4th Grade Newsletter
Sept. 8-11
UPCOMING EVENTS
PICTURE DAY
Monday, Sept. 7
September 18th
Dismissal at 11:30am
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING THIS WEEK
Unit 1.5 Letters Home from Yosemite
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction
Comprehension Skill: Main Idea
Vocabulary Words:
1. impressive – able to impress the mind, feelings, conscience
2. naturalist - a person who studies living things
3. preserve – to keep from harm or change; protect
4. slopes- land that goes up or down at an angle
5. species –a set of related living things that share certain characteristics and that can interbreed
6. wilderness –a wild region with few or no people living in it
7. glacier – great mass of ice that moves very slowly down a mountain or along a valley
Spelling List:
usual, huge, flute, mood, smooth, threw, afternoon, scooter, juice, cruise, truth, bruise, cruel, excuse, pupil, groove, confuse, humor, duty, curfew
Math
Standards: 4.OA.C.5, 4.OA.A.3
Generalizing and Analyzing Patterns (EnVision Topic 2) TEST ON TUESDAY
Standards: 4.NBT.A.1, 4.NBT.A.2, 4.NBT.A.3
Place Value (EnVision Topic 3)
SS and Science:
Please see the first newsletter of the nine weeks to see what we will be learning in SS and Science for the quarter (Aug. 10-14).