Fourth Grade Fundamentals
January 15, 2016
Important Upcoming Dates
Thursday, January 21 - PTA Board Meeting and Parent Technology Night
Tuesday, January 26 - Spirit Night at Spring Creek Barbeque in Grapevine
Monday, February 1 - Spirit Night at Kendra Scott in Southlake
Friday, February 5 - Wear Read for Heart Health
Wednesday, February 10 - Play it Safe Presentations
GRAMMAR AND SPELLING
GRAMMAR - Yes, we need to write complete sentences! That's also why we encourage our students to speak in complete sentences when answering questions. Try this at home as this will undoubtedly transfer to better writing and overall communicating. For example, if you ask your child, "Where did put your homework?" the complete answer should be, "I put my homework in my red folder. " It should not be, "in my red folder."
We have begun working on writing complex sentences since we have mastered how to write both a simple sentence and a compound sentence. Ask your writer what a complex sentence is and how it differs from a compound sentence. Keep in mind that we just started examining these types of sentences. Hopefully, they will tell you that both types will have a conjunction such as and, but, or or.
SPELLING & GRAMMAR - We will ALL be working on the same spelling concept next week since it's also a grammar skill. We will be working on adding the "er" and "est" suffix to adjectives that compare. We will also be working on adding "er OR "or" to verbs to make nouns. Both will often involve changing the "y" to an "i." You can see why this is also a study in grammar as it helps us learn about the different parts of speech. In addition, we will start working on our 4th grade sight word list. Look for this red-colored list in the planner. It should be glued in toward the front. We won't be having a quiz about this concept until Friday, January 29.
WRITING
HUMANITIES
Science News
MATH NEWS
Parent Tech Night
Come join us in the fourth grade classrooms after the PTA general meeting which takes place in the library at 6:30 P.M. We will be sharing with you how we use our technology on a day-to-day basis.
Yearbook Photos are Needed
Our yearbook volunteers need your help. Pictures of our cool kids are needed! Here are 3 easy ways to send them in before the deadline of Jan 22-
Email files to the BES yearbook volunteers:
Bransfordyearbookteam@gmail.com
Download directly to Balfour's website:
http://sw.balfour.com/tops-services/publicupload/loginForm
Or use the Balfour app on your iPhone