• We will continue to collect canned goods for families in need! Our school  goal is 4,000 cans!!!  Please help us meet or even beat our goal!!!
• Wednesday is a late start! School will begin at 9:30!!

Reading:

• RL 4.1 – Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
• RL 4.2 – Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
  

Writing:

• Finish our informational writing- Energy.
• Start narrative writing:
  W.4.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
  a. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/ or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
  b. Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
  c. Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events.
  d. Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
  e. Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.

Math:

• Quiz on Tuesday- measuring to the nearest 1/8 of inch and line plot.
• 4.MD.4 Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit (1/2, 1/4, 1/8). Solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions by using information presented in line plots. For example, from a line plot find and interpret the difference in length between the longest and shortest specimens in an insect collection. Ability to construct a line plot representing fractions Ability to use line plots with fractions solving story problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions. Knowledge of line plot and basic fractions such as 1/2, 1/4,1/8.” 4.
• NBT.A.2 Read and write multi-digit whole numbers using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form. Compare two multi-digit numbers based on meanings of the digits in each place, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.

Science:

• PS4: Waves and their applications in technologies for information transfer—How are waves used to transfer energy and information?
•  PS4. A: Wave properties
  What are the characteristic properties and behaviors of waves?

Social Studies:

• Identify questions geographers ask in examining the United States (e.g., Where it is? What is it like there? How is it connected to other places?).
•  Use primary and secondary sources to explain how migration and immigration affected and continue to affect the growth of Michigan. 
•  Use case studies or stories to describe the ideas and actions of individuals involved in the Underground Railroad in Michigan and in the Great Lakes region.