Hello Fabulous Fourth Grade Families!  

The 4th graders have a busy week ahead! Please take a moment to review what we will be covering over this week. It is important that students bring in a charged chromebook to school each day. 

Our Physical Education Special on Tuesday has been moved to Thursdays at 10:40-11:20 for the month of January. Please be sure that your child wears sneakers on Wednesday’s and Thursday’s for January. As the weather begins to get colder please ensure that your child is bringing an appropriate jacket to school each day. We will be going outside every day we can, it is important that your child is dressed appropriately.  

Below you will find what we will be doing for each subject this week: 

ELA: This week in ELA we will be using the Wonders curriculum. We will be completing Unit 2, text set 2 focusing on reading and understanding drama. We will be reading two plays, The Ant and the Grasshopper, and Rainita the Frog Princess. We will also begin deconstructing expository texts, and continuing to work on synthesizing sources to support our claim. In grammar we will be beginning our next unit on verbs.   

Math: This week in math we will continue module 11, Fraction Equivalence and Comparison. Students will be given a set of Fraction Strips to come to and from school. Please remember to check google classroom for reteach pages, HW, and helpful handouts or videos. Students are encouraged to practice their fact fluency each night. It is vital that students are familiar and comfortable with their multiplication facts. 

Religion: This week we are continuing our unit on the Life of Jesus. There will be a short quiz on Wednesday based on the 4 lessons we have discussed. Students will be given their 4 worksheets back on Monday to use to help them study.  

Social Studies: We will be beginning Chapter 5, A New Nation, learning about the early formation of our government and the 3 branches of government outlined in the constitution. 

 Science: This week we will finish our current unit, The Birth of Rocks, exploring the 3 types of rocks. There will be a science quiz Friday about what we have learned so far. Please be on the lookout for a review sheet that will be coming home Monday to use as a study guide. 

I am looking forward to a fantastic week with a fabulous group of fourth graders. 

Blessings, 

Ms. Stainkamp