Gr 4 News Nov 2015

Fourth Grade November Newsletter
Mrs. Aguiar, Ms. Kambies, Mrs. Novick
Reading
Writing
Math
Students will be reading and
comparing plays and poetry.
They will be analyzing
structural elements of plays
such as stage directions and
dialogue. They will also be
able to connect ideas within
these different forms of texts
to identify the theme and
make inferences.
Students will be writing
character sketches to describe
characters in a play based off
of diagloge, stage direction,
and the characters’ interaction
with other characters.
Students will also be writing
poems based on personal
experiecnes. They will
integrate figurative language
and effective word choice
into the poems.
Students will use array
models to multiply 2, 3, and 4
digit numbers. They will use
place value knowledge of
hundreds, tens and ones to
create partial products to
multiply. Students will be
able to explore and use
formulas to calculate the area
and perimeter of rectangles.
Social Studies
Science
Dates:
11/2- No school
Students will be learning
about Maryland’s economic
resources and how they are
used to produce goods and
services. They will learn how
these resources create
regional specializations and
what happens when land and
resources become scarce to
consumers.
Students will be analyzing
and comparing habitats and
ecosystems and discussing
how organisms survive and
reproduce differently
depending on their
environment. Students will be
able to identify ways humans
affect ecosystems.
11/4- Brookeside Natrue
Cetner Field Trip- Aguiar and
Novick
11/6- Brookside Nature
Center Field Trip- Kambies
11/6- PTA Book Fair KickOff 6:30 in APR
11/9-11/13- PTA Book Fair
11/11 and 11/12- Early
Release days, Parent-Teacher
conferences
11/25- Early Release Day
11/26 and 11/27- No School