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12--16, 2016
Walnut Grove Elementary
4th Grade News
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Mark Your Calendar:
Dec. 21 Class Party, 12:00-1:00
Dec. 22-Jan. 6 Winter Break
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Classroom
Discipline
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Sept. 10 Progress
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Reading
Reading Vocabulary/
Skills: biography,
nonfiction, informational,
main idea, supporting
detail, summarize, text
Reading Standards:
ELAGSE4RI2 Determine the
main idea of a text and explain
how it is supported by key
details; summarize the text.
ELAGSE4RI5 Describe the
overall structure (e.g.,
chronology, comparison,
cause/effect, problem/solution)
of events, ideas, concepts, or
information in a text or part of a
text.
English
English Vocabulary:
capitalization, comma,
simple sentence, compound
sentence, run-on sentence
English Standards:
ELAGSE4L2 Sentence
structure to include sentence
variety, compound and
complex sentences.
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Writing
Writing Vocabulary/
topic sentence, main idea,
supporting detail
Genre: Persuasive/
Opinion
Writing Standards:
ELAGSE4W2 Write
persuasive/opinion paper.
Use keyboard and
technology to present the
paper.
*For more understanding of the
standards that are being
taught, please use your child’s
study guides to match the
standards to explanations and
examples of material being
learned in class.
Math
Math Vocabulary: whole number, multiply, factor, multiple, distributive property, division,
divisor, dividend, quotient, remainder
Math Standards: MGSE4.NBT.5 Multiply a whole number of up to four digits by a one-digit
whole number, multiply 2 digit by 2 digit. Illustrate and explain by using equations, rectangular
arrays, and/or models. MGSE4.OA.1 Understand that a multiplicative comparison is a situation
in which one quantity is multiplied by a specified number to get another quantity. MGSE4.NBT.6
Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to 4-digit dividends and 1-digit divisors.
Science
Science Vocabulary: sound, vibration,
sound wave, pitch, frequency, amplitude,
volume, medium
Science Standards:
S4P2 Demonstrate how sound is produced by vibrating objects and how
sound can be varied by changing the rate
of vibrations.
a Investigate how sound is produced.
b Recognize the conditions that cause
pitch to vary.
Social Studies
Social Studies Vocabulary: cash crop,
indentured servant, pilgrim, industry,
export, import, slave trade, artisan,
plantation, debtor, indigo, plantation
Social Studies Standards: SS4H3 Explain
the factors that shaped British colonial
America. a Compare and contrast life in
the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and
Southern colonies. b Describe colonial life
in America as experienced by various
people, including large landowners,
farmers, artisans, women, indentured
servants, slaves, and Native Americans.