Grade 4 Weekly Newsletter
November 12 - 16
Curriculum
Reading:
This week we start our new reading unit titled, Nonfiction Reading: Expository, Narrative and Research. Students will orient themselves with nonfiction texts by looking at its structure. They will ask questions and try to answer their questions to help them focus on the text. Students will then use this information to help them determine which pieces of information is important. This will help them summarize more concisely.
This week’s lessons:
Lesson 1: Prediction by Previewing Text
Lesson 2: Questioning, Focus, and Stamina.
Lesson 3: Questioning & Determining Importance
Lesson 4: Summarizing to Understand What I Learned
Essential Questions
- How do readers know what is important in nonfiction texts?
- How can I become more complex in my thinking as I read?
Writing:
This week we start our new writing unit titled, Informational Writing: Writing About Topics of Personal Expertise. Our focus will be to brainstorm ideas we can write about. Students will look through books, their writing notebooks and think about what they know a lot about to help them come up with writing topics. Next, students will learn how to narrow down their topic so that it not too big nor too small. For example, baseball is too big of a topic, and what year baseball started is too small of a topic. However, how baseball started would be just right.
This week’s lessons:
Lesson 1: Read Something on an Unfamiliar Topic
Lesson 2: How to Choose a BIG Topic
Lesson 3: Identifying Smaller Parts of a BIG Topic
Lesson 4: Technical Language to Sound Like an Expert
Essential Questions
- How do writers teach readers about a topic?
- How do the images in a book help readers?
Mathematics:
This week we will be continuing Module 3: Multi-Digit Multiplication and Division
Essential Questions:
- What strategies can be used to compare multi-digit whole numbers?
- How do patterns in our number system help in understanding mathematics?
- How can strategies be used to solve multistep word problems?
- How can the reasonableness of a solution be determined?
- How are multiplication and division related?
The lessons are as follows for this week:
Lesson 1: Solve division problems without remainders using the area model.
Lesson 2: Solve division problems with remainders using the area model.
Lesson 3: Find factor pairs for numbers to 100, and use understanding of factors to define prime and composite.
Lesson 4: Use division and the associative property to test for factors and observe patterns.
Here is the LINK to the Growth Mindset video we began to watch at Back To School Night. We suggest you watch it with your child and discuss what might create a positive math classroom at school. How can you build a positive math relationship with your child?
Social Studies: Connections with History
Essential Question:
- How do geography and people connect to build a nation?
Students will continue working on their tribal projects. They will collect information about their tribe’s region, food, homes, games/leisure activities, and clothing. This project will run for several weeks.
Grade 4 Homework:
Daily homework tasks will be written into student planners each day. Tasks may include reading for 20-30 minutes per night, writing for 10 minutes per night along with additional mathematics work. Homework may differ according to teachers and students. Any mathematics homework that students find challenging please advise their homeroom teacher so they can progress accordingly. Homework is not meant to be impossible, challenging for students to grow their brains, but not impossible!
Guidance News – Keep Your Power! Say Okay & Walk Away
‘Don’t focus on the negative words you may hear from others; focus on the fact that you have the power to choose how to react!’ – Project Cornerstone
By focusing on their own actions, children can begin to recognize the power they have - their own personal power. Personal power is not about power over someone else or the situation, but power over our own response, feelings and thoughts. When students are able to control their reactions they demonstrate self-confidence and compassion for themselves.
Students will engage in powerful role-plays where they will have the opportunity to practice “keeping their power”. They will practice using an assertive posture and voice tone as they try various methods, such as: agreeing with the person (refusing to engage in an argument), saying “Okay”, using distractions, and walking away.
Upcoming Events
· Sunday, Nov. 12th - ES After School Activities Session 2 (Online sign-up begins)
· Tuesday, Nov. 14th - ES Assembly - 5D (7:55 am - 8:25 am, ES Hall)
· Thursday, Nov. 16th - ES Production Performance (5:30 pm - 7:00 pm)
· Friday, Nov. 17th - ES Production Performance (1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm)
· Sunday, Nov. 19th - ES Production Cast Party (3:15 pm - 4:00 pm, ES Hall)
· Monday, Nov. 20th - Math Workshop for Parents, (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm)
· Monday, Nov. 20th - General Services Staff Appreciation Lunch (Middle School Field, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm)
News
Kids’ Day
This year's Kids' Day will be held on Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017 from 8:00am to 11:30am. Students will then be dismissed at 11:30am for a long Thanksgiving weekend. This is a half day for CAC and Pre K-5 will be participating at the same time. For new parents to the school Kids’ Day is a fun-filled day in which they can show off their house spirit, participate in a wide variety of physical activities, and enjoy each other! The Elementary PE Department needs parent volunteers to help with the games and activities. You will be partnered up with an Elementary Teacher and teacher aide to help run an activity. If you could volunteer on that day, please fill in the (google form) by Thursday November 16th at the latest. Mr. Greene will contact you via e-mail with your assignment by Monday November 20th. Please mark your calendars with the date and time NOW! Thank you, Phil Greene pgreene@cacegypt.org & Mark Mayfield mmayfield@cacegypt.org
General Services Staff Appreciation Lunch- Monday, November 20
Every year the Elementary, Middle School, and High School Student Councils give thanks to the amazing general services staff at our school by hosting a special lunch. This staff includes: security guards, janitors, gardeners, drivers, bus monitors ,car washers, painters, carpenters, and maintenance. The hard work they do every day really makes our school a better place. We are grateful to all the general services staff and will be having an appreciation lunch for them.
Date: Monday, November 20, 2017
Location: Middle School Field
Time: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
We can’t do this alone, we need your help! We are requesting that all students and families show their appreciation for our general service staff by donating the following:
- PreK & KG : Dessert
- Grades 1 & 2: Pasta Dish/Rice or Rice Dish/Bread
- Grades 3 - 5: Meat Dishes
- Grade 6: Meat Dishes
- Grade 7: Meat Dishes
- Grade 8: Vegetables/Side Dish/Salad
- Grade 9-12: Goodie Bags (more information will be sent out from your High School Student Council)
Please bring food donations in a disposable container. Students & parents can drop off their dishes the morning of November 20 in the MS/HS Faculty Lounge. Those who would like to volunteer during the day, please fill in this link. We thank you for your continued support and for giving thanks to all of those who help make CAC the place to be! ES/MS/HS Student Leadership Teams
Repeated Announcements
Awards
Age Group Awards will be held Tuesday, November 14 from 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm in the main gym.
Softies
Softies and Extended Season are back this year, but with some changes. We will be combining these two programs and extending the option to join to Grade 3 this year. Instead of doing it at night after JV and Varsity practice, Softies will be a part of the ASA program. Practices will be Sunday, Monday and Wednesday, from 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm. Two days are required, though swimmers are able to attend all three if they choose. This is open to swimmers in Grade 3 and up that have completed at least one season of Age Group swimming. Please sign up through the upcoming ASA signups for trimester 2. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Coach Matt at mlautenbach@cacegypt.org.
After School Activities
Session 2 coming up!
Sign up open on the ASA website during the week of November 12-18 (open for 7 days including a weekend)
Schedules e-mailed to parents on Tuesday, November 21
Session begins on the week of November 26
Click here for the ASA Website
Tortoise Club
We would Love to hear your questions, comments and information about the Tortoises in the enclosure. Please click the link below to share any interesting information or ask any questions:
Link to the :Tortoise Club Information Sharing
Those will be will be reviewed by Mr. Said and the club members and will be published in the Tortoise Club web. page.
Link to the :Tortoise Club Page
Feedback
Two more weeks! before we end this current session of activities. Thank you to those who submitted the quick feedback form. We love to hear your feedback so we can always improve this program. Please click on this quick Feedback Link
International Festival
The International Festival is one of our main fundraising events of the year. It is scheduled to take place on March 16, 2018. If you’d like to volunteer and help us make this year's International Festival a success, please send an email to Kourtney LaGesse at cacinternationalfestival@gmail.com
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