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Fourth Grade News Rachel Jacobs
Week of November 7th Benjamin Nussbaum
Shari Scudder
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What We’re Learning Dates to Remember

Writing
● Introduction to Persuasive Writing Unit 11/5 ​Parent/Teacher Conferences -
No School for students
● On-Demand Persuasive Writing Sample
11/6​ Teacher Workday -
No School for students
Reading
● Using evidence to make inferences and draw 11/9 ​ Picture Make Up
conclusions
● Using evidence to make, revise, and confirm 11/16 ​PTO Movie Night
predictions
● Using sensory details to make inferences and 11/20 ​Field Trip - UVA Women’s Bball
draw conclusions 11/21-23​ Thanksgiving Break

12/3-7​ Computers in Education Week

Math
● Using U.S. standard and metric units to 12/10-14​ Book Fair
accurately measure length (cont’d)
● Finding perimeter (cont’d) 12/24-1/4​ Winter Break
● Converting measurements (cont’d)
● Defining polygons as closed figures with line
segments as sides that come together at
vertices
● Geometric figures: points, lines, line
segments, rays, parallel, perpendicular
● Combining polygons to make new polygons
● Classifying polygons by attributes: number of
sides, size of angles, absence/presence of
parallel or perpendicular sides
Social Studies
● Southeast Region

Science
● Weather (cont’d)

Notes from the teacher

It was great to see so many of you at Trick-or-Read last Thursday! It was a great opportunity for kids to
come and hear some scary stories read by their current and former teachers.

This week, we will be introducing our persuasive writing unit. Students will learn about the genre as well as
complete a persuasive writing sample in order to track their growth during the unit. However, please
encourage your learner to continue working on his/her narrative writing going forward. They have grown so
much as authors and we want to keep that momentum going!

This Friday is the day for Make-up Pictures. If your child was absent on Picture Day or you need retakes for
any reason, please let us know as soon as possible.

The optional math homework that was given out last week continues this week since it is a short week.

Have a great week!

Every learner. Every day. Everyone.