March 7, 2024
Important Upcoming Dates
March
8 - Dodgeball with Dads during Specials
8 - The One & Only Ivan Screening
11-15 - Spring Break (No School for Staff and Students)
25 - 3rd-5th Math Tutoring Starts from 3:15 - 4:15 on Mondays and Thursdays
28 - Bill Burden Panther Prowl Fundraiser from Boosterthon
29 - Good Friday - No School for Staff and Students
COMING SOON
to a 4th grade classroom near you,
“The One and Only Ivan”!
We are excited to announce that we have finished our reading of Katherine Applegate’s “The One and Only Ivan”!
On Friday, March 8, 2024, we will be hosting a screening of the movie where we will enjoy some of Ivan’s favorite snacks, yogurt covered raisins and bananas, as we watch the adventure unfold.
This film is rated PG!
If for any reason you have concerns about your child viewing this movie, please let me know as soon as possible. We will make other arrangements for your child during that time!
Our Panther Academy classes are open for registration. Below you can find a link to register and some information on each of the classes. Here are a few of our offerings:
If your child loves to dance, SHiNE Dance Fitness is a class based in jazz, ballet, and hip-hop. We will use a clean playlist of music and learn a warm-up, several fun songs of choreography in a HIIT-style workout, and leave all our worries on the dance floor! Mrs. Poulter is a certified SHiNE Dance Fitness instructor and can't wait to dance with you!
Registration Link - This link is a little easier to see on a desktop. The classes are listed by category and you can find the different categories on the left hand side.
We would like to invite you to present at our 2024 Career Day at Bill Burden Elementary. We know how valuable your time is, and we would love it if you could spend a few hours with our students and share a little about your career.
When: Monday. May 6th from 8:30-10:45
Where: Bill Burden Elementary School
BBE Attendance Reminders
Regular school attendance is essential. Absences from class may result in serious disruption of a student’s education. The student and parent should avoid unnecessary absences.
A parent must provide an explanation for any absence upon the student’s arrival or return to school. The student must submit a note signed by the parent or complete Burden's Online Attendance Form. The campus will document in its attendance records whether the absence is excused or unexcused.
What Are We Learning...
Math
Unit 7 : Fractions
The student applies mathematical process standards to represent and generate fractions to solve problems. This unit serves as an opportunity for students to develop a deep understanding of how fractional relationships work to accurately order and compare them.
Learning Targets
Students will compare fractions with like numerators OR like denominators.
Students will determine if two fractions are equivalent in a variety of ways.
Students will be able to identify fractions equal to the benchmark fraction of ½ with a variety of denominators.
Students will compose and decompose fractions using unit fractions.
Students will represent and solve addition and subtraction of fractions with like denominators.
Students will represent equivalent decimals with a given fraction.
Some questions you can ask your child to support their thinking:
How do you determine which fraction has bigger size pieces?
What strategy did you use to compare the given fractions?
Why do you use the same numerical expression to generate the numerator and denominator of the equivalent fraction?
*Please make sure your child is practicing their basic multiplication facts and fact fluency each night for 15 minutes. This is a major skill that 4th graders are expected to have mastered by the end of the year.
Reading & Writing
Unit 7: Analyzing Across Genres
In this unit, students will inquire about a variety of topics through the study of informational texts. Students will apply their learning of informational texts to their own informational composition and correspondence.
Novel Study: Winnie's Great War by Lindsay Maltick
While engaging in a class novel study, students will:
Students will use their inquiry skills and take ownership over their own learning.
Students will analyze and comprehend informational texts.
Analyze and comprehend literary nonfiction, as a type of informational text.
Essential Questions:
How does text structure contribute to the author’s purpose?
How do main ideas and key details in an informational text support the author’s purpose?
How can the reader use main ideas and key details to summarize informational text?
How can comparing across genres help the reader create a deeper understanding of the world?
Unit 3: Informational: Opinion Writing
In this unit, students will practice creating constructed responses in order to respond to a text. They will be using the R.A.C.E. strategy to respond to both short answer and extended answers.
I will use characteristics of informational writing in a real life context.
I will revise drafts to improve sentence structure and word choice by adding, deleting, combining, and rearranging ideas for coherence and clarity.
I will incorporate all steps of the writing process to state and support my claim in an opinion essay.
I will use proper capitalization in my writing.
Science
Unit 8: Patterns of the Earth
In this unit students will observe patterns of Earth such as shadows, tides and seasons.
Big Ideas:
Collect and analyze data to identify sequences and predict patterns of change in shadows, seasons, and the appearance of the Moon.
Essential Questions
How do the sun, Earth, and moon interact?
How and why do shadows change?
Why does the moon appear to change throughout the month?
Why does the Earth have seasons?
Learning Targets:
I will explain why the Moon’s appearance changes.
I will identify and sequence the phases of the moon.
I will describe how and why seasons change.
I will explain in writing how the movement of the Earth
impacts shadows throughout the day.
Social Studies
Unit 6: Revolution in Texas
In this unit students will analyze the causes, major events, and effects of the Texas Revolution. Students will also summarize the significant contributions of individuals such as William B. Travis, James Bowie, David Crockett, Juan N. Seguín, Antonio López de Santa Anna, Susanna Dickinson and Enrique Esparza.
Big Ideas:
Examine the conflict between Texas settlers and the Mexican government.
Explain the causes and effects, and explore the individual contributions of the Texas Revolution.
Essential Questions:
What were the causes and effects of the Texas Revolution?
What was the most important event of the Texas Revolution and why?
How did individuals contribute to the Texas Revolution?
How did the actions of _________________ affect the course of history? (Fill in the blank with any of the suggested individuals from 4.3B)
Learning Targets:
I will analyze the__________________ of the Texas Revolution
Major events
Causes and effects
I will explain the purpose and importance of _____________________
The Texas Declaration of Independence
The Texas Constitution
I will explain the meaning of various patriotic symbols and landmarks of Texas.
I will summarize the significant contributions of individuals of the Texas Revolution.