Week Three!
(8.24 - 8.28)
Good afternoon!
Here are our announcements for the week:
MAP Testing
We’ve all made it through another week of school! Thank you so much for your patience and work this week, especially with our MAP testing. We’re really proud of how our scholars persevered through their tests. In case you missed either or both of our MAP tests, there is make-up testing scheduled for September 2nd, 3rd, and 4th next week. These tests provide us really helpful information on how to best support your scholars, so please ensure you are set up and ready to go for these make-up tests.
Specials
In case you missed this before, you should all also have access to the Specials Google Classroom. Lessons for Music, Art, Spanish, and P.E. all exist in a separate Google Classroom from your homeroom and have separate assignments to be submitted. No worries if you were not aware of this before, but please ensure that your scholars are also completing their work for these courses. You can find the classroom using the class code “pnmf6iy”.
Late Work
Also, please ensure that your scholars have all of their missing assignments in for their homeroom class. Across all of our sections, there are still assignments that are missing and incomplete. Please take a moment to talk to your scholars and ensure that they have followed all directions and uploaded all necessary attachments when completing work, including for past work as far back as our first week of school. There should be a section in your Google Classroom that helps highlight missing assignments.
If you are experiencing issues with particular attachments or Google Forms, please reach out to your homeroom teacher. While we are distance learning, it is also important that your scholars view comments on their returned assignments to help them improve and make corrections. When you click on most assignments, there should be a section of private comments and/or comments directly on pictures of their work to review.
Thank you for all you are doing to support your scholars at home. We know that our Spartan families are incredibly busy, and we truly appreciate all of your efforts. In some of our morning Zooms today, we had crazy hair or virtual field trips as a reward for great behavior and a tiring week. We hope you all get to let loose a bit and enjoy this weekend!
Please read on for our subject overviews.
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ELA
This week, our scholars honed their poetry memorization skills in preparation for their recitation of “The Violet” by Jane Taylor. In addition to practicing their oration, scholars continue to read Prince Caspian and, as its end approaches, they prepare to write their first essay as 4th Graders. Secure in their recent knowledge about the parts of a sentence and what makes a strong narrative summary, there is no doubt that our scholars will craft beautiful essays in the upcoming weeks!
Math
This past week in Math, scholars honed their skills in rounding and began to learn about factors. We have also invited scholars to start practicing their math facts by using flashcards. Feel free to have your child use the set provided via Quizlet, or they can make their own! We worked on twos this week, and in the coming week we will provide a set for threes. We encourage scholars to practice these for about 5 minutes each day. Next week, scholars will continue learning about factors and multiples. We will have a short quiz on Friday to check their progress on this skill!
History
This past week, we wrapped up our discussion on maps and mountains! I have loved everyone’s mountain stores and I am really loving that scholars are so invested in history. Next week we will be moving into medieval history and starting our first big unit for history! We will start by discussing how the Roman empire came to an end and how that will impact our future discussions on medieval history. We will, then, get an introduction to the Middle Ages, and students will get to decide if the Middle Ages were deserving of the nickname “The Dark Ages.”
Science
In Science this week, scholars finished learning about how rock layers in our earth can provide evidence for how the Earth has changed. Geologists have studied these layers to even theorize about how and when the dinosaurs went extinct! We finished up with a review and quiz. Next week, we will look at several natural hazards in more detail, learn about what causes them, and continue practicing our scientific thinking as we consider how we might protect people from their destructive effects.
If you'd like to see what your scholars are learning and doing in their specials classes CLICK HERE !
Have a wonderful weekend! Please reach out to your teachers with any questions, and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.👋
- The 4th Grade Team
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