4th Grade Newsletter
Oct. 19-23
UPCOMING EVENTS
October 19th
October 23rd
Dismissal at 11:30am
October 30th
Permission forms will go home this week. Bus leaves at 8:30am and returns at 2:00pm. Bring a sack lunch.
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING THIS WEEK
ELA
Standards
RI 4.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a Grade 4 topic or subject area.
RI 4.5 Describe the overall structure of events in a text or part of a text.
L4.1a: Pronouns (who, whose whom which that where when and why)
W4.2 4.2a and 4.2b Write informative or explanatory texts.
Spelling Words: Thanksgiving, among, think, blank, graph, young, wheel, nephew, belong, whiskers, whispers, elephant, white, shrink, wharf. trunk, strong, blink, chunk,
skunk
Math
Standards:
Multiply two two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value and the properties of operations. Illustrate and explain the calculations by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.
Social Studies: Alabama’s Entry Into Statehood and the Three Branches of Government
Science and Social Studies (2nd Quarter Standards)
Science (2nd Quarter):
Physical Science:
PS.4.2-Compare different pitches of sound produced by changing the size, tension, amount, or type of vibrating material.
PS.4.2a-Describing the relationship between the structure of the ear and hearing
PS.4.3-Recognize how light interacts with transparent, translucent, and opaque materials.
Examples: transparent—most light passes through, translucent—some light passes through, opaque—no light passes through
PS.4.3a-Predicting the reflection or absorption of light by various objects
PS.4.4-Describe effects of friction on moving objects.
PS.4.4a-Identifying momentum and inertia as properties of moving objects
PS.4.4b-Identifying ways to increase or decrease friction
Social Studies (2nd Quarter):
4.5-Describe Alabama’s entry into statehood and establishment of its three branches of government and the constitutions.
4.5.a-Explaining political and geographic reasons for changes in location of Alabama’s state capital.
4.5.b-Recognizing roles of prominent political leaders during early statehood in Alabama, including William Wyatt Bibb, Thomas Bibb, Israel Pickens, William Rufus King, and John W. Walker.
4.6-Describe cultural, economic, and political aspects of the lifestyles of early nineteenth-century farmers, plantation owners, slaves, and townspeople. Examples: cultural—housing, education, religion, recreation economic—transportation, means of support
political—inequity of legal codes.
4.6.a-Describing major areas of agricultural production in Alabama, including the Black Belt and fertile river valleys.
4.7-Explain reasons for Alabama’s secession from the Union, including sectionalism, slavery, states’ rights, and economic disagreements.
4.7.a-Identifying Alabama’s role in the organization of the Confederacy, including hosting the secession convention and the inauguration ceremony for leaders.
4.7.b-Recognizing Montgomery as the first capital of the Confederacy.
4.7.c-Interpreting the Articles of the Confederation and the Gettysburg Address.
4.8-Explain Alabama’s economic and military role during the Civil War.
Examples: economic—production of iron products, munitions, textiles, and ships military—provision of military supplies through the Port of Mobile, provision of an armament center at Selma.
4.8.a-Recognizing military leaders from Alabama during the Civil War.
4.8.b-Comparing roles of women on the home front and the battlefront during and after the Civil War.
4.8.c-Explaining economic conditions as a result of the Civil War, including the collapse of the economic structure, destruction of the transportation infrastructure, and high casualty rates.