Homework:

1. Spelling- 3 times rainbow spelling
2. Math practice book pages 149-150
3. Science- finish the chart- terrestrial concept grid

• PTA Meeting on Thursday, April 26th at 6:00 P.M.
• Movie night on Friday, April 27th

Academic Vocabulary:

• Compare and contrast: identifying and analyzing what is similar (compare) and different (contrast), focusing on differences between the two structures and how those affect the meaning of the text.
• Firsthand: accounts come from direct observation or firsthand experiences (ex: journals, diaries, newspaper accounts are beneficial when discerning point of view from time periods in history)
• Secondhand: accounts come from someone who didn’t experience it (ex: textbook, on-line texts)
  

Reading:  RI 4.6 – Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided.

Writing: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

Math: Express a fraction with denominator 10 as an equivalent fraction with denominator 100, and use this technique to add two fractions with respective denominators 10 and 100.4 For example, express 3/10 as 30/100, and add 3/10 + 4/100 = 34/100.

Science: Ecosystem dynamics, functioning, and resilience

• What happens to ecosystems when the environment changes?

When the environment changes in ways that affect a place’s physical characteristics, temperature, or availability of resources, some organisms survive and reproduce, others move to new locations, yet others move into the transformed environment, and some die.

Social Studies:  Identify questions economists ask in examining the United States (e.g., What is produced? How is it produced? How much is produced? Who gets what is produced? What role does the government play in the economy?).

On Monday, our Miller students will be working on a neighborhood beautification project.  We will be digging in dirt and planting seeds.  Please make sure your child is dressed in their Miller shirts and pants that you won’t mind getting dirty,  and gym shoes.  Miller will be looking even more beautiful with all of our hard work.

Homework:

1. Science- Read pages 3-12 – Finish the table
2. Math worksheet- Equivalent fraction
3. Text features presentation- Google classroom- Finish and be ready to present it.
4. sign your spelling tests.

Homework:

1. Academic Vocabulary: Study- Quiz Tomorrow:
   • Overall structure includes the author using devices such as transitions, organizational patterns :
   • Comparison includes a structure or text which looks at how things are similar or different.
   • Cause and effect a relationship between events or things where one is the result of the other(s)
   • Chronology is the order in which a series of events happened
   • Problem/Solution a problem is described and a response or solution is proposed or explained
2. Spelling- Free choice- Test Tomorrow
3. Text features presentation- Google classroom- Finish and be ready to present it.
4. sign- Social studies test

Homework:

1. Academic Vocabulary: Copy and Study:
   • Overall structure includes the author using devices such as transitions, organizational patterns :
   • Comparison includes a structure or text which looks at how things are similar or different.
   • Cause and effect a relationship between events or things where one is the result of the other(s)
   • Chronology is the order in which a series of events happened
   • Problem/Solution a problem is described and a response or solution is proposed or explained
2. Spelling- Define 3 words-
3. Text features presentation- Google classroom- Finish and be ready to present it.
4. Study social studies notes-  Unit 6- Test tomorrow.
5. Writing: Finish public issue- Great Lakes water

Homework:

1. Academic Vocabulary: Copy and Study:
   • Overall structure includes the author using devices such as transitions, organizational patterns :
   • Comparison includes a structure or text which looks at how things are similar or different.
   • Cause and effect a relationship between events or things where one is the result of the other(s)
   • Chronology is the order in which a series of events happened
   • Problem/Solution a problem is described and a response or solution is proposed or explained
2. Spelling- Define 3 words-
3. Text features presentation- Google classroom
4. Study social studies notes-  Unit 6- Test on Thursday.
5. Sign your Math Test & Social studies Quiz.

Academic Vocabulary:

Overall structure includes the author using devices such as transitions, organizational patterns : Comparison includes a structure or text which looks at how things are similar or different. Cause and effect a relationship between events or things where one is the result of the other(s) Chronology is the order in which a series of events happened Problem/Solution a problem is described and a response or solution is proposed or explained

Reading objectives for the week of April 16

RI 4.5 – Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.

Writing:CCSS:W.4.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

Math: CCSS: Solve Problems Involving Measurement And Conversion Of Measurements From A Larger Unit To A Smaller Unit. CCSS: 4.MD.3 Apply the area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real world and mathematical problems. For example, find the width of a rectangular room given the area of the flooring and the length, by viewing the area formula as a multiplication equation with an unknown factor. Ability to apply knowledge of factors, finding an unknown factor in an equation, and the relationship between multiplication and area. Ability to apply knowledge of the relationship between area and perimeter through the exploration of rectangles with the same area but different perimeters or rectangles with the same perimeter by different area.

Science: 4-LS1-1 Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.

Social studies: Standards: 4 – C5.0.1: Explain responsibilities of citizenship (e.g., initiating changes in laws or policy, holding public office, respecting the law, being informed and attentive to public issues, paying taxes, registering to vote and voting knowledgeably, serving as a juror). 4 – P3.1.1: Identify public issues in the United States that influence the daily lives of its citizens.

Homework:

1. Math- Unit 8 Pre-test- study- Test on Monday.
2. Social Studies- study your notes and vocabulary word cards- Core democratic value chart.
3. Parent Survey
4. Concert form
5. MyOn and MobyMax- 30 minutes each. One lesson of MobyMax daily.
6. M-step Practice-   https://wbte.drcedirect.com/MI/portals/mi/