Fourth Grade Rocks

Week of January 20 , 2015

Reading
This week in reading we
will continue our unit on n
summarizing/
synthesizing. This is an
important skill for all
readers. In our guided
reading groups we are
beginning new fiction
pieces. The groups will be
working on main ideas and
inferring.
In word work we will be
working on contractions
and that will be what our
spelling will be for the
next two weeks.

Wri+ng
This week we are continuing our
unit on informative writing.
This unit will focus on
something that the kids are an
expert on. We will then
brainstorm how to break that
topic up into main ideas and
details. Focusing on using
smooth transitions and more
formal language as we are
writing will be a key focus.

Math

Social Studies

This week we are

continuing our unit on
decimals. We will be
focusing on
hundredths and
comparing decimals
this week.

We are beginning our unit

on the Bill of Rights and
students rights and
responsibilities. The kids
will be studying about the
first ten amendments of
the Constitution and why
they are important to the
citizens of the U.S.
In Science, the students
continue to work on simple
machines.

Character Quote

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H
omework
Our homework will be going back to normal this week. The
kids will be doing both kidblog and ScootPad.

Upcoming
Events:

January:
30: Curiosity Challenge
due
32.3: Secret Number

Read Aloud Books:

Wonder