull your car all the way down to the end of the line. Duty personnel will send your child down to your car. This keeps the traffic flowing. Don’t forget your School Safe ID Number. Thank you for your help in keeping our students safe.

Communication

Please feel free to contact your homeroom teacher if you have any concerns or questions. We are happy to meet in person, call or email. We want to help immediately with any issues that arise.

✏️4th Grade Wish List

As needs arise in our classrooms, we will put them here. We really appreciate your support for us and our students!

McMahon- amazon wish list

Landry - Have a GREAT spring break!

Martin - Soft red swirl peppermints and paper bowls

Steele - Paper bowls

Thank you for taking the time to read ALL of the newsletter! Please tell your student the secret phrase... "Recharged and Ready to Work!", so they can earn 2 house points and 2 tickets for our raffle!

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