Think Through Math

Dear Families,

        In fourth grade we are fortunate to have a program called Think Through Math. By the end of the week, each student will have loged in and taken a pre-assessment. This assessment is used to develop their individual math pathway. It will give students lessons on concepts they still need support on from 3rd grade, teach them lessons on 4th grade concepts, and push them into some 5th grade concepts when they are ready. The great news is it can be accessed at home! Use the link below and your student uses their school log in/password to access it.

www.thinkthroughmath.com

Have fun,
Miss Parker

VIP Dates

Tomorrow is Wear Whatever Wednesday: Your student may wear whatever they want to school tomorrow, so long as they bring a dollar. Please remember to keep their attire school appropriate.

Thursday Night: This is Open House. Please come check out your students hard work from this year! And hear what makes fourth grade so special.

Friday: There will be a math test in each class over the week's concepts.

Week 4

What We’re Learning

Reading: We are finishing our fiction genre study.

Vocabulary: first person, third person, fantasy, realistic, summary

Writing: We are learning how to use quotation marks. We will start the process on our first personal narrative on Friday. J

Vocabulary:  dialogue, quotation marks

Math for Humming Birds: We are learning how to add and subtract up to nine-digit numbers in single and multi-step word problems.

Vocabulary: Comparative, Missing Part, Take Away, Multi-Step

Math for Blue Jays: We are learning how to add and subtract up to nine-digit numbers in single and multi-step word problems with rounding.

Vocabulary: Comparative, Missing Part, Take Away, Multi-Step, Estimate, Approximate, Round

Science: We are learning  process skills (scientific method)

Vocabulary: microscopic, beaker, dropper, stopwatch, record,  infer, variable,

Hypothesis

 Social Studies: We are continuing learning  map skills

Vocabulary: Grid system, cardinal directions, latitude, longitude, hemispheres,  globes, physical map, political map

Qué estamos aprendiendo

Lectura:  Continuamos trabajando con textos  de ficción y sus personajes.

Preguntas de guía: ¿Cómo cambian los personajes?  ¿Porqué el personaje es importante para la historía? ¿Cúales son los pensamientos,  sentimientos y acciones del personaje?

Vocabulario: carácterísticas, pensamientos, punto de vista

Escritura: Estámos aprendiendo como formar plurales con los nombres.

Vocabulario: terminación, cambio, singular, plural.

Matemáticas: Estamos aprendiendo a comparar números.  Estamos trabajando a identificar números en la línea númerica.

Vocabulario: Comparar, mayor que, menor que, variable

Ciencias: Estámos aprendiendo el método científico y su proceso.

Vocabulario:  micróscopio, vaso de laboratorio, gotero, cronómetro, registrar,  inferir, variable, hipotésis

Estudios Sociales: Continuando aprendiendo acerca delos mapas.

Vocabulario: Sistema  de líneas horizontales y verticales espaciadas regularmente, direcciones cardinales,  latitud,longitud, hemisferios, globos, mapa físico, mapa político

Week 3 - Spelling Words

Your student has English spelling words this week. Your student is in one of three groups. If you have a question about which group your student is in you may check their homework folder to see their word sort or e-mail Miss Parker.

Group 1: That, Hat, Cat, Hot, Got, Lot, Sit, Fit, Hit, & Bit
Group 2: Rash, Black, Want, Said, Rain, Paint, Brain, Space, Blame, Place
Group 3: Ask, Asking, Jump, Jumping, Get, Getting, Swim, Swimming, Shut, Shutting

Your student has word work homework each night. Their is a schedule in their homework journal that tell them what to do.

Monday: Sort the rules and write down the rule like we did in class.
Tuesday: Select a vocabulary activity
Wednesday: Glue down your sort and color over it by the part of speech. (Adjective-Orange, Noun-Green, Verb-Yellow, Adverb-Purple)
Thursday: Select a spelling activity
Friday: This is when your student will take his/her spelling test.

Week 3 - What are we learning?

What We’re Learning

Reading: We are learning how to predict and infer in fictional texts using context clues and illustrations. We are identify the point of view of texts and the type of fictional text.

Vocabulary: infer, predict, first person, third person, realistic fiction, fantasy fiction

Writing: We are learning how to identify the tense of a now and change a now to fit different tenses.

Vocabulary: past, present future

Math: We are learning how to add and subtract 9 digit numbers in word problems.

Vocabulary: comparative, missing part, difference, sum

Science: We are learning the scientific method.

Vocabulary:  label, inquiry, infer, variable, control, hypothesis

 Social Studies: We are learning about the different regions in Texas that result from physical characteristics/landforms.

Vocabulary: location, trade, Western Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere, North America, South America

VIP Dates

Sept. 13: Spelling Test over your students words written in their planner

Grammar Assessment over capitalization, singular/plural nouns, & verb tenses

Sept. 17: Math Test over addition and subtraction word problems

Sep. 13- Social Studies Test on maps and maps vocabulary

Qué estamos aprendiendo

Lectura:  Estámos aprendiendo a predecir y a inferir en textos de ficción usando las claves de contexto e ilustraciones.  Estamos identificando los puntos de vista de textos.

Vocabulario: inferir, predecir, primera persona, tercera persona, ficción realista, ficción fantástica

Escritura: Estámos aprendiendo como identificar los diferentes tiempos (pasado, presente y futuro).

Vocabulario: pasado, presente, futuro

Matemáticas: Estámos aprendiendo como adicionar y substraer 9 dígitos en problemas.

Vocabulario: comparar, parte faltante, diferencia, suma

Ciencias:  Estámos aprendiendo el método científico.

Vocabulario:  etiqueta, investigación, inferir,variable, control, hipótesis

Estudios Sociales: Estámos aprendiendo acerca de las diferentes regiones en Texas como resultado de las características físicas y plataformas.

Vocabulario:  localidad, intercambio/comercio, Hemisferio Occidental, Hemisferio Oriental, Norte América, Sur América

VIP Fechas

Sept. 13: examén (deletrear): palabras escritas en el planificador (planner). Gramática (evaluacuión) mayúsculas, singular, plural, verbos (tiempos) 

Sept. 17: Math Test over addition and subtraction word problems

Sep. 13- Estudios Sociales: Examén sobre mapas y vocabulario estudiado.