Newsletter Date

Sept. 10, 2018 ~ Fourth Grade

Important Dates and Activities

• Sept. 14: Grandparents’ Day

• Sept. 18: Spirit Night at Clancy’s

• Sept. 27: Spirit Night at Pecan Grove Sonic

• Sept. 28: No School, Fair Day

JENNIFER HEATH jheath@lcisd.org

Writing, Reading and SS

MELISSA BRANNEN melissa.brannen@lcisd.org Writing, Math and Science

KELSEY KVINTA kelsey.kvinta@lcisd.org

Writing, Math and Science

MELISSA WILLIAMS melissa.williams@lcisd.org

Writing, Reading and SS

SUMMER FRANCO summer.franco@lcisd.org

All Subjects

Frost Flyers will be celebrating Grandparent's Day on Friday, September 14th!

*Grandparents with Kindergarten through 2nd grade students will celebrate from 8:00-9:00.

*Grandparents with 3rd through 5th grade students will celebrate from 1:30-2:30.

Please R.S.V.P. by Thursday, September 13th.

***RSVP form on Page 5!

Unwrapped TEKS

WRITING 4.15– USE elements of writing process to COMPOSE text 4.15A– PLAN a first draft by SELECTING a genre appropriate for conveying in-tended meaning to an audience and GENERATING ideas through a range of strategies 4.15B– DEVELOP drafts by CATEGORIZING ideas and ORGANIZING into para-graphs

4.20B– USE capitalization for

4.20Bi– USE capitalization for historical events and documents

4.20Bii– USE capitalization for titles of books, stories and essays 4.20Biii– USE capitalization for languages, races and nationalities 4.21Cii- RECOGNIZE and USE punctuation marks including: quotation marks 4.20Biii– USE capitalization for languages, races and nationalities

READING 4.6A Sequence and summarize the plot’s main events and explain their influ-ence of future events 4.9 Read independently for sustained periods of time and produce evidence of their reading Fig. 19E Summarize information in text, maintaining meaning and logical order 4.9A Read independently for a sustained period of time and paraphrase what the reading was about, maintaining meaning and logical order (e.g., generate a reading log or journal; participate in book talks)

SOCIAL STUDIES

4.7– UNDERSTAND the concept of regions

4.7A- IDENTIFY, LOCATE, and COMPARE the geographic regions of Texas, including their

landforms, climate, and vegetation

4.7B- IDENTIFY and LOCATE the geographic regions of Texas

4.7C- COMPARE the geographic regions of Texas with the regions of the United States

4.21C- INTERPRET information in maps

4.1A- EXPLAIN the possible origins of American Indian groups in Texas and North Ameri-

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4.1B- IDENTIFY American Indian groups in Texas

4.1C- DESCRIBE the regions in which American Indians lived and IDENTIFY groups re-

maining in Texas

4.1D- COMPARE the ways of life of American Indian groups

SCIENCE 4.5A measure, compare, and contrast physical properties of matter, including mass, volume, states (Solid, liquid, gas), temperature, magnetism, and the ability to sink or float

MATH 4.2C: COMPARE and ORDER whole numbers to 1, 000, 000, 000 and REPRE-SENT comparisons using the symbols >, <, or =. 4.2E: REPRESENT decimals, including tenths and hundredths, USING concrete and visual models and money. 4.2F: COMPARE and ORDER decimals using concrete and visual models to the hundredths. 4.2G: RELATE decimals to fractions that name tenths and hundredths.

Tucker, Sept. 3

Jackson, Sept. 3

Megan, Sept. 8

Lucas H., Sept 10

Logan, Sept. 10

Trey, Sept. 10

Aurora, Sept. 24

Brenden, Sept. 25

Upcoming Grades

Sept. 24, Reading Major

Sept. 26, Writing Major

Sept. 27, Social Studies Major

Oct. 2, Math Major

Oct. 5, Science Major

Oct. 17, Social Studies Curriculum Check Point

Oct. 18, Science CCP

Oct. 19, Writing CCP

Oct. 23, Math CCP

Oct. 24, Reading CCP

MONDAY

Read 20 minutes

TUESDAY

Read 20 minutes

WEDNESDAY

Read 20 minutes

THURSDAY

Read 20 minutes

Important Information and

Upcoming Dates from the

Counselor

Thursday, September 13th:

Student Council Informational Meeting at 7:10 in the library

Monday, September 17th:

Officer posters and all speeches due to Mrs. Haley

Wednesday, September 19th:

5th grade officer candidate speeches

Thursday, September 20th:

Officer Elections

Tuesday, September 25th:

Class representative candidates speeches

Wednesday, September 26th:

Class Representative Elections

What We’re Learning

Our Vocabulary

Reading

Summary

Math

Value

Don’t Forget….

Only CLEAR bottles

are allowed with

water.

Flyers of the Week

Lahee

Dora

Angelie

Mason

John

We’re creating a GROWTH MINDSET this year. Learn about it with us!

Ask your

fourth grader…. About MULTIPLICATION WAR!

It’s a great and fun way to practice those facts at home!

We “unwrapped” place value!