Upcoming Events this Month
April 16th: Wayside Spring Fling at Beverly Farms! 3pm-5pm
April 17th: Churchill Basketball Game with the Harlem Wizards- at
Churchill! (Come see Mrs. Bayburtian, Mr. Zelin, and Ms. Chester!)
April 26th: Primary Election Day- No School
April 28th: Take Your Child to Work Day
Donation Center
*Tissues (allergy season is upon us!)
* Dixie Cups for our water cooler
*Indoor recess games
What are we Learning About?
Reading and Writing:
 Comparing Realistic Fiction, Poetry, and Drama based on elements of text
structure
 Identify and compare similar themes within literature (Poems, Plays, and
Realistic Fiction)
 Comparing different points of view within a text
 Making inferences using text support
 Suffixes and Prefixes
 Class Read Aloud: Stone Fox
Social Studies:
 All about Maryland: Constitution of Maryland, Branches of Government
 13 Colonies
Math 4:
Grade 4 Mathematics Marking Period 3 & 4
Concepts and Topics
Week 9
 Identify points, lines, and line segments, including perpendicular and
parallel lines
 Identify and draw perpendicular and parallel line segments
 Identify and draw lines of symmetry
Week 1 Quarter 4
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Explain concepts of angle and angle measurement
Classify and record angles
Measure and draw angles using a protractor
Describe angle measures as additive and solve problems involving angle
measurement
Week 2
 Recognize angle measures as additive and sketch composed angles using a
protractor
 Classify two-dimensional figures based on their attributes
 Draw 2-dimensional figures based on properties of their lines and angles
Week 3
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Identify and represent triangles using properties of their angles
Sort triangles using properties of their sides and angles
Draw triangles using properties of their angles and lines
Use a protractor to measure angles in triangles
Math 4/5:
Grade 4/5 Compacted Mathematics Marking Period 3 & 4
Concepts and Topics
Week 9
 Read and write decimals (decimals to thousandths)
 Use place value understanding to explain and generalize how the values of
the digits in multi-digit numbers are related (decimals to thousandths)
 Use place value understanding to compare decimals
 Use place value understanding to round decimals (decimals to thousandths)
 Add or subtract decimals (tenths or hundredths) using drawings and relate
strategies to written methods
 Add or subtract decimals (tenths or hundredths) using models or drawings
and relate strategies to written methods
 Reason and apply understandings about place value to add and subtract
decimals (tenths and hundredths)
 Add and subtract decimals (tenths and hundredths) and explain reasoning
using strategies based on place value
Week 1 Quarter 4
 Use equations, rectangular arrays, or area models to divide a 2-digit
number by a 2-digit multiple of ten
 Use place value understandings to mentally divide a 2- or 3-digit number by
a 2-digit multiple of ten
 Use strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and the
relationship between multiplication and division to estimate quotients (2or 3-digit whole number by a 2-digit multiple of ten)
 Use drawings of equal groups and equations to divide a 3-digit number by a
2-digit multiple of ten
 Use equations, rectangular arrays, or area models to divide a 4-digit
number by a 2-digit multiple of ten
 Use strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and the
relationship between multiplication and division to estimate quotients (up
to a 4-digit number by a 2-digit multiple of ten)
Week 2
 Use strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and the
relationship between multiplication and division to divide up to a 4-digit
number by a 2-digit number
 Use strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and the
relationship between multiplication and division to divide up to a 4-digit
number by a 2-digit number
 Reason about the relationships among dividends, divisors, and quotients
 Use strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and the
relationship between multiplication and division to divide up to a 4-digit
number by a 2-digit number
 Use strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and the
relationship between multiplication and division to solve problems
involving division (up to a 4-digit number by a 2-digit number)
Week 3
 Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to add fractions with unlike
denominators
 Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to subtract fractions with unlike
denominators
 Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract fractions with
unlike denominators
 Solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions with unlike
denominators
Science:
States of Matter:
 Define states of matter (solid, liquid, and gas)
 Classify a substance as solid, liquid, or gas based on qualitative observations
 How does matter change state-from liquid to a gas, from a gas to a liquid,
and from a solid to a liquid