4th Grade ELA with Mrs. Walbek
Prepare:
Watch the video below on reference materials to help with your research report unit.
Composition:
Learning coaches need to grade your writing assignments with the rubric provided in the lesson for the grade to be added to the grade book.
Also, I have a writing check-in assignment in USA TP for you to respond to for a grade.
Literature assignments on the Daily Plan
Everyone should be completing one LIT lesson each school day. If it is not on your daily plan go to the course and complete the next lesson.
This week will begin LIT Unit 4 "You Need to Make a Choice" Novel Study. When you click on the lesson it will ask you to select a book to read from the list. This book can be borrowed from the library, downloaded to your e-reader or purchased from a book store.
Report card grades for Quarter 1 are pulled on 10/12 and you will be graded on:
Unit 1 - Unit 4 (If you started late your units were adjusted, see below).
LIT Unit 1 (12 lessons) 8/21 to 9/7
LIT Unit 2 (7 lessons) 9/10 to 9/21
LIT Unit 3 (5 lessons) 9/24 to 9/28
LIT Unit 4 (6 lessons) 10/1 to 10/8 or completion depending on number of lessons in your book choice.
If you started 8/29 you are excused from Unit 1
If you started 9/12 you are excused from Unit 1
If you started 9/26 you are excused from Unit 1-3
NEW STUDENTS:
Welcome!! Watch for new class connect schedules.
Teacher Graded Assignment:
These will be found in USA Test Prep https://www.usatestprep.com/member-login
Q1 TGA 1 due on 9/7/18
Q1 TGA 2 due on 9/21/18
Q1 TGA 3 due on 10/5/18
If you completed them after the due date and see an "M" you must email me for the grade to be updated.
Resources:
Kinds of Reference Materials https://www.usatestprep.com/movies/807/13405/2620
Weekly Riddle:
Q: What belongs to you but other people use it more than you?
Thank you Ryan V. for the awesome riddle last week!!
4th Grade Math with Mrs. Medina
This week, please complete these lessons from your daily plan:
- Unit 4 Lesson 1
- Unit 4 Lesson 2
- Unit 4 Lesson 3
- Unit 4 Lesson 4
Please see the link below for the Unit 4 Notes. You can print those pages out and add them to your math notebook.
TGAs in USA Test Prep
- Date Assigned: 8/31/18
- Date Due: 9/14/18
4 Math TGA #2-Estimation and Multiplication
- Date Assigned: 9/14/18
- Date Due: 9/28/18
4 Math TGA #3- Division
- Date Assigned: 9/21/18
- Date Due: 10/5/18
Weekly TGA in Math Facts Pro
3 Sessions in Math Facts Pro per week is required (refer to directions in attachment below or sent in email)
TGA #1- Due 9/14/18
TGA #2- Due 9/21/18
TGA #3-Due 9/28/14
TGA #4-Due 10/5/18
4th Grade Science with Mr. McIntosh
Looking Back –
We spent the past week looking at how populations interact in the natural world. This involves the way that hunters hunt and the hunted try to survive. We saw some interesting examples of predators in harsh environments (like deserts or the ocean floor), and we learned that there are some odd partnerships that develop between different species. In the case of parasites, the host animal may suffer from these relationships. In the last two lessons for this unit, we will look deeper at animal behavior. (See Looking Ahead below)
Lessons for Sept. 24-28: Unit 2, Lessons 3: Predators and Prey, and Lesson 4: Symbiosis
Key Vocabulary: predator, prey, herbivore, adaptation, camouflage, symbiosis, symbiotic relationship, mutualism, parasitism, commensalism, parasite, host
Looking Ahead -
We will continue to look at different types of animal behavior by exploring the “why” of some behaviors. Do we learn how to cry, fight, play the piano, or hunt? What causes different species to adopt their behaviors as they grow toward adulthood? These and other topics will be a part of our discussion as we move toward the end of Unit 2 on Animal and Plant Interactions.
Lessons for the week of Oct. 1-5: Unit 2, Lesson 5: Animal Behavior, & Lesson 6: Unit Review and Assessment
Key Vocabulary: behavior, stimulus, innate, learned, instincts, imprinting, social behavior, societies
Creature of the week – Let’s check out another very unusual reptile this week. The leaf chameleon was only discovered in 2012 and is found in very few places in the world. Do some research before our next class and share what you have learned with your classmates!
4th Grade Social Studies with Mrs. Lipscomb
Hello 4th graders, I had such a great time with you last week participating in our "Celebrate Freedom" activities. We also wrapped up unit 1 and you should have taken the unit assessment in lesson 10. We have learned so much about the regions, agriculture, and economy of Texas. This week we will begin unit 2, Texas Long Ago, and complete lessons 1 and 2:
- Lesson 1 – People of the Western Hemisphere
- Lesson 2 – People of the Plains
We will spend time in class on Tuesday identifying the ways people have adapted to the environment and talk about the first regions to be farmed in Texas.
We are using GoFormative surveys each week for our TGA’s in social studies. Please be sure you are attending live Class Connect or watching the recording as soon as possible so that you can be successful and receive credit. Also, be sure to check the grade book to see if you have any missing assignments (M’s). I’ll see you in class on Tuesday!
4th Grade Music with Mrs. Bass
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.) :)
Music Studio lessons for the week of 10/01:
- Section 1, Unit 1, Assessment (This is a unit review at the end of the list of lessons in Section 1, Unit 1.)
- Music Studio Unit Assessment (This is located on the Assessments page.)
- Section 1, Unit 1, Music News
Video showing how to get into Music Studio and find the lessons and Assessments page:
Video showing how to find just the Assessments page in Music Studio:
Reminder - Mrs. Bass updates the gradebook every Friday afternoon. :)
4th Grade Health/PE/Art with Ms. Buchanan
Happy Friday!!! I know yall have been busy working hard in your lessons this week. In art next week we will continue learning about "Making History". In Health you will start "Learning about Yourself" and your feelings. In PE remember to stay active at least 30 minutes each day. Have fun!!!
Lessons for this week:
Art: Unit 2 Lesson 6 & 7
Health: Unit 10 Lesson 1 & 2
PE: Unit 1 Lesson 7
TGAs:
Health and PE log
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!!!
Blanda Watt, Elementary School Principal
Email: bwatt@texasonlineprep.org
Phone: 682.593.1514
Twitter: @TOPSMrsWatt
