4th Grade
Monthly
Newsletter
May
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
1
2
3
4
5
8
9
10
11
12
PARCC
Reading 12:40
– 3:10
Spring Chorus
Concert
16
17
PARCC Math
9:40 – 12:00
PARCC Math
12:40 – 3:00
23
24
15
22
30
13
Sat.
7
14
PARCC Reading
9:40 – 12:10
18
19
20
21
25
26
27
Compound
Words Vocab
Packet Due
Reading Record
Due
28
Instrumental
Music Concert
29
Fri.
6
Blended Words
Vocab packet
Due
31
No School
PARCC Testing
We have been learning skills all year that will be helpful to us when completing the PARCC. In the
coming weeks, students will have the opportunity to put their reading strategies and test taking
strategies to work. Please encourage your child to use these strategies at home as they complete
assignments.
- Eliminate answers that do not answer the questions
- Reread texts several times
- Read questions, look for key words and then reread the text to find answers
- Choose the best possible answer
- Read and consider all options before filling in your answer
The PARCC will take place on May 9th, 13th, 16th and 17th
Please be sure that your child will be attending school on those days.
To ensure that they will perform to the best of their ability they should also:
- Get a good night’s sleep
- Eat breakfast and pack a complete lunch
Math
± Represent decimals on a number line
± Compare and order decimals
± Use place value strategies to multiply 2-digit numbers by multiples of ten
± Use area models to multiply 2-digit numbers
± Apply understandings of multiplication and division to solve word problems
Reading
 Determine the meaning of domain specific vocabulary
 Identify text structure in expository texts (comparison, cause and effect, problem/solution,
sequence, description, etc.)
 Explain the characteristics of technical text
 Site details and examples from text when inferring
 Compare and contrast first and secondhand accounts
Social Studies
 Regional specialization and economic growth
 Define cash crop
 Compare differences in southern and northern colonies
 Mayflower Compact
Science
 Identify properties of a variety of minerals
 Compare physical characteristics of rocks with physical characteristics of minerals
 Recognize and describe examples of fossils
 Identify the physical structures of plants and animals based on fossil remains
Writing
 Informational Writing: Feature Article
- Choose an inquiry question related to science or social studies
- Develop questions related to inquiry question
- Conduct research on questions using various sources
- Compile a list of sources
- Create a thesis based on research
5th Grade preparation
Recommended Reading
I am the Ice Worm by MaryAnn Easley
Peak by Roland Smith
The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean
Baseball in April and Other Stories by Gary Soto
The Light Princess by George McDonald
Bread and Roses, Too by Katherine Paterson
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World by E.L. Konigsburg
The Mystery of Rascal Pratt by Robbie Scott and Gary Cianciarulo
On the Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck
The Canning Season by Polly Horvath
The Pepins and Their Problems by Polly Horvath
The Top 10 Ways to Ruin the first day of 5th Grade by Kenneth Derby