Hello Fabulous Fourth Grade Families,
We have Pen Pals! We will be writing Pen Pal letters to a first grade class in Tampa, Florida with the 5th graders.
Below you will find what we will be doing for each subject this week:
ELA: In ELA will be reading a Scholastic Storyworks nonfiction article titled, What’s Buried on Oak Island? Our skill for the week is inference. There will be a vocabulary and comprehension test on Friday. We have completed our Novel Study of Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, there will be a comprehension test on the book on Wednesday 3/19. In writing we will begin our unit on narrative stories.
Math: This week in math we continue module 15, adding and subtracting mixed numbers with like denominators. There will be a quiz for module 15 on Thursday 3-27, and a test on Friday 3-28. 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 Lent, and the Easter Narrative.
Social Studies: This week in Social Studies we will be working on our Women’s History Month Project, “Leaving a ‘Stamp’ on history. Students will be choosing an influential woman to research, and petition why they should be honored with a postage stamp. Additionally, we will be starting Ch. 5, A New Nation, learning about the U.S. Constitution as well as influential figures during this time period.
Science: This week we will continue the unit of science, Electricity, Light, & Heat. In this unit, students investigate the different forms of energy! Students obtain information about how heat energy, solar energy, wind energy, and water energy can be transformed into electrical energy. They also construct devices that convert energy from one form into another, such as heat into motion and electricity into light.
STEM Lab: The 4th and 5th grade will also be learning about Bio Inspired Engineering concepts over the next 5 weeks. Students will be exploring the concept of camouflage.
Blessings,
Ms. Stainkamp