4B Pond Notes
April 6-10, 2015
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Mark Your Calendars
4/2 – 4/6 – Easter Break – Happy Easter!!
4/7 – Science Fiction Book Report Due
4/9 – Liturgy 8:45
4/14 – Spring Pictures
Math –Chapter 12 – Geometry, Relative Sizes of
Measurement Units
In this chapter students use benchmarks to understand
the relative sizes of measurement units, use models to
compare customary units of length, weight, and units of
liquid volume, make and interpret line plots with
fractional data, use models to compare metric units of
length, mass and liquid volume, and units of time, use the
strategy draw a diagram to solve elapsed time problems,
solve problems involving mixed measures and use
patterns to write number pairs for measurement units.
**Additional resources are located on Think Central.
Science – Ecosystems & Adaptation
In this cell students will investigate Food Webs, Adaptations,
Environmental Changes, Environmental Pollutants, and
Interactions in Nature.
Investigation 5: Interactions in Nature– Students conclude
their exploration of the environment by investigating the
impact of pollution on an entire ecosystem and the animals that
live there. They discover, through experimentation, the
impact of pollution on reducing the amount of plant producers
and its subsequent impact on herbivore consumer and their
carnivore predators. Students find that animals may not even
know that they are consuming contaminated food. They also
examine how toxic pollutants may pass up the food chain from
contaminated plants to herbivore consumers to the carnivores
that feed on them.
Study your flashcards every night!
Coming Next:
Performance Assessment
Language Arts
Unit 5 Assessment
Tested Skills
Listening Comprehension: Main Idea and Details; Context
Clues; Multiple-Meaning Words; Analyze Text Structure:
Compare & Contrast; Context Clues
Reading Comprehension: Analyze Text Structure:
Sequence; Main Idea and Details; Analyze Text Structure:
Compare & Contrast; Problem and Solution
Vocabulary Strategies: Context Clues; Context Clues:
Multiple Meaning Words; Latin Roots; Thesaurus:
Synonyms (Analogies); Homographs
Literary Elements: Rhyme Scheme; Hyperbole; Meter
Text Features and Study Skills: Process Diagram;
Dictionary
Grammar: Adjectives That Compare; Complex Sentences;
Adjectives; Articles; Comparing with More and Most;
Comparing with Good and Bad
UNIT 5 ASSESSMENT – Friday – 4/10/15 –
Individualized Spelling Test this week
Writing: Poetry-All of 4th Grade is participating in
The American Library of Poetry National Student
Poetry Contest – Forms will go home tomorrow. They
are due back to school on 4/22/15.
Additional resources can be located on Connect Ed
Social Studies Unit 5 – Pennsylvania Today
Chapter 10 – Economic Growth – In this chapter
students will learn how the free-enterprise economy
works in Pennsylvania, how manufacturing and
services have changed in Pennsylvania, and how
modern technology has changed farming in our state.
Geography Skill: Reading Time Zone Map
Pennsylvania State Report Booklet – DUE 4/13/15
Religion “My 2015 Lenten Calendar—40 Crosses” & Easter Booklet – due 4/7/15.
Chapter 11 – Models of Virtue – In this chapter students will learn who models faith for us, how Mary is a model
of holiness, how we can follow the example of the Saints, and pray the Litany of the Saints.
Chapter 11 Test – Tuesday – 4/14/15.