TOPS 4th Grade Weekly Newsletter

Prepare:

Get your book for Literature Unit 11 Novel Study by 1/24

LITERATURE ASSIGNMENTS THIS WEEK:

Literature (10) Unit 8: Life Stories L3-L6

January 2019 Literature Calendar of lessons to download and print!

Q2 Teacher Graded Assignments:

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

Q3 TGA 1 due on 1/25/19

Q3 TGA 2 due on 2/15/19

Q3 TGA 3 due on 3/1/19

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

Reminder:

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

Weekly Riddle:

Q: How can you throw a ball as hard as you can, to only have it come back to you, even if it doesn’t bounce off anything?

Read to succeed:

Six Flags Read to Succeed- Read to Succeed is an exciting program that encourages students in grades K through 6 to read for fun. Students who complete six hours of recreational reading earn a free ticket to Six Flags Arlington! Deadline is February 15th.

PIZZA HUT PIZZA- Read at least 20 minutes each day. For reading incentives sign up for Book It and earn free pizza from Pizza Hut.

Welcome to Semester 2!

I'm looking forward to "seeing" all of you during our Writing Workshop this Wednesday!

Welcome Back 4th Graders and Welcome to Semester 2!

You will begin completing Math Stride Lessons this semester so please complete them as you see them assigned in your daily plan.

Looking Back -

We’re off to a great start for our new semester, and it was fun looking at the reasons for eclipses and to examine why they only happen at certain times and in places in the world. Many students love the study of astronomy, and it’s easy to understand why it’s fascinating for so many young scientists. We will move on to a more detailed look at our moon.

Looking Ahead –

We will continue our study of the moon by looking at the features of this natural satellite and what we know, or think we know, about its past. How did the craters get there? How did the mountains of the moon form and what was the geologic history of the moon? We’ll look at these questions and explore some of the same questions about the moons of other planets as well. This will be an interesting conclusion to our unit on the Earth, moon, and sun.

Special Note: You will see the first Stride Science lesson assigned for next week in your weekly plan. We will discuss this in our Class Connect session next week.

News of Astronomy for the Week: Since we have been discussing our moon, I thought I would share an article about the 79 moons of Jupiter (at least the ones that we know of). Astronomers found twelve of them in the past year. Yet more proof that the world of science is always expanding. Check out this article in Discover magazine to learn more about the crazy moons of this gas giant in our solar system.

Hello 4th graders, this week we will continue with unit 5 – Statehood and Separation. During class on Tuesday, January 15th, we will describe the causes and results of the Mexican War on Texas, the United States, and Mexico. Please complete these 3 lessons this week:

· Lesson 4: The War with Mexico

· Lesson 5: A Growing Texas

· Lesson 6: Plantations, Slavery, and the Election of 1860

I’ll 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.)

Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!!!

We will have our Health/PE CC back starting this week. I am so excited! This will be an optional CC session. The OLS lesson and TGAs are still required.

I have also attached the Health Activity Book 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