Writing: W.4.1
Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
a. Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which related ideas are grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
b. Provide reasons that are supported by facts and details.
c. Link opinion and reasons using words and phrases (e.g. for instance, in order to, in addition).
d. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented.
Math: 4.NF.6 Use decimal notation for fractions with denominators 10 or 100. For example, rewrite 0.62 as 62/100; describe a length as 0.62 meters; locate 0.62 on a number line diagram.
Ability to use decimal notation for fraction with 10 or 100 as the denominator.
- We will be taking our Math test for Unit 7 by the end of this week.
Science: We are starting our life science unit.
Social studies: We are starting our unit 6- Rights and Responsibilities as Citizens.
Academic Vocabulary:
- Visual Presentation is a text that is presented in pictures, illustrations, an electronic and new-age media (ex. internet)
- Opposing is the act of resisting or combating
- Theme refers to the central meaning, message, or idea in a literary text that the author wants to communicate. Theme is never stated explicitly, but must be inferred by the reader
- ancient – belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence-
- myth – traditional story involving supernatural beings or events.
Spelling words:
accompanied, implied, scurried, varied, replied, studied, hurried, notified, worried, applied, evaporation, molecules, states of matter, condensation, freezing, melting
Group 2:
stare, share, dare, care, chair, pair, rare, bare, fair, hair , always gave, those, use, fast