4th Grade Week of March 29
Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Still, and Ms. Franks
CFES 4th Grade Updates
Dear CFES 4th Grade Families,
Thank you to those that are working behind the scenes to prepare for Creekfest and for any donations of time or items to help make our annual event/fundraiser a success!
THANK YOU for your contributions to our construction week. We had so much fun and the students were excited to learn!
We are beginning our final grading period for the 2020-2021 year!
Please check in with your student to see what materials may need to be replenished for their return after the break. We still have several weeks of learning and many students are needing materials (scissors, colored pencils, dry erase markers, etc.)
Please be sure your student remembers to bring his/her water bottle and headphones or earbuds to school every day.
Our CFES Great Expectations focus this week will be:
Life Principle: resiliency - recovering from or adjusting easily to misfortune or change
Quote: "Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny" --CS Lewis
Creekside Forest Creed
I am proud to be a Creekside Forest Cougar.
I come to school each day respecting my teachers,
my classmates, and myself.
I am responsible for my choices and their results.
I care for others with all my heart.
Never quitting is my #1 tool;
I am a leader at the #1 school.
Go CREEKSIDE!
Please be encouraged to discuss with your child what the CFES Creed and weekly quote and life principle means to them and help make life connections to reinforce.
Information:
Please click HERE for the updated Specials Schedule for the 4th grading period.
Have a great week!
Love,
Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Still, & Ms. Franks
Weekly Homework
Homework
Homework this week will be given on Monday and it will be due back on Friday.
ELA- Fast Focus
MATH- Math Money Moments (located in math homework folder in Schoology) Students do have some they will be submitting in Schoology. Here is the pdf of the math money moments for parents.
Camp Creekfest
Friday, April 9th
Curriculum
Math & Science Updates
Math and Science Resources:
Students have access to a variety of resources through Clever including Education Galaxy, IXL, Flocabulary, and their online math/science textbooks. These are great resources for practicing all fourth grade skills! Practice basic multiplication/division fact fluency regularly.
Math:
We are beginning our Geometry Unit next week. There is a significant amount of vocabulary that will be covered - please be practicing vocabulary at home to ensure mastery. Students will be identifying, sorting, and classifying two-dimensional figures based on their knowledge and understanding of types of lines and angles.
Students will:
- identify basic geometric 2-D shapes
- describe lines as intersecting, perpendicular, or parallel
- describe angles as acute, right, or obtuse
- identify types of angles and lines in two-dimensional figures
- recognize measure ranges that classify angles as acute or obtuse
- identify triangles as acute, right, and obtuse
- classify 2-D figures based on types of lines and types of angles
Vocabulary: points, lines, line segments, rays, angles, perpendicular lines, intersecting lines, parallel lines, angle, right angle, acute angle, obtuse angle, degree(s), protractor, polygon, triangle, right triangle, acute triangle, obtuse triangle, trapezoid, quadrilateral, rhombus, circle, parallelogram, square, rectangle, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, decagon, vertex, vertices, symmetry, lines of symmetry
Students will take their Measurement Unit 6 Assessment on Monday, March 29th. Measurement Test Review
Science:
Next week we will continue our unit on plant adaptations. Students will discover how organisms have functions and are structured to ensure efficiency and survival in their environment. Explore further at home HERE.
Vocabulary: plant, adaptation, mimicry, structure, function, camouflage, characteristic, environment, coloration, advantage, efficiency
Language Arts & Social Studies Updates
Reading: Next week, we'll be reading paired passages. We'll start by comparing a historical fiction text to an informational article. Readers will utilize skills of finding similarities and differences between the two texts. They will have to find evidence in the text to support their reasoning. We have two weeks left to earn AR points in the library for the year.
Writing: Bootcamp was a blast! We reviewed several major writing TEKS and had plenty of time to practice. Every student can continue to work on the additional activities in the Boot Camp pack as additional practice. Click HERE for the activities we did that required task cards.
Vocabulary:
Unit 11 begins this week! Please encourage your child to study at home as we work towards familiarity and mastery of these challenging words. Vocabulary Book Online. You can find additional practice here.
Handwriting:
Assignments will be found online and students will work in their blue cursive books. We'll work on a few skills per week.
Students may practice at home as well. Cursive is a beautiful skill to learn and become proficient in. It also assists students in READING cursive writing as well.
Social Studies: We're moving out of the Civil War period and into Reconstruction. Students will learn about what it took to rebuild our country.
Calendar
Upcoming Events
3/29 Math Measurement Test
3/30 Spirit Night at Sonic
3/31 MOCK Writing STAAR
4/2 No School
4/8 Creekfest Raffle ends
4/8 Vocab Unit 11 Test
4/9 CREEKFEST at CFES
4/2 Wear GREEN Day for Earth Day
4/27 Writing STAAR
5/11 Math STAAR
5/12 Reading STAAR
Teachers
Mrs. Brown is THANKFUL for this year's adventure!
Miss Franks is ready to BLAZE the road in 4th Grade!
Mrs. Still LOVES the S'more-side of the FOURest
Teacher Contact Information
Mrs. Jennifer Brown
(281)357-4526 (Ext. 3841)
Mrs. Candice Still
(281)357-4526 (Ext. 3842)
Ms. Abbey Franks
(281)357-4526 (Ext.3843)
Conference Time: 9:45-10:35
Lunch 12:30-1:00