Fourth Grade News
February 2019
Meet the Team
Mr. Underwood
Ms. Rice
Ms. Smith
February
4: Perfect Attendance Celebration @lunch
4-8: Counselor Appreciation Week
4-8: Book Fair
7: Chick-fil-A Spirit Night (Villa Rica) @5-8PM
7: Progress Reports come home
15-18: No school for students
20: Math Common Assessment #3 (Fractions)
22: STEM Day
25: Pennies for Patients Fundraiser begins
28: Science Common Assessment
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Student of the Month: Patient
Alison Duenas
Since coming to PES, Alison has consistently shown the character trait of patience. She is patient with others, her teachers and herself throughout the school day.
Gavin Wilson
Jamison Yates
Jamison is a patient student to both his peers and teachers. You can always count on Jamison to be a great example of Providence Pride. Jamison has exemplified the characteristics of a patient Tiger.
Curriculum
Mathematics
Standards:
MGSE4.NF.1 Explain why a fraction a/b is equivalent by using visual fraction models, with attention to how the number and size of the parts differ even though the two fractions themselves are the same size. Use this principle to recognize and generate equivalent fractions.
MGSE4.NF.2 Compare two fractions with different numerators and different denominators.
MGSE.4.NF.3 Understand a fraction a/b with a > 1 as a sum of fractions 1/b. a. Understand addition and subtraction of fractions as joining and separating parts referring to the same whole.
MGSE4.NF.4 Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction by a whole number.
MGSE4.NF.5 Express a fraction with denominator 10 as an equivalent fraction with denominator 100, and use this technique to add two fractions with respective denominators 10 and 100. For example, express 3/10 as 30/100, and add 3/10 + 4/100 = 34/100.
MGSE4.MD.2 Use the four operations to solve word problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and money.
Vocabulary:
-tenths
-hundredths
-fraction
-whole
-numerator
-denominator
-equivalent
-compare and contrast
-area model
Homework
- homework will be sent home Monday and is due on Friday
- Underwood Math Newsletter will be sent home Monday of each week
Helpful Hints
For helpful hints and explanations of fourth grade mathematics, the following website details every item discussed in fourth grade mathematics. It also includes a Parent Newsletter which explains what each concept means. Click on "Fourth Grade" and the information will appear.
Reading & ELA
Reading Focus: Inferencing/Explaining Events/Text Evidence/Poetry/Drama/Prose
Writing Focus: Opinion
Grammar Focus:Prepositional Phrases, Frequently Confused Words, Formal and Informal Language, Conveying Ideas Precisely
Homework
- Read for at least 20 minutes
Social Studies
In social studies, we are starting our Civil War and Reconstruction unit. This unit will last until April.
Key Vocabulary:
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
John Brown
Raid
Harper's Ferry
North
South
Union
Confederacy
Slavery
States Rights
Secession
Science
Vocabulary:
lever
inclined plane
screw
wedge
wheel and axle
pulley
Links to Websites & Tools
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- pens
- highlighters
- sharpeners
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