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Visit the TeacherWeb® videos to learn about the features, modifications, and customizations available on your website. Click here to learn more. Announcements small medium large ***Updateded May 1* Welcome to Fourth Quarter! WOW! We only have 7 weeks left until fourth grade will be over and your hard working students will officially be FIFTH GRADERS! Unbelieveable :) The fourth quarter lends itself to celebrating what we have learned throughout the year with many fun and hands on culminating projects as well as performances and creative expression. While sad that our time together is almost up, I look forward to the next few weeks with your children and all the excitement that this time of year brings. As always, I thank everyone for their continued support :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Be sure your child is bringing home CHAPTER books to read. Our Media Specialist encourages students to pick “JUST RIGHT” books. Fourth graders are allowed to check out 3 books from the Media center. AT LEAST 1 of those books should be at or above their reading level. This also ensures that students have an appropriate independent reading book for class time. What Makes An Excellent Retell On The Nightly Reading Log? A clear beginning, middle, and end to what they have read. Descriptions of the characters, setting, and problem. Retell should flow smoothly without any prompting for more information. An excellent retell takes about 5 minutes. Thank you for signing the reading log every night and encouraging excellent retelling skills! *************************************************************************** CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS: READING/WRITING: This quarter we will be reading and performing drama. We read and performed "Horton Hears A Who" and will be adding John Henry in Reader's Workshop. Later in the quarter, students will read a shortened version of the classic novel, Cricket in Times Square, and turn it into their own dramatic interpretation. We will also be focusing on researching a topic and learning how to use research and write a report. We will continue Literature Circle groups again to read more novels and complete book projects. It is important the students come to their weekly Literature Circle group with the role sheet filled out, ready to participate. Time is given in class to complete this assignment. In writing there will be more emphasis on report writing this quarter. The students will be guided through the research writing process as they gather important information on their county at home on the index cards. In class the students will take the information from their index cards, form relevant paragraphs, and restate it in their own words to write their report. Special attention will be given to the revising and editing steps. It is important the students are able to re-read their writing with a purpose to improve organization, word choice, and focus. SOCIAL STUDIES/SCIENCE: For detailed information and dates about County Fair, please see the County Fair page. As you already know, the students have been assigned a North Carolina county and are awaiting a return letter with information on their county. Most of the information requested from the county Chamber of Commerce has arrived to Highcroft. We will be setting up index cards based on the requirements for the written report to organize the research into manageable categories. The children had an opportunity to tour last year’s fourth grade county fair and are very excited to be a part of this fourth grade tradition. In Science we will begin our last unit in food chemistry. The students will test foods and liquids for starch, glucose, fats, and protein through hands on investigations. They will become very aware of nutritional information on packaging and labels. As with the last three Science units, students will be expected to keep a detailed and organized inquiry based Science Notebook. The predictions and conclusions they make throughout the unit help deepen their understanding of the concepts being taught. *MATH: Our fourth quarter in math begins with division. I will teach the children two strategies. One is the traditional method we all learned, and the other is called the “forgiving method.” We will spend the first two weeks of this quarter learning and practicing both methods. As with multiplication, the students ultimately decide which method works the best for them. Team time will be spent reviewing fractions and word problems. The students will be grouped according to their need for review or extension as determined by a pre-assessment. Later in the quarter we will study probability and patterns. Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? Password: Forgot your password?

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