Fourth and Fifth Grade Newsletter
November 2013
Upcoming Events
11/13-11/14: SACS Visit, Conyers
11/15: 4th Grade 'Feather of Blessings' Project Due
11/19: Band Pictures, 9 a.m.
11/25-11/29: Thanksgiving Break
Fourth and fifth grades will be presenting Chapel during the months of November and December!
Fifth Grade, November "Panther of the Month" Dominic Pittman
Fourth and Fifth Grade Spa Basket!
Fourth Grade, November "Panther of the Month" Alana Williamson
Content Information
Fourth Grade Language Arts, Social Studies
Social Studies: Students are enjoying their study of Native Americans. We have one tribe left to become familiar with. Fourth graders will be bringing home museum information early next week. Please be on the lookout for a museum letter explaining what their responsibilities entail at home and at school.
Fourth Grade Math, Science
Fourth grade is currently working in our fraction unit. We've already covered so much! Next week we will begin adding and subtracting simple fractions with like denominators. We will be working on fractions over the next couple of months.
Please make sure students are working on Math homework every night (Mon-Thurs). It is very important for them to go home and continue to practice the skill that we worked on in class. Students should also be practicing Math facts on Xtramath.com for at least 5 minutes at a time. November calendars will be due December 2nd. I have told all of the students that when they finish their Xtra Math program (through division), AND they pass all of their timed multiplication tests (through the 12s), they will NOT have to complete the Xtra Math calendars for the rest of the year.
Fifth Grade Language Arts, Social Studies
Social Studies: Fifth graders are almost finished with their study of Westward Expansion; this unit has covered Daniel Boone and the Wilderness Road, Lewis and Clark and their explorations of the Louisiana Purchase, emigrants and the Oregon Trail, the struggle between the Navajo and Cherokee Native Americans and settlers, the California gold rush, and the expansion of the railroad. We will begin the Civil War in one week.
Fifth Grade Math, Science
Please make sure students are working on Math homework every night (Mon-Thurs). It is very important for them to go home and continue to practice the skill that we worked on in class. Students should also be practicing Math facts on Xtramath.com for at least 5 minutes per time. November calendars will be due December 2nd. I have told all of the students that when they finish their Xtra Math program (through division), AND they pass all of their timed division tests (through the 12s), they will NOT have to complete the Xtra Math calendars for the rest of the year.
Science: We are still working on our classification unit, and the students are in the middle of writing their children's animal books. We are doing the majority of the work in class, but as we move on to the next step in the process, some of the unfinished work will need to be completed at home. At the end of our classification unit, I will send home a study guide for the test.
Fourth Grade Visits the Native American Powwow at Stone Mountain
Fourth Grade Visits the Native American Powwow at Stone Mountain
Fourth Grade Visits the Native American Powwow at Stone Mountain
November Birthdays
11/24: Elijah Simpkins