4th Grade Newsletter
January 12, 2021
Language Arts
What are we learning?
- Our students will be reading nonfiction articles (researching) to gain information about a particular topic.
- Students will ask questions about their topic and find resources to answer those questions.
- They will develop their ideas and become aware of how their thinking has changed about their chosen topic.
- Students will develop new ideas and opinions based upon their reading and research.
- Students will write about their chosen topic using paragraphs to make their message clear to their readers.
- They will edit their writing to make it easier for readers to read and include proper punctuation, capitalization, and sentence structures.
- Students will showcase their work in a manner that appeals to their audience.
Home/School Connection
- What is the topic you chose for your research?
- What new information are you learning about your topic?
- What does your new learning lead you to believe about your topic?
- How has your opinion changed as a result of your research?
- How did you introduce your reader to your topic in your introduction?
- How did you decide when you needed to start a new paragraph?
- How did you organize your thoughts in your writing so they would make sense to your reader?
- Did you make sure you edited your writing for punctuation and capitalization?
Math
What are we learning?
- We will learn to use multiplication strategies in the real world.
- Using estimation and descriptive vocabulary such as, in between, a little more than, not quite enough, we will examine real world situations
- Students will be able to identify quadrilaterals using the characteristics they have learned (4 sides, 4 angles, closed shape, 2D)*
- *asynchronous on Mondays. FCPS provides a video and a lesson for students to complete independently
Home/School Connection
- Food again! How can we make sure everyone has the same amount? What if we do not have enough or if there is a little too much? What is the “remainder”?
- If we have __ members at the table, how can we share __ biscuits? How many will each person get? How much remains?
- “I spy...a quadrilateral” find a quadrilateral and make sure your student can identify the characteristics.*
- *asynchronous on Mondays. FCPS provides a video and a lesson for students to complete independently
Science
What are we learning?
- Weather data is used to predict weather events including flooding, droughts, and destruction of habitats.
- Average weather data over at least 30 years determines a region’s climate.
- Some weather components that make up climate include average temperature, humidity, wind, and amount of precipitation.
- Components used to describe weather are: temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind speed, precipitation, and cloudiness.
Home/School Connection
- What would measure the rain? The wind?, The humidity?, The temperature?
- Who uses these tools?
- What is the climate of Virginia/
- What precipitation could we expect this month? Next month? In the summer?
- What kind of profession explains the weather and analyzes the data?
- Where can we hear them? Why do we need to know
Social Studies
What are we learning?
We will continue our Colonial Virginia Unit!
Throughout this unit we will...
- We will analyze the role of slavery in the growth of the colonial economy and the development in the United States
- We will uncover the dynamic, resilient, adaptive, and diverse nature of American Indian Cultures, African cultures, and European cultures
- We will evaluate the choice to relocate Virginia’s capital from Jamestown to Williamsburg
- We will explore the choices people can make when creating a system of exchange good and services
- We will form relevant questions about the lives of Africans, Native peoples, and Europeans in colonial Virginia
Home/School Connection
- How do the history and cultures of colonial Virginia influence the lives of Virginians today?
- How do people’s values shape the design of their economies?
- Why do some people leave their homes, and how do they impact their new homes?
- What influences how I act, think, celebrate, and make rules?
- What are the characteristics of culture?