Fourth Grade Rocks

Week of October 6, 2014

8eadlng
Wrlung
1hls ls our second Lwo
week conLracL. 1he lasL
Lwo week conLracL was a
good eye-opener on uslng
our ume wlsely and
maklng good cholces. We
wlll be golng over how Lo
answer open response
quesuons for dlerenL
Lypes of LexL.




We conunue Lo work on
lnformauonal wrlung, We are sull
dlscoverlng Lhe dlerenL parLs of
our lnformauonal plllar and
caLegorlzlng deLalls lnL o Lhe maln
ldea. We wlll Lhen be codlng 3
dlerenL LexL on Lhe rock cycle
and Laklng noLes Lo be able Lo
Lhen use ln a plece of wrlung.


Character Quote

Math Social Studies/
Science
1hls week we are nlshlng
up unlL 2 wlLh an
assessmenL. We wlll be
sLarung unlL 3 Lhls week
and also be sLarung our
small group lnsLrucuon.
unlL 3 ls mulu-dlglL
mulupllcauon and dlvlslon.
We wlll be uslng place
value Lo help us wlLh our
compuLauon.
1he secreL number ls 14
for Lhls week,
lease make sure Lo be
pracuclng your umes
Lables!!
We are wrapplng up our
mapplng unlL ln Soclal
sLudles. We wlll be havlng a
shorL qulz on lrlday on:
8eadlng a map key
Map scale
ldenufylng cardlnal
dlrecuons from cerLaln
locauons on a map
ln sclence, Lhe sLudenLs are
conunulng Lhelr sLudy of Lhe
properues of rocks and how
Lo classlfy Lhem.
Upcoming
Events:

Read Aloud Book:
The Grimm Legacy

October:
6: Unit 2 Assessment
7: Early Release Day
10: Mapping Quiz
13: No School
17: Spelling Test



Reminders
Please make sure to
sign your childs
weekly progress
report and return it
on Monday.
For homework this
week, the students
will be completing/
xing comprehension
questions!
Keep sending in those box
Tops!! We are closer to
hosting Hoot!