Friday, December 4, 2020

Weekly Fourth Grade Update (12.4.20.)

Weekly Update

(11.30 - 12.4)


Announcements:


Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

If you still need to purchase a copy of our next classic for you scholar, here is the ISBN number and an Amazon link here.

ISBN: 9780618250745


MAP Testing

Scholars did a great job persevering through more MAP testing this week. Teachers will be able to use this data to better support scholars and track growth. If you have any questions about the MAP testing or other information, please contact your homeroom teacher.


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ELA:

Our scholars began to read Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham. They are already excited to see how its protagonist, Nat, will use mathematics to pursue his dreams! Our 4th Graders have also started the memorization of "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow--this one will be a feat to memorize, but our scholars show the perseverance they will need to achieve their goals! Great work, Fourth Grade!


Math:

This coming week in math, scholars will be reviewing all that we have learned thus far in the year to take their cumulative Units 1-3 test. We strongly recommend that students attend office hours to review. Then, we will begin our unit in Geometry! We look forward to learning more about lines, angles, and shapes.


History: 

Greetings Spartan family! We have concluded our unit on Medieval Europe and scholars took a test to finish up the unit. We are so proud of their perseverance while finishing up this big unit! We are going to be moving onto a small unit on Ancient and Medieval African Kingdoms and Islam. Just like when we started learning about Christianity, remember that we are studying religion to learn/observe/appreciate, not to try and convert or shop around for religions. If you have any questions, feel free to email Ms. Cunningham (gwen.cunningham@greatheartswesternhills.org) 


Science:

Scholars are finishing up our unit on structures and functions of living things! We enjoyed learning about different senses that animals are able to use, such as river dolphins using echolocation, or even plants that can smell pheromones from other plants. Next week, we will review and take a test to wrap up what we have been learning about living organisms. Encourage your scholar to reference their student reader and to use the study guide that will come on Monday to help prepare.



If you'd like to see what your scholars are learning and doing in their specials classes CLICK HERE !

 

 

Enjoy the long weekend scholars! 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



Contact Information:

4A
Lead Teacher - Carolyn Conlon: carolyn.conlon@greatheartswesternhills.org
Assistant Teacher - Ashley Poritz: ashley.poritz@greatheartswesternhills.org

4B
Lead Teacher - Aaron Cho: aaron.cho@greatheartswesternhills.org
Assistant Teacher - Seth Kitchens: seth.kitchens@greatheartswesternhills.org

4C
Lead Teacher - Vania Vasquez: vania.vasquez@greatheartswesternhills.org
Assistant Teacher - Natalie Curran: natalie.curran@greatheartswesternhills.org

4D
Lead Teacher - Gwen Cunningham: gwen.cunningham@greatheartswesternhills.org

Assistant Teacher - Rebecca Ortega: rebecca.ortega@greatheartswesternhills.org



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