Touchdown for 4th Grade!
Team work makes the dream work
Week of August 21st
Please remember the Solar Eclipse is this Monday, August 21st. This will count as an excused absence according to Fulton County. There will be a 45 minute delayed dismissal on this day. If you could please let your teacher know if you plan on keeping your child home or checking them out early.
**If your child plans on attending school PLEASE SEND YOUR CHILD WITH AN ADDITIONAL SNACK. **
New News!
Please look in your child’s Friday folder today for a letter printed on hot pink paper. This letter explains important changes that have been made to the F & P reading assessment. If you have any questions about this, please feel free to reach out to our literacy coach, Sarah Jones at jonessj@fultonschools.org. Thank you!
Please check and review conduct card with your student each day. We will be checking to see that they have been signed every friday. They will not receive a ticket for the classroom prize if the conduct cards have not been signed each friday.
What we're learning!
Mathematics:
We have started our math rotations in class, and the students are doing great with them. This gives them the chance to get out of their seats and learn in many different ways including small group with teacher, games, technology, and more!
This week we continue to work on Unit 1!
4.1- In Unit 1, we will be focusing on the topics listed below:
Place Value
Standard form, expanded form, and number form
Rounding
Comparing multi-digit numbers
Addition and subtraction
Solving word problems using all 4 operations
Please visit the link below for information about the standards covered in Unit 1.
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-Standards/Frameworks/Unit-1-4th-grade-parent-letter.pdf
**PLEASE PRACTICE MULTIPLICATION FACTS, THESE SHOULD BE KNOWN FLUENTLY!
4.2- In Unit 5, we will be focusing on the topics below:
Fractions
Decimal notation for fractions
Comparing fractions and decimals
Comparing decimals to the tenth, hundredth, and thousandth place
Solving word problems using all 4 operations
Please visit the link below for information about the standards covered in Unit 5.
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-Standards/Frameworks/Unit-5-4th-grade-parent-letter.pdf
5.1- In Unit 1, we will be focusing on the topics below:
Order of Operations
Write and interpret numerical expressions
Powers of 10
Multiply multi-digit numbers
Divide up to 4-digit dividends and 2-digit divisors
Please visit the link below for information about the standards covered in Unit 1.
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-Standards/Frameworks/Unit-1-5th-grade-parent-letter.pdf
Science:
We are finishing up our first Science Unit! We have been learning all about Weather. We have been learning about the water cycle, and weather instruments. Please study the vocabulary study guide that was sent home last week.
**We will be having a science vocabulary test on : Wednesday August 23rd
Reading Workshop:
We are learning the structure of the workshop model and building our stamina in reading. Our goal is 45 minutes of independent reading!! We will be focusing on retelling and synthesizing to cement comprehension – retelling only the important parts, and seeing and hearing inside the text – walking in the shoes of a character.
Writer’s Workshop:
We are focusing on fiction writers get ideas for stories from small moments in their lives. We will be creating and developing stories and characters that feel real.
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Nut Free Classrooms
Release Days 2017 - 2018
Lunch Times
Russell & O'Connor
10:50- 11:20
Hanney & Kroll
10:52- 11:22
Zupancic
10:54-11:24
Important Events Coming Up
August 21st: Solar Eclipse, Delayed Dismissal at 3:05 pm
August 25th: North Gwinnett @ Milton !
August 29th: 3-5 Curriculum Night, 6 pm
September 1st: Milton HS @ Cambridge
September 1st : Release Day
September 4th: Labor Day (No School)