TOPS 4th Grade Weekly Newsletter

Prepare:

Test Ready Language Arts lessons are showing up on your daily plan so you can begin practicing for STAAR.

LITERATURE ASSIGNMENTS THIS WEEK:

Literature (17) Unit 11: Sounds and Sensations L4-L5

Literature (21) Unit 12: If You Lived in the Days of the Knights L1-L2

Download the monthly calendar of lessons to help keep track.

March 2019 Literature Calendar of lessons to download and print!

Q4 Teacher Graded Assignments:

These will be found in USA Test Prep https://www.usatestprep.com/member-login

Q4 TGA 1 due on 3/29/19

Q4 TGA 2 due on 4/26/19

Q4 TGA 3 due on 5/10/19

If you completed them after the due date and see an "M" you must email me for the grade to be updated.

Weekly Formative for extra credit

Reminder:

Complete LITERATURE lessons in the OLS by going to the course (NOT from the Daily Plan).

Weekly Riddle:

Q: A girl is sitting in a house at night that has no lights on at all. There is no lamp, no candle, nothing. Yet she is reading. How?

Your Writing STAAR test is coming up soon on April 9th!

I have added a Writing STAAR Review Session to your calendar from Monday through Friday from 2:30-3:00. The session is optional, but I hope you can attend live or listen to the recording to help you get ready for your STAAR test.

Please continue to work on completing all Math + Red and Stride Math lessons as you see them assigned in your daily plan and all Teacher Graded Assignments listed below.

Note from Mrs. Fields: Let's do this! Next Friday is my first class with you all!

Looking Back -

We spent this last week before our break reviewing the unit on energy to help students complete the assessment in USA Test Prep. We looked at some example questions that cover the topics that we have studied and that will become a key part of science knowledge for 5th grade.

Looking Ahead –

We will spend next week with an exploration of force and motion that will be our first look at physics in preparation for next year's in-depth study of those topics.We will read two lessons in the textbook (see pages below), and students should discuss review questions with their learning coach.

Don’t forget the opportunities for extra credit in USA Test Prep

There is an extra credit assignment available in USA Test Prep – 4th Extra Credit #1. Read the article (paste it in your browser) and answer some questions using your own ideas about the topic.

Continue to devote one hour (or two 30 minute sessions) to Stride Science lessons each week.

Science News for the Week:

https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/camera-caught-small-rock-hit-moon-impact

Hello 4th graders, this week we are wrapping up unit 6 – The Early Twentieth Century. During class on Tuesday, March 26th, we will review what we have learned in this unit and play a fun game of Kahoot!

Please complete these 2 lessons this week:

• Lesson 9: Air, Rail, and Sea
• Lesson 10: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Texas

I will see you in class on Tuesday!

Every week you will check the grade level newsletter to see which Music Studio lessons to complete. Just open Unit 1, Lesson 1 in the OLS and click the link to take you to Music Studio! (This is why everything in the OLS for Music EXCEPT for Unit 1, Lesson 1 has been marked skipped.)

I update the gradebook on Friday afternoons. Check the gradebook on Monday morning to see your updated Music grade.

Happy Friday!!!

We will start something new in Art next week. I will send info about Zoom by email. This will bring more art sharing and demonstrating during CC.

I will keep the Health Activity Book attached so that you use with some of your OLS lessons.

Recording directions for TGAs in gradebook:

https://tinyurl.com/Gradebook-TGA-directions

The Hive:

We will continue to have Kahoot in the main room. Thank you LCs that have helped monitor chat and the rooms this week. I know it is wild in there but, it's recess. I hope everyone has had a blast!!!

Email: bwatt@texasonlineprep.org
Phone: 682.593.1514
Twitter: @TOPSMrsWatt