Grade 4 Weekly Newsletter
February 18 - 22
Curriculum
Reading:
This week we will wrap up our Historical Fiction Clubs reading unit.
Students will continue reading, reflecting, and discussing their books with their historical fiction book clubs.
The lessons for this week are:
Lesson 1: Some People’s Perspective is Not All People’s Perspectives
Lesson 2: Seeing Power in Its Many Forms
Lesson 3: Finding Thematic Connections across Texts
Lesson 4 & 5: Reteach as needed
Essential Questions
- How does history influence the characters, setting, and events in a story?
- Who has power in the story?
- How are the books we read in our groups related?
- What makes our book club discussions meaningful?
Writing:
This week students will be wrapping up their second historical informational report.
Our minilessons will support students with analyzing one’s research to grow ideas from it and editing.
Our minilessons will support students with analyzing one’s research to grow ideas from it and editing.
In this historical nonfiction writing unit students learn that information texts are often conglomerates,
containing a lot of other kinds of texts. These might include an all about chapter, a how to chapter, a diary,
and/or an essay.
containing a lot of other kinds of texts. These might include an all about chapter, a how to chapter, a diary,
and/or an essay.
The lessons for this week are:
Bend 3: Building Ideas in Informational Writing
Lesson 1: Information Writing Gives Way to Idea Writing
Lesson 2: Digging Deeper: Interpreting the Life Lessons that History Teaches
Lesson 3: Using Confusion to Guide Research
Lesson 4: Questions without a Ready Answer
Lesson 5: Editing
Essential Questions
- How can historical events be incorporated into our nonfiction writing?
- How can research help me write historical nonfiction?
Mathematics:
NEXT week will be our MID-Module Assessment
Sunday, 25th and Monday, 26th
This week we will be continuing Module 5 - Fraction Equivalence, Ordering, and Operations.
This module builds on students’ grade 3 work with unit fractions as they explore fraction equivalence
and extend this understanding to mixed numbers. This leads to comparison of fractions and mixed numbers
and the representation of both in a variety of models.
Benchmark fractions (ie. ½) play an important role when students reason about fraction and mixed number sizes.
Students have the opportunity to apply what they know to be true to new situations and problems.
and extend this understanding to mixed numbers. This leads to comparison of fractions and mixed numbers
and the representation of both in a variety of models.
Benchmark fractions (ie. ½) play an important role when students reason about fraction and mixed number sizes.
Students have the opportunity to apply what they know to be true to new situations and problems.
Essential Questions:
- Why express quantities, measurements and fraction number relationships in different ways?
- How can fraction number relationships be expressed in different ways?
The lessons for this week are:
Lesson 1: Use visual models to add and subtract two fractions with the same units.
Lesson 2: Add and subtract more than two fractions.
Lesson 3: Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions.
Lesson 4: Use visual models to add two fractions with related units.
Lesson 5: Add a fraction less than 1 to, or subtract a fraction less than 1 from, a whole number using
decomposition and visual models such as tape diagrams and number lines. (Topic E).
decomposition and visual models such as tape diagrams and number lines. (Topic E).
Here is the LINK to the Growth Mindset video (Jo Boaler). 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? What type of dialogue will you use? You might like the following sentence starters to help you!
Science: Where the Wind Blows
Essential Questions:
- Can weather be predicted accurately?
- How does the temperature and precipitation determine the climate?
Some classes will be recording their weather forecast on green screen early this week.
Social Studies: The Road to Independence
In this unit we will be looking at the causes of the American Revolution and discussing
the issues of the day from multiple perspectives. In the culminating project the students
will be selecting a famous person from the time (American or British) and created a
‘Facebook’ page for them on Glogster. This poster will include famous quotes, pictures,
and some oral recordings that the students make as they attempt to become their character.
the issues of the day from multiple perspectives. In the culminating project the students
will be selecting a famous person from the time (American or British) and created a
‘Facebook’ page for them on Glogster. This poster will include famous quotes, pictures,
and some oral recordings that the students make as they attempt to become their character.
Essential Questions:
- How do people, government and key events connect to build a nation?
Week 1 Focus: Introduce this unit.
- Lesson 1: Introduce the idea of perspective. Look at various pictures of the American Revolutionary War and make comments. Write about the pictures.
- Lesson 2: Look at some original texts from the time of the Boston Massacre. Discuss.
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!
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!
Grade 4 Guidance:
“ No way, cliques are not okay. Everyone can play!”
In Guidance students are learning about healthy and unhealthy friendship groups.
They are learning about “exclusion” and how to recognize the difference between cliques
and a group of friends. We are discussing personal responsibility, integrity and the power of
one to make a difference. Students will practice assertive statements for standing up for
themselves and for others.
They are learning about “exclusion” and how to recognize the difference between cliques
and a group of friends. We are discussing personal responsibility, integrity and the power of
one to make a difference. Students will practice assertive statements for standing up for
themselves and for others.
An Exclusive Clique
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A Group of Friends
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1. Members give up their uniqueness
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1. Each person feels he/she can be him/herself.
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2. Unkindness is shown to others and there is an unwillingness to solve conflicts
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2. Shows kindness to others and a willingness to solve conflicts
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3. A closed group - excludes others from joining and prevents its’ members from playing
with people outside the clique |
3. An open group – anyone can join and friends feel free to play with others
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Upcoming Events
· Tuesday, Feb. 13th - Spelling Bee Semi Finals, 3:30, ES Hall
· Thursday, Feb. 22nd - Trimester 2 Ends
· Mid-Module Math Assessment, Sunday and Monday 25th & 26th Feb
· Wednesday, Mar. 7th - Early Release Day
· Thursday, Mar. 8th - CAC Holiday
Repeat Announcements
Core Value of the Month
During the month of February we will focus on the Core Value of Creativity.
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