September, 2015

Welcome to 4B! The purpose of this newsletter is to keep you informed as to

what is going on in our classroom on a monthly basis. We are off to a great
start! The students are working very hard and settling into our routine.
Thanks for working with your child at home to make sure he/she is prepared
for class as that makes a huge difference.
Lets have a great year,
Ms. Baugh
Writing

Reading Unit 1 : The Journey( This unit

Writing Process Review

Paragraph Review
Narrative Writing
Reading Responses

will challenge students to explore how the people

that are encountered throughout ones life will
influence ones development as an individual).
Selecting books
Independent reading strategies
Responding to and discussing
literature
Review genres
Reading strategies
Narrative elements
Novels: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane,
Word After Word After Word, Love That Dog

Word Study
Lesson 1: closed syllable words with
blends and digraphs
Lesson 2: closed syllable words with
welded sounds
Lesson 3: closed syllable words with
compound words
Lesson 4: closed syllable
Syllabication of vccv, vcv, vcccv,
vccccv, and vcccccv words

4B Math
Unit 1: Common Core Standards (4.NBT.1, 4.NBT.2,
4.NBT.3, 4.NBT.4, 4.OA.1, 4.OA.3)

Place Value, Comparing and Rounding Whole

Numbers, Addition and Subtraction with Word
Problems

Unit 2: Common Core Standards (4MD.1,

4MD.2)

Grammar
Common nouns, proper nouns,
singular and plural nouns, prefixes,
suffixes, base words, possessives

Social Studies
Team building activities
Map skills

Science
Scientific process
Environments and environmental factors

Metric Unit Conversions and Applications

Reminders and Announcements

*Before you sign your childs Assignment

*September 16: Curriculum Night: Parents

Only (6:30-8:00)

Notebook help him/her make sure everything

*September 4&7: No School

is completed and ready to turn in.

*September 8: Picture Day