4th Grade Week of December 14
Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Still, and Ms. Franks
CFES 4th Grade Updates
Dear CFES 4th Grade Families,
As we close out this week and semester, we want to express our sincerest gratitude for the support, kindness, and encouragement of our students and families. We acknowledge this has been a trying year for everyone. We are so very thankful to be part of the CFES community. We wish each of your families and joyful, healthy, and safe holiday season.
Our CFES Great Expectations focus this week will be:
Life Principle: temperance - moderation in action, thought, or feeling
Quote: "Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul" -Frances E. Willard
Please be encouraged to discuss with your child what the quote and life principle means to them and help make life connections to reinforce.
Please click HERE for the updated Specials Schedule for the 2nd grading period.
Have a great week!
Love,
Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Still, & Ms. Franks
Holiday Celebration - December 18th
Our homeroom moms have been hard at work planning our holiday parties for both F2F and TVS students. The following link is a sign-up for items that are still needed to make our parties a success.
CLICK HERE FOR HOLIDAY PARTY SIGN UP
Friday, December 18th Things to Know:
- It's PAJAMA Day!!
- Day of Giving (1st half of day)- Students will create a holiday placemat for our Grand Pals at the Broadmoor Senior Center here in Creekside, make some holiday cards for the Grand Pals or Medical staff at local hospitals, create holiday videos of songs, poems, stories, etc. to share with our Grand Pals.
- Holiday Party (2nd half of day)- After lunch, students will return to a decorated room ready for a holiday celebration. They'll create gingerbread houses, play holiday bingo with PRIZES, enjoy a holiday snack, and play some festive minute to win it challenges. We'll end our day with a holiday movie!
Science Fair
SCIENCE FAIR IS HERE AGAIN!!! Hooray! We are offering any 3rd -5th grader who is interested (can be in groups of two also) to participate in our school Science Fair. If you are interested in doing Science Fair, please go to this Google Classroom and join. All the information you need will be there for you. Mrs. Lummus is working with all of the students who are participating and you will find her contact information on the page. (even during the Winter Break!) The Science Fair will be on January 8th and the top two or three students (depending on how many enter) will attend the District Fair on January 14th. This is a big deal! The participants of that fair are presented in front of the School Board and get to meet each one of them. CFES has done well in the past! :)
If you choose to participate I need you to fill out the Intent to Participate by December 16th. I need a head count of how many kids to expect.
THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY to work with your student and do something Academically FUN!!
GOOGLE CLASSROOM code: npwmusp (go to google classroom, the icon is the chalkboard, and join a class. Put that code in and you should see our classroom.) Say hi so I know you were there! OR click on this link to take you to our classroom:
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Math & Science Updates
Math
We are continuing our unit on fractions, focusing next week on benchmark fractions and equivalent fractions.
Students will:
- represent a fraction as a sum of fractions, including unit fractions.
- use models to decompose fractions in more than one way.
- represent and solve addition and subtraction of fractions with equal denominators using models, including number lines.
- Add/subtract fractions using reasonableness and estimation to benchmark fractions (0, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, and 1)
- determine equivalent fractions using a variety of methods
Greg Tang New Year's Math Challenge (optional)
Vocabulary: fraction, numerator, denominator, unit fraction, benchmark fractions (0, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 1), decompose fractions, fraction strips (bars), sum, difference
Weekly Math Homework:
- Review and practice skills covered in class. Use study guide to prepare for upcoming test(s).
- Study multiplication facts (0-12) for at least 10 minutes each night. The following suggestions are a few resources/ideas for at-home practice.
Resources:
Online textbook for additional review and practice: Click >>> Pearson Easy Bridge enVision Math
- Multiplication Fluency Sheets and Answer Keys - Click HERE.
- xtramath.org - Online fact fluency practice - login through Clever
Math4Texas: Helping Parents Understand the Math Standards
Science:
We will wrap up natural resources (renewable and nonrenewable resources) and conservation with our combined unit assessment with light and thermal energy on Wednesday.
UPDATE: Our Light and Thermal Energy district Assessment is going to be combined with natural resources. Study Guide HERE (light and thermal energy) Study Guide HERE for soil & natural resources
Vocabulary: reduce, reuse, recycle, refuse, natural resource, renewable, nonrenewable, conservation, coal, oil, natural gas, fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas)
Students are encouraged to login using their google account to Flocabulary using the following link/code to practice vocabulary: www.flocabulary.com/join-class and enter the class code 6RWKSB (Brown) Q7YZMP(Franks)
Language Arts & Social Studies Updates
Reading:
For our final week of poetry, we'll put everything we've learned together to show what we know! This is an exciting week. We'll review the elements of poetry, continue to read and analyze a poem for meaning, look for all the poetic devices, and visualize with the help of the author. The poetry unit assessment will be on Tuesday.
Writing:
Nature is in the air! Ask your child to share with you the topic that they chose to craft a poem about in nature. Next week, we'll practice adding additional elements to improve the quality of our poems and take them through the final steps of the writing process. In grammar, we're learning about subject-verb agreement. Students will take a daily grade revising/editing quiz on Tuesday. This will be a good indicator of their progress as we work towards mastery before the Staar Writing assessment and the end of our 4th grade year.
Vocabulary:
We will take next week off! Unit 7 begins after the break. Vocabulary Book Online.
Handwriting:
Cursive writing will return in January.
Social Studies:
We're leaving the Alamo and will work our way to the turning point in the Texas Revolution, the Battle of San Jacinto. We will take our SS end of unit test on Wednesday. This will be an open book/notes test.
Upcoming Events
12/15 - Poetry Assessment
12/15- Writing CBA
12/16 - Science - Light/Thermal Energy and Natural Resources Test
12/16 - Social Studies Cumulative Test (open notes)
12/18 - Holiday Party/Pajama Day - FULL DAY
1/6/2021 - Return to School
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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