Week of January 28th - February 1st

Week of January 28th - February 1st

Important Dates
Wednesday, January 30th: Science Expo Early-Bird Set up from 4-5 pm.
Thursday, January 31st: Science Expo (Follow this link to more information about the Science Expo).
Friday, February 1st: Principal's Coffee

Reading: This week in reading students will be listening to the book Harriet Tubman: A Woman of Courage. Students will be working on explaining how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text. Students will practice by reading a text and asking themselves: What reasons and evidence does the author use to support this point?

Math: This week in math, students will continue learning how to compare fractions with different numerators and denominators. Students can do this by using bar models, number lines, or by creating common denominators. Our classrooms will also be transformed into a "Math Bakery" from Wednesday-Friday, which is a project-based learning way of practicing the skill of comparing fractions and creating equivalent fractions. 

Grammar: This week in grammar, students will continue to learn about idioms. 

Writing: This week in writing, students will continue working on their historical information books about a topic related to the American Revolution.

 

Science: This week in science, students will be learning about how to compare and contrast the physical attributes of stars and planets. 

 

Week of Jan 21-25

Reminders:
January 21:No School, MLK Holiday
January 24: Heritage Night

Reading:
Math:
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This week in reading, we continue with learning how to interpret visual information in a text and explain how it helps them understand the text.


Math: 
This week in Math, students will continue studying fractions, focusing on comparing fractions with our lessons. 

We can compare fractions with different denominators by using visual fraction models. It is very important to remember though that you can only compare fractions of the SAME whole.

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Grammar:

Students will begin a study on Idioms this week. Idioms are words, phrases, or expressions that are either grammatically unusual, or their meaning cannot be taken literally.

 “Long time, no see!”    “It's raining cats and dogs!”

Writing:

Students will be working on our Heritage Night projects.

Social Studies:

Students will be reviewing for Social Studies test that will be this week. Student will review for 2 days. The test will focus on the Bill of Rights (specifically the first amendment) and Branches of Government lessons. The study guide will be sent home on Monday.

Week of January 14-18

                  

Reminders:
January 16: Report Cards
January 21:No School, MLK Holiday
January 24: Heritage Night

Reading:
This week in reading, students will be learning how to interpret visual information in a text and explain how it helps them understand the text.


Math:
This week in math, students will continue to learn about equivalent fractions. Students will work to solve problems with fractions using bar models and number lines. Students will learn to first label number lines and then compare number lines to find equivalencies. 
 
Grammar:
Students will continue to learn about similes and metaphors. Students will create their own similes and will create drawings of similes and metaphors in action.

Writing:
Students are writing an informational writing piece with several chapters on a Revolutionary War topic (person, event, etc.). Students will have to research and write on this topic over several weeks. Students will write an introduction all about the American Revolution before writing about their chosen Revolution topic.

Social Studies:
Students will be learning about the three branches of government at the federal, state, and local level. Students need to understand the three branches were created to check and balance out the others.

Week of January 7 - 11

Welcome back! We hope you all had a warm and restful holiday break with your families. We, the fourth grade team, are so excited to jump back in.

Important Dates:

Monday, January 7: Academic Aspiration Day
                                 Spelling Bee practice for participants @ 2:00 pm
Tuesday, January 8: Spelling Bee practice for participants @ 7:50 am
Wednesday, January 9: Report Cards are sent home in Wednesday Folders
                                      Spelling Bee practice for participants @ 1:30 pm
Thursday, January 10: Spelling Bee @ 9:30 in the cafeteria
                                     Choir Practice @ 3:00 pm
Friday, January 11: Timothy T-Shirt Day

Reading: This week in reading, students will review text structure and knowing the structure of a text can help them better understand what they read.

Math: Students will review what a fraction is and brainstorm when and where they see fractions used in real life. We will then practice how to identify equivalent fractions. To do this, we will be using the Bar Model and Number Lines as this helps students to visualize equivalence.

Writing: Students will complete an independent informational writing sample as a pre-assessment (criteria pasted below). We will then review what informational writing is and guide students through the process of selecting a topic and text structure that aligns best with their chosen topic.

Social Studies: Students will review all of the rights given to them through the First Amendment.

Week of December 17 - December 21

Important Dates:

Monday, December 17: ELA unit performance assessment
Tuesday, December 18: Math unit performance assessment
Wednesday, December 19: UGA basketball field trip
Thursday, December 20: Winter break celebration
 **Special note** There is no ASP 12/20

Reading: This week in reading students will complete their unit performance assessment. You can find sample questions here. Students will also read the Polar Express and compare the book to the movie.

Math: Students will review how to complete measurement conversions in real world problem. Students will take their unit performance assessment.

Here are sample problems that will be similar to what is on this test.

Writing: Students will complete an independent opinion writing sample. They will use the following criteria to complete their writing sample.

Social Studies: Students will complete an extension project during social studies. This project will focus on learning about the Bill of Rights and explaining what one of the amendments mean.

Week of December 10 - 14

Week of December 10 - 14

Announcements:
Tuesday, December 11th - MAP Testing (Language)
Thursday, December 13th - Social Studies test (study guide will be sent home on Monday)

Reading: Students will work on explaining how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.

Math: Students will begin learning about line plots and how to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit (1/2, 1/4, 1/8)

Sample Problem:

Grammar: In grammar, students will be learning about roots, prefixes, and suffixes. 

Writing: In writing, students will work on editing and publishing their final drafts of their persuasive pieces.

Social Studies: Students will be given a study guide on Monday to help them prepare for their test at the end of the week. Students will be learning about "We the People" and learning about a representative democracy/republic.

Week of Dec 3-7

Announcements:

Students will be MAP testing during the afternoon hours on Tuesday and Wednesday December 4 and 5.

Timothy Road will be hosting clusters for all students starting in January. See the message below from Kisha Bailey and consider leading a cluster for students!

You are invited to join the Local School Governance Team and teachers of Timothy Road Elementary School as we implement EPIC Clusters. EPIC is the Emotional Prosperity in Children.

Please join us in leading a small group of children in an interest/hobby that you share.  We will match students to your group, and a classroom teacher will accompany and assist you. We will also purchase all materials needed for your cluster. The clusters will meet on Fridays from January 11 through March 1 for one hour.  

If you are interested in leading an EPIC Cluster, please complete this brief interest survey.  https://goo.gl/forms/j5Sh5r4eqUvnGSz72

Thank you for your interest in our project!

With EPIC appreciation,

Kisha Bailey 

Reading:  Students will continue working on comparing and contrasting a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic. Students will also work on determining the main idea of a text and explaining how it is supported by key details.

Math: Students will learn how to convert units measurements. Students will do this with conversion charts and converting units of measurements word problems.

Sample problems:

To solve this conversion table students would complete the following steps: 

1. 2 x 8 = 16 ounces

2. 3 x 8 = 24 ounces or 24/8 = 3

3. 5 x 8 = 40 or 40/8 = 5

4. 7 x 8 = 56

In this sample problem the students would need to complete the following steps:

1. 1 liter + 3 liters = 4 liters

2.  4 liters x 1,000 milliliters = 4,000 milliliters

3.  4,000 milliliters divided by 500 milliliters = 8 

4. Answer the question: 8 students will get juice at snack. 

Grammar: This week in grammar, students will continue learning how to identify prepositional phrases and use them in their writing. 

Writing: This week in writing, students will continue working on persuasive piece.  They will continue learning about how to transform an opinion writing into a persuasive piece of writing.  Students will work on body paragraphs, and closings to their persuasive pieces.

Science/Social Studies: Students will continue learning about the Articles of Confederation, and the challenges faced by the framers of the constitution. Students will learn the terms monarchies and confederations.