4th
Grade
Notes from Ms.
Wilson and Mrs. Hall
The purpose of Mountain Brook Schools is to
provide an effective, challenging, and engaging
education
for every one of our students.
Important Dates to
Remember:
Boosterthon Glow Run
9/14
DOM Quiz
9/16
Vocabulary Quiz
9/23
Announcements:
 Don’t forget to read at
least 4 nights each
week for 30 minutes! To
find the guided reading
level of most books
please visit Scholastic
Book Wizard by clicking
HERE!
 Boosterthon Fun Run
Wednesday ,September
14th. Thank you for all
your support and help
with this important
MBE fundraiser!
Reading Workshop
Students will continue to grow ideas about
characters as we read The Tiger Rising. We
are learning to pay special attention to any
details that the author repeats about a
character ( traits, behaviors, objects etc.)
and to ask ourselves, “Why did the author do
this?” “What does it tell us ?”
We will debate our different view points
about characters and focus on defending our
thinking by quoting specific words, sentences, and passages from the text .
People who are successful at
anything are people who are
willing to put in the time and
work at it.
—Malcolm Gladwell, author of
Outliers
September 12-16
Writing Workshop
We will finish drafting our Small
Moment narratives this week.
Students are learning to write
strong endings, differentiate what
it means to revise and edit their
stories, and to peer conference
with a classmate. The students are
looking forward to typing and sharing their final narratives with the
class.
Math
Current Unit of Study: Addition and
Subtraction
Our focus next week will be choosing
the correct operation to solve an addition and subtraction word problem. We
will continue to practice subtracting
numbers up to a million using more than
one strategy. The graded DOM quiz will
come home on Tues-day. Please review
any missed problems with your child.
Alabama History
Wise
Words
1st Nine Weeks
Week 5
Vocabulary
Focus: synonyms, antonyms,
multiple-meaning words, and
using suffix –er.
1) vast
7) rowdy
2) lush
8) rowdier
3) approach
9) impressive
We are continuing with our unit on European
explorers. Students will be learning about the
first settlers to arrive and settle in Alabama.
4) partial
10) analyze
5) portray
11) trend
They will discover why European exploration
and settlement made an impact on trade,
health, and land in Alabama. Students will also
be using maps and globes to trace the routes
of early explorers to the New World.
6) establish
12) boost