Reminders:
- Spirit Week this week: 
Monday - Pajama Day
Tuesday - Hat Day
Wednesday - Wacky Wednesday 
Thursday - Sports Team Day
Friday - Color Wars - Green for 4th grade 

- Thursday is a food pantry donation day. 4th grade has been asked to donate pancake mix. 

 

Math: We are completing Chapter 10, Fractions and Decimals, this week. We will begin the week by learning how to use place value and models to add decimals in Lesson 6. In Lesson 7 students will learn how to compare and order decimals. Wednesday will be a Chapter 10 review day and students will take the chapter test on Thursday. 
Objectives: 
- Identify, read, and write tenths and hundredths as decimals and fractions. 
- Use place value and equivalent fractions to add two fractions with respective denominators 10 and 100. 
- Compare and order decimals to hundredths by reasoning about their size. 

 

Social Studies: Over the next few weeks the students will work as a class and in groups to learn more about the Alamo. We will use the book What Was the Alamo to help us explore the history of the Texas Revolution. 
Objectives:
- Students will learn about the historical events that took place at the Alamo and consider their impact on American history. 
- Students will be able to explain why the battle of the Alamo was fought. 

 

Religion: We are going back into the book this week and learning about the Ten Commandments. We will read about the exodus, God choosing Moses and the departure from Egypt. The students will also learn what happened on Mount Sinai and the story of crossing the Red Sea. We will discuss why these stories are important while discussing the importance of each commandment. 
Objective: 
- Consider how Scripture and Tradition can deepen your understanding. 

 

LA/Reading: This week we will be starting our next novel study, Number the Stars. The students will learn about the events before, during, and after the Holocaust. During this novel study, the students will respond to a variety of questions on the readings, complete character analyses, and create their own summaries of each chapter. This week the students will also complete a script writing activity to retell one of the events from this first section. Throughout this novel study the students will use maps to learn about where the story takes place and will also learn more about the Jewish community. 
Objectives:
- Students will learn about the elements of historical fiction and the Holocaust. 
- Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally. 
- Analyze and understand the reasons and motivations that caused certain people to take a stand.
- Recognize and understand the courage and heroism of the Danish and Swedish people and all others who resisted the Nazis.

 

Spelling: We will not have any spelling tests during our Number the Stars novel study. Instead, the students will have weekly vocabulary tests on the words from each section of the book. This week the vocabulary words come from Section 1, chapters 1 - 6 of the book. The students will complete various vocabulary activities and take the test on Friday. 
Objective:
- Students will be able to define vocabulary words. 

Science: Check out Ms. Arnold’s page!