Welcome lifelong learners to 4th grade! Our hope is that your love for reading, writing, math, science, and history will multiply throughout the year. Let's have a great year!
Week of Jan 21~24
Language Arts
In reading, students will determine the main idea, describe the overall structure, and summarize text. They will also practice determining the gist and meaning of unfamiliar words, and describe a character using details from the text. Students will take the Mid-Unit 1 Test on Wednesday.
During ALL Block, students will practice determining the details in a story, make inferences, and respond to a prompt.
Important Vocabulary Words to Know
act, scene, connections, Divided Loyalties, content-based fiction, regret, detail, inference, prompt
Math
In Math, the students will be starting Unit 4 Part 2. Unit 4 Part 2, students will build on their understanding of comparing fractions less than 1, add and subtract fractions with like denominators, and measuring to the nearest 1/8 of an inch. This week the students will reviewing for their Unit Test on Friday.
Important Vocabulary Words to Know
common fraction numerator, denominator, tenth, decimal, term, equivalent fractions, unit fraction, hundredth, whole equivalent sets, and quotient-adding decimal fractions.
Math Test Friday
Science
In science, we are continuing Unit 5: Earth and Moon. Student's will learn how the position of the sun and the moon creates the different moon phases.
Important Vocabulary Words to Know
Axis, Hemisphere, Rotation, Revolution, Earth, Moon, Tilt, Wanning, Gibbous, Waxing, Crescent, Quarter, New, and Full
Social Studies
In social studies, students are continuing the westward expansion. Learning how different events in U.S. history effected our expansion to the west.
Important Vocabulary Words to Know
expansion, pioneer, settler, acquisition, technological advancements, productivity, cash crops, textiles, agriculture, manufacturing, standard of living, forced relocation, reservation, physical gateway, physical, barrier, canal