Dear 4A Families,
I hope you had a great weekend! Thank you for attending the dropoff/pickup days last week. We appreciate your support!
Regarding this Thursday and Friday, students will receive instructions for asynchronous learning on Google Classroom as usual. Ms. Benson and I will check in with students first thing in the morning (8:30) on both days to go over the expectations for the tasks to be completed. On Thursday, we will also check in with students after lunch at (12:30). Students will have PE as usual at 2:00 on Thursday. They should log on to the 4A Zoom as usual. The afternoon on Friday will not change, and PE and Music videos will be available for students on Google Classroom. We appreciate your support in this transition, and rest assured we are working hard to make in-person learning possible!
Reading: Dr. Martin Luther KingJr., the Civil Rights Movement and Cesar Chavez will highlight our reading work this week and next. This unit includes reading, language arts, and social studies objectives. This unit is part of our larger unit on biographies that will culminate in the big Oral Biography Projects in late March. This unit ties in nicely with the Common Core Standards of reading informational texts. The students will also be creating an art project this week using quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I have included samples pictures of the project along with the construction paper the students will need in the pick up. We will go over the directions this week with the students and this will be one of the projects they complete during the asynchronous times on Thursday and Friday.
Spelling: The spelling list for Lesson 2 was sent home last in the new pick up last week. Note, the spelling packet was stapled in the wrong order, showing the test for January 29th first. The test for this week is in the second part of the packet and is dated correctly as the week of January 11-15. Just a reminder all students need to have the Month Poem memorized by Friday, January 29th. I am adding a second requirement for the students on this date as well. It came to my attention last week that the majority of the students were not able to recite the months of the year in order. So, they will also be asked to do this when they recite the month poem! The students have all written the months in order on the last page of their Reading/LA Comp book.
Language Arts: This week the students will be assigned a writing activity called Cool School News. This activity is a follow-up to our study of the Works of Mercy. The directions for this assignment came home in the most recent pick up and you can also access pdf’s of the assignment here. Your child will need a little help from you to complete the note taking portion of this assignment. Each student is asked (with your help) to think of a person that follows one or more of the Works of Mercy regularly. This could be a part of their job, or some type of volunteer work they do to help others. The notes need to be completed by Wednesday, so the students are ready to start writing their final drafts. This assignment will be completed during the asynchronous work times on Thursday/Friday. Thank you for your assistance with the note taking portion of this assignment.
Religion: Our classwork this week will continue to focus on the Liturgical Year. All students have completed study sheets to prepare for the January 21st test. I have also created online practice sites for the tests. Links to the practice sites and PDF versions of the study sheets can be accessed here.
Social Studies: The students will be taking the NE/SE/Midwest Combo test this Tuesday, January 12th. Students should review both the locations and abbreviations of these state. The students have already been tested on these states by region, this is a combination test of the states we have covered so far.
Science: We’re still working on our final projects about Brain Injuries. Students will be presenting next week. Videos will be posted on the school website to spread the word about preventing and identifying concussions. Also, we will have a virtual field trip to the Pacific Science Center on Thursday, January 21st! Students will learn even more about the brain as an educator from the PSC joins 4A and 4B on zoom.
Math: We will be starting the double digit multiplication algorithm this week. Students have been working hard to understand why we multiply the way we do using area models and the Distributive Property.
All students should still be working on Xtramath regularly until multiplication and division are mastered.
Just a reminder that recorder practice is part of homework and can be a nice brain break for students.
From Amanda Roberts regarding our Auction project:
I hope you all enjoy the MLK holiday on Monday.