4th Grade News
Week of October 31st, 2022
What we're learning this week
Science: Review over the 2nd 6 weeks standards (energy, force, and motion) 4.6ABCD
ELAR: Students will analyze plot elements including rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. 4.8C Additional CBA TEKS 4.3AB, 4.6FG, 4.7C, 4.10ABCF, 4.11CD
Social Studies: Students will explain how the building of missions changed settlement patterns in Texas. 4.2ABC, 4.11C
Upcoming Tests
Science: Griggs and Inman will be giving a test on Monday 10/31 to check-in with students prior to the CBA. The test will cover Energy, Force, and Motion.
Griggs Classes: CBA on Thursday 11/3 - Topic: Energy, Force, and Motion
Inman's Classes: CBA on Wednesday 11/2 - Topic: Energy, Force, and Motion
ELAR: CBA on Tuesday 11/1 - Topic: Inferencing, Summary, Synthesizing, Text Structures
Social Studies: Test on Thursday 11/3 - Topic: Life in the Missions in the 18th century.
**All tests are subject to change dates based on the needs of the class.**
Important Dates
October 31: Storybook Character Dress-Up Day (costumes can be worn, but nothing scary and no masks are allowed)
November 1: Picture Re-Take Day - Picture Day ID: EVTZFN7CN @ lifetouch.com
November 4: End of 2nd 6 weeks
November 5: ROHS Special Needs Christmas Market
November 6: Time Change - Fall Back 1 Hour
November 10: Thanksgiving Lunch & 5th Grade Veteran's Day program (evening event)
November 14: ELAR Interim Assessment (District Required)
November 15: Math Benchmark (District Required)
November 18: No School (Staff Development Day)
November 21 - 25: Thanksgiving Break
Thanksgiving Lunch Details
We will be having our Thanksgiving Lunch on Thursday, November 10th. Please review the form below for all of the details and to sign up if you would like to attend. Registration is open until Thursday, November 3rd at 4:00PM and will then close. Please be sure to sign up ahead of time.
Headphones
What can we do at home to continue learning?
You may have noticed that your student does not have daily homework.
Homework is only given for two reasons:
Absent work that needs to be made up OR
Incomplete work from class
Here are some suggestions if you want your student to have extra practice.
No Device Needed:
Daily Fact Grid (multiplication chart 1-12)
Read daily for at least 20 minutes
Practice fact fluency (addition, subtraction, multiplication & division)
Device Needed Options:
Login to Classlink for:
Reflex - Math Facts
Frax - Fraction Understanding
Zearn - Math
Progress Learning (used to be Education Galaxy) - Math, Reading, Science, Social Studies
SORA - Online Library
Epic - Video and Audio Books
Take Home Folders
In take-home folders, you will see if they have unfinished classwork that is homework, graded papers, and important information related to things happening at school.
We ask that parents SIGN the take-home folder once per week to ensure it is cleaned out and graded papers have been seen. Students are getting dojo points as rewards for getting their folders signed.
JOIN CLASS DOJO
Why do parents need to join it? It is proven by research that parent involvement positively impacts students' success! Your student and teachers want to highlight all the great things happening in the classroom and show it all to everyone at home. Dojo makes this easy to do!
How do I join my student's class? There is a Class Dojo app for Android and Apple users that is free to download. It's completely free to use at home and at school. You will be able to connect to your student ONE TIME and have access to all of your student's teachers. Only join the HOMEROOM class for your student.
Mrs. Fortner's Homeroom will connect using: https://www.classdojo.com/invite/?c=C6RYD4S
Mrs. Inman's Homeroom will connect using: https://www.classdojo.com/invite/?c=CM8WRBC
Mrs. Bennett's Homeroom will connect using: https://www.classdojo.com/invite/?c=CDYTSD4
Mrs. Griggs' Homeroom will connect using: https://www.classdojo.com/invite/?c=CRLU42D
Mrs. Villinger's Homeroom will connect using: https://www.classdojo.com/invite/?c=C9ADMK4
4th Grade Team
Mrs. Bennett - Math - rhonda.bennett@redoakisd.org
Mrs. Villinger - ELAR - megan.villinger@redoakisd.org
Mrs. Griggs - Science/Social Studies - susan.griggs@redoakisd.org
Team of Two (Twins)
Mrs. Fortner - ELAR/Social Studies - lindsay.fortner@redoakisd.org
Mrs. Inman - Math/Science - elyse.inman@redoakisd.org
Conference Time: 10:00 - 10:45 am daily
Phone: 972-617-3523