Familias Fantásticas,

We are all done with STAAR! Students did so well and now there’s only a few more weeks of fun left! Please, make sure you read the s’more carefully to bear in mind important dates for your calendar.

Updates:

• Upcoming Events:

• Friday, May 12: Pajama Day!

• Monday, May 15: Popsicles during lunch

• Tuesday, May 16: Talent Show

• Wednesday, May 17: Kona Ice Truck

• Friday, May 19: Field Day

• End of year party information coming soon…

• Class Events Spreadsheet: We really appreciate those of you that have signed up and have helped us within the first nine weeks. We would love to have that same support in the weeks to come! If you haven’t already, please sign up for anything you are willing to help with. Thank you.

• IRONS sign up

• PASCUAL sign up

• CARVAJAL sign up

• 4th grade playlist en ESPAÑOL: In order to encourage our kids to learn more vocabulary in Spanish, we are weekly listening to different Spanish songs so we created a Spotify playlist. Here you can find the link so that you can play at home as well. DISFRUTA!

Content we are getting into next week/ Questions you can ask your child:

• SEL: Community

• What communities are you a part of?

• What do you usually do to help your community?

If any questions, concerns, suggestions, ideas, or affirmations (you can also fill out a RAVE on the homepage), please reach out to your homeroom teacher to their contact info below.

Con amor y cariño,

The 4th Grade Team

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Familias Fantásticas,

The Reading STAAR was a successful day! Please, make sure you read the s’more carefully to bear in mind important dates for your calendar.

Updates:

• Upcoming STAAR Tests:

• Math 5/4

• Multiplication Practice: We are encouraging students to practice their multiplication times tables for 5-10 minutes at home to improve their fluency. Students’ goal is to fill out a multiplication table in its entirety.

• Practice with Learning Platforms: Students have been granted permission to take their devices home with them. We are encouraging them to practice through the use of Dreambox, Math Reflex, and Imagine Reading. Videos to access can be found on the main becker smore page if assistance is required.

• Class Events Spreadsheet: We really appreciate those of you that have signed up and have helped us within the first nine weeks. We would love to have that same support in the weeks to come! If you haven’t already, please sign up for anything you are willing to help with. Thank you.

• IRONS sign up

• PASCUAL sign up

• CARVAJAL sign up

• 4th grade playlist en ESPAÑOL: In order to encourage our kids to learn more vocabulary in Spanish, we are weekly listening to different Spanish songs so we created a Spotify playlist. Here you can find the link so that you can play at home as well. DISFRUTA!

Content we are getting into next week/ Questions you can ask your child:

• SEL: Optimism

• How does optimism make you feel?

• Can you think of a time when you had optimism with a situation?

If any questions, concerns, suggestions, ideas, or affirmations (you can also fill out a RAVE on the homepage), please reach out to your homeroom teacher to their contact info below.

Con amor y cariño,

The 4th Grade Team

Weekly Updates: 4/10

Familias Fantásticas,

Please, make sure you read the s’more carefully to bear in mind important dates for your calendar.

Updates:

• Picture Day will be on Tuesday, April 18th!

• MAP Reports will be going out at the end of the week

• STAAR Tests:

• Reading: 4/20

• Math 5/4

• Arab-American History Month: Door Decor: Please take a look at your class sign up to see if you volunteered to assist in decorating your class door.

• Multiplication Practice: We are encouraging students to practice their multiplication times tables for 5-10 minutes at home to improve their fluency. Students’ goal is to fill out a multiplication table in its entirety.

• Practice with Learning Platforms: Students have been granted permission to take their devices home with them. We are encouraging them to practice through the use of Dreambox, Math Reflex, and Imagine Reading. Videos to access can be found on the main becker smore page if assistance is required.

• Class Events Spreadsheet: We really appreciate those of you that have signed up and have helped us within the first nine weeks. We would love to have that same support in the weeks to come! If you haven’t already, please sign up for anything you are willing to help with. Thank you.

• IRONS sign up

• PASCUAL sign up

• CARVAJAL sign up

• 4th grade playlist en ESPAÑOL: In order to encourage our kids to learn more vocabulary in Spanish, we are weekly listening to different Spanish songs so we created a Spotify playlist. Here you can find the link so that you can play at home as well. DISFRUTA!

Content we are getting into next week/ Questions you can ask your child:

• SEL: Optimism

• How does optimism make you feel?

• Can you think of a time when you had optimism with a situation?

If any questions, concerns, suggestions, ideas, or affirmations (you can also fill out a RAVE on the homepage), please reach out to your homeroom teacher to their contact info below.

Con amor y cariño,

The 4th Grade Team

Weekly Updates: 3/27

Familias Fantásticas,

Our trip to see YAMATO ,The Drummers of Japan, and the Becker Pride parade were a success! Thank you for all your continued support. Please, make sure you read the s’more carefully to bear in mind important dates for your calendar.

Updates:

• MAP GROWTH: Testing will be happening this week M-W with an opportunity for make-ups on Thursday.

• Arab-American History Month: Door Decor: Please take a look at your class sign up to see if you volunteered to assist in decorating your class door.

• Multiplication Practice: We are encouraging students to practice their multiplication times tables for 5-10 minutes at home to improve their fluency. Students’ goal is to fill out a multiplication table in its entirety.

• Practice with Learning Platforms: Now that students have been granted permission to take their devices home with them, we are encouraging them to practice through the use of Dreambox, Math Reflex, and Imagine Reading. Videos to access can be found on the main becker smore page if assistance is required.

• Class Events Spreadsheet: We really appreciate those of you that have signed up and have helped us within the first nine weeks. We would love to have that same support in the weeks to come! If you haven’t already, please sign up for anything you are willing to help with. Thank you.

• IRONS sign up

• PASCUAL sign up

• CARVAJAL sign up

• 4th grade playlist en ESPAÑOL: In order to encourage our kids to learn more vocabulary in Spanish, we are weekly listening to different Spanish songs so we created a Spotify playlist. Here you can find the link so that you can play at home as well. DISFRUTA!

Content we are getting into next week/ Questions you can ask your child:

• SEL: Perseverance

• How have you shown perseverance this week?

• How can you help others who are struggling to persevere?

If any questions, concerns, suggestions, ideas, or affirmations (you can also fill out a RAVE on the homepage), please reach out to your homeroom teacher to their contact info below.

Con amor y cariño,

The 4th Grade Team

Weekly Updates: 2/24

Familias Fantásticas,

We were so happy to see some of you at Family Learning Night! Thank you for your continued support in all our endeavors! Please, make sure you read the smore carefully to bear in mind important dates for your calendar.

Updates:

• Meeting with the principal: Please be on the lookout for an email from Ms.Carvajal for an outline of what was discussed in our STAAR chat on Tuesday, February 22nd.

• Music field trip: We are going to the Austin Symphony Orchestra for the Young People’s Concert next Monday 27th. We will be leaving at about 10:15 and we will come back at about 1:30. Make sure to bring orange T-shirts and the lunch boxes if your kid is not ordering lunch from the cafeteria. We recommend bringing a big snack, since lunchtime will be happening after we come back.

• Pen-pals exchange: the kids have started their email exchange with students in Spain! They are very happy getting to correspond with other kids from other cultures. We will continue writing to our pen pals for two more weeks.

• TELPAS: Testing will be conducted on February 27th and 28th for emergent bilinguals only.

• Multiplication Practice: We are encouraging students to practice their multiplication times tables for 5-10 minutes at home to improve their fluency. Students’ goal is to fill out a multiplication table in its entirety.

• Class Events Spreadsheet: We really appreciate those of you that have signed up and have helped us within the first nine weeks. We would love to have that same support in the weeks to come! If you haven’t already, please sign up for anything you are willing to help with. Thank you.

• IRONS sign up

• PASCUAL sign up

• CARVAJAL sign up

• 4th grade playlist en ESPAÑOL: In order to encourage our kids to learn more vocabulary in Spanish, we are weekly listening to different Spanish songs so we created a Spotify playlist. Here you can find the link so that you can play at home as well. DISFRUTA!

Content we are getting into next week/ Questions you can ask your child:

• ELA: Finishing Texas Revolution & Biography ARMS & CUPS

• What have you learned about other changemakers?

• SLA: Inferences

• How can making inferences help you when reading a text?

• What happened in Esperanza Renace?

• Science: the Seasons and Weather

• What is the relationship between the earth’s axis and the seasons?

• How does the Sun influence weather patterns?

• Math: Lines, rays, line segments, and symmetry

• What is the difference between parallel and perpendicular lines?

• Can you find the line of symmetry in shapes around the house?

• SEL: Social injustices.

• What are some social injustices that you are talking about in class?

• How can propaganda be used to promote social injustices?

If any questions, concerns, suggestions, ideas, or affirmations (you can also fill out a RAVE on the homepage), please reach out to your homeroom teacher to their contact info below.

Con amor y cariño,

The 4th Grade Team

2/17

Familias Fantásticas,

Thank you very much for collaborating with door decorations and Valentine’s Day parties this week. We had so much fun! Please, make sure you read the smore carefully to bear in mind important dates for your calendar.

Updates:

• Meeting with the principal:

Meet with us for a chat to discuss updates on STAAR and SCA on Wednesday, February 22nd at 5:30pm through zoom:

Meeting ID: 854 9435 9579

Passcode: 12345

https://austinisd-org.zoom.us/j/85494359579?pwd=cEhXOWcrUEdPWHNMeC9XWkxFNUQrZz09

• Updated Family Learning Night: Thursday February 23rd. 5:00-6:30

Join us to view our community’s amazing science fair projects on this night and take a walk visiting learning stations with your family, held by our teachers and staff.

• Pen-pals exchange: your kids will start an email exchange with Spanish students next week. They will be writing once a week in Spanish to other students on the other side of the world who are studying English. They will have a chance to know other cultures while they are writing meaningfully to their peers. This will be a good practice for them to improve their writing in Spanish and do peer-correction. It’s going to be fun!

• Music field trip: We are going to the Austin Symphony Orchestra for the Young People’s Concert next Monday 27th. It is going to be fun!Remember to sign the consents and give them back to the music teacher.

• Multiplication Practice: We are encouraging students to practice their multiplication times tables for 5-10 minutes at home to improve their fluency. Students’ goal is to fill out a multiplication table in its entirety.

• Class Events Spreadsheet: We really appreciate those of you that have signed up and have helped us within the first nine weeks. We would love to have that same support in the weeks to come! If you haven’t already, please sign up for anything you are willing to help with. Thank you.

• IRONS sign up

• PASCUAL sign up

• CARVAJAL sign up

• 4th grade playlist en ESPAÑOL: In order to encourage our kids to learn more vocabulary in Spanish, we are weekly listening to different Spanish songs so we created a Spotify playlist. Here you can find the link so that you can play at home as well. DISFRUTA!

Content we are getting into next week/ Questions you can ask your child:

• ELA: Changemaker Biographies

• What have you learned about your changemaker?

• Who else would you research if you could do it all over again?

• SLA: Inferences

• How can making inferences help you when reading a text?

• What happened in Esperanza Renace?

• Science: the Solar System

• What facts can you tell me about the rocky planets?

• What facts can you tell me about the gaseous planets?

• Math: Angles

• What are the different parts of an angle?

• What is the difference between an acute, obtuse, and right angle?

• SEL: Social injustices.

• What are some social injustices that you are talking about in class?

• How can propaganda be used to promote social injustices?

If any questions, concerns, suggestions, ideas, or affirmations (you can also fill out a RAVE on the homepage), please reach out to your homeroom teacher to their contact info below.

Con amor y cariño,

The 4th Grade Team

Weekly Updates: 2/9

Familias Fantasticas,

January is almost gone and your kids are doing and amazing job! Make sure you praise their work and encourage them to keep working hard!

Updates:

• Valentine’s Day Celebration: Tuesday February 14th

Students will be enjoying an entire day on compassion based academic activities. Class lists of student names will have been passed out on Friday 2/10. After recess, students will enjoy treats and pass out cards to their peers. Please check the link below to see if you signed up to bring your class treats :)

• Creative Action Brave Schools program: your kids have been participating in an interactive theater program called ´The Courage to Stand´. They have been learning about bullying, holocaust and injustices and some of them just became actors and actresses. They did great!

• Updated Family Learning Night: Thursday February 23rd. 5:00-6:30

Join us to view our community’s amazing science fair projects on this night and take a walk visiting learning stations with your family held by our teachers and staff.

• Classroom doors: Please, check below in the sign up sheet to make sure your class is ready for February’s door display! We are commemorating Black History Month and our lesson plans will also be aligned to learn about these and other inspiring figures.

• Pen-pals exchange: your kids will start an email exchange with Spanish students next week. They will be writing once a week in Spanish to other students on the other side of the world who are studying English. They will have a chance to know other cultures while they are writing meaningfully to their peers. This will be a good practice for them to improve their writing in Spanish and do peer-correction. It’s going to be fun!

• Parent conferences: Parent conferences are here! Please, follow the links below to see if you signed up for them. We are looking forward to meeting with you all!

-CARVAJAL'S PARENT CONFERENCES

-IRONS’S PARENT CONFERENCES

-PASCUAL’S PARENT CONFERENCES

• Multiplication Practice: We are encouraging students to practice their multiplication times tables for 5-10 minutes at home to improve their fluency. Students’ goal is to fill out a multiplication table in its entirety.

• Class Events Spreadsheet: We really appreciate those of you that have signed up and have helped us within the first nine weeks. We would love to have that same support in the weeks to come! If you haven’t already, please sign up for anything you are willing to help with. Thank you.

• IRONS sign up

• PASCUAL sign up

• CARVAJAL sign up

• 4th grade playlist en ESPAÑOL: In order to encourage our kids to learn more vocabulary in Spanish, we are weekly listening to different Spanish songs so we created a Spotify playlist. Here you can find the link so that you can play at home as well. DISFRUTA!

Content we are getting into next week/ Questions you can ask your child:

• ELA: Texas Revolution and Biographies

• What events led to the Texas Revolution?

• What have you learned so far about the changemaker you selected for your biography?

• SLA: Argumentative essay?

• Can you tell me what your argumentative essay is about?

• What is one reason you found out you support your argumentative essay?

• Science: the Solar System

• What facts can you tell me about the rocky planets?

• What facts can you tell me about the gaseous planets?

• Math: Angles

• What are the different parts of an angle?

• What is the difference between an acute, obtuse, and right angle?

• SEL: Holocaust

• What does antisemitism mean?

• What are stereotypes and what effects can they have?

If any questions, concerns, suggestions, ideas, or affirmations (you can also fill out a RAVE on the homepage), please reach out to your homeroom teacher to their contact info below.

Con amor y cariño,

The 4th Grade Team

Weekly Updates: 1/27

Familias Fantasticas,

January is almost gone and your kids are doing and amazing job! Make sure you praise their work and encourage them to keep working hard!

Updates:

• Family Learning Night: Mark your calendars! Family Learning Night will be taking place on February 1st from 5:30 to 7:00 pm. Your children’s science fair projects will be on display this night, and you will have the opportunity to play lots of educational games with each grade level!

• Free National Park Entrance for 4th graders!: Please, check out this website as it is a wonderful opportunity for your kids to obtain a National Park Pass! To obtain a pass, fourth grade students can visit the bilingual Every Kid Outdoors website, participate in a short educational activity, and then download a paper voucher to print and bring with them to visit public lands and waters all across the country.

• Classroom doors: Please, check below in the sign up sheet to make sure your class is ready for January’s door display! We are commemorating the Black History Month and our lesson plans will be also aligned with it.

• Parent conferences: we will have parent conferences by the beginning of February. More information to come!

• Multiplication Practice: We are encouraging students to practice their multiplication times tables for 5-10 minutes at home to improve their fluency. Students’ goal is to fill out a multiplication table in its entirety.

• Class Events Spreadsheet: We really appreciate those of you that have signed up and have helped us within the first nine weeks. We would love to have that same support in the weeks to come! If you haven’t already, please sign up for anything you are willing to help with. Thank you.

• IRONS sign up

• PASCUAL sign up

• CARVAJAL sign up

• 4th grade playlist en ESPAÑOL: In order to encourage our kids to learn more vocabulary in Spanish, we are weekly listening to different Spanish songs so we created a Spotify playlist. Here you can find the link so that you can play at home as well. DISFRUTA!

Content we are getting into next week/ Questions you can ask your child:

• ELA: Empresarios & Text Features

• What Empresario did your team research and what was something you found interesting?

• What’s an example of a text feature?

• SLA: Interacting with the book.

• Can you tell me any new word you have learned while reading in Spanish?

• What is your opinion essay going to be about?

• Science: Science Fair

• How are natural resources important in our daily lives?

• What are some differences between renewable and non-renewable resources?

• Math: Multiplication and Division Review

• How can you represent addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division with strip diagrams?

• How does writing an equation with variables help you solve word problems?

• SEL: Holocaust

• What does antisemitism mean?

• Can you tell me what does it mean stereotype?

If any questions, concerns, suggestions, ideas, or affirmations (you can also fill out a RAVE on the homepage), please reach out to your homeroom teacher to their contact info below.

Con amor y cariño,

The 4th Grade Team

Weekly Updates:1/20

Familias Fantasticas,

We are done with the second week after winter break and your kids are doing brilliant! Make sure you praise their work and encourage them to keep working hard!

Updates:

• Family Learning Night: Mark your calendars! Family Learning Night will be taking place on February 1st from

• Free National Park Entrance for 4th graders!: Please, check out this website as it is a wonderful opportunity for your kids to obtain a National Park Pass! To obtain a pass, fourth grade students can visit the bilingual Every Kid Outdoors website, participate in a short educational activity, and then download a paper voucher to print and bring with them to visit public lands and waters all across the country.

• Science Fair: your kids did a great job with their science projects and the trifolds. Although we cannot select them all as top finalists, we are all very proud of their accomplishments.

• Classroom doors: Please, check below in the sign up sheet to make sure your class is ready for January’s door display!

• Extra credit: as we are not taking participation as a grade for the rest of the year, there will be up to 10 points of extra credit in each subject. Kids will be able to get these extra points in a variety of ways. We will give them specific instructions.

• Multiplication Practice: We are encouraging students to practice their multiplication times tables for 5-10 minutes at home to improve their fluency. Students’ goal is to fill out a multiplication table in its entirety.

• Class Events Spreadsheet: We really appreciate those of you that have signed up and have helped us within the first nine weeks. We would love to have that same support in the weeks to come! If you haven’t already, please sign up for anything you are willing to help with. Thank you.

• IRONS sign up

• PASCUAL sign up

• CARVAJAL sign up

• 4th grade playlist en ESPAÑOL: In order to encourage our kids to learn more vocabulary in Spanish, we are weekly listening to different Spanish songs so we created a Spotify playlist. Here you can find the link so that you can play at home as well. DISFRUTA!

Content we are getting into next week/ Questions you can ask your child:

• ELA: Empresarios & Text Features

• What Empresario did your team research and what was something you found interesting?

• What’s an example of a text feature?

• SLA: Interacting with the book

• Can you tell me any new word you have learned while reading in Spanish?

• What is one question you have come up with for Esperanza Renace?

• Science: Science Fair

• Did your experiment’s results match your hypothesis?

• What conclusions did you draw from your experiment?

• Math: Multiplication and Division Review

• In what real-world situations can you use multiplication and division?

• What is your favorite strategy for multiplication? Division?

• SEL: Integrity

• Can you give me an example of integrity?

• Who was Martin Luther King?

If any questions, concerns, suggestions, ideas, or affirmations (you can also fill out a RAVE on the homepage), please reach out to your homeroom teacher to their contact info below.

Con amor y cariño,

The 4th Grade Team

Weekly Updates: 1/13

Familias Fantasticas,

Welcome Back! Can you believe we are halfway through the school year!? We are going into week 20; please read below as we have a lot coming up!

Updates:

• FIELD TRIP: On Wednesday, 1/18, students will be visiting the Inner Space Caverns.

• Buses will be departing at 9:30 after students PE time.

• Please remind them to wear their orange class shirts.

• Lunch will occur at school when we return.

• Science Fair materials: students are completing their experiments and slides at school on Friday, Jan 13. We will be constructing tri-folds on Tuesday, Jan 17, and students will assess each other’s projects on Wednesday, Jan 18, after returning to school from the field trip. Please purchase a trifold for your child by Tuesday, January 17, or let your child’s teacher know to request a trifold from the school.

• Snacks and classroom doors: As a reminder, kiddos get hungry throughout the day and have the opportunity to have a snack. Please, check below in the sign up sheet to make sure your class has snacks and is ready for January’s door display!

• Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, January 16, 2023.

We will meet at Becker Elementary at 8 am for breakfast, sign-making, and community for all members of the Becker family. The buses will leave the Becker campus at 9 am and drop us off at the Capital. We will convene at the African American Memorial for any Becker families not taking buses. Becker families will then join the rest of the Austin community by participating in the historic Huston-Tillotson University March and Festival. If interested in attending, please SIGN UP HERE. Signing up allows us a more accurate headcount for supplies, drinks, and breakfast.

• Extra credit: as we are not taking participation as a grade for the rest of the year, there will be up to 10 points of extra credit in each subject. Kids will be able to get these extra points in a variety of ways. We will give them specific instructions.

• Multiplication Practice: We are encouraging students to practice their multiplication times tables for 5-10 minutes at home to improve their fluency. Students’ goal is to fill out a multiplication table in its entirety.

• Class Events Spreadsheet: We really appreciate those of you that have signed up and have helped us within the first nine weeks. We would love to have that same support in the weeks to come! If you haven’t already, please sign up for anything you are willing to help with. Thank you.

• IRONS sign up

• PASCUAL sign up

• CARVAJAL sign up

• 4th grade playlist en ESPAÑOL: In order to encourage our kids to learn more vocabulary in Spanish, we are weekly listening to different Spanish songs so we created a Spotify playlist. Here you can find the link so that you can play at home as well. DISFRUTA!

Content we are getting into next week/ Questions you can ask your child:

• ELA: Empresarios & Text Features

• What Empresario did your team research and what was something you found interesting?

• What’s an example of a text feature?

• SLA: Narrations and homófonos

• What is the name of the book you are reading in Spanish?

• Can you tell me two words in Spanish that sound the same but spelled differently?

• Science: Science Fair

• Did your experiment’s results match your hypothesis?

• What conclusions did you draw from your experiment?

• Math: Multiplication and Division Review

• In what real-world situations can you use multiplication and division?

• What is your favorite strategy for multiplication? Division?

• SEL: Integrity

• Can you give me an example of integrity?

If any questions, concerns, suggestions, ideas, or affirmations (you can also fill out a RAVE on the homepage), please reach out to your homeroom teacher to their contact info below.

Con amor y cariño,

The 4th Grade Team

Weekly Updates: 12/2

Familias Fantasticas,

Our second field trip was a success! We are now moving into week 16! With winter break approaching soon, please read carefully below to make sure you have everything you need to feel successful.

Updates:

• Multiplication Practice: We are encouraging students to practice their multiplication times tables for 5-10 minutes at home to improve their fluency.

• Class Events Spreadsheet: We really appreciate those of you that have signed up and have helped us within the first nine weeks. We would love to have that same support in the weeks to come! If you haven’t already, please sign up for anything you are willing to help with. Thank you.

• DIAZ sign up

• PASCUAL sign up

• CARVAJAL sign up

• 4th grade playlist en ESPAÑOL: In order to encourage our kids to learn more vocabulary in Spanish, we are weekly listening to different Spanish songs so we created a Spotify playlist. Here you can find the link so that you can play at home as well. DISFRUTA!

• MAP GROWTH:

• 12/6-12/8: Students will be taking their middle of year MAP test to see their growth in each subject. Please notify your teacher if you will be absent during these days.

• Progress Incentive! If classes reach their progress goal, then we will pick out a student from each class to pie Mr.Barrett on the face on December 21st!

• Human Sexuality and Responsibility Lessons: Lessons will be taking place 12/12-12/16. If you have not done so yet, please fill out the consent forms provided by your teacher by this weekend.

• BOOK FAIR: Book fair will be taking place next week, Dec 6th-10th at 7:10am-4pm (till 7pm on Thursday) at the Becker Library.

• Science Fair Prep: Students have begun brainstorming and working on their experiments. The science fair process will be completed at school. Be on the lookout for a form next week indicating the materials your child may need to bring.

Content we are getting into next week/ Questions you can ask your child:

• ELA: European Exploration & Author’s message

• What are the different author purpose types?

• Why did europeans decide to begin their exploration?

• SLA: Preparación de SCA

• What is happening in the book you are reading in Spanish?

• Can you give me an example of how to use the comma?

• Science: Cambios Rapidos and Science Fair

• What causes landslides to occur?

• What causes volcanic eruptions?

• Math: Division

• What are real world examples of when we use division?

• How are multiplication and division related?

• SEL: Empathy

• What are some situations someone might need empathy from others?

• In what scenario has someone shown you empathy?

If any questions, concerns, suggestions, ideas, or affirmations (you can also fill out a RAVE on the homepage), please reach out to your homeroom teacher to their contact info below.

Con amor y cariño,

The 4th Grade Team

Familias Fantasticas,

We are moving into week 14; our last week before Fall Break! Please read carefully below to make sure you have everything you need to feel successful.

Updates:

• Fall Feast 11/17: If you signed up, please bring your ID’s as you will need to sign in before meeting your student in the cafeteria. As a reminder, our lunch is from 11:41-12:11.

• Our café manager Tony also needs some support in making this dream a reality. Please consider signing up to volunteer to help him for a bit during this day either before or after your students lunch period. I am attaching the sign up sheet below.Fall feast volunteers

• Compassion Challenge: We gave the students a compassion challenge paper that has a bingo of sorts with different ideas the students came up with. The challenge is to try to do all 20 activities by November 30th! They must turn it in before or on that day with all 20 completed and signed to receive 10 points on the lowest grade! Yup, we love to see lovely things and want to encourage them to be amazing in all the ways and in turn we will count it as extra credit!

• Class Events Spreadsheet: We really appreciate those of you that have signed up and have helped us within the first nine weeks. We would love to have that same support in the weeks to come! If you haven’t already, please sign up for anything you are willing to help with. Thank you.

• DIAZ sign up

• PASCUAL sign up

• CARVAJAL sign up

• 4th grade playlist en ESPAÑOL: In order to encourage our kids to learn more vocabulary in Spanish, we are weekly listening to different Spanish songs so we created a Spotify playlist. Here you can find the link so that you can play at home as well. DISFRUTA!

• Field trip coming up:

• November 18th: Playland Skate Center. Students will be learning about Newton’s Laws of Physics, taking apart/ putting skates together the first hour. They will then skate for fun for the second hour.

• Prepare to have students wear their orange class level shirt on this day!

• Make sure you give specific consent for all the trips for this year! Find the google forms here.

• Volunteers please make plans to sign in at the front office and meet at your teacher's room between 9:20-9:25. Buses will leave promptly at 9:30.

• Next Publishing Party:

• November 18th: Fantasy/ Hero’s Journey The students will head to GLAM as usual on this day, have recess and our party will get started at 2:30-3:00

• If you are joining us, please keep in mind all visitors will need to sign in at the front desk. Please arrive earlier than the start time to ensure you’re present.

• World Kindness Day:

• Sunday is World Kindness Day! Join us in wearing purple on Monday! We will have a ‘KIND’ wall if you’d like to take a picture in the hallway or add to our kindness slip wall beside the office.

• Optional Essay Contest: Below you will see a picture of a Holiday Essay Contest being held by Trail of Lights and H-E-B. If your student would like to participate, send your submissions to your teacher by Wednesday of next week.

Content we are getting into next week/ Questions you can ask your child:

• ELA: Honoring Heritage & Argumentative Texts

• Why is it important to honor heritage?

• What are different ways you can honor other people’s traditions?

• SLA: Plot Mountain

• What is the message that the author is trying to convey in Esperanza Renace?

• Can you tell me one word in Spanish that has a prefix?

• Science: Soil

• What are some slow changes that occur on earth?

• What types of ground material retains the most water?

• Math: Adding and Subtracting Decimals

• What are some different ways you can represent multiplication?

• What strategies are you learning to solve multiplication problems?

• SEL: Gratitude

• How have you shown someone at school gratitude this week?

• How has someone shown you gratitude this week?

If any questions, concerns, suggestions, ideas, or affirmations (you can also fill out a RAVE on the homepage), please reach out to your homeroom teacher to their contact info below.

Con amor y cariño,

The 4th Grade Team

Familias Fantasticas,

SOS Day and Book Character Parade were a success! It was also great celebrating fall fest this past weekend! We are moving into week 13 and have a couple weeks before the Thanksgiving Break. Please read carefully below to make sure you have everything you need to feel successful.

Updates:

• Fall Feast 11/17: Please bring your ID’s as you will need to sign in before meeting your student in the cafeteria. In order to make sure enough food is prepared we need you to fill out this google doc stating if you plan to come and who your student’s teacher is.

• Sign up by FRIDAY 11/4! If you plan on attending multiple lunches that is perfectly fine, just make sure you document that on the sign up sheet. Fall Feast

• Our café manager Tony also needs some support in making this dream a reality. Please consider signing up to volunteer to help him for a bit during this day either before or after your students lunch period. I am attaching the sign up sheet below. Fall feast volunteers

• Science Project: Please assist your child in completing their packet. Please have your child bring their packet back to school. The packet is the minimum requirement, but students can totally make google slides about their project and add images, videos, etc. as an extension. All projects were due November 4th! If you need the weekend due to extenuating circumstances, please let your teacher know. We will be discussing and presenting all of their projects the week of November 7-11th. Thank you for your support in this. We appreciate you.

• Compassion Challenge: We gave the students a compassion challenge paper that has a bingo of sorts with different ideas the students came up with. The challenge is to try to do all 20 activities by November 30th! They must turn it in before or on that day with all 20 completed and signed to receive 10 points on the lowest grade! Yup, we love to see lovely things and want to encourage them to be amazing in all the ways and in turn we will count it as extra credit!

• Class Events Spreadsheet: We really appreciate those of you that have signed up and have helped us within the first nine weeks. We would love to have that same support in the weeks to come! If you haven’t already, please sign up for anything you are willing to help with. Thank you.

• DIAZ sign up

• PASCUAL sign up

• CARVAJAL sign up

• 4th grade playlist en ESPAÑOL: In order to encourage our kids to learn more vocabulary in Spanish, we are weekly listening to different Spanish songs so we created a Spotify playlist. Here you can find the link so that you can play at home as well. DISFRUTA!

• Field trip coming up:

• November 18th: Playland Skate Center. Students will be learning about Newton’s Laws of Physics, taking apart/ putting skates together the first hour. They will then skate for fun for the second hour

• Make sure you give specific consent for all the trips for this year! Find the google forms here.

• Next Publishing Party: MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

• November 18th: Fantasy/ Hero’s Journey

Content we are getting into next week/ Questions you can ask your child:

• ELA: Honoring Heritage & Argumentative Texts

• What are the two important things an argumentative text should have?

• What have you learned about other people's traditions?

• SLA: Plot Mountain

• Where does the story of Esperanza Renace take place?

• What happened in the chapter you are reading?

• Science: Soil

• What sorts of things are found in soil?

• Why is soil important?

• Math: Adding and Subtracting Decimals

• Where can you use adding and subtracting decimals in the real world?

• What are the three steps in adding and subtracting decimals?

• SEL: Gratitude

• How can you express gratitude?

• What are you grateful for?

If any questions, concerns, suggestions, ideas, or affirmations (you can also fill out a RAVE on the homepage), please reach out to your homeroom teacher to their contact info below.

Sending love and light to you all,

The 4th Grade Team

Fantastic Families,

Love your brain week was amazing! SOS day was epic! We are moving into week 12 and we have a few weeks before the Thanksgiving Break. Please read carefully below to make sure you have everything you need to feel successful.

Updates:

• Fall Fest: Is this Saturday, October 29th! 1pm- 4pm!

• Book Character Day: This event has been postponed to Monday, October 31st at 8 am out on the track due to weather this past Friday. You are welcome to come watch the classes walk the track from the fence! It’ll be great to see all the characters the students have chosen to dress up as. :)

• Science Project: Please assist your child in completing their procedure and experiment comic pages of their packet. Please have your child bring their packet back to school. The packet is the minimum requirement, but students can totally make google slides about their project and add images, videos, etc. as an extension. We will continue to work on them in class next week. All projects are due November 4th! We will be discussing and presenting all of their projects the week of November 7-11th. Thank you for your support in this. We appreciate you.

• Compassion Challenge: We will give the students a compassion challenge paper that has a bingo of sorts with different ideas the students came up with. The challenge is to try to do all 20 activities by November 30th! They must turn it in before or on that day with all 20 completed and signed to receive 10 points on the lowest grade! Yup, we love to see lovely things and want to encourage them to be amazing in all the ways and in turn we will count it as extra credit!

• Class Events Spreadsheet: We really appreciate those of you that have signed up and have helped us within the first nine weeks. We would love to have that same support in the weeks to come! If you haven’t already, please sign up for anything you are willing to help with. Thank you.

• DIAZ sign up

• PASCUAL sign up

• CARVAJAL sign up

• 4th grade playlist en ESPAÑOL: In order to encourage our kids to learn more vocabulary in Spanish, we are weekly listening to different Spanish songs so we created a Spotify playlist. Here you can find the link so that you can play at home as well. DISFRUTA!

• Field trip coming up:

• November 18th: Playland Skate Center. Students will be learning about Newton’s Laws of Physics, taking apart/ putting skates together the first hour. They will then skate for fun for the second hour

• Make sure you give specific consent for all the trips for this year! Find the google forms here.

• BIG UPDATE: The Opera field trip has fallen through! We are sad to announce that this field trip will not be happening for our students. The show was meant for middle school and high school students and is scheduled to be from 7pm-10pm. I (Ms. Diaz) made the mistake of assuming it was for anyone and during the school day. I AM SO SORRY. Thank you for understanding.

Content we are getting into next week/ Questions you can ask your child:

• ELA: Introducing Literary Nonfiction

• What has been your favorite part in the Odyssey so far?

• What difference do you notice between literary non-fiction text and folktales?

• SLA: Plot Mountain

• What is the name of the chapter you are reading in Esperanza Renace?

• What has happened so far in Esperanza Renace?

• What is the short movie you saw this week about?

• Science: Force/ Motion

• How was the friction experiment?

• What was your favorite thing you learned from Unit 3: Energy, Force and Motion?

• What are you missing from your science project that I can help you with?

• Are you choosing to do the google slides extension?

• Math: Compare and Order Decimals

• How does one order decimals? What should one look for?

• Is the tenths place value more than the hundredths place value? Why?

• Which is bigger? 4.38 or 4.4?

• SEL: Bullies and Dia de los Muertos

• How can we understand other perspectives?

• What can you do when you see bullying?

• Tell me what you know about Dia de los Muertos

If any questions, concerns, suggestions, ideas, or affirmations (you can also fill out a RAVE on the homepage), please reach out to your homeroom teacher to their contact info below.

Sending love and light to you all,

The 4th Grade Team

Fantastic Families,

Thank you all for your continued support! As we go into our 11th week of school, we are incredibly proud of how far we have come as a grade level in various ways. The kiddos should be proud and you should be too! Please take the weekend to celebrate with your family and think of all the amazing things that have happened so far this school year!

Updates:

• Next week is Love Your Brain Week!

• Monday: Sleepy Monday! Wear your PJs!

• Tuesday: Gratitude Tuesday! Pick a friend you’re grateful for and twin it up!

• Wednesday: Workout Wednesday! Move your body and wear workout clothes!

• Thursday: Think about it Thursday! Crazy hat & hair day!

• Friday: Book Character Day/ SOS Day

• SOS Day: Takes place the same day as Book Character Day. For this, we already have all the materials that we will be using for the three STEM activities that we will be challenging kiddos with! Various paper challenges, building a Rube Goldberg Machine and creating a safe Moon Landing for their astronaut will get the creative juices flowing for the day! We are thrilled to see what they come up with whether they work independently or in groups! Our discussions and reflections will be robust and we are thrilled for you to hear all about it!

• Book Character Day: On Friday, October 28th, students will be able to wear a costume of a character they love from a book. If they can’t find a book that matches this costume, they can make/create a book to go with their outfit. A few reminders: no weapons and no masks covering faces (they can wear the mask on their head). There will be a Parade in the morning.

• Fall Fest: On Saturday, October 29th, Becker Fall Fest is back! Mark your calendars!

• Class Events Spreadsheet: We really appreciate those of you that have signed up and have helped us within the first nine weeks. We would love to have that same support in the weeks to come! If you haven’t already, please sign up for anything you are willing to help with. Thank you.

• DIAZ sign up

• PASCUAL sign up

• CARVAJAL sign up

• 4th grade playlist en ESPAÑOL: In order to encourage our kids to learn more vocabulary in Spanish, we are weekly listening to different Spanish songs so we created a Spotify playlist. Here you can find the link so that you can play at home as well. DISFRUTA!

• Science Project: Students are being asked next week to choose an experiment they’d like to try at home to write about at school. They must choose an experiment that relates to either Energy, Force or Motion. Take the weekend to choose what experiment they’d like to try. Filling out project packets is the minimum requirement by the end of the three weeks, but the extension would be to create Google Slides after, with photos or videos of their project to showcase in class. There will be 2-3 times that the packet will go home and you will be asked to help out, but most can be done in class. All projects are due November 4th! We will be discussing and presenting all of their projects that day. Thank you for your support in this. We appreciate you.

• Field trips Coming Up:

• November 3rd: Opera at The Long Center. Students will be seeing “The Barber of Seville” and enjoy the arts. No chaperones for this one! Sorry!

• November 18th: Playland Skate Center. Students will be learning about Newton’s Laws of Physics, take apart/ put skates together the first hour. They will then skate for fun for the second hour

• Make sure you give specific consent for all the trips for this year! Find the google forms here.

Content we are getting into next week/ Questions you can ask your child:

• ELA: Folktales, Figurative Language

• What sound devices do you see in your reading at home?

• What part of the Hero’s Journey are you in the Odyssey?

• What elements have you added to your personal Hero’s Journey?

• SLA: Realistic Fiction/ Homophones

• What is the main character in Esperanza Renace?

• What is one secondary character in Esperanza Renace?

• Can you tell homophones in Spanish?

• Science: Force/ Motion

• How did the Motion experiment go?

• What are you deciding to focus on for your unit project? What materials do we need to go get?

• Math: Decimal Place Value Cont.

• How do you say the word form, write the expanded form and fraction form of 5.67?

• Why is it important to know different ways to say, write or show decimals?

• Why do the names after the decimal have th in them?

• SEL: Emotion Management and Growth Mindset

• What did you like about the book “Elastic Brain”?

• What are some ways that you can manage the ______ emotion?

• Who are the people that you feel safe talking to about your feelings?

If any questions, concerns, suggestions, ideas, or affirmations (you can also fill out a RAVE on the homepage), please reach out to your homeroom teacher to their contact info below.

Sending love and light to you all,

The 4th Grade Team

Fantastic Families,

We have completed our first round of Short Cycle Assessments with students. They did great considering that it was their first time to take all their SCA’s online. These results will not be in their report card, but will be used by us as a pulse check to see how we can adjust our teaching to better meet the needs of your children in class. The first nine weeks are done and you will be receiving your child's first report card soon! We are thrilled to go into the next nine weeks with stronger relationships, a better understanding of each other, obtainable goals set in place, and a continuous love of learning.

Updates:

• Book Character Day: On Friday, October 28th, students will be able to wear a costume of a character they love from a book. If they can’t find a book that matches this costume, they can make/create a book to go with their outfit. A few reminders: no weapons and no masks covering faces (they can wear the mask on their head). There will be a Parade in the morning.

• Fall Fest: On Saturday, October 29th, Becker Fall Fest is back! Mark your calendars!

• Class Events Spreadsheet: We really appreciate those of you that have signed up and have helped us within the first nine weeks. We would love to have that same support in the weeks to come! If you haven’t already, please sign up for anything you are willing to help with. Thank you.

• DIAZ sign up

• PASCUAL sign up

• CARVAJAL sign up

• 4th grade playlist en ESPAÑOL: In order to encourage our kids to learn more vocabulary in Spanish, we are weekly listening to different Spanish songs so we created a Spotify playlist. Here you can find the link so that you can play at home as well. DISFRUTA!

• Science Project: Students are being asked next week to choose an experiment they’d like to try at home to write about at school. They must choose an experiment that relates to either Energy, Force or Motion. Take the weekend to choose what experiment they’d like to try. Filling out project packets is the minimum requirement by the end of the three weeks, but the extension would be to create Google Slides after, with photos or videos of their project to showcase in class. There will be 2-3 times that the packet will go home and you will be asked to help out, but most can be done in class. All projects are due November 4th! We will be discussing and presenting all of their projects that day. Thank you for your support in this. We appreciate you.

• Field trips Coming Up: We won a raffle and got a 5th field trip! Grade Level will be going to The Long Center on ThursdayNovember 3rd

• November 3rd: Opera at The Long Center. Students will be seeing “The Barber of Seville” and enjoy the arts.

• November 18th: Playland Skate Center. Students will be learning about Newton’s Laws of Physics, take apart/ put skates together the first hour. They will then skate for fun for the second hour

Make sure you give specific consent for all the trips for this year! Find the google forms here.

Content we are getting into next week/ Questions you can ask your child:

• ELA: Elements of Folktales & Figurative Language

• What folktale elements have you begun to notice in The Odyssey?

• How is your hero’s Journey story coming along?

• Who is your main character? Describe them.

• SLA: Narrations and characters

• What is the title of the book you are reading in SLA?

• Who is the main character?

• Did you learn any adjectives to describe a character?

• Science: Light, Sound and Electrical Circuits

• How did your two experiments (light & Circuits) go? Tell me about them!?

• What experiment do you want to focus on for your Unit Project?

• Math: Decimal Place Value

• How is the value of a digit related to its place value position?

• How can a decimal be represented in money or in models?

• How can expanded notation be used to represent decimals?

• SEL: Showing Compassion, Checking class climate, and Revisiting Growth Mindset

• What are ways that you can show compassion at school?

• How are you feeling about your class? Your teacher?

• Why do you think it is important to remind ourselves to have a growth mindset?

If any questions, concerns, suggestions, ideas, or affirmations (you can also fill out a RAVE on the homepage), please reach out to your homeroom teacher to their contact info below.

Sending love and light to you all,

The 4th Grade Team

Happy Friday Families!

We are in October! Time flies! Grades are due next week and you should have received a one pager from Ms. Diaz that shows you how to access the grades online. We are thrilled to see all the hard work and effort your kiddos have put into this year so far! They have grown and flourished so much already. We are grateful to be a part of their academic journey. A few things coming up this month:

Updates:

• Picture Day: On Tuesday, October 11th, there will be photos taken in the library of each student. Order forms have gone home and you can return the order form by the 11t or you can order photos online.

• SCAs: WE are taking the Short Cycle Assessments next week in all subjects (Math, ELA, SLA and Science) Not to worry! There are about 10-18 questions, depending on the subject, and just a pulse check to see if students have mastered the content taught so far. We are thrilled for them to show what they know and to get data for us to be able to adapt our teaching focus to meet them better at where they are. Each test will be a different day and will be during that content time.

• SLA SCA: Friday, October 7th

• ELA SCA: Monday, October 10th

• Math SCA: Tuesday, October 11th

• Science SCA: Wednesday, October 12th

• Spirit Night: On Wednesday, October 12th, you are welcome to join others at Sonic on Lamar around 5pm to hang out! Get yourself a slushie, some tots and connect with other Beckerinos!

• Student Holiday: Heads up! On Friday, October 14th, there will be NO SCHOOL.

• Book Character Day: On Friday, October 28th, students will be able to wear a costume of a character they love from a book. If they can’t find a book that matches this costume, they can make/create a book to go with their outfit. A few reminders: no weapons and no masks covering faces (they can wear the mask on their head). There will be a Parade in the morning. More info to come!

• Fall Fest: On Saturday, October 29th, Becker Fall Fest is back! Mark your calendars. More info to come.

• Class Events Spreadsheet: If you haven’t already, please sign up for anything you are willing to help with. Thank you.

• DIAZ sign up

• PASCUAL sign up

• CARVAJAL sign up

Content we are getting into next week:

• ELA: ELA: Intro to Folktales/ SS Indigenous Groups in Texas

• Can you think of any folktales you’ve read/heard in the past? What type of folktale do you think it was?

• In what region of Texas do we live in; what other regions are there?

• SLA: Self-evaluation and revision

• What did I find most difficult in Spanish?

• How can I improve my reading strategies in Spanish?

• How many palabras agudas did I find in my reading?

• Science: Electrical Energy

• Where in our house do you notice electrical energy being used?

• How do you think batteries and circuits work?

• Math: Equivalent Fractions

• What do you do to find equivalent fractions?

• What about fractions has been hard for you?

• SEL: Joining in and We are all different

• What are some of the ways you can join in on a game with friends?

• How do you see yourself?

• Do you feel comfortable being yourself around others?

4th grade playlist en ESPAÑOL:

In order to encourage our kids to learn more vocabulary in Spanish, we are weekly listening to different Spanish songs so we created a Spotify playlist. Here you can find the link so that you can play at home as well. DISFRUTA!

If any questions, concerns, suggestions, ideas, or affirmations (you can also fill out a RAVE on the homepage), please reach out to your homeroom teacher to their contact info below.

Sending love and light to you all,

The 4th Grade Team

Happy Friday Families!

So lovely to meet with all of you this week! We truly appreciate y'all's continued support and taking the time to chat with us about how awesome your child is. The Publishing Party for their Personal Narratives was a success! All students got to celebrate each other’s writing and give positive feedback on specific items (hook, strong conclusions, figurative language, etc.) included. We are so proud of how hard everyone in fourth grade has been working on not only their writing, but everything! They are slowly becoming better authors, readers, mathematicians, scientists, friends and rad bilingual kiddos who advocate for themselves and bring their strengths to the table daily. We love them.

Updates:

• Early Release: On Friday, October 7th, students will be released at 1:30 pm. All Creative Action classes are canceled that day, but Extend-A-Care will operate as usual.

• Picture Day: On Tuesday, October 11th, there will be photos taken in the library of each student. Order forms have gone home and you can return the order form by the 11t or you can order photos online.

• Student Holiday: Heads up! On Friday, October 14th, there will be NO SCHOOL.

• Class Events Spreadsheet: If you haven’t already, please sign up for anything you are willing to help with. Thank you.

• DIAZ sign up

• PASCUAL sign up

• CARVAJAL sign up

Content we are getting into next week:

• ELA: ELA: Intro to Folktales/ SS Indigenous Groups in Texas

• What movies or books have you read that are folktales, myths, or fairy tales?

• How do you know it’s not real?

• What kind of story would you create?

• Do you know what indigenous groups were in the Austin Area?

• SLA: Inferencia, sustantivos comunes y propios

• What is an inference?

• What proper and common nouns did you come up with?

• What did you read in Imagine Learning?

• Science: Forms of Energy

• What type of energy do you find most interesting?

• Can you identify different forms of energy within our house?

• Math: Comparing Fractions

• What are the different strategies you can use to compare fractions?

• Why or how could this be useful in the real world?

• SEL: Introducing Month Theme: Courage, Conversations vs compliments and Same, same, but different

• What would it look like to be courageous at home, school, or with friends?

• How can people be the same? How are we different?

• What makes a compliment sincere?

• Why is tone of voice important?

• How can you measure appropriate personal space?

4th grade playlist en ESPAÑOL:

In order to encourage our kids to learn more vocabulary in Spanish, we are weekly listening to different Spanish songs so we created a Spotify playlist. Here you can find the link so that you can play at home as well. DISFRUTA!

If any questions, concerns, suggestions, ideas, or affirmations (you can also fill out a RAVE on the homepage), please reach out to your homeroom teacher to their contact info below.

Sending love and light to you all,

The 4th Grade Team

Happy Friday Families!

Ending week 6 with nothing but celebrations! We had a wonderful time on our first field trip this year. Students were well behaved and had great discussions at the Bob Bullock Museum. Thank you to the parent volunteers who chaperoned the trip. We appreciate you.

Updates:

• Personal Narrative Publishing Party: This will take place on Friday, 9/30. Students have been working hard on their personal narrative about a small moment from their past. We will be celebrating their hard work and them becoming authors! In the future we will invite you to the publishing parties in the class, but since it is our first, we would like to set publishing party expectations, routines, and procedures without distractions. Thank you for understanding. If you volunteered to help with snacks for this please send by Thursday 9/29. Thank you!

• Parent Teacher Conferences: Parent Teacher Conferences are next week, September 26th- September 3oth! Below are the sign ups for each HR teacher, if you haven't already signed up.

• DIAZ Sign up

• PASCUAL Sign up

• CARVAJAL Sign up

• Class Events Spreadsheet: There is a spreadsheet that has been created for each 4th grade class and will be maintained by the room parents. If you haven’t already, please sign up for anything you are willing to help with. Thank you.

• DIAZ sign up

• PASCUAL sign up

• CARVAJAL sign up

Content we are getting into next week/ Questions you can ask your child:

• ELA: Wrapping up Realistic Fiction and Personal Narratives

• Can you give me a brief summary of the book Rules so far?

• How is Typing Club going? Do you feel like you are getting the hang of the keyboard and all of its keys? Where are you in typing your story?

• Stories have different messages or themes. Let’s identify some in the movies you’ve seen or books you’ve read before together and discuss why you think that!

• What small moment did you choose to write about for your personal narrative?

• SLA: Poetry and Figurative Language

• What did you choose to write about for your poem?

• What is a metaphor? Can you give me an example?

• Let's write a poem at home together about another topic!

• Science: Matter- Mixtures & Solutions

• What is the difference between a mixture and a solution?

• Can you tell me examples of each?

• Want to make some at home together?

• You have an oil spill experiment coming up next Friday. Do you know how oil spills in the ocean happen and how they affect the wildlife?

• Math: Adding & Subtracting Mixed and Improper Fractions

• How do you change a mixed fraction to an improper fraction? Vise versa?

• Show me how you add fractions together!

• Can you decompose 5/9? 8/12? 9/10?

• SEL: Understanding Different Perspectives and Growth Mindset

• Is it ok to have a different perspective or take on a topic than someone else?

• What is the difference between an opinion and a fact?

• What is the difference between growth and a fixed mindset?

• Is there any way that I can help you keep a growth mindset on anything you feel like you are struggling with?

If any questions, concerns, suggestions, ideas, or affirmations (you can also fill out a RAVE on the homepage), please reach out to your homeroom teacher to their contact info below:

Sending love and light to you all,

The 4th Grade Team

Happy Friday Families!

WOW! We are five weeks into school! Crazy how time flies!

Updates:

• Back to School Night: Back to School Night is next week on Tuesday, September 20th. Mark your calendars! We will have information for the entire grade level on how to access grades online, check-in about communication, sign up for PTC and events this year, and some grade level expectations. We can’t wait to see you here on campus from 5:30-7pm!

• Back to School night will be split into 3 rotations. The PA system and the bell will be used to alert families when a session has been completed allowing them to transition to the next.

  • Rotations- Library (Principal Barrett & Admin Team), 2 homeroom rotations.

  • 5:30-5:50- Rotation 1

  • 5:50-6:00- Transition

  • 6:00-6:20- Rotation 2

  • 6:25-6:30- Transition

  • 6:30- 6:50- Rotation 3

  • 6:50-7:00- Back 2 School Night is Concluded!

• Parent Teacher Conferences: Parent Teacher Conferences are on the week of September 26th- September 3oth! Below are the sign ups for each HR teacher and their availability that week.

• DIAZ Sign up

• PASCUAL Sign up

• CARVAJAL Sign up
  

• Class Events Spreadsheet: There is a spreadsheet that has been created for each 4th grade class and will be maintained by the room parents. If you haven’t already, please sign up for anything you are willing to help with. Thank you.

• DIAZ sign up

• PASCUAL sign up

• CARVAJAL sign up

Content we are getting into next week/ connection questions you can ask:

• ELA: Realistic Fiction/Personal Narrative

• Can you give me a brief summary of the book Rules so far?

• What types of conflict does Catherine struggle with?

• Stories have different messages or themes. Let’s identify some in the movies you’ve seen or books you’ve read before together and discuss why you think that!

• What small moment did you choose to write about for your personal narrative?

• Is “said” really dead?! What other words could you replace said with when adding dialogue to your writing?

• Math: Equivalent Fractions/ Comparing Fractions

• What is a unit fraction?

• What is the difference between a proper and an improper fraction?

• How can you find an equivalent fraction?

• Can you show me how the butterfly method works?

• Science: Magnets/ Temperature

• Can you show me the movements you and your class created for the dictado sentences?

• What types of metals are magnetic?

• Why is measuring the temperature important in the real world?

• SLA: poetry and elements of poetry

• Can you tell me what was the poem you read today about?

• Can you tell me what did you visualize with the poem you read?

• Can you tell me what was the little monster about?

• What is the topic you choose for the class poem?

• Do you remember what is the verse you created with your table mates for the class poem?

• SEL: Understanding Complex Feeling

• Are people allowed to feel different feelings at the same time?

• Have you ever felt multiple feelings at the same time before?

• All feelings are valid and are not to be apologized for, but its what we say and do with those feelings that can impact others.

We hope you have a great weekend with your loved ones.

If any questions, concerns, suggestions, ideas, or affirmations (you can also fill out a RAVE on the homepage), please reach out to your homeroom teacher to their contact info below:

Sending love and light to you all,

The 4th Grade Team

Happy Friday Families!

This week flew by! Thank you all for your continued support and know that we are extremely grateful to be on your team. These kiddos are awesome. Please take the time to read the following, add dates to your calendar and use the link below to sign up for a variety of events happening throughout the year.

Updates:

• Reading Logs: Encourage your child to read or watch TV shows in Spanish with subtitles to get those minutes! Another week of minutes counted and the excitement amongst the classes is palpable.

• Back to School Night: Back to School Night is Tuesday, September 20th. Mark your calendars! More information to come!

• Parent Teacher Conferences: Parent Teacher Conferences are on the week of September 26th- September 3oth! We will have a sign up ready for you next week, but just wanted to let you know so you can have it on your radar. :)

• Class Events Spreadsheet: There is a spreadsheet that has been created for each 4th grade class. Room parents are in charge of making sure we are keeping it updated, messaging out when the time comes for an event, reminding the volunteers who sign up of their task and connecting with the teacher to ensure the events throughout the year are covered by the community. The spreadsheet contains tabs with semster green garden sign up, monthly snack bin restock, monthly door decoration sign ups, field trip chaperone spots, Publishing Party snack sign ups and Holiday party sign ups. We are thrilled to have a streamlined way of giving all parents a way to connect or help out at some point in the year if possible. You can find your class sign up below. Please sign up for only 1 or 2 to give others an opportunity to do the same. Thank you.

• DIAZ sign up

• PASCUAL sign up

• CARVAJAL sign up

• First Field Trip: Our first field trip of the year is coming up on Wednesday, September 21st to the Bob Bullock Museum. We have paid for 4 parent chaperones in each homeroom class to come along with us, but anyone else is welcome to join in their vehicle and pay for themselves too. If you’d like to take one of the paid chaperone spots, ride the bus and be in charge of 4-5 kiddos in the museum, please reach out to your class room parent and fill out the spreadsheet or communicate with your HR teacher. First come, first serve.

• PS: all field trips have their allotted paid spaces for chaperones, but anyone is always welcome to join us in their own vehicle and pay for themselves.

Content we are getting into next week:

• ELA: Realistic Fiction and Personal Narratives

• SLA: Texto informativo. Puntuación.

• Science: Matter- Density and Volume

• Math: Unit Fractions, Decomposing Fractions, Fractions on a number line

• SEL: Similarities and Difference, Mexican Independence Day

We hope you have a great weekend with your loved ones.

If any questions, concerns, suggestions, ideas, or affirmations (you can also fill out a RAVE on the homepage), please reach out to your homeroom teacher to their contact info below:

Sending love and light to you all,

The 4th Grade Team