Dear Parents,

Welcome to 4th grade at ROE, where we’re dedicated to making this your best year ever! Here, we focus on growth, challenge, and creating lifelong positive memories for all our students and families. Your partnership with your child’s teacher is the foundation, but the well-being and success of our students—your children—are always our top priority.

We believe in open, kind, and timely communication. If you ever need clarification or have questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to your homeroom teacher. We value your feedback as we work together to make everything even better. We also ask for your understanding when things aren't as timely as we’d like, and we promise to reciprocate that understanding when we voice our concerns and seek your guidance.

We’ve had a fabulous first week, filled with academic learning, social-emotional growth, and the building of norms and relationships. It’s been amazing! Keep an eye out for future newsletters, where we’ll share articles to help you stay informed on our journey of nurturing these wonderful kiddos.

With gratitude,

Your 4th Grade Partners in Learning

4th Grade Specials follow a rotating schedule that starts with Day 1 on the first day of school. Students cycle through five days, and if there’s a planned day off, we simply pick up with the next scheduled day when school resumes. However, if there's an unexpected school closure, we skip that day's Special and continue with the next day in the rotation. 

On Fridays, instead of Specials, students participate in Electives. For example, if Thursday is Day 4, then Friday will be Electives, and Monday will be Day 5. We also have Science Lab and Library check-out on Fridays. While Library lessons may occur on other days, book check-outs will only happen on Fridays. See below rotation for your homeroom teacher.

JOIN CLASS DOJO We will communicate here and you can monitor student behaviors and rewards.

New to ClassDojo: 

1. Download the ClassDojo app for iPhone or Android. 

2. Sign up as a parent. 

3. Type your code to join the class. 

Already on ClassDojo: 

1. Open the app and go to the “Kids” tab. 

2. Tap “add code.” 

3. Type your code to join the class. 

WHAT WE ARE LEARNING

Reading:

Novel Study: Restart by: Gordon Korman (Start Date: 8.25.24)

Reading: Discovering Plot (Plot Maps)

Spelling: TBA

Wordly Wise: Lesson 1 Study  

Grammar: Capitalization and punctuation.

Writing: Narrative through show don't tell seed stories.

Science: 

Monday: Matter - Describe and Classify Changes Between Solid, Liquid & Gas

Tuesday: Matter - Continue Exploring Changes Between Solid, Liquid & Gas

Wednesday: Matter - Exploring the Connection Between Size and Mass; Classifying and Describing Matter Based on Mass

Thursday: Matter - Does it Float? Understanding Relative Density

Friday: Matter - Classifying and Describing Matter Based on Magnetism

Social Studies: Regions of Texas, climate, and landforms.

Math: Module 1

Monday: Lesson 6 Comparing Multidigit Whole Numbers 

Tuesday: Lesson 7 Rounding Multidigit Whole Numbers 

Wednesday: Lesson 9 Rounding Multidigit Whole Numbers 

Thursday: Lesson 10 Rounding Multidigit Whole Numbers 

Friday: Lesson 11 Multidigit Whole Number Addition 

HOMEWORK

ELA: 

Grammar: No homework this week.

Spelling: No homework this week.

Wordly Wise: Lesson 1 (1 page a day)

Reading: Read for 30 minutes. Pick your favorite genre, when you complete the book and complete a book review for 25 dojo points. You can print from this file or get a printout from school. This is to be done at home and turned in for points. Book Review Form 

Cursive Writing: No Homework this week.

IXL: 30 minutes a week cross disciplinary.

Science: No homework but we will notify you here when we will be needing supplies for science experiments.

Social Studies: No homework this week.

Math: Module 1

Monday: Succeed Lesson 6

Tuesday: Succeed Lesson 8

Wednesday: Succeed Lesson 9

Thursday: Succeed Lesson 10

Friday: Succeed Lesson 11

Novel Study

Novel Study is always more fun if we read ahead. Some students benefit listening to the novel as well. Feel free to use this tool to prep your child.

If you would like to see a checklist of skills your student needs to master in 4th Grade ELA please select the links below:

Reading: ELA Checklist 

Writing: Editing Checklist 

Field Trips

TBA

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