Week of March 1st - 5th!

 

4th Grade Friday Informer

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NCCS

February 26, 2021   Fourth Grade

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Parents, please check your email for the digital version of The Wax Museum that was sent to you today!

What Are We Learning?

Reading: Point of View - seeing different perspectives on the same situation in a story
Language Arts: Review Unit 3 Verbs and prepare for test
Math: Explore rotation, iteration of measurement units, and angle measurements
History: Tell how the Emancipation Proclamation impacted different groups of people.
Spelling: Accurately spell and write r-controlled vowels
Bible: The crucifixion of Christ would have no meaning apart from His resurrection

For the Week of Feb. 22nd-26th

 

4th Grade Friday Informer

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NCCS

February 19, 2021   Fourth Grade

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We had such a fun time Thursday at Shadow Day learning all about 5th grade! PARENTS, you can attend an informational meeting as well this Monday at 8:00am in the Fine Arts Building with Middle School Principal, Mr. Konchak.
It’s hard to believe that we are heading into the last trimester of 4th grade! Let’s finish faithful!

*Dress up is optional, otherwise students need to wear uniform. 

Monday, Feb. 22nd- Cozy Clothes

Tuesday, Feb. 23rd - Salad Dressing

Wednesday, Feb. 24th- Winter Sports

Thursday, Feb. 25th- Through the Decades

Friday, Feb. 26th- Flannel Friday

What Are We Learning?

Reading: Conclude our unit on how character develops through interactions with others and through events as we meet in small groups with feedback
Language Arts: Write the correct form of irregular verbs
Math: Add and subtract fractions with like denominators
History: Begin Chapter 8, describe why some states seceded from the Union.
Spelling: Accurately spell and write words that are homophones and homographs.
Bible: Learn that no one took the life of Jesus Christ – He gave it up Himself.

Week of Feb. 16 - 19!

 

4th Grade Friday Informer

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NCCS

February 10, 2021   Fourth Grade

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Wax Museum Update- Out of an abundance of caution, the Wax Museum has been rescheduled for Wednesday, April 28th outdoors so that parents can attend this important event. In the meantime, you will receive a digital Wax Museum on the originally scheduled date of Friday, February 26th where you can view your child's presentation.

Need directions for accessing Seesaw at home to create the video for Wax Museum? See directions here.

What Are We Learning?

Reading: Continue to determine how character develops through interactions with others and through events as we meet in small groups with feedback
Language Arts: Write the correct form of irregular verbs
Math: Students explore decomposing fractions into sums of fractions with the same denominator.
History: Identify the new states and territories added and the conflict that arose between free and slave states.
Spelling: Accurately spell and write words that are plurals.
Bible: Students will learn that no one took the life of Jesus Christ – He gave it up Himself.

Week of February 8-12

 

4th Grade Friday Informer

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NCCS

February 5, 2021   Fourth Grade

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Valentine’s Day in 4th Grade- Students have made a Valentine at school for each classmate, and teachers have provided a small, paper Valentine bag. The fourth grade will be making paper roses to send to a local nursing home as a service project on Tuesday the 9th. Our wonderful PTF is providing students with a cookie to decorate and pizza lunch on Wednesday the 10th when we will celebrate Valentine’s Day in the classroom. We ask that if your child wants to purchase Valentines in addition to what we are making to please make sure they include all classmates.


Wax Museum Update- Out of an abundance of caution, the Wax Museum has been rescheduled for Wednesday, April 28th outdoors so that parents can attend this important event. In the meantime, you will receive a digital Wax Museum on the originally scheduled date of Friday, February 26th where you can view your child's presentation.

Need directions for accessing Seesaw at home to create video for Wax Museum? See directions in this week’s Friday Folder.

What Are We Learning?

Reading: Continue to determine how character develops through interactions with others and through events
Language Arts: Accurately use helping verbs
Math: Review math concepts from units 1-4
History: Discuss the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Identify how the economies of the North and South were very different.
Spelling: Review previous spelling patterns
Bible: Understand that no one took the life of Jesus Christ – He gave it up Himself.

Week of Feb. 1-5

4th Grade Friday Informer

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NCCS

January 29, 2021   Fourth Grade

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Valentine’s Day in 4th Grade- Students are making a Valentine at school for each classmate, and teachers are providing a small, paper Valentine bag. Our wonderful PTF is providing students with a cookie to decorate and pizza lunch on February 10th when we will celebrate Valentine’s Day in the classroom. We ask that if your child wants to purchase Valentines in addition to what we are making to please make sure they include all classmates.


Wax Museum- Due to COVID, you will receive an update next week about the Wax Museum.

What Are We Learning?

Reading: Understand the different kinds of conflict that a character encounters
Language Arts: Write final draft of biography summary to prepare for Wax Museum
Math: Find the area of rectangles and rectilinear figures using multi-digit computation
History: Identify the first pioneers including Daniel Boone, and the affect the pioneers had on the Native Americans.
Spelling: Accurately spell and write words that are contractions
Bible: Christ called common, ordinary people as His disciples.

Week of Jan. 25 - 29!

 

4th Grade Friday Informer

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NCCS

January 22, 2021   Fourth Grade

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What Are We Learning?

Reading: Events in a story can help to shape a character.
Language Arts: Helping Verbs and writing a summary about the biography
Math: Convert metric units of measurement
History: Define the Northwest Ordinance and the Louisiana Purchase
Spelling: Accurately spell and write compound words
Bible: Christ’s most important teaching was that we must be born again!

For the Week of January 18th-January 22nd

 

4th Grade Friday Informer

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NCCS

January 15, 2021   Fourth Grade

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In honor of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the school will observe Monday, January 18th as a holiday.



Link for Biography note taking page and note taking page rubric

What Are We Learning?

Reading: Reading fluency affects our comprehension
Language Arts: Present tense linking verbs
Math: Multiply a two-digit number by a three-digit number
History: How the Revolutionary War ended and what the colonists gained by winning the war
Spelling: Accurately spell and write words with /u/, /ū/, and /ō/
Bible: Christ’s most important teaching was that we must be born again!