Happy New Year!\u00a0 Welcome back to a fresh new start to school.\u00a0 I hope everyone enjoyed some much needed rest and relaxation.<\/p>\n
Here is what we will be doing this week.<\/p>\n
Reading:<\/p>\n
RI 4.1 \u2013 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. Writing:\u00a0 \u00a0W.4.1 Math:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 4.NBT.3 Use place value understanding to round multi-digit whole numbers to any place. Science:\u00a0 Essential Question: What causes big rocks to break down into smaller rocks?<\/p>\n Standards: ESS2.A Earth materials and systems\u00a0 ESS2.B Plate tectonics and large scale system interactions.<\/p>\n Social Studies:\u00a0Unit 5 -Our Federal Government<\/span><\/p>\n In this unit students learn how the United States government works. It begins with a review of questions political scientists seek to answer. Building on these questions, students explore the need for government and examine the probable consequences of not having government, rules, or laws. After exploring the purposes of government as set forth in the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution, students learn how our current form of government functions to serve those purposes. Next, students investigate how the powers of the federal government are limited through the systems of separation of powers and checks and balances, and compare those to state government. They also begin to understand that the federal and state governments have different powers as a foundation for learning about federalism in fifth grade. Students extend their understanding of limited government by exploring key concepts such as popular sovereignty, rule of law, and the Bill of Rights.<\/p>\n Spelling words:<\/p>\n neutral, fatal, numeral, although, almonds, total, final, medal, vocal, royal, executive branch, legislative branch, judicial branch, separate, balance<\/p>\n Group 2:<\/p>\n -sh words<\/strong><\/p>\n wish, dish, push, fish, brush, fresh, mash, smash, wash, rash, our, ate, under, of, some<\/p>\n Academic vocabulary: <\/span>examples – details – text evidence – inference- source<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Happy New Year!\u00a0 Welcome back to a fresh new start to school.\u00a0 I hope everyone enjoyed some much needed rest and relaxation. Here is what we will be doing this week. Reading: RI 4.1 \u2013 Refer to details and examples … Continue reading
\nRI 4.2 \u2013 Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nWrite opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
\na. Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which related ideas are grouped to support the writer\u2019s purpose.
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\n*Ability to round multi-digit numbers to any place value. *Knowledge of place values. 4.NBT.5 Multiply a whole number of up to four digits by a one-digit whole number, and multiply two two-digit numbers, using strategies based on place value and the properties of operations. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and\/or area models.
\nKnowledge of and ability to apply the Properties or Operations.
\nKnowledge of the use of arrays area models for multiplication.<\/span><\/p>\n