Welcome to Fourth Grade

Dear Families, October, 2009
 
Wow! How time files! Can you believe we are already in the second nine-weeks of school? The following concepts will be covered in the second nine-week grading period:
 
English Language Arts and Reading
-The Writing Process
-Narrative Writing – Revising Drafts
-Editing
-Inferring
-Questioning
-Determining Importance
-Word Study
 
Math
-Problem Solving Strategies
-Multiplication facts (memory mastery through 12 x 12)
-Multiplication (2-digit by 2-digit)
-Geometry: Lines, Angles, Shapes, Solids
-Geometry: Transformations, Symmetry, and Congruence
-Division (1-digit divisors with 3-digit dividends)
 
Science
-Finish Animal Studies
-Investigating Organisms of the Past
-Soil as a Natural Resource
-Conservation of Resources: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
-Changes to Earth’s Surface
-Science fair topics (ALL 4th graders are REQUIRED to participate)
 
Social Studies
-Early Texas: Early Settlements & Colonization
-Mexican Influence: Impact of Mexican Revolution on Texas and Issues Between
-History: People, Events and Battles of Texas Revolution
-History: Success and Problems of the Republic of Texas
 
Upcoming Events
11/2-13 – Food Drive
11/3 – Writing Benchmark
11/10 – Science District Assessment
11/16-20 – Book Fair
11:19 – Grandparent’s Day
11/25-27 – Thanksgiving
12/13 – Social Studies District Assessment
12/17 – Choir Program
12/20-1/4 Winter Holiday BACK TO SCHOOL on January 5, 2010
 
Please continue to encourage your child to read at least 30 minutes every day. Please work with your student on all math facts (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division).
 
Thank you for your continued support,