Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School
Fourth Grade Dolphin Splash
Dear Center Parents,
We are pleased to welcome parents tomorrow to our annual, school-wide Arts Integration Open House. In Marking Period 3, our
curriculum focus is immigration, which our students are exploring through reading, writing, visual arts, and performing arts (tableau and
readers’ theater). Students have begun researching immigration from the country of their novels by analyzing information from their novels and
selected print and digital sources. They are discovering the push and pull factors that influenced immigrants’ decision to leave their home
country and journey to America. Soon students will be researching what it was like to arrive and settle in America. Stay tuned for information
about how they will present what they have learned to peers and invited guests!
Important Dates
4-5 Compacted Math During March, students in 4-5 Compacted Math will begin Grade 5
math topics. Students will learn the standard algorithm for multiplication and compare it to the
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place value and area models studied in recent weeks. Students will then use a variety of strategies to
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find the volume of rectangular prisms, as well as use grouping symbols (parentheses, braces, and
brackets) to write and interpret numerical expressions. Students will then extend their
Arts Integration Open
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understanding of place value to examine decimals in the thousandths position and will use place
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value understandings to explain patterns observed when adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing
numbers expressed to the thousandths place.
Early Dismissal
2/26
Grade 4 Math Students in Grade 4 Math will use visual models such as rulers, number lines, 1:20 pm
and fraction bars to add and subtract fractions with like denominators. They’ll also multiply
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common fractions and whole numbers. Students will solve word problems involving time, distance,
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and mass, and, at the end of the marking period, begin studying geometric concepts such as lines
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(perpendicular and parallel), angles, and the properties of geometric shapes.
Reading Night 7-8pm
3/11
Parents, we’d also like to extend a HUGE thank you to those of you who contributed to the
Valentine’s Day celebration, to those who volunteered their time, and to Mrs. Dennison for
PTA Meeting 7-8pm
3/15
coordinating the event. Our students had a wonderful time eating, playing games, and exchanging
valentines.
Third Marking Period Ends 3/23
We are so privileged to work with your children every day. As always, if you have any
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questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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School for Students
Kim Leichtling and Anne Doane
Spring Break
3/25-4/1
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Fourth Marking Period
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