4th Grade Week of January 19
Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Still, and Ms. Franks
CFES 4th Grade Updates
Dear CFES 4th Grade Families,
Enjoy your three day weekend! We will look forward to seeing our Cougars back on Tuesday, January 19!
Please check with your child, many students are needing to replenish supplies at school: colored pencils, low odor dry erase markers, pencil top and large erasers, head phones/ear buds, highlighters
Please be sure your student remembers to bring his/her water bottle to school every day to refill at the filtered water stations.
Our CFES Great Expectations focus this week will be:
Life Principle: justice - being fair, right, and upholding what is right
Quote: "If you want peace work for justice" Pope John Paul II
Please be encouraged to discuss with your child what the quote and life principle means to them and help make life connections to reinforce.
BLT - Behavior Learning Targets - Students revisited the expectations for behavior this week. We reviewed how they will always be given a reminder of the expectations if they can't meet them independently. However, if a student requires teacher support to meet the BLT, they will be receiving a lower score. 3- proficient, 2- Approaching, 1- Needs Improvement. BLT's are reported on the report card each semester.
Please click HERE for the updated Specials Schedule for the 3rd grading period.
Have a great week!
Love,
Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Still, & Ms. Franks
Weekly Homework
Students will also be given a Math page each week reinforcing concepts learned in class along with a spiral review! Pages will go out on Monday and are due back on Friday. These are NOT graded but will help students begin to build some practice of responsibility at home. We will also continue practicing vocabulary at home. Please see this link for suggested vocabulary practice at home. Please encourage your child to complete these at their own pace. THANK YOU!
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Math & Science Updates
Math: This week we will begin our decimals unit. Students must be able to take decimal numbers, including tenth and hundredths, and represent those numbers using a variety of models.
Students will:
- represent decimals, including tenths and hundredths, using concrete and visual models and money
- record decimal numbers represented by models
- and construct models for a given decimal number that names tenths and hundredths
Weekly Math Homework:
- Decimal/Fractions Homework Sheet: Click Here
- Study multiplication facts (0-12) for at least 10 minutes each night. The following suggestions are a few resources/ideas for at-home practice.
Resources:
- Online textbook for additional review and practice: Click >>> Pearson Easy Bridge enVision Math
- Multiplication Fluency Sheets and Answer Keys - Click HERE.
- xtramath.org - Online fact fluency practice - login through Clever
Math4Texas: Helping Parents Understand the Math Standards​
Science:
Students were assigned a Weather Instrument Project last week. The rubric and details were sent home Monday, 1-11. Their projects will be due on Tuesday, January 19th.
We will begin our unit over weathering, erosion, and deposition next week. It is important for students to understand that the processes of weathering (breaking down of rock), erosion (movement of sediment), and deposition (dropping of sediment into a new location) like the water cycle, is continuous and can be caused by forces of wind, water, and ice. These forces slowly cause physical change to Earth's surface over time.
Vocabulary: weathering/weathered, erosion/erode/eroded, deposition/deposit/deposited/depositing, density, mass, force
Formations/Landforms created by weathering/erosion/deposition:
deltas, volume, sandbars, u-shaped valleys, v-shaped valleys, beaches, sand dunes, floodplains, canyons, rock arches, gorges, Barrier Islands, moraines, fjords, sediment, sedimentary, waves, glaciers, rivers, canyon, caves, coastline, wind, water, ice, glacier, coastline, gravity
Students are encouraged to login using their google account to Flocabulary using the following link/code to practice vocabulary: www.flocabulary.com/join-class and enter the class code 6RWKSB (Brown) Q7YZMP(Franks)
Language Arts & Social Studies Updates
Reading: We begin our non-fiction unit next week! We'll start off by looking at the features of non-fiction (photos, captions, headings, subheadings, etc.) and move into our Habits of Good Readers with a focus on identifying the central idea. These are great moments to engage your child in discussions at home. We'll be practicing the skill of reading and summarizing what we've read.
Writing: It's TIME! We will begin learning the process of writing an expository essay starting next week. We begin SLOWLY by breaking down each part and explicitly teaching each section by modeling. Students will also be reading several model examples of past STAAR Writing samples to begin to NOTICE what great writers do. ONE great way to prepare your child at home is to start talking about their LIFE EXPERIENCES. Remind them of stories about people, places, and things that they've experienced. Think of positive and negative experiences. Encourage them to think of times when they worked towards a goal, overcame a challenge, were inspired by someone, learned a lesson, tried something new. The list is endless. However, a BANK or TREASURE CHEST full of story seeds will help your child get off to a successful start.
Vocabulary:
Unit 7 test is Thursday, January 21st. Students will study the words in class and will work on an assigned page each day in their books. If they do not complete it, they will bring it home to finish for homework. Please encourage your child to do additional study practices at home as we work towards familiarity and mastery of these difficult words. Vocabulary Book Online.
Handwriting:
Assignments will be found online and students will work in their blue cursive books. We'll work on a few skills per week. Students may practice at home as well. Cursive is a beautiful skill to learn and become proficient in. It also assists students in READING cursive writing as well.
Social Studies: Martin Luther King was celebrated on Monday. We'll spend this week learning about his life, leadership, and how he changed the world.
Upcoming Events
1/18 - Martin Luther King, Jr - District Holiday (no school)
1/19 - Weather Instrument Projects due
1/21 Unit 7 Vocabulary Test
Teachers
Mrs. Brown is THANKFUL for this year's adventure!
Miss Franks is ready to BLAZE the road in 4th Grade!
Mrs. Still LOVES the S'more-side of the FOURest
Teacher Contact Information
Mrs. Jennifer Brown
(281)357-4526 (Ext. 3841)
Mrs. Candice Still
(281)357-4526 (Ext. 3842)
Ms. Abbey Franks
(281)357-4526 (Ext.3843)
Conference Time: 9:45-10:35
Lunch 12:30-1:00