Mrs. Crabtree’s weekly newsletter 12/12/16
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Hi parents,
Important Dates
This week in 4th grade:
ELA (English, Language Arts)
Literacy Workshop
Social Studies: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday morning
We have been exploring authentic help wanted ads from colonial times. We have learned about the different trades that people had during this era. Each child will choose a trade to become an expert in and write their own help wanted ad.
Science: Monday, Friday
We will be learning about current electricity and the light bulb.
Literacy
We will be reading the junior novel and completing a character study of Ebenezer Scrooge. Students will be introduced to the setting of Victorian England; a society not unlike our own and will meet the spirit characters who will unravel the "whys" of Scrooge’s character and bear witness to his transformation. Students will delve into the mind of Scrooge and use text evidence and their knowledge of story elements to map his changes through the book. Students will create Spirit Trading cards for each of Scrooge’s visitors; describe these characters, what lessons they teach and the symbolism of each spirit. In addition, students will use text evidence to identify the different types of literary conflict in the story, infer the theme and describe how the different settings in the story advance the plot, as well as support characterization, mood, and theme. Finally, students will watch a movie version and compare it to the book.
This classic story reminds us of charity, generosity, and that it is never too late to change for the good. The novel is set at Christmastime but it is not a Christmas story. It does however, make references to the Christmas holiday. If you have any issues with the character and novel study due to religious reasons, please let me know and an alternative study will be provided for your student.
Writing
We will be completing the writing assignment about Black Sunday and using this time to write responses about the literary elements we find in Scrooge.
Math
We will be learning strategies to complete 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication (23x32). We will primarily focus on using
The distributive property 23x32= (20x21)+(3x32)
The associative property 32x30=32x(3x10)=(32x10)x3
And the box method...this is hard to write in a newsletter, but you can google it.
I will also expose them to the classic algorithm.
Please let me know if you have any questions or comments,
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Hi parents,
- Class pictures will be on December 7th!
- Remember to look your best!
- Remember to look your best!
- Winter Break!
- There is no school from Thursday 12/22- Tuesday 1/3.
- School starts back on Wednesday January 4th.
- There is no school from Thursday 12/22- Tuesday 1/3.
- Tests/Due Dates
- Math Test on 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication Friday 12/16
- DLI test will be Friday 12/16
- There will be end of unit math test on Monday 12/19. This will be on multiplication and division. The students will need to have a strong understanding of how to multiply and divide. There will be both regular problems and word problems.
- Math Test on 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication Friday 12/16
Important Dates
- 12/21 Winter Party 1:45-2:45
- 1/4 first day back to school
- 1/13 CMS Early Release Day
- 1/16 No School MLK Day
- 1/23 End of Quarter 2
- 1/24 No school teacher workday
- 1/27 Annual Fund Ends
This week in 4th grade:
ELA (English, Language Arts)
Literacy Workshop
Social Studies: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday morning
We have been exploring authentic help wanted ads from colonial times. We have learned about the different trades that people had during this era. Each child will choose a trade to become an expert in and write their own help wanted ad.
Science: Monday, Friday
We will be learning about current electricity and the light bulb.
Literacy
We will be reading the junior novel and completing a character study of Ebenezer Scrooge. Students will be introduced to the setting of Victorian England; a society not unlike our own and will meet the spirit characters who will unravel the "whys" of Scrooge’s character and bear witness to his transformation. Students will delve into the mind of Scrooge and use text evidence and their knowledge of story elements to map his changes through the book. Students will create Spirit Trading cards for each of Scrooge’s visitors; describe these characters, what lessons they teach and the symbolism of each spirit. In addition, students will use text evidence to identify the different types of literary conflict in the story, infer the theme and describe how the different settings in the story advance the plot, as well as support characterization, mood, and theme. Finally, students will watch a movie version and compare it to the book.
This classic story reminds us of charity, generosity, and that it is never too late to change for the good. The novel is set at Christmastime but it is not a Christmas story. It does however, make references to the Christmas holiday. If you have any issues with the character and novel study due to religious reasons, please let me know and an alternative study will be provided for your student.
Writing
We will be completing the writing assignment about Black Sunday and using this time to write responses about the literary elements we find in Scrooge.
Math
We will be learning strategies to complete 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication (23x32). We will primarily focus on using
The distributive property 23x32= (20x21)+(3x32)
The associative property 32x30=32x(3x10)=(32x10)x3
And the box method...this is hard to write in a newsletter, but you can google it.
I will also expose them to the classic algorithm.
Please let me know if you have any questions or comments,