FOURTH GRADE NEWS
March 23rd, 2017
What's Up in 4th Grade!
Language Arts
Week of March 27, 2017
Spelling: Vowel Teams
Latin Root: nym-name
Literary Concepts: Summarizing
Grammar: Revision and Editing
Math
We are starting a new unit in math next week: Lines, Angles, and Shapes. We will identify line segments, rays, and angles.
TEST: Tuesday, April 11.
Science and Social Studies
Next week, students will resume their study of Texas History, which will focus on the challenges Texas faced after becoming an independent nation, the conflict during annexation ,and becoming apart of the United States. .
Vocabulary to focus on are :
- annexation, reconstruction, economical, political, social, primary source, secondary source,
Social Studies Test: Friday, April 7th
Important Dates
- March 23: Last Day of Writing Club
- March 28: 4th Grade Writing STAAR
- March 28: No Tutoring
- March 30: Reports Cards
- March 30: Reading Tutoring begins
From the Teachers
- Check out our Parent Website: https://sites.google.com/a/pisd.edu/fabulous-fourth-grade-friends/
- We encourage our students to bring their devices to school. Electronic devices are used in the classroom for research, academic practice, assignments, as well as being used in music, art, library, and guidance.
- Additional information on parenting classes held throughout the district can be found below. You can also view a full list of classes by visiting Mrs. Carranza's Google site https://sites.google.com/a/pisd.edu/guidance-counseling/