Mrs. Hardison's 4th Grade ELA
Husky on!
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WEEK OF: April 13th- 17th
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RL/ RI 4.1- Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Rl/ RI 4.2- Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text; determine the main idea of a text or a part of a text
RL/ RI 4.3- Describe in depth a character, setting, events, and procedures in a text while drawing on specific details in the text
RL/ RI 4.4- Determine the meaning of words, phrases, and general academic/ domain specific words as they are used in a text, including words that affect meaning and tone.
RI.4.5- Determine the text structure of a text or a part of a text
RL.4.6- Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated
RI.4.8- Determine and explain the author’s reasonings and evidence
L.4.4- Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases
W.4.6- Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources;
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING (OBJECTIVES BY DAY)
Monday, April 13th- Check-in C Whole group mixed review (informational and literature); Whole Group/ Independent Practice: determining theme and main idea; describing characters, settings, events, summarizing; meaning of unknown words; determine text structure; explain author’s reasoning and evidence
Tuesday, April 14th- Check-in C Whole group mixed review (informational and literature); Whole Group/ Independent Practice: determining theme and main idea; describing characters, settings, events, summarizing; meaning of unknown words; determine text structure; explain author’s reasoning and evidence
Wednesday, April 15th- Check-in C Whole group mixed review (informational and literature); Whole Group/ Independent Practice (Task Card Activity): determining theme and main idea; describing characters, settings, events, summarizing; meaning of unknown words; determine text structure; explain author’s reasoning and evidence
Thursday, April 16th- Check-in C Whole group mixed review (informational and literature); Whole Group/ Independent Practice: determining theme and main idea; describing characters, settings, events, summarizing; meaning of unknown words; determine text structure; explain author’s reasoning and evidence
Friday, April 17th- Check-in C Whole group mixed review (informational and literature); Whole Group/ Independent Practice: determining theme and main idea; describing characters, settings, events, summarizing; meaning of unknown words; determine text structure; explain author’s reasoning and evidence
Comprehension Strategies to Review:
Read the passage, questions, and answer choices carefully.
Highlight key words in the questions and details in the text.
Be careful with two-part answers! One part could be right, one part could be wrong. (circle “and” and check both sides)
Look back in the text for every question.
Read every answer choice and eliminate the incorrect answers.
Check back over your answers!
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY FOR THE WEEK:
Inference
Summarize
Theme
Main idea
Procedures
Text structure
Character
Setting
Events
Point of view
HOMEWORK/ PROJECTS/ QUIZZES/ TESTS
Homework- Inferencing Practice Sheet- Due by Friday
Test/ Quiz- Thursday
Keys to Success for Your Child
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use Powerschool to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages every week for all subjects.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Spring Fling- April 25th from 10:30am- 1:00pm
COMPUTERS MUST BE CHARGED EVERY NIGHT AND BROUGHT IN EVERY DAY!
*EACH STUDENT MUST HAVE HEADPHONES AND BRING THEM EVERY DAY!
Attendance Matters- ALL Day, Every Day!
It is important that your child is here on time everyday. Instruction starts at 8:00am. Please make sure your child is getting a good amount of sleep every night.
Please have your child read at least 20 minutes a night with a book that interests them. If your child needs to borrow books, please contact me.
WEEK OF: March 30th- April 3rd
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RL/ RI 4.1- Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Rl/ RI 4.2- Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text; determine the main idea of a text or a part of a text
RL/ RI 4.3- Describe in depth a character, setting, events, and procedures in a text while drawing on specific details in the text
RL/ RI 4.4- Determine the meaning of words, phrases, and general academic/ domain specific words as they are used in a text, including words that affect meaning and tone.
RI.4.5- Determine the text structure of a text or a part of a text
RL.4.6- Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated
RI.4.8- Determine and explain the author’s reasonings and evidence
L.4.4- Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases
W.4.6- Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources;
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING (OBJECTIVES BY DAY)
Monday, March 30th- Check-in C Whole group mixed review (informational and literature)- determining theme and main idea; describing characters, settings, events, summarizing; meaning of unknown words; determine text structure; explain author’s reasoning and evidence; Independent practice- determining the main idea of a text or a part of a text
Tuesday, March 31st- Check-in C Post Summative independent practice (all informational and literature skills)- determining theme and main idea; describing characters, settings, events, summarizing; meaning of unknown words; determine text structure; explain author’s reasoning and evidence; Independent practice- describing characters, settings, and events
Wednesday, April 1st- Literature Quiz: refer to details when answering questions and making inferences; summarizing a selection; describing characters, settings, and events; determining the meaning of unknown words by using context clues and word parts
Thursday, April 2nd- Literature Quiz Review (whole group and individual- all literature standards); Task Card review activity (informational standards- determine the main idea, summarizing, making inferences, describing procedures and concepts; determining text structure; explaining author’s reasoning and evidence)
FRIDAY, APRIL 3rd- MONDAY, APRIL 12th: SPRING BREAK; Students return on April 13th
Comprehension Strategies to Review:
Read the passage, questions, and answer choices carefully.
Highlight key words in the questions and details in the text.
Be careful with two-part answers! One part could be right, one part could be wrong. (circle “and” and check both sides)
Look back in the text for every question.
Read every answer choice and eliminate the incorrect answers.
Check back over your answers!
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY FOR THE WEEK:
Inference
Summarize
Theme
Main idea
Procedures
Text structure
Character
Setting
Events
Point of view
HOMEWORK/ PROJECTS/ QUIZZES/ TESTS
Homework- read a book of choice for at least 20 minutes each night
Upcoming: MOCK EOGS- APRIL 14th and 15th
Keys to Success for Your Child
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use Powerschool to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages every week for all subjects.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
SPRING BREAK- APRIL 2ND- 12TH; STUDENTS RETURN APRIL 13TH
Spring Fling- April 25th from 10:30am- 1:00pm
COMPUTERS MUST BE CHARGED EVERY NIGHT AND BROUGHT IN EVERY DAY!
*EACH STUDENT MUST HAVE HEADPHONES AND BRING THEM EVERY DAY!
Attendance Matters- ALL Day, Every Day!
It is important that your child is here on time everyday. Instruction starts at 8:00am. Please make sure your child is getting a good amount of sleep every night.
Please have your child read at least 20 minutes a night with a book that interests them. If your child needs to borrow books, please contact me.
WEEK OF: March 23rd- 27th
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RL/ RI 4.1- Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Rl/ RI 4.2- Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text; determine the main idea of a text or a part of a text
RL/ RI 4.3- Describe in depth a character, setting, events, and procedures in a text while drawing on specific details in the text
RL/ RI 4.4- Determine the meaning of words, phrases, and general academic/ domain specific words as they are used in a text, including words that affect meaning and tone.
RI.4.5- Determine the text structure of a text or a part of a text
RL.4.6- Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated
RI.4.8- Determine and explain the author’s reasonings and evidence
L.4.4- Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases
W.4.6- Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources;
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING (OBJECTIVES BY DAY)
Monday, March 23rd- Whole group mixed review (informational and literature)- Check-in C Review #2 Practice- determining theme and main idea; describing characters, settings, events, summarizing; meaning of unknown words; determine text structure; explain author’s reasoning and evidence; Independent practice- determining the main idea of a text or a part of a text
Tuesday, March 24th- Math Check-in C; Whole group mixed review (informational and literature)- determining theme and main idea; describing characters, settings, events, summarizing; meaning of unknown words; determine text structure; explain author’s reasoning and evidence; Independent practice- determining the main idea of a text or a part of a text; main idea review and practice
Wednesday, March 25th- Reading Check-in C
Thursday, March 26th- Check-in C review (informational and literature)- determining theme and main idea; describing characters, settings, events, summarizing; meaning of unknown words; determine text structure; explain author’s reasoning and evidence; Independent practice- determining the main idea of a text or a part of a text; Comprehension practice (all skills)
Friday, March 27th- Check-in C review continued (individual and whole group); determining theme and main idea; describing characters, settings, events, summarizing; meaning of unknown words; determine text structure; explain author’s reasoning and evidence; Independent practice- determining the main idea of a text or a part of a text; Comprehension practice (all skills)
Comprehension Strategies to Review:
Read the passage, questions, and answer choices carefully.
Highlight key words in the questions and details in the text.
Be careful with two-part answers! One part could be right, one part could be wrong. (circle “and” and check both sides)
Look back in the text for every question.
Read every answer choice and eliminate the incorrect answers.
Check back over your answers!
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY FOR THE WEEK:
Inference
Main idea
Summarize
Theme
Character
Setting
Events
Point of view
Text structure
HOMEWORK/ PROJECTS/ QUIZZES/ TESTS
Homework- None this Week
Check-in Math- Tuesday, March 24th;
Check-in Reading- Wednesday, March 25th
Keys to Success for Your Child
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use Powerschool to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages every week for all subjects.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Check-in Math- Tuesday, March 24th; Check-in Reading- Wednesday, March 25th
Spring Fling- April 25th from 10:30am- 1:00pm
COMPUTERS MUST BE CHARGED EVERY NIGHT AND BROUGHT IN EVERY DAY!
*EACH STUDENT MUST HAVE HEADPHONES AND BRING THEM EVERY DAY!
Attendance Matters- ALL Day, Every Day!
It is important that your child is here on time everyday. Instruction starts at 8:00am. Please make sure your child is getting a good amount of sleep every night.
Please have your child read at least 20 minutes a night with a book that interests them. If your child needs to borrow books, please contact me.
WEEK OF: March 16th- 20th
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RL/ RI 4.1- Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Rl/ RI 4.2- Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text; determine the main idea of a text or a part of a text
RL/ RI 4.3- Describe in depth a character, setting, events, and procedures in a text while drawing on specific details in the text
RL/ RI 4.4- Determine the meaning of words, phrases, and general academic/ domain specific words as they are used in a text, including words that affect meaning and tone.
RI.4.5- Determine the text structure of a text or a part of a text
RL.4.6- Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated
RI.4.8- Determine and explain the author’s reasonings and evidence
L.4.4- Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases
W.4.6- Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources;
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING (OBJECTIVES BY DAY)
Monday, March 16th- Whole group mixed review (informational and literature)- determining theme and main idea; describing characters, settings, events, summarizing; meaning of unknown words; determine text structure; explain author’s reasoning and evidence; Independent practice- determining the main idea of a text or a part of a text
Tuesday, March 17th- Check-in C Summative independent practice (all informational and literature skills)- determining theme and main idea; describing characters, settings, events, summarizing; meaning of unknown words; determine text structure; explain author’s reasoning and evidence; Independent practice- determining the main idea of a text or a part of a text
Wednesday, March 18th- Whole group/ Individual review of check-in C summative practice (all informational and literature skills); characters, settings, and events review and practice
Thursday, March 19th- Fourth Grade Sky View Field Trip
Friday, March 20th- No School for Students (teacher planning day)
Comprehension Strategies to Review:
Read the passage, questions, and answer choices carefully.
Highlight key words in the questions and details in the text.
Be careful with two-part answers! One part could be right, one part could be wrong. (circle “and” and check both sides)
Look back in the text for every question.
Read every answer choice and eliminate the incorrect answers.
Check back over your answers!
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY FOR THE WEEK:
Inference
Summarize
Theme
Character
Setting
Events
Point of view
HOMEWORK/ PROJECTS/ QUIZZES/ TESTS
Homework- read a book of choice for at least 20 minutes each night
Upcoming: Check-in Math- Tuesday, March 24th; Check-in Reading- Wednesday, March 25th
Keys to Success for Your Child
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use Powerschool to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages every week for all subjects.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Spring Picture Day- March 17th
Check-in Math- Tuesday, March 24th; Check-in Reading- Wednesday, March 25th
No School for Students- Friday, March 20th
Spring Fling- April 25th from 10:30am- 1:00pm
Candy Man is due March 23rd
COMPUTERS MUST BE CHARGED EVERY NIGHT AND BROUGHT IN EVERY DAY!
*EACH STUDENT MUST HAVE HEADPHONES AND BRING THEM EVERY DAY!
Attendance Matters- ALL Day, Every Day!
It is important that your child is here on time everyday. Instruction starts at 8:00am. Please make sure your child is getting a good amount of sleep every night.
Please have your child read at least 20 minutes a night with a book that interests them. If your child needs to borrow books, please contact me.
WEEK OF: March 9th- 13th
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RL.4.1- Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RL.4.2- Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
RL.4.3- Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
RL.4.4- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including words that affect meaning and tone.
RL.4.6- Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated
L.4.4- Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases
W.4.6- Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources;
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING (OBJECTIVES BY DAY)
Monday, March 9th- Literature question stem and academic vocabulary review; Theme review and whole group practice; Comprehension practice (Luna- Alaska’s Legend)- refer to details in the text when answering questions and making inferences; determine the theme of a story; describe characters, settings, and events; determine the meaning of unknown words using context clues and morphology
Tuesday, March 10th- Literature question stem and academic vocabulary review; Character’s point of view review and whole group practice; Comprehension practice (The Heart of the Team)- refer to details in the text when answering questions and making inferences; determine the theme of a story; describe characters, settings, and events; determine the meaning of unknown words using context clues and morphology
Wednesday, March 11th- Literature question stem and academic vocabulary review; Summarizing review; FCRR Summarizing thinking map activity; Task card activity- summarizing multiple texts using the key details
Thursday, March 12th- Literature Quiz- refer to details in the text when answering questions and making inferences; determine the theme of a story; describe characters, settings, and events; determine the meaning of unknown words using context clues and morphology
Friday, March 13th- Literature quiz whole group and individual review; summarizing thinking map activity; readworks comprehension practice
Comprehension Strategies to Review:
Read the passage, questions, and answer choices carefully.
Highlight key words in the questions and details in the text.
Be careful with two-part answers! One part could be right, one part could be wrong. (circle “and” and check both sides)
Look back in the text for every question.
Read every answer choice and eliminate the incorrect answers.
Check back over your answers!
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY FOR THE WEEK:
Inference
Summarize
Theme
Character
Setting
Events
Point of view
HOMEWORK/ PROJECTS/ QUIZZES/ TESTS
Literature Quiz- Thursday
Homework- Open-ended comprehension practice (half sheet)
Keys to Success for Your Child
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use Powerschool to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages every week for all subjects.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Book Fair is this week!
MATH NIGHT: This Tuesday, March 10th at 6PM
FIELD TRIP MONEY AND FORMS DUE 3/10
Candy Man is due March 23rd
COMPUTERS MUST BE CHARGED EVERY NIGHT AND BROUGHT IN EVERY DAY!
*EACH STUDENT MUST HAVE HEADPHONES AND BRING THEM EVERY DAY!
Attendance Matters- ALL Day, Every Day!
It is important that your child is here on time everyday. Instruction starts at 8:00am. Please make sure your child is getting a good amount of sleep every night.
Please have your child read at least 20 minutes a night with a book that interests them. If your child needs to borrow books, please contact me.
WEEK OF: March 2nd- 6th
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RI.4.1- Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RI.4.2- Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
RI.4.3- Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
RI.4.4- Determine the meaning of general academic and domain specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
RI.4.5- Describe the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
RI.4.8- Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.
W.4.6- Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; take notes and categorize information, and provide a list of sources.
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING (OBJECTIVES BY DAY)
Monday, March 2nd- Informational question stems and concepts review; strategies review; Comprehension Practice: Huskies- referring to details; summarizing parts of a text or the whole text; determining the main idea; determining meaning of unknown words based on context and word parts; explaining events, procedures, ideas, and concepts based on information from the text; determining the author’s reasoning to support parts of a text; determine the text structure of parts of the text
Tuesday, March 3rd- Informational question stems and concepts review; strategies review; Thinking map- Sled Dog Racing; Comprehension Practice: Sled Dog Racing- referring to details; summarizing parts of a text or the whole text; determining the main idea; determining meaning of unknown words based on context and word parts; explaining events, procedures, ideas, and concepts based on information from the text; determining the author’s reasoning to support parts of a text; determine the text structure of parts of the text
Wednesday, March 4th- Informational question stems and concepts review; strategies review; Thinking Map- The Iditarod Race; task card activity main idea review- determine the main idea of a text or a part of a text
Thursday, March 5th- Informational Test- The Great Race Across Alaska- referring to details; summarizing parts of a text or the whole text; determining the main idea; determining meaning of unknown words based on context and word parts; explaining events; procedures, ideas, and concepts based on information from the text; determining the author’s reasoning to support parts of a text; determine the text structure of parts of the text
Friday, February 27th- Individual and whole group Informational Test Review; IXL Text structure practice; Informational Readwords comprehension practice
Comprehension R.U.B.R.I.C
Read the passage for understanding.
Use your “ping-pong” eyes.
Be sure to annotate.
Read each question and answer carefully and thoroughly.
Identify the focus detail of each question and find it in the passage.
Consider each answer choice by reading carefully- eliminating or keeping
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
Main idea
Summary
Events
Infer
Inference
Text Structure
HOMEWORK/ PROJECTS/ QUIZZES/ TESTS
Homework: Comprehension Practice Sheet- Due by Friday
Tests- Informational Test
Keys to Success for Your Child
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use Infinate Campus to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages every week for all subjects.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
READ ACROSS AMERICA WEEK IS THIS WEEK: MONDAY- BOOK CHARACTER DAY, TUESDAY- WACKY SOCKS DAY, WEDNESDAY- HAT DAY, THURSDAY- WEAR GREEN, FRIDAY- PAJAMA DAY
NECP Math Night- March 10th at 6pm
See field trip permission form that went home with your child and pay through the NECP website
COMPUTERS MUST BE CHARGED EVERY NIGHT AND BROUGHT IN EVERY DAY!
*EACH STUDENT MUST HAVE HEADPHONES AND BRING THEM EVERY DAY!
Attendance Matters- ALL Day, Every Day!
It is important that your child is here on time everyday. Instruction starts at 8:00am. Please make sure your child is getting a good amount of sleep every night.
Please have your child read at least 20 minutes a night with a book that interests them. If your child needs to borrow books, please contact me.
WEEK OF: February 23rd- 27th
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RI.4.1- Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RI.4.2- Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
RI.4.3- Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
RI.4.4- Determine the meaning of general academic and domain specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
RI.4.5- Describe the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
RI.4.8- Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.
W.4.6- Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; take notes and categorize information, and provide a list of sources.
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING (OBJECTIVES BY DAY)
Monday, February 23rd- Informational question stems and concepts review; strategies review; Comprehension Practice: The Science of Snowflakes- referring to details; summarizing parts of a text or the whole text; determining the main idea; determining meaning of unknown words based on context and word parts; explaining events, procedures, ideas, and concepts based on information from the text; determining the author’s reasoning to support parts of a text; determine the text structure of parts of the text
Tuesday, February 24th- Informational question stems and concepts review; strategies review; Thinking map- Nicolas Buamah; Comprehension Practice: Nicholas Buamah- referring to details; summarizing parts of a text or the whole text; determining the main idea; determining meaning of unknown words based on context and word parts; explaining events, procedures, ideas, and concepts based on information from the text; determining the author’s reasoning to support parts of a text; determine the text structure of parts of the text
Wednesday, February 25th- Informational question stems and concepts review; strategies review; Comprehension Practice: MrBeast- referring to details; summarizing parts of a text or the whole text; determining the main idea; determining meaning of unknown words based on context and word parts; explaining events, procedures, ideas, and concepts based on information from the text; determining the author’s reasoning to support parts of a text; determine the text structure of parts of the text
Thursday, February 26th- Informational Quiz- referring to details; summarizing parts of a text or the whole text; determining the main idea; determining meaning of unknown words based on context and word parts; explaining events, procedures, ideas, and concepts based on information from the text; determining the author’s reasoning to support parts of a text; determine the text structure of parts of the text
Friday, February 27th- Individual and whole group Informational Quiz Review; IXL Main idea practice; Informational Readwords comprehension practice
Comprehension R.U.B.R.I.C
Read the passage for understanding.
Use your “ping-pong” eyes.
Be sure to annotate.
Read each question and answer carefully and thoroughly.
Identify the focus detail of each question and find it in the passage.
Consider each answer choice by reading carefully- eliminating or keeping
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
Main idea
Summary
Events
Infer
Inference
Text Structure
HOMEWORK/ PROJECTS/ QUIZZES/ TESTS
Homework: Comprehension Practice Sheet- Due by Friday
Tests- Informational Quiz
Keys to Success for Your Child
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use Infinate Campus to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages every week for all subjects.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
See field trip permission form that went home with your child and pay through the NECP website
COMPUTERS MUST BE CHARGED EVERY NIGHT AND BROUGHT IN EVERY DAY!
*EACH STUDENT MUST HAVE HEADPHONES AND BRING THEM EVERY DAY!
Attendance Matters- ALL Day, Every Day!
It is important that your child is here on time everyday. Instruction starts at 8:00am. Please make sure your child is getting a good amount of sleep every night.
Please have your child read at least 20 minutes a night with a book that interests them. If your child needs to borrow books, please contact me.
WEEK OF: February 16th- 20th
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RL.4.1: Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text
RL.4.2- Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text
RL.4.3- Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text
RL.4.4- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including words that affect meaning and tone.
L.4.4- Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words and phrases
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING (OBJECTIVES BY DAY)
Monday, February 16th: Summative test review; literature question stems and vocabulary review; Literature Review with Open-ended Question Practice- “The Benchwarmer’s Choice”- determine the theme; summarizing; describe characters, settings, and events; determine and clarify the meaning of unknown words and phrases
Tuesday, February 17th: Summative test review; literature question stems and vocabulary review; Literature Review Schoolnet- “The Sisters and the Magic Seeds”- determine the theme; summarizing; describe characters, settings, and events; determine and clarify the meaning of unknown words and phrases
Wednesday, February 18th: literature question stems and vocabulary review; Literature Review Schoolnet/ Task Cards- “The Weight of Glitter Acorns”- determine the theme; summarizing; describe characters, settings, and events; determine and clarify the meaning of unknown words and phrases
Thursday, February 19th: Literature Schoolnet Quiz- determine the theme; summarizing; describe characters, settings, and events; determine and clarify the meaning of unknown words and phrases
Friday, February 20th: Literature Schoolnet Quiz review (whole group and individual); IXL literature practice
Comprehension Strategies to Review:
Read the passage, questions, and answer choices carefully.
Highlight key words in the questions and details in the text.
Be careful with two-part answers! One part could be right, one part could be wrong. (circle “and” and check both sides)
Look back in the text for every question.
Read every answer choice and eliminate the incorrect answers.
Check back over your answers!
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY:
Theme- the lesson learned in the story; a lesson the reader can apply to real life
Characters- the people or animals in a story
Summarize- a brief statement including the main points of the selection
Events- the main parts that happen in the story
Setting- where the story takes place
Infer- a guess based on what is in the text plus what you already know
Context clues- the information around a word that can help you understand the meaning of the word
HOMEWORK/ PROJECTS/ QUIZZES/ TESTS
Literature Comprehension Practice Review Sheet- due by Friday
Literature Quiz- Thursday
Keys to Success for Your Child
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use Infinite Campus to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages every week for all subjects.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COMPUTERS MUST BE CHARGED EVERY NIGHT AND BROUGHT IN EVERY DAY!
*EACH STUDENT MUST HAVE HEADPHONES AND BRING THEM EVERY DAY!
Attendance Matters- ALL Day, Every Day!
It is important that your child is here on time everyday. Instruction starts at 8:00am. Please make sure your child is getting a good amount of sleep every night.
Please have your child read at least 20 minutes a night with a book that interests them. If your child needs to borrow books, please contact me.
LINK FOR 2026/2027 RE-ENROLLMENT FOR CURRENT STUDENTS ONLY: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScE40e5i5d_U9obF8MWeb1TTdqA5V1FJgzUaTD5cHBBIN-4dA/viewform
YOU MUST PUT THE CURRENT GRADE FOR YOUR CHILD!
WEEK OF: February 9th- 13th
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RL/RI.4.1- Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text
RL/ RI.4.2- Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text; determine the main idea of a text or a part of a text
RL/RI.4.3- Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text; describe events, procedures, and concepts
RL/ RI 4.4- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including words that affect meaning and tone.
RI.4.5- Determine the text structure based on the author’s purpose and reasoning by using details from the text
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING (OBJECTIVES BY DAY)
Monday, February 9th I Survived the Children’s Blizzard Novel Study- comprehension review (referring to details; making inferences; determine the theme; summarizing; describing characters, settings and events; determine the meaning of unknown words using context clues and morphology (word parts) and determining how word meanings affect the tone; AR Test on Novel
Tuesday, February 10th: Task card activity (Nature’s Long Nap: A Guide to Winter Hibernation)- referring to details; making inferences; determine the theme; determine the main idea; summarizing; describing characters, settings and events; determine the meaning of unknown words using context clues and morphology (word parts) and determining how word meanings affect the tone; determining author’s purpose; determining text structure Check-in B review (whole group and individual)
Wednesday, February 11th: Summative Test (all information and literature skills)
Summative Test review (individual and whole group); all literature and informational skills informational comprehension review- determine the text structure of a text based on details and author’s purpose and reasoning
Thursday, February 12th: Summative Test review (individual and whole group); all literature and informational skills informational comprehension review- determine the text structure of a text based on details and author’s purpose and reasoning
Friday, February 13th: Teacher Workday: No School for Students
Comprehension Strategies to Review:
Read the passage, questions, and answer choices carefully.
Highlight key words in the questions and details in the text.
Be careful with two-part answers! One part could be right, one part could be wrong. (circle “and” and check both sides)
Look back in the text for every question.
Read every answer choice and eliminate the incorrect answers.
Check back over your answers!
VOCABULARY/ SPELLING OF THE WEEK:
None
HOMEWORK/ PROJECTS/ QUIZZES/ TESTS
Comprehension Practice Review Sheet (The Children’s Blizzard of 1888)- due by THURSDAY
Summative Test- Tuesday
Keys to Success for Your Child
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use Infinite Campus to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages every week for all subjects.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COMPUTERS MUST BE CHARGED EVERY NIGHT AND BROUGHT IN EVERY DAY!
*EACH STUDENT MUST HAVE HEADPHONES AND BRING THEM EVERY DAY!
Attendance Matters- ALL Day, Every Day!
It is important that your child is here on time everyday. Instruction starts at 8:00am. Please make sure your child is getting a good amount of sleep every night.
Please have your child read at least 20 minutes a night with a book that interests them. If your child needs to borrow books, please contact me.
LINK FOR 2026/2027 RE-ENROLLMENT FOR CURRENT STUDENTS ONLY: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScE40e5i5d_U9obF8MWeb1TTdqA5V1FJgzUaTD5cHBBIN-4dA/viewform
YOU MUST PUT THE CURRENT GRADE FOR YOUR CHILD!
WEEK OF: February 2nd- 6th
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RL.4.1- Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RL.4.2- Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
RL.4.3- Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
RL.4.4- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including words that affect meaning and tone.
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING (OBJECTIVES BY DAY)
Monday, February 2nd: I Survived the Children’s Blizzard Novel Study Day 5- comprehension review (referring to details; making inferences; determine the theme; summarizing; describing characters, settings and events; determine the meaning of unknown words using context clues and morphology (word parts) and determining how word meanings affect the tone; Check-in B review (whole group and individual)
Tuesday, February 3rd: I Survived the Children’s Blizzard Novel Study Day 6- comprehension review (referring to details; making inferences; determine the theme; summarizing; describing characters, settings and events; determine the meaning of unknown words using context clues and morphology (word parts) and determining how word meanings affect the tone; Check-in B review (whole group and individual)
Wednesday, February 4th: I Survived the Children’s Blizzard Novel Study Day 7 (final day)- comprehension review (referring to details; making inferences; determine the theme; summarizing; describing characters, settings and events; determine the meaning of unknown words using context clues and morphology (word parts) and determining how word meanings affect the tone; Check-in B review (whole group and individual)
Thursday, January 29th: Summative Test- referring to details; making inferences; determine the theme; determine the main idea; summarizing; describing characters, settings and events; determine the meaning of unknown words using context clues and morphology (word parts) and determining how word meanings affect the tone; determining author’s purpose; determining text structure Check-in B review (whole group and individual)
Friday, January 23rd- Summative Test review (all skills)- individual and whole group
Comprehension Strategies to Review:
Read the passage, questions, and answer choices carefully.
Highlight key words in the questions and details in the text.
Be careful with two-part answers! One part could be right, one part could be wrong. (circle “and” and check both sides)
Look back in the text for every question.
Read every answer choice and eliminate the incorrect answers.
Check back over your answers!
VOCABULARY/ SPELLING OF THE WEEK:
None
HOMEWORK/ PROJECTS/ QUIZZES/ TESTS
Comprehension Practice Review Sheet (The Children’s Blizzard of 1888)
Summative Test- Thursday
Keys to Success for Your Child
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use Infinite Campus to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages every week for all subjects.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COMPUTERS MUST BE CHARGED EVERY NIGHT AND BROUGHT IN EVERY DAY!
*EACH STUDENT MUST HAVE HEADPHONES AND BRING THEM EVERY DAY!
Attendance Matters- ALL Day, Every Day!
It is important that your child is here on time everyday. Instruction starts at 8:00am. Please make sure your child is getting a good amount of sleep every night.
Please have your child read at least 20 minutes a night with a book that interests them. If your child needs to borrow books, please contact me.
WEEK OF: January 26th- 30th
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RL.4.1- Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RL.4.2- Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
RL.4.3- Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
RL.4.4- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including words that affect meaning and tone.
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING (OBJECTIVES BY DAY)
Monday, January 26th: I Survived the Children’s Blizzard Novel Study Day 2- comprehension review (referring to details; making inferences; determine the theme; summarizing; describing characters, settings and events; determine the meaning of unknown words using context clues and morphology (word parts) and determining how word meanings affect the tone; Check-in B review (whole group and individual)
Tuesday, January 27th: I Survived the Children’s Blizzard Novel Study Day 3- comprehension review (referring to details; making inferences; determine the theme; summarizing; describing characters, settings and events; determine the meaning of unknown words using context clues and morphology (word parts) and determining how word meanings affect the tone; Check-in B review (whole group and individual)
Wednesday, January 28th: I Survived the Children’s Blizzard Novel Study Day 3- comprehension review (referring to details; making inferences; determine the theme; summarizing; describing characters, settings and events; determine the meaning of unknown words using context clues and morphology (word parts) and determining how word meanings affect the tone; Check-in B review (whole group and individual)
Thursday, January 29th: I Survived the Children’s Blizzard Novel Study Day 4- comprehension QUIZ (referring to details; making inferences; determine the theme; summarizing; describing characters, settings and events; determine the meaning of unknown words using context clues and morphology (word parts) and determining how word meanings affect the tone; Check-in B review (whole group and individual)
Friday, January 30th- I Survived the Children’s Blizzard Novel Study Day 5; Quiz review (individual and whole group- referring to details; making inferences; determine the theme; summarizing; describing characters, settings and events; determine the meaning of unknown words using context clues and morphology (word parts) and determining how word meanings affect the tone) Check-in B review (whole group and individual)
Comprehension Strategies to Review:
Read the passage, questions, and answer choices carefully.
Highlight key words in the questions and details in the text.
Be careful with two-part answers! One part could be right, one part could be wrong. (circle “and” and check both sides)
Look back in the text for every question.
Read every answer choice and eliminate the incorrect answers.
Check back over your answers!
VOCABULARY/ SPELLING OF THE WEEK:
None
HOMEWORK/ PROJECTS/ QUIZZES/ TESTS
The Great Schoolhouse Blizzard- open-ended response comprehension sheet- due by Friday
Comprehension Quiz- Thursday
Keys to Success for Your Child
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use Infinite Campus to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages every week for all subjects.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COMPUTERS MUST BE CHARGED EVERY NIGHT AND BROUGHT IN EVERY DAY!
*EACH STUDENT MUST HAVE HEADPHONES AND BRING THEM EVERY DAY!
Attendance Matters- ALL Day, Every Day!
It is important that your child is here on time everyday. Instruction starts at 8:00am. Please make sure your child is getting a good amount of sleep every night.
Please have your child read at least 20 minutes a night with a book that interests them. If your child needs to borrow books, please contact me.
WEEK OF: January 19th- 23rd
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RL.4.1- Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RL.4.2- Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
RL.4.3- Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
RL.4.4- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including words that affect meaning and tone.
W.4.6- Gather information from print and digital sources, while taking notes and categorizing information
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING (OBJECTIVES BY DAY)
Monday, January 19th: HOLIDAY (MLK DAY)- NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, January 20th: Reading Check-in B Test
Wednesday, January 21st: Math Check-in B Test; Reading Check-in B review (whole group/ individual)
Thursday, January 22nd: Reading Check-in B review (whole group/ individual); Task Card Activity- The Children’s Blizzard Introduction
Friday, January 23rd- I Survived the Children’s Blizzard Novel Study Day 1- comprehension review; Reading Check-in B review (whole group/ individual)
Comprehension Strategies to Review:
Read the passage, questions, and answer choices carefully.
Highlight key words in the questions and details in the text.
Be careful with two-part answers! One part could be right, one part could be wrong. (circle “and” and check both sides)
Look back in the text for every question.
Read every answer choice and eliminate the incorrect answers.
Check back over your answers!
VOCABULARY/ SPELLING OF THE WEEK:
None
HOMEWORK/ PROJECTS/ QUIZZES/ TESTS
No paper homework; read for 20 minutes each night
Reading Check-in B Reading (Tuesday)
Reading Check-in B Math (Wednesday)
Keys to Success for Your Child
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use Powerschool to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages every week for all subjects.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
READING CHECK-INS ARE THIS WEEK. PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD COME TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY.
COMPUTERS MUST BE CHARGED EVERY NIGHT AND BROUGHT IN EVERY DAY!
*EACH STUDENT MUST HAVE HEADPHONES AND BRING THEM EVERY DAY!
Attendance Matters- ALL Day, Every Day!
It is important that your child is here on time everyday. Instruction starts at 8:00am. Please make sure your child is getting a good amount of sleep every night.
Please have your child read at least 20 minutes a night with a book that interests them. If your child needs to borrow books, please contact me.
WEEK OF: January 12th- 16th
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RI.4.1- Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RI.4.2- Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
RI.4.3- Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
RI.4.4- Determine the meaning of general academic and domain specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
RI.4.5- Describe the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
RI.4.8- Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING (OBJECTIVES BY DAY)
Monday, January 12th- The Orca (EOG/ Check-in Question Stems)- determining unknown word meanings, determining the main idea, summarizing the text or a part of the text, answering comprehension questions using specific evidence; determining and supporting author’s reasoning and evidence
Tuesday, January 13th- The Human Computer: Katherine Johnson (EOG/ Check-in Question Stems)- determining unknown word meanings, determining the main idea, summarizing the text or a part of the text, answering comprehension questions using specific evidence; determining and supporting author’s reasoning and evidence
Wednesday, January 14th- Task Card Review Activity- determining the main idea of a text; summarizing a text
Thursday, January 15th- Summative Test (Check-in B review)- determining unknown word meanings, determining the main idea, determining the theme; summarizing the text or a part of the text, answering comprehension questions using specific evidence; describing characters, settings, and events, determining and supporting author’s reasoning and evidence
Friday, January 16th- Summative Test Review; all comprehension question stems and strategies
Comprehension R.U.B.R.I.C
Read the passage for understanding.
Use your “ping-pong” eyes.
Be sure to annotate.
Read each question and answer carefully and thoroughly.
Identify the focus detail of each question and find it in the passage.
Consider each answer choice by reading carefully- eliminating or keeping
VOCABULARY/ SPELLING OF THE WEEK:
*None this week*
HOMEWORK/ PROJECTS/ QUIZZES/ TESTS
Homework- Comprehension Practice Sheet- Due by Friday
Test- Summative SchoolNet (Thursday)
Keys to Success for Your Child
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use Infinite Campus to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages every week for all subjects.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
NC READING AND MATH CHECK INs are NEXT WEEK- Tuesday, Jan. 20th (READING) - Wednesday, Jan. 21st (MATH)
COMPUTERS MUST BE CHARGED EVERY NIGHT AND BROUGHT IN EVERY DAY!
*EACH STUDENT MUST HAVE HEADPHONES AND BRING THEM EVERY DAY!
Attendance Matters- ALL Day, Every Day!
It is important that your child is here on time everyday. Instruction starts at 8:00am. Please make sure your child is getting a good amount of sleep every night.
Please have your child read at least 20 minutes a night with a book that interests them. If your child needs to borrow books, please contact me.
WEEK OF: January 5th- 9th
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RL.4.1- Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text
RL.4.2- determine the theme; summarizing a text or a part of the text
RL.4.3- describing characters, settings, and events based on details from the text
RL.4.4- determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text
L.4.4- Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content;context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials (synonyms and antonyms)
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING/ DAILY OBJECTIVES:
Monday, January 5th
No School For Students
Tuesday, January 6th
Students Return
Skill Focus: all literature skills (Check-in B review and practice)
Passage: The Long Walk Home (schoolnet)
Strategies and Activities: Comprehension Practice- referring to details to answer questions; making inferences; summarizing using key details; determining the theme; describing characters, settings, and events; clarifying and determining meaning of unknown words using context clues and morphology
Wednesday, December 17th
Skill Focus: all literature skills (Check-in B review and practice)
Passage: Sammy’s Snowman (Task Card activity)
Strategies and Activities: Comprehension Practice with task cards- referring to details to answer questions; making inferences; summarizing using key details; determining the theme; describing characters, settings, and events; clarifying and determining meaning of unknown words using context clues and morphology
Thursday, December 18th
Skill Focus: determining meaning of unknown words using context clues and morphology
Strategies and Activities: RL Quiz (schoolnet)- determining the meaning of multiple unknown words using context clues and morphology (word parts)
Friday, December 19th
Review Focus: determining meaning of unknown words using context clues and morphology; strategy review
Strategies and Activities: Whole group and individual review of RL Quiz; IXL comprehension practice (determining the theme)
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY:
Theme
Summarizing
Supporting details
inferring/ inference/ inferencing
Summary/ summarize
Characters/////////
Settings
Events
WEEKLY HOMEWORK
Read for 20 minutes each night
IXL Reading Recommendations (no paper homework)
QUIZZES/ TESTS:
RL Quiz (Thursday)
KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR YOUR CHILD:
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use the Parent Portal to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages and Remind regularly.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Holiday Break: December 20th, 2025- January 5th, 2026- Students return on January 6th
Reading Check-in B: January 20th
WEEK OF: December 15th- 19th
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RI.4.1/ RL.4.1- Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text
RI.4.2/ RL.4.2- determine the main idea of a text or a part of the text/ determine the theme; summarizing a text or a part of the text
RI.4.3/ RL.4.3- Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information provided; describing characters, settings, and events based on details from the text
RI.4.5- Describe the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
L.4.4- Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content;context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials (synonyms and antonyms)
RI.4.8- Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING/ DAILY OBJECTIVES:
Monday, December 15th
Skill Focus: all informational skills (review and practice)
Expository Text: The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
Strategies and Activities: Analyzing the text; Comprehension Practice (referring to details, inferring, determine the main idea, summarizing, author’s purpose and reasoning, determining word meanings)
Tuesday, December 16th
Skill Focus: a informational skills (review and practice)
Expository Text: Winter Celebrations Around the World
Strategies and Activities: Analyzing the text; Comprehension Practice (referring to details, inferring, determine the main idea, summarizing, author’s purpose and reasoning, determining word meanings)
Wednesday, December 17th
Skill Focus: all informational skills (review and practice)
Expository Text: Ramadan
Strategies and Activities: Analyzing the text; Comprehension Practice task card activity (referring to details, inferring, determine the main idea, summarizing, author’s purpose and reasoning, determining word meanings)
Thursday, December 18th
Skill Focus: all informational skills review and practice
Expository Text: Reindeer
Strategies and Activities: Analyzing the text; Comprehension Practice (referring to details, inferring, determine the main idea, summarizing, author’s purpose and reasoning, determining word meanings)
Friday, December 19th
Review Focus: referring to details, inferencing, determining the main idea/ theme, summarizing, authors purpose and reasoning, describing characters, settings, and events, determining unknown word meanings)
Strategies and Activities: Whole group and individual review; IXL comprehension practice
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY:
Main idea/ Theme
Summarizing
Supporting details
inferring/ inference/ inferencing
Summary/ summarize
Author’s reasoning
Evidence
Text structure- compare, contrast, problem, solution, description, cause, effect
WEEKLY HOMEWORK
None this week
QUIZZES/ TESTS:
None this week
KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR YOUR CHILD:
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use the Parent Portal to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages and Remind regularly.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Holiday Break: December 20th, 2025- January 5th, 2026- Students return on January 6th
WEEK OF: December 8th- 12th
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RL.4.1- Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RL.4.3- Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
RL.4.4- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text,including words that affect meaning and tone.
RL.4.6- Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.
RL.4.7- Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text
L.4.4- Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content,choosing flexibly from a range of strategies: context clues,word parts,word relationships,and reference materials.
L.4.5a- Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances in word meanings. a. Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors in context.
L.4.5b- Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances in word meanings. b. Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING (OBJECTIVES BY DAY)
Novel: I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 by Lauren Tashis
(week 2 of 2 of our novel study)
Last week, we covered Chapters 1-9 of our novel. This week, we will be reading the remaining chapters, while doing various activities to strengthen our comprehension skills to prepare us for NC Check-ins and EOGs. The students are loving the novel so far!
Monday, Dec. 8th- Novel Study Week 2 Day 1- Chapter 10: determining the meaning of words using context clues and morphology; explaining the characters and the setting by answering comprehension questions; determining the meaning of phrases within a text and how it affects the tone; making inferences based on text evidence and schema
Tuesday, Dec. 9th- Novel Study Week 2 Day 2: Chapters 11 & 12: determining the meaning of words using context and morphology; explaining the characters and the setting by answering comprehension questions; making inferences based on text evidence and schema; explaining events in a text using specific details
Wednesday, Dec. 10th- Novel Study Week 2 Day 3- Chapters 13-14- determining the meaning of words using context clues and morphology; explaining the characters and the setting by answering comprehension questions; determining the meaning of phrases within a text and how it affects the tone; making inferences based on text evidence and schema; summarizing a text;
Thursday, Dec. 11th- Novel Study Week 2 Day 3 (final chapters)- Chapters 15-16- review game; determining the meaning of words using context clues and morphology; explaining the characters and the setting by answering comprehension questions; determining the meaning of phrases within a text and how it affects the tone; making inferences based on text evidence and schema
Friday, Dec. 12th- SchoolNet Literature Test (review of all skills from novel study):
determining the meaning of words using context clues and morphology; explaining the characters and the setting by answering comprehension questions; determining the meaning of phrases within a text and how it affects the tone; making inferences based on text evidence and schema
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY:
inference – a conclusion derived from logical reasoning following an investigation of available evidence
setting – the time and place of the action in a book, play, story, etc.
tone – the attitude an author takes toward the subject or topic of a text, generally revealed through word choice, perspective, or point of view
event – a thing that happens; an occurrence
HOMEWORK/ PROJECTS/ QUIZZES/ TESTS
Homework- Inference practice (due by Friday)
Comprehension Test - Friday
KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR YOUR CHILD:
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use the Parent Portal to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages and Remind regularly.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Christmas Break- December 22nd- January 5th, 2026
STUDENTS RETURN ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 6th, 2026
WEEK OF: December 1st- 5th
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RL.4.1- Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RL.4.3- Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
RL.4.4- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text,including words that affect meaning and tone.
RL.4.6- Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.
RL.4.7- Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text
L.4.4- Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content,choosing flexibly from a range of strategies: context clues,word parts,word relationships,and reference materials.
L.4.5a- Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances in word meanings. a. Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors in context.
L.4.5b- Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances in word meanings. b. Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING (OBJECTIVES BY DAY)
Novel: I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 by Lauren Tashis
(week 1 of 2 of our novel study)
This novel is a part of a New York Times Bestselling Series. This author takes real events that have happened in the past and writes historical fiction novels in young- student friendly language to teach kids about these events and what people went through during these times.
My biggest goal by the end of the school year is to have students who want to read and to love to read. Doing novel studies with engaging books can help foster a lifelong love for reading! No additional reading of this novel will need to be done at home. All reading will be done in the classroom. We will be practicing different skills as we learn about what some people went through during the tragic sinking of the Titanic. These skills will help us prepare for the second Reading check-in coming up in January. I am really excited about the next two weeks!
Monday, Dec. 1st- Novel Study Week 1 Day 1: Chapters 1 & 2; Introduction to novel and vocabulary words- determining the meaning of words using context clues and morphology; explaining the characters and the setting by answering comprehension questions; making comparisons with characters within the story; determining how certain words and phrases help determine the tone of the selection; answering questions based on characters and events using specific details; using schema and text evidence to make inferences while reading
Tuesday, Dec. 2nd- Novel Study Week 1 Day 2: Chapters 3 & 4- determining the meaning of unfamiliar words using context clues and morphology; answering comprehension questions based on characters and events using specific details; understanding how certain words and phrases affect the tone of the selection; determining the meaning of figurative language and how it affects the meaning of the text; comparing and contrasting different characters and their points of view while reading; understanding why point of view is important and how it affects the events in the story
Wednesday, Dec. 3rd- Novel Study Week 1 Day 3: Chapters 5 & 6- determining the meaning of unfamiliar words using context and morphology; understanding figurative language within the text and how it affects the meaning of the text; making inferences while reading using schema and text evidence; understanding cause and effect within and text; using text evidence to support opinions; finding similes in the text and determining the meaning and how they affect the tone; understanding how to use character traits for describe characters
Thursday, Dec. 4th- Novel Study Week 1 Day 4: Chapters 7 & 8- determining the meaning of unfamiliar words using context and morphology; understanding figurative language within the text and how it affects the meaning of the text; making inferences while reading and using schema and text evidence; answering comprehension questions based on characters and events using specific details; making predictions about what will happen next using text evidence; understanding and finding similes, personification, and metaphors within the text and determine how it affects the meaning of the selection
Friday, Dec. 5th- Novel Study Week 1 Day 5- Chapter 9 Comprehension Test- determining the meaning of unfamiliar words using context and morphology; understanding words to put them into context; understanding figurative language within the text and how it affects the meaning of the text; making inferences while reading and using schema and text evidence; answering comprehension questions based on characters and events using specific details; making connections between chapters in the novel
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY:
Theme
Characters
Setting
Events
Inference
HOMEWORK/ PROJECTS/ QUIZZES/ TESTS
Homework- Due Friday (Comprehension Practice)
Comprehension Test on Friday
KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR YOUR CHILD:
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use the Parent Portal to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages and Remind regularly.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Christmas at the Barn: December 4th from 5:30- 7:30 (See your “husky happenings” email for more information)
WEEK OF: November 24th- 28th
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RI.4.1- Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RI.4.2- Determine the main idea of a text or a part of the text using supporting details.
RI.4.5- Describe the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
L.4.4- Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content;context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials (synonyms and antonyms)
RI.4.3- Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information provided.
RI.4.8- Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING/ DAILY OBJECTIVES:
Monday, November 24th:
Skill Focus: all informational skills review
Expository Text: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Strategies and Activities: Analyzing the text; Thinking Map: Circle Map; Comprehension Practice (referring to details, inferring, main idea, summarizing, author’s purpose and reasoning, determining word meanings)
Tuesday, November 25th:
Skill Focus: all informational skills review
Expository Text: Balloons Over Broadway
Strategies and Activities: Analyzing the text; Vocabulary Overview; Comprehension Practice (referring to details, inferring, main idea, summarizing, author’s purpose and reasoning, determining word meanings); Creative Writing activity
Wednesday, November 26th- Friday, November 28th: Thanksgiving Break
Monday, December 1st: Students return
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY:
Main idea
Supporting details
inferring/ inference/ inferencing
Summary/ summarize
Author’s reasoning
Evidence
Text structure- compare, contrast, problem, solution, description, cause, effect
WEEKLY HOMEWORK
Read for 20 minutes each night
QUIZZES/ TESTS:
None this week
KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR YOUR CHILD:
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use the Parent Portal to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages and Remind regularly.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Christmas at the Barn: December 4th from 5:30- 7:30 (See your “husky happenings” email for more information)
WEEK OF: November 17th- 21st
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RI.4.1/ RL.4.1- Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text
RI.4.2/ RL.4.2- determine the main idea of a text or a part of the text/ determine the theme; summarizing a text or a part of the text
RI.4.3/ RL.4.3- Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information provided; describing characters, settings, and events based on details from the text
RI.4.5- Describe the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
L.4.4- Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content;context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials (synonyms and antonyms)
RI.4.8- Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING/ DAILY OBJECTIVES:
Monday, November 17th:
Skill Focus: all informational skills (review and practice)
Expository Text: The Respectable Turkey
Strategies and Activities: Analyzing the text; Comprehension Practice (referring to details, inferring, determine the main idea, summarizing, author’s purpose and reasoning, determining word meanings)
Tuesday, November 18th:
Skill Focus: a literature skills (review and practice)
Literature Text: Tommy the Turkey
Strategies and Activities: Analyzing the text; Comprehension Practice (referring to details, inferring, determine the theme, describe characters, settings, and events, determining word meanings)
Wednesday, November 19th:
Skill Focus: all informational and literature skills (review and practice)
Strategies and Activities: Task Card review activity with both literature and expository texts (referring to details, inferencing, determining the main idea/ theme, summarizing, authors purpose and reasoning, describing characters, settings, and events, determining unknown word meanings)
Thursday, November 20th:
Skill Focus: all informational and literature skills
Strategies and Activities: Summative Test- comprehension on all literature and informational skills (referring to details, inferencing, determining the main idea/ theme, summarizing, authors purpose and reasoning, describing characters, settings, and events, determining unknown word meanings)
Friday, November 14th:
Review Focus: referring to details, inferencing, determining the main idea/ theme, summarizing, authors purpose and reasoning, describing characters, settings, and events, determining unknown word meanings)
Strategies and Activities: Whole group review of questions 75% or less; Individual and small group review
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY:
Main idea/ Theme
Summarizing
Supporting details
inferring/ inference/ inferencing
Summary/ summarize
Author’s reasoning
Evidence
Text structure- compare, contrast, problem, solution, description, cause, effect
Characters
Events
Setting
WEEKLY HOMEWORK
Main Idea Practice Sheet- Due By Friday
QUIZZES/ TESTS:
Summative Test- Thursday
KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR YOUR CHILD:
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use the Parent Portal to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages and Remind regularly.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
WEEK OF: November 10th- 14th
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RI.4.1- Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RI.4.2- Determine the main idea of a text or a part of a text by using supporting details; summarize the text or a part of the text
RI.4.3- Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information provided.
RI.4.5- Describe the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
RI.4.8- Use details to determine the author's reasoning and evidence and support the author's claims using details.
L.4.4- Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content;context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials (synonyms and antonyms)
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING/ DAILY OBJECTIVES:
Monday, November 10th:
Skill Focus: Main Idea and Supporting Details
Expository Text: Social Media and Kids
Strategies and Activities: Analyzing the text; Thinking Map: FCRR- Main Idea Mania; Comprehension Practice (referring to details, inferring, main idea, summarizing, author’s purpose and reasoning, determining word meanings)
Tuesday, November 11th: Veteran’s Day (No School)
Wednesday, November 12th:
Skill Focus: Main Idea and Supporting Details
Expository Text: Video Games and Kids
Strategies and Activities: Analyzing the text; Thinking Map: FCRR- Main Idea Mania; Task Card Comprehension Review (referring to details, inferring, main idea, summarizing, author’s purpose and reasoning, determining word meanings, text structure)
Thursday, November 13th:
Skill Focus: referring to details, inferring, main idea, summarizing, author’s purpose and reasoning, determining word meanings
Expository Text: Butterflies and Moths (Schoolnet)
Strategies and Activities: Informational Quiz- Comprehension Review (referring to details, inferring, main idea, summarizing, author’s purpose and reasoning, determining word meanings, text structure) and Thinking Map: FCRR- Main Idea Mania
Friday, November 14th:
Review Focus: referring to details, inferring, determining the main idea, summarizing, author’s purpose and reasoning, determining word meanings, text structure
Strategies and Activities: Whole group review of questions 75% or less; Individual and small group review; main idea practice
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY:
Main idea
Supporting details
inferring/ inference/ inferencing
Summary/ summarize
Author’s reasoning
Evidence
Text structure- compare, contrast, problem, solution, description, cause, effect
WEEKLY HOMEWORK
Main Idea Practice Sheet- Due By Friday
QUIZZES/ TESTS:
Informational Quiz: Thursday
KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR YOUR CHILD:
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use the Parent Portal to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages and Remind regularly.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
WEEK OF: November 3rd- 7th
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RL.1- finding text evidence; drawing inferences from the text
RL.2- summarize a text; determining the theme
RL.4-determine the meaning of unknown words using morphology (word parts) and/ or context clues
RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
L.4.4 Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies: context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials.
L.4.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances in word meanings.
a. Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors in context. b. Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING/ DAILY OBJECTIVES:
Monday, November 3rd- Whole group review: determining the theme of a selection; summarizing a literature selection (characters, problem, and solution); Comprehension text- The Bridge Over Maple Creek- analyze the text and determine the theme; use FCRR Summary Step-up anchor chart to summarize the selection; answer various comprehension questions using details from the text
Tuesday, November 4th- Review of using the FCRR Summary Step-Up anchor chart; Independent Practice: Comprehension text- The Secret Ingredient- analyze the text and determine the theme; use FCRR Summary Step-up anchor chart to summarize the selection; answer various comprehension questions using details from the text
Wednesday, November 5th- Partner Work/ Independent Practice: Comprehension Text- The Science Fair Switch- determine the theme; describe characters, settings, and events; referring to details in the text; summarizing
Thursday, November 6th- Literature Test- determine the theme; describe characters, settings, and events; referring to details in the text; summarizing
Friday, November 7th- Literature Test review (whole group- questions less than 75% mastered); individual review of skills not yet mastered; summarizing practice
THIS WEEK’S VOCABULARY WORDS:
None this week
ACADEMIC WORDS TO KNOW:
Theme
Summarizing
infer/ inference
Setting
Character
Events
HOMEWORK:
Literature Practice Sheet- Starving! Due by Friday
QUIZZES/ TESTS:
Literature Test- Thursday
OUR STRATEGIES:
Read the entire selection, all questions, and all answer choices.
Highlight what is important in the questions.
Go back to the text and highlight the answer.
Eliminate or choose for each answer choice.
Flag the question if you’re unsure and go back.
KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR YOUR CHILD:
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use the Parent Portal to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages and Remind regularly.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Fall picture makeup day- November 6th
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WEEK OF: October 27th- 31st
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RL.1- finding text evidence; drawing inferences from the text
RL.2- summarize a text; determining the theme
RL.4-determine the meaning of unknown words using morphology (word parts) and/ or context clues
RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
L.4.4 Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies: context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials.
L.4.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances in word meanings.
a. Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors in context. b. Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING/ DAILY OBJECTIVES:
Monday, October 27th- Fall Break
Tuesday, October 28th- Fall Break
Wednesday, October 29th- Check-in review focus- theme; theme review; determining the theme of a selection; determining the theme practice assignment
Thursday, October 30th- Check- in review focus- summarizing; summarizing review; summarize a text or a part of the text; summarizing thinking map and practice; comprehension practice
Friday, October 31st- Literature quiz- determine the theme; summarize the selection or a part of the selection; describing the setting, characters, and events based on information from the text
THIS WEEK’S VOCABULARY WORDS:
None this week
ACADEMIC WORDS TO KNOW:
Theme
Summarizing
infer/ inference
Setting
Character
Events
HOMEWORK:
Read for at least 20 minutes each night. (No paper homework)
QUIZZES/ TESTS:
Literature Quiz- Friday
OUR STRATEGIES:
Read the entire selection, all questions, and all answer choices.
Highlight what is important in the questions.
Go back to the text and highlight the answer.
Eliminate or choose for each answer choice.
Flag the question if you’re unsure and go back.
KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR YOUR CHILD:
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use the Parent Portal to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages and Remind regularly.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Fall Break: October 24th- October 28th, students return to school on October 29th.
WEEK OF: October 20th- 24th
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RI.1/ RL.1- explaining what the text says using specific details; finding text evidence; drawing inferences from the text
RI.2/ RL.2- determining the main idea and supporting details; summarize a text; determining the theme
RI.4/ RL.4-determine the meaning of unknown words using morphology (word parts) and/ or context clues
RI.5- describing the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text (description, sequencing, compare and contrast, problem and solution, cause and effect)
RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
L.4.4 Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies: context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials.
L.4.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances in word meanings.
a. Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors in context. b. Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING/ DAILY OBJECTIVES:
Monday, October 20th- Text Structure review activity (all text structures- determine the text structure of various paragraphs using details and key words from the text); Check-in A Review (whole group review- any question less than 75% overall and individual review)
Tuesday, October 21st- Text Structure review activity (all text structures- determine the text structure of various paragraphs using details and key words from the text); Check-in A Review (whole group review- any question less than 75% overall and individual review)
Wednesday, October 22nd- Text structure Quiz- determine the text structure of various informational paragraphs using details from the text and key words; Check-in A Review (whole group review- any question less than 75% overall and individual review)
Thursday, October 23rd- Text structure Quiz- determine the text structure of various informational paragraphs using details from the text and key words; Check-in A Review (whole group review- any question less than 75% overall and individual review)
Friday, October 24th- No School- Fall break
THIS WEEK’S VOCABULARY WORDS:
None this week
ACADEMIC WORDS TO KNOW:
Main Idea
Author’s purpose
Text Structure
Problem
Solution
Cause
Effect
Main idea
Theme
Summarizing
infer/ inference
HOMEWORK:
Literature Practice Sheet- How The Bear Lost His Tail- due by THURSDAY (no school on friday)
QUIZZES/ TESTS:
Text Structure Quiz: Wednesday
OUR STRATEGIES:
Read the entire selection, all questions, and all answer choices.
Highlight what is important in the questions.
Go back to the text and highlight the answer.
Eliminate or choose for each answer choice.
Flag the question if you’re unsure and go back.
KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR YOUR CHILD:
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use the Parent Portal to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages and Remind regularly.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The grading period ends on October 23rd. In order for me to get everything ready for the AR store and also to put the AR quiz in, the last day to take AR tests for this grading period will be on October 21st. AR will resume after Fall Break.
Trunk-or-Treat: This Thursday- October 23rd- please help by bringing in individually wrapped candy for homework passes!
Fall Break: October 24th- October 28th, students return to school on October 29th.
WEEK OF: October 13th- 17th
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RI.1/ RL.1- explaining what the text says using specific details; finding text evidence; drawing inferences from the text
RI.2/ RL.2- determining the main idea and supporting details; summarize a text; determining the theme
RI.4/ RL.4-determine the meaning of unknown words using morphology (word parts) and/ or context clues
RI.5- describing the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text (description, sequencing, compare and contrast, problem and solution, cause and effect)
RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
L.4.4 Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies: context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials.
L.4.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances in word meanings.
a. Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors in context. b. Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
W.4.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING/ DAILY OBJECTIVES:
Monday, October 13th- Check-in Review Schoolnet- whole group review of all skills that were less than 75% overall; individual review of all skills (main idea, theme, summarizing, referring to details, characters, settings, and events, author’s reasoning, meaning of unknown words); text structure review activity- description, sequencing/ chronological, problem and solution, cause and effect, and compare and contrast
Tuesday, October 14th- Reading NC Check-in A; Creative writing activity- develop ideas and provide details to create an opinion writing *LITERACY NIGHT FROM 6PM- 7PM
Wednesday, October 15th- Math NC Check-in A; text structure review activity- description, sequencing/ chronological, problem and solution, cause and effect, and compare and contrast
Thursday, October 16th- Text Structure Quiz- determining the text structure of various paragraphs/ smaller passages
Friday, October 17th- NC Check-in A review on skills less than 75%; main idea, theme, summarizing, referring to details, characters, settings, and events, author’s reasoning, meaning of unknown words); text structure review activity- description, sequencing/ chronological, problem and solution, cause and effect, and compare and contrast
THIS WEEK’S VOCABULARY WORDS:
None this week
ACADEMIC WORDS TO KNOW:
Main Idea
Author’s purpose
Text Structure
Problem
Solution
Cause
Effect
Main idea
Theme
Summarizing
infer/ inference
HOMEWORK:
No paper homework this week; read for 20 minutes each night
QUIZZES/ TESTS:
NC Check-in A for Reading:
NC Check-in A for Math:
Text Structure Quiz:
OUR STRATEGIES:
Read the entire selection, all questions, and all answer choices.
Highlight what is important in the questions.
Go back to the text and highlight the answer.
Eliminate or choose for each answer choice.
Flag the question if you’re unsure and go back.
KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR YOUR CHILD:
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use the Parent Portal to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages and Remind regularly.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Book Fair is this week!
Literacy Night- October 14th from 6-7pm
Trunk-or-Treat: October 23rd- please help by bringing in individually wrapped candy for homework passes!
WEEK OF: October 6th -10th
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RI.1/ RL.1- explaining what the text says using specific details; finding text evidence; drawing inferences from the text
RI.2/ RL.2- determining the main idea and supporting details; summarize a text; determining the theme
RI.4/ RL.4-determine the meaning of unknown words using morphology (word parts) and/ or context clues
RI.5- describing the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text (description, sequencing, compare and contrast, problem and solution, cause and effect)
RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
L.4.4 Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies: context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials.
L.4.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances in word meanings.
a. Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors in context. b. Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING/ DAILY OBJECTIVES:
Monday, October 6th- review of text structure anchor chart; text structure focus: cause and effect- review of cause (the reason- why?) and effect (the result- what?); Comprehension passage/ topic: Earthquakes- creating a thinking map to show causes and effects from the text; comprehension practice reviewing other informational skills
Tuesday, October 7th- review of text structure anchor chart; text structure focus: problem and solution- review of problem (what is wrong) and solution (how the problem is solved) ; Comprehension passage/ topic: Tsunamis- creating a problem and solution thinking map to show the problems from the text and the solutions to match; comprehension practice reviewing other informational skills
Wednesday, October 8th- Check-in A Task Card review- using information from the selection and making inferences; determine the main idea and theme with supporting details; describing characters and events; summarizing; determining the meaning of unknown words using context clues and morphology
Thursday, October 9th- Check- in Review A Schoolnet Test- using information from the selection and making inferences; determine the main idea and theme with supporting details; describing characters and events; summarizing; determining the meaning of unknown words using context clues and morphology
Friday, October 10th- Whole group review of Check-in Review A Schoolnet Test (whole group review- questions that are lower than 70% correct for each block; individual reviews and small group reviews based on individual scores; independent practice- main idea and summarizing
THIS WEEK’S VOCABULARY WORDS:
None this week
ACADEMIC WORDS TO KNOW:
Main Idea
Author’s purpose
Text Structure
Problem
Solution
Cause
Effect
Main idea
Theme
Summarizing
infer/ inference
HOMEWORK:
Practice Sheet: Ben’s Awful Day
QUIZZES/ TESTS:
Check-In A Review Schoolnet Test- Thursday
OUR STRATEGIES:
Read the entire selection, all questions, and all answer choices.
Highlight what is important in the questions.
Go back to the text and highlight the answer.
Eliminate or choose for each answer choice.
Flag the question if you’re unsure and go back.
KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR YOUR CHILD:
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use the Parent Portal to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages and Remind regularly.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
READING NC CHECK-IN A- OCTOBER 14th
Book Fair: October 13th- 17th
Literacy Night- October 14th from 6-7pm
Trunk-or-Treat: October 23rd- please help by bringing in individually wrapped candy for homework passes!
WEEK OF: September 29th- October 3rd
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RI.1- explaining what the text says using specific details; finding text evidence; drawing inferences from the text
RI.2- determining the main idea and supporting details; summarize a text
RI.4-determine the meaning of unknown words using morphology (word parts) and/ or context clues
*RI.5- describing the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text (description, sequencing, compare and contrast, problem and solution, cause and effect)
*new skill introduced and taught this week
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING/ DAILY OBJECTIVES:
Monday, September 29th- text structure overview, introduction and anchor chart- What does the structure of a text mean and how can we determine the text structure of a text? text structure focus: description- key words to determine text structure; Blizzards comprehension passage- text structure practice; creating a circle map with details to show description
Tuesday, September 30th- review of text structure anchor chart; text structure focus- sequence/ sequencing- key words to determine text structure; Wildfires comprehension passage; text structure practice; sequencing activity
Wednesday, October 1st- review of text structure anchor chart; review of comparing vs. contrasting; text structure focus: compare and contrast- key words to determine text structure; Tornadoes and Hurricanes comprehension passage- text structure practice using task cards; creating venn diagram to show comparisons and differences
Thursday, October 2nd- Informational Quiz- determining the text structure of a text using key words and information from the text; determining the main idea; summarizing; making inferences using background knowledge and information from the text; determining the meaning of unknown words using morphology (word parts) and context clues
Friday, October 3rd- Whole group review of informational quiz (questions that are lower than 70% correct for each block; individual review of informational quiz; text structure review and practice (description, sequencing; compare and contrast)
THIS WEEK’S VOCABULARY WORDS:
None this week
ACADEMIC WORDS TO KNOW:
Main Idea
Author’s purpose
Text Structure
Description
Compare
Contrast
Sequencing
Sequence
WEEKLY HOMEWORK
Mini- Research activity: Choose ONE of the following natural disasters that we are learning about in class- blizzards, wildfires, tornadoes, or hurricanes. Research the topic you chose.
Write a paragraph with at least 5 sentences about what you learned about that natural disaster. Make sure you have capital letters, punctuation, correct grammar, and complete sentences.
QUIZZES/ TESTS:
Informational Comprehension Quiz- Thursday
OUR STRATEGIES:
Read the entire selection, all questions, and all answer choices.
Highlight what is important in the questions.
Go back to the text and highlight the answer.
Eliminate or choose for each answer choice.
Flag the question if you’re unsure and go back.
KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR YOUR CHILD:
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use the Parent Portal to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages and Remind regularly.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Literacy Night- October 14th from 6-7pm
If your child takes his or her chromebook home, he or she must bring it everyday and have it 100% charged.
✨ What is the AR (Accelerated Reader) Program?
Accelerated Reader (AR) is a reading management software from Renaissance Learning that helps teachers track students’ reading progress.
How It Works:
Students read books from the AR list.
After finishing, they take quizzes (without using the book).
Points are awarded based on difficulty and quiz performance.
🌟 Why is AR Important?
🌟 Why is AR Important?
The AR Reading program helps students grow into confident readers by:
Building fluency (reading smoothly and accurately).
Building stamina (reading for longer periods).
Building confidence in reading skills.
Strengthening comprehension (understanding what is read).
📊 AR STAR Assessment
📊 AR STAR Assessment
Recently, your child completed their AR STAR assessment on Accelerated Reader. This test:
Recently, your child completed their AR STAR assessment on Accelerated Reader. This test:
Provides a Lexile level.
Provides a Lexile level.
Suggests a level range for book selection (classroom or library).
Suggests a level range for book selection (classroom or library).
STAR assessments will be given periodically to keep each child’s Lexile level up to date.
📝 AR Requirements at NEC Prep
As your child takes AR quizzes, the program tracks proficiency (overall percentage correct).
EVERY CHILD’S PROFICIENCY GOAL IS 85% OR BETTER.
At the end of each six weeks, your child’s proficiency score = a quiz grade in ELA.
Example: If your child’s proficiency is 92%, their quiz grade is 92.
📌 AR quiz grades = 30% of the ELA average.
⚠️ Important Notes:
AR is required for all students.
Quizzes can only be taken at school.
Encourage at-home reading! If the book is on AR, students may take the quiz during school hours.
To check if a book is AR, visit: www.arbookfind.com.
🎁 Incentives for AR at NEC Prep
🎁 Incentives for AR at NEC Prep
Just like last year, NEC Prep will have an AR Store located in the library.
Students “buy” prizes with their AR points.
More points = More prizes! 🎉
💡 How You Can Help Your Child with AR
📖 Encourage your child to read every night for at least 20 minutes.
✅ Check in with your child about their AR progress.
🙌 Remind them to take AR seriously and do their best on quizzes.
📚 Fun Fact: Students who read 20 minutes a night are exposed to over 1.8 million words a year—a powerful boost to academic achievement!
✨ Together, we can help our students at NEC Prep become stronger, more confident readers!
If you have not signed up for REMIND, please do so immediately. This is in place of Classdojo this year. A signup paper was given by your child’s homeroom teacher.
WEEK OF: September 22nd- 26th
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RL.4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
RL.4.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including words that affect meaning and tone.
L.4.4 Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies: context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials.
L.4.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances in word meanings.
a. Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors in context. b. Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING/ DAILY OBJECTIVES:
Monday, September 22nd- (Hardison- off- message other teachers or call the front office if needed); new vocabulary words given (your child will write these in his or her ELA notebooks); IXL theme practice and review; characters and events practice and review
Tuesday, September 23rd- Making inferences- whole group review; Vocabulary review; Comprehension passage (I Had a Dream)- review and discussion of vocabulary words and comprehension strategies; Comprehension practice (determine the theme, describe characters, settings, and events, determine meaning of unknown words, summarizing, making inferences)
Wednesday, September 24th- Vocabulary task cards- define the words and use them correctly in a sentence to show a deeper understanding
Thursday, September 25th- Vocabulary Test- define the words and use them correctly in a sentence to show a deeper understanding
Friday, September 26th- Inferencing Whole Group review and practice- making inferences based on schema (background knowledge) and the information from the text to make an educated guess
THIS WEEK’S VOCABULARY WORDS:
Your child will write these sentences in his or her ELA notebooks on Monday
1. Revere- to respect
2. Major- important or serious
3. Drama- a play or a situation involving intense and serious conflict
4. Minor- not important
5. Obvious- easy to see or understand
6. Proceed- to continue or move forward
7. Cease- to stop doing something
8. Approximately- nearly
9. Scoffed- sneered
ACADEMIC WORDS TO KNOW:
Theme
Supporting detail
Characters
Setting
Tone
Infer/ Inference/ Inferring
WEEKLY HOMEWORK
Choose 5 vocabulary words and write a sentence using each word in the correct context. Make sure to have capitalization, punctuation, and correct grammar.
*There will be no “worksheet” given. If your child needs paper it will be provided.
QUIZZES/ TESTS:
Vocabulary Test- Thursday
OUR STRATEGIES:
Read the entire selection, all questions, and all answer choices.
Highlight what is important in the questions.
Go back to the text and highlight the answer.
Eliminate or choose for each answer choice.
Flag the question if you’re unsure and go back.
KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR YOUR CHILD:
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use the Parent Portal to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages and Remind regularly.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Literacy Night- October 14th- more information to come soon
If your child takes his or her chromebook home, he or she must bring it everyday and have it 100% charged.
WEEK OF: September 15th- 19th
*SEE IMPORTANT AR INFORMATION BELOW*
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RL.4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
RL.4.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including words that affect meaning and tone.
L.4.4 Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies: context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials.
L.4.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances in word meanings.
a. Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors in context. b. Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING/ DAILY OBJECTIVES:
Monday, September 15th- Theme review (how to determine the theme of a selection, question stem overview..); Literature question stems overview and discussion; Whole group practice with literature comprehension (determining the theme, describing characters and events, determining the meaning of unknown words, making inferences)
Tuesday, September 16th- Theme review, character question stems review, “Birthday Fun” comprehension practice on describing characters, referring to the passage, and determining the theme (whole group and independent practice- (determining the theme, describing characters and events, determining the meaning of unknown words, making inferences)
Wednesday, September 17th- Determining Theme Review Task card activity- read various fiction and realistic fiction paragraphs and determing the theme
Thursday, September 18th- Theme Quiz- determining the theme of a selection; answering questions based on text evidence; describing characters, settings, and events; making inferences
Friday, September 19th- Theme Quiz individual review; Theme Quiz Whole group review (questions that are overall less than 70% correct); IXL Theme Practice
THIS WEEK’S VOCABULARY WORDS:
None this week
ACADEMIC WORDS TO KNOW:
Theme
Supporting detail
Characters
Setting
Tone
Infer/ Inference/ Inferring
WEEKLY HOMEWORK
Literature Comprehension Sheet- Due by Friday
QUIZZES/ TESTS:
Summative Test- Thursday
OUR STRATEGIES:
Read the entire selection, all questions, and all answer choices.
Highlight what is important in the questions.
Go back to the text and highlight the answer.
Eliminate or choose for each answer choice.
Flag the question if you’re unsure and go back.
KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR YOUR CHILD:
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use the Parent Portal to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages and Remind regularly.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
If your child takes his or her chromebook home, he or she must bring it everyday and have it 100% charged.
✨ What is the AR (Accelerated Reader) Program?
Accelerated Reader (AR) is a reading management software from Renaissance Learning that helps teachers track students’ reading progress.
How It Works:
Students read books from the AR list.
After finishing, they take quizzes (without using the book).
Points are awarded based on difficulty and quiz performance.
🌟 Why is AR Important?
The AR Reading program helps students grow into confident readers by:
Building fluency (reading smoothly and accurately).
Building stamina (reading for longer periods).
Building confidence in reading skills.
Strengthening comprehension (understanding what is read).
📊 AR STAR Assessment
Recently, your child completed their AR STAR assessment on Accelerated Reader. This test:
Provides a Lexile level.
Suggests a level range for book selection (classroom or library).
STAR assessments will be given periodically to keep each child’s Lexile level up to date.
📝 AR Requirements at NEC Prep
As your child takes AR quizzes, the program tracks proficiency (overall percentage correct).
EVERY CHILD’S PROFICIENCY GOAL IS 85% OR BETTER.
At the end of each six weeks, your child’s proficiency score = a quiz grade in ELA.
Example: If your child’s proficiency is 92%, their quiz grade is 92.
📌 AR quiz grades = 30% of the ELA average.
⚠️ Important Notes:
AR is required for all students.
Quizzes can only be taken at school.
Encourage at-home reading! If the book is on AR, students may take the quiz during school hours.
To check if a book is AR, visit: www.arbookfind.com.
🎁 Incentives for AR at NEC Prep
Just like last year, NEC Prep will have an AR Store located in the library.
Students “buy” prizes with their AR points.
More points = More prizes! 🎉
💡 How You Can Help Your Child with AR
📖 Encourage your child to read every night for at least 20 minutes.
✅ Check in with your child about their AR progress.
🙌 Remind them to take AR seriously and do their best on quizzes.
📚 Fun Fact: Students who read 20 minutes a night are exposed to over 1.8 million words a year—a powerful boost to academic achievement!
✨ Together, we can help our students at NEC Prep become stronger, more confident readers!
If you have not signed up for REMIND, please do so immediately. This is in place of Classdojo this year. A signup paper was given by your child’s homeroom teacher.
WEEK OF: September 8th- 12th
*SEE IMPORTANT AR INFORMATION BELOW*
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RL.4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
RL.4.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including words that affect meaning and tone.
L.4.4 Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies: context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials.
L.4.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances in word meanings.
a. Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors in context. b. Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING/ DAILY OBJECTIVES:
Monday, September 8th- Theme introduction and anchor chart; characters and theme question stems overview; Whole group practice on determining the theme of various stories
Tuesday, September 9th- Theme review, character question stems review, “The New Student” comprehension practice on describing characters, referring to the passage, and determining the theme (whole group and independent practice)
Wednesday, September 10th- Summative #1 Review Task card activity (reviewing all informational and literature skills taught so far)
Thursday, September 11th- Summative #1 Test (all skills taught so far- theme, main idea, summarizing, inferencing, referring to details, author’s reasoning, determining the meaning of unknown words)
Friday, September 12th- Summative Test individual review; Summative Test Whole group review (questions that are overall less than 70% correct), complete IXL Diagnostic; IXL Theme Practice
THIS WEEK’S VOCABULARY WORDS:
None this week (no vocab. test)
Content words- theme, supporting details, character, setting, tone, inference
WEEKLY HOMEWORK
Theme Practice Sheet- Due by Friday
QUIZZES/ TESTS:
Summative Test- Thursday
OUR STRATEGIES:
Read the entire selection, all questions, and all answer choices.
Highlight what is important in the questions.
Go back to the text and highlight the answer.
Eliminate or choose for each answer choice.
Flag the question if you’re unsure and go back.
KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR YOUR CHILD:
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use the Parent Portal to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages and Remind regularly.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
If your child takes his or her chromebook home, he or she must bring it everyday and have it 100% charged.
✨ What is the AR (Accelerated Reader) Program?
Accelerated Reader (AR) is a reading management software from Renaissance Learning that helps teachers track students’ reading progress.
How It Works:
Students read books from the AR list.
After finishing, they take quizzes (without using the book).
Points are awarded based on difficulty and quiz performance.
🌟 Why is AR Important?
🌟 Why is AR Important?
The AR Reading program helps students grow into confident readers by:
Building fluency (reading smoothly and accurately).
Building stamina (reading for longer periods).
Building confidence in reading skills.
Strengthening comprehension (understanding what is read).
📊 AR STAR Assessment
📊 AR STAR Assessment
Recently, your child completed their AR STAR assessment on Accelerated Reader. This test:
Provides a Lexile level.
Suggests a level range for book selection (classroom or library).
STAR assessments will be given periodically to keep each child’s Lexile level up to date.
📝 AR Requirements at NEC Prep
As your child takes AR quizzes, the program tracks proficiency (overall percentage correct).
EVERY CHILD’S PROFICIENCY GOAL IS 85% OR BETTER.
At the end of each six weeks, your child’s proficiency score = a quiz grade in ELA.
Example: If your child’s proficiency is 92%, their quiz grade is 92.
📌 AR quiz grades = 30% of the ELA average.
⚠️ Important Notes:
AR is required for all students.
Quizzes can only be taken at school.
Encourage at-home reading! If the book is on AR, students may take the quiz during school hours.
To check if a book is AR, visit: www.arbookfind.com.
🎁 Incentives for AR at NEC Prep
🎁 Incentives for AR at NEC Prep
Just like last year, NEC Prep will have an AR Store located in the library.
Students “buy” prizes with their AR points.
More points = More prizes! 🎉
💡 How You Can Help Your Child with AR
💡 How You Can Help Your Child with AR
📖 Encourage your child to read every night for at least 20 minutes.
✅ Check in with your child about their AR progress.
🙌 Remind them to take AR seriously and do their best on quizzes.
📚 Fun Fact: Students who read 20 minutes a night are exposed to over 1.8 million words a year—a powerful boost to academic achievement!
✨ Together, we can help our students at NEC Prep become stronger, more confident readers!
If you have not signed up for REMIND, please do so immediately. This is in place of Classdojo this year. A signup paper was given by your child’s homeroom teacher.
WEEK OF: September 1st- 5th
*SEE IMPORTANT AR INFORMATION BELOW*
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RI.4-Determine the meaning of unknown words using morphology (word parts) and/ or context clues
RL.4.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including words that affect meaning and tone.
L.4.4 Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies: context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials.
L.4.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances in word meanings.
a. Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors in context. b. Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING/ DAILY OBJECTIVES:
Monday, September 1st- No School
Tuesday, September 2nd- synonyms and antonyms introduction activity and anchor chart and practice; context clues practice (determining the meaning of unknown words using clues from the text and word parts); prefix review
Wednesday, September 3rd- context clues task card review activity (determining the meaning of unknown words using clues from the text and word parts)
Thursday, September 4th- Context clues test- students will determine the meaning of unknown words using morphology (word parts) and information from the text
Friday, September 5th- context clues review; prefix review; individual and whole group data dive and review on context clues test
THIS WEEK’S VOCABULARY WORDS:
None this week
WEEKLY HOMEWORK
Synonyms and Antonyms Practice Sheet- due by Friday
QUIZZES/ TESTS:
Context Clues Test- Thursday
OUR STRATEGIES:
Read the entire selection, all questions, and all answer choices.
Highlight what is important in the questions.
Go back to the text and highlight the answer.
Eliminate or choose for each answer choice.
Flag the question if you’re unsure and go back.
KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR YOUR CHILD:
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use the Parent Portal to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages and Remind regularly.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
If your child takes his or her chromebook home, he or she must bring it everyday and have it 100% charged.
Picture Day- September 4th (students must wear school uniforms)
✨ What is the AR (Accelerated Reader) Program?
Accelerated Reader (AR) is a reading management software from Renaissance Learning that helps teachers track students’ reading progress.
How It Works:
Students read books from the AR list.
After finishing, they take quizzes (without using the book).
Points are awarded based on difficulty and quiz performance.
🌟 Why is AR Important?
🌟 Why is AR Important?
The AR Reading program helps students grow into confident readers by:
Building fluency (reading smoothly and accurately).
Building stamina (reading for longer periods).
Building confidence in reading skills.
Strengthening comprehension (understanding what is read).
📊 AR STAR Assessment
📊 AR STAR Assessment
Recently, your child completed their AR STAR assessment on Accelerated Reader. This test:
Provides a Lexile level.
Suggests a level range for book selection (classroom or library).
STAR assessments will be given periodically to keep each child’s Lexile level up to date.
📝 AR Requirements at NEC Prep
As your child takes AR quizzes, the program tracks proficiency (overall percentage correct).
EVERY CHILD’S PROFICIENCY GOAL IS 85% OR BETTER.
At the end of each six weeks, your child’s proficiency score = a quiz grade in ELA.
Example: If your child’s proficiency is 92%, their quiz grade is 92.
📌 AR quiz grades = 30% of the ELA average.
⚠️ Important Notes:
AR is required for all students.
Quizzes can only be taken at school.
Encourage at-home reading! If the book is on AR, students may take the quiz during school hours.
To check if a book is AR, visit: www.arbookfind.com.
🎁 Incentives for AR at NEC Prep
🎁 Incentives for AR at NEC Prep
Just like last year, NEC Prep will have an AR Store located in the library.
Students “buy” prizes with their AR points.
More points = More prizes! 🎉
💡 How You Can Help Your Child with AR
💡 How You Can Help Your Child with AR
📖 Encourage your child to read every night for at least 20 minutes.
✅ Check in with your child about their AR progress.
🙌 Remind them to take AR seriously and do their best on quizzes.
📚 Fun Fact: Students who read 20 minutes a night are exposed to over 1.8 million words a year—a powerful boost to academic achievement!
✨ Together, we can help our students at NEC Prep become stronger, more confident readers!
If you have not signed up for REMIND, please do so immediately. This is in place of Classdojo this year. A signup paper was given by your child’s homeroom teacher.
WEEK OF: August 25th- 29th
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RI.1- explaining what the text says using specific details; finding text evidence; drawing inferences from the text
RI.2- determining the main idea and supporting details; summarize a text
RI.4-determine the meaning of unknown words using morphology (word parts) and/ or context clues
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING/ DAILY OBJECTIVES:
Monday, August 25th- main idea review with last week’s schoolnet quiz; AR Reading expectations and discussion; STAR reading test
Tuesday, August 26th- comprehension passage practice (Hamsters)- answering questions based on specific details from the text, summarizing a text based on the most important ideas; determining the meaning of words using context clues; making inferences based on schema (background knowledge) and information from the text; complete STAR Testing
Wednesday, August 27th- task card activity- summarizing; understanding the meanings of academic words used when reading informational texts
Thursday, August 28st- Informational Comprehension Quiz (summarizing, main idea, inferences, details, determining unknown words)
Friday, August 22nd- review of informational comprehension test (whole group and individual); summarizing review and practice
THIS WEEK’S VOCABULARY WORDS:
None this week
WEEKLY HOMEWORK
What Do Stingrays Rely On For Self- Defense - due by Friday
QUIZZES/ TESTS:
Informational Comprehension Quiz - Thursday
STAR Test (for AR)- Monday
OUR STRATEGIES:
Read the entire selection, all questions, and all answer choices.
Highlight what is important in the questions.
Go back to the text and highlight the answer.
Eliminate or choose for each answer choice.
Flag the question if you’re unsure and go back.
KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR YOUR CHILD:
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use the Parent Portal to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages and Remind regularly.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
If your child takes his or her chromebook home, he or she must bring it everyday and have it 100% charged.
If you have not signed up for REMIND, please do so immediately. This is in place of Classdojo this year. A signup paper was given by your child’s homeroom teacher.
WEEK OF: August 18th- 22nd
PARENTS PLEASE COMPLETE THIS QUICK SURVEY!
Link: https://forms.gle/C5wMvDTAQamjPUc26
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RI.1- explaining what the text says using specific details; finding text evidence; drawing inferences from the text
RI.2- determining the main idea and supporting details; summarize a text
RI.4-determine the meaning of unknown words using morphology (word parts) and/ or context clues
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING/ DAILY OBJECTIVES:
Monday, August 18th- introduction to vocabulary words; main idea review with last week’s schoolnet quiz; comprehension passage practice (Ocean Life- Sea Turtles)- answering questions based on specific details from the text, summarizing a text based on the most important ideas; determining the meaning of words using context clues; making inferences based on schema (background knowledge) and information from the text
Tuesday, August 19th- main idea review with last week’s schoolnet quiz; comprehension passage practice (Hamsters)- answering questions based on specific details from the text, summarizing a text based on the most important ideas; determining the meaning of words using context clues; making inferences based on schema (background knowledge) and information from the text
Wednesday, August 20th- task card activity- vocabulary word review; understanding the meanings of academic words used when reading informational texts
Thursday, August 21st- Vocabulary test- having a deep understanding of the meanings of academic words used when reading informational texts
Friday, August 22nd- STAAR Testing (AR); individual and whole group review
THIS WEEK’S VOCABULARY WORDS:
1. main idea- what a text is mostly about
2. supporting details- important details that support the main idea
3. summarize- a brief statement including the main points of a text
4. context clues- information surrounding a word that can give you clues about the meaning of unknown words
5. heading- a title that introduces the topic of that section
6. infer- to make an educated guess based on what you already know and the information in the text
7. event- something that happens
8. selection- the entire text
WEEKLY HOMEWORK
The Sloth- Unnoticeable and Fierce worksheet- due by Friday
QUIZZES/ TESTS:
Vocabulary Test- Thursday
OUR STRATEGIES:
Read the entire selection, all questions, and all answer choices.
Highlight what is important in the questions.
Go back to the text and highlight the answer.
Eliminate or choose for each answer choice.
Flag the question if you’re unsure and go back.
KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR YOUR CHILD:
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension,vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use the Parent Portal to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages and Remind regularly.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
If your child takes his or her chromebook home, he or she must bring it everyday and have it 100% charged.
If you have not signed up for REMIND, please do so immediately. This is in place of Classdojo this year. A signup paper was given by your child’s homeroom teacher.
WEEK OF: August 11th- 15th
PARENTS PLEASE COMPLETE THIS QUICK SURVEY! Link: https://forms.gle/C5wMvDTAQamjPUc26
NORTH CAROLINA CURRICULUM STANDARDS OF THE WEEK:
RI.1- explaining what the text says using specific details; finding text evidence
RI.2- determining the main idea and supporting details; summarize a text
RI.4-determine the meaning of academic vocabulary using context clues
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING/ DAILY OBJECTIVES:
Monday, August 11th- main idea review/ anchor charts- understand the purpose of finding it and the strategies to find the the main idea of a selection; comprehension passage practice (Freshwater Ponds)- answering questions based on specific details from the text, summarizing a text based on the most important ideas; determining the meaning of words using context clues
Tuesday, August 12th- review of main idea and supporting details; main idea and supporting details question stems/ anchor chart; comprehension passage practice (Saber- toothed cats)- answering questions based on specific details from the text, summarizing a text based on the most important ideas; determining the meaning of words using context clues
Wednesday, August 13th- task card activity- finding the main idea of different selections
Thursday, August 14th- main idea quiz- determining the main idea of different selections; answering questions based on specific details from the text, summarizing a text based on the most important ideas; determining the meaning of words using context clues
Friday, August 15th- Main idea quiz whole group and individual data and strategy review; STAAR testing (for the AR program)
THIS WEEK’S VOCABULARY WORDS:
N/A
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY:
Main idea- what the selection is mainly about
Supporting details- the details that support the main idea of a selection
Context clues- clues within the selection that help determine the meaning of unknown words
WEEKLY HOMEWORK
Building the Egyptian Pyramids worksheet- DUE BY FRIDAY
Always read for at least 20 minutes every night
QUIZZES/ TESTS:
Main Idea Quiz- Thursday
OUR STRATEGIES:
Read the entire selection, all questions, and all answer choices.
Highlight what is important in the questions.
Go back to the text and highlight the answer.
Eliminate or choose for each answer choice.
Flag the question if you’re unsure and go back.
KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR YOUR CHILD:
Make sure your child is reading a book of interest for at least 20 minutes every day. This will help your child with many reading skills, including fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, and learning to enjoy reading (make sure it is a book your child likes- if you need books, let me know)
Have daily conversations with your child. Ask your child about his or her day. This sets your child up for success by making him or her feel important to you. Let your child ask you about your day as well.
Questions to ask: What was your favorite part of the day? What can you do differently to have an even better day tomorrow?
Check in with your child on his or her homework. In 4th grade ELA, students have one homework assignment a week, and it is due on Fridays. This is 10% of your child’s grade, so please ensure your child is doing that assignment every week.
Use the Parent Portal to check in on your child’s grades weekly.
Check your child’s teacher’s web pages and Remind regularly.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
If you have not signed up for REMIND, please do so immediately. This is in place of Classdojo this year. A signup paper was given by your child’s homeroom teacher.
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