Hello Fabulous Fourth Grade Families,
The 4th grade will be visiting Raynham Hall Museum on February 28th. Students will be participating in the program: The Townsends in the Revolution. As a class to prepare for our visit we will be doing a novel study based on the book Treason Stops at Oyster Bay by Anna Leah Sweetzer. Please be on the lookout for a premission slip that will be sent home on 1-27.
Below you will find what we will be doing for each subject this week.
ELA: This week we will finish our next read-aloud The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi. Our skill of the week will be plot. There are spelling words that accompany the book. The spelling test will be on 1/31. In writing we will begin our study of opinion writing, answering the question: Did the patriots have the right to rebel against England? We will be editing our rough drafts. In grammar we will be learning about verbs.
Math: This week in math we will begin Module 12, relating fractions to decimals. There will be a test on Thursday 2-6, and a test on Friday 2-6. As always it is important to continue to review fact fluency at home to reinforce the skills taught in school. As always helpful videos and resources can be found on Google Classroom.
Religion: This week we will be learning about the miracles and life of Jesus.
Social Studies: This week we will continue our study of the American Revolution. We will be completing a Junior Ranger program through Saratoga National Historic Park. We will also continue to work on our Revolution Bottle Biography Project. This project will be counted as 2 projects, one for the project and one for the presentation. Projects are due on Wednesday February 5th. We will be presenting on February 5th and 6th.
Science: This week in science we will continue our next unit of study, Animal and Plant Adaptations. In this lesson, students make observations of external and internal parts of trees in order to collect evidence that these structures work together as a system to help plants survive in a particular environment. In the activity, Tree Detective, students use models of roots and branches to explore their functions and then construct an argument about how these structures must work together in order to support the survival of trees in the unique environment of the frozen taiga.
Blessings,
Ms. Stainkamp