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The 4 Grade Post

http://glencairn4th.weebly.com November 18th, 2019

From The Teachers

Social Studies/Science
This will serve as the newsletter for both
Social studies will be finishing up our
this week and next week, given the limited amount
geography unit by ending our tour of South Africa’s
of time we will be in school.
geography and assessing map skills.
Report cards will be emailed home next
In science,students will be making
Tuesday, the 26th. We thought it was important that
connections between their understandings of how
we shared our view of report cards prior to getting
small electrical circuits work to the larger scale
one for your child.
issues surrounding the electrical blackout in a
First, we do not view these as “grades”,
fictitious city.
rather a way to communicate where your child is in
his/her development with concepts. You might see
more “2” scores than you are used to. From our
perspective, this simply means that the child
doesn’t have the concept completely mastered and
could use more time and work with it. If you would
Math
like information about ways to support your child’s We continue our work on Unit 3 this week.
development in a particular area, we are more than This unit is about division and dividing larger
happy to provide it. numbers. The concept of “long division” is one that
We are also happy to talk with you about students are often apprehensive about. Creating a
any questions you have about your child’s progress deep understanding of the concept takes time and
at any time. It is beneficial for everyone to be on practice. It is important that as we help kids develop
the same page in helping your children. an understanding that we are patient and provide a
Next week, we will only have school on lot of encouragement. This week we will cover the
Monday and Tuesday in recognition of traditional method of long division that most parents
Thanksgiving. Enjoy your time off! are familiar with.

School phone: (517) 333-7930. E-mail:

Reading
marc.finger@elps.us, (602) 689-8256. We are on unit 2, week 5 of our Reading
lauren.schefke@elps.us, (517) 755-7466 Street reading program. Students will be reading,
So You Want To Be President?, an expository text
ELPS MISSION STATEMENT: about being President of The United States.
Nurturing each child Comprehension instruction will focus on making
Educating all students inferences and pulling relevant information from
Building World Citizens larger sections of text.
ELPS Vision Statement:
East Lansing Public Schools provide an exemplary education for Spelling words come home in student
all students through a cohesive, comprehensive curriculum in an planners on Mondays, and students have the test
inclusive, supportive environment. on Friday.

Special News
Writing
- 11/21 – Teacher luncheon sponsored by 4th Students are working on editing their work
grade families this week. Time will be spent reviewing how and
- 11/27-11/30: No school (Thanksgiving Break) when to indent paragraphs, as well as how to use
- 12/13 – Glencairn Movie Night the accompanying punctuation.

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