Week at a Glance & Events

Dec. 1-5, 2025

ELA  (Barus) -This week we will continue reading our novel, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.  In this book we will focus on new vocabulary, reading comprehension, cause and effect and point of view. We will also compare and contrast the book to the play that we saw at the Old Rock School last Friday. The students will have a new list of spelling words with a test on Friday. 

ELA (Cline) -in ELA, we will continue reading The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Students will learn new vocabulary, explore the story’s theme, and compare the novel to the play we watched last Friday. They will also take a comprehension test covering the chapters we have read so far. In addition, students will continue their word study by practicing new spelling words and taking their spelling test on Friday.

Math  (Hennessey) - This week we will be reviewing and mastering long division, and will continue to review area model and partial products. 

Students have vocabulary. The link for quizlet is https://quizlet.com/978384871/fractions-vocabulary-flash-cards/?funnelUUID=fc6bc682-2335-49da-a28b-b24a6e968d58 

Please make sure your child is doing one activity per night using their vocabulary to master the terms.  We will test on these words Tuesday, December 16. This week's homework will be Week 13 Days 1-4 Monday through Thursday nights

Math (Niehoff) -we will be continuing learning and mastering division strategies

Science (Cline) -In Science, students will further develop their engineering skills as they continue building their roller coasters. They will apply their understanding of energy to guide a ball through their homemade designs and will have the opportunity to share what they’ve learned with their classmates.

Science (Hennessey) - We will begin our unit on animal adaptations with learning about food chains and food webs.

Social Studies - (Barus) - This week we will be learning about the Native American tribes in North Carolina

Social Studies (Niehoff) - This week we will be learning about the Native American tribes in North Carolina

~Expect homework nightly. Please look at your child's planner to see what homework they have and sign that they have completed it. 

~Fourth grade is a year in which we encourage responsibility and independence. Hold your children accountable for listing homework in their agenda and having all the materials they need to do work at home and at school.

~Ways to help your student at home:

 Have them work on any of the digital platforms that we use during the school day. This includes: Reflex, Readworks, Moby Max, and Epic.  Ms. Hennessey provided some math websites during open house that can also be used.

Study nightly with spelling and vocabulary words.

Make sure your child completes all homework and any other incomplete work in their  green homework folders nightly.

NDS gives back week 12/8-12/12 - Students may dress down with donations.

12/8 - Toys for Tots - bring an unwrapped toy

12/9 - Canned Food Drive - Boy Scouts

12/10 - Baby Items - Pregnancy Center

Progress Reports

12/11 - Pet Supplies - Burke County Animal Shelter

12/12 - Canned Food Drive - Glen Alpine Food Bank

Coming soon -  Christmas Spirit week 12/15-12/19

12/19 - Half Day for Students

12/22-1/5 - Christmas holiday break

We always need snacks and drinks for our snack shack Dojo reward day at the end of each month. Any donations would be greatly appreciated. Items can include: chips, snack cakes, candy, drink boxes, sodas, etc.