TOPS 4th Grade Weekly Newsletter

Prepare:

Writing Week in class connect come prepared to write for 30 minutes.

Reading Benchmark opens 2/22 and is due 3/1

LITERATURE ASSIGNMENTS THIS WEEK:

Literature (13) Unit 9 Stories from Many Lands due 2/22

2/28 Literature (15) Unit 10: Nature's Way L1: "What Good is a Forest Fire?"

Weekly Formative 2/19

February 2019 Literature Calendar of lessons to download and print!

Q3 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.

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 man was outside taking a walk, when it started to rain. The man didn’t have an umbrella and he wasn’t wearing a hat. His clothes got soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?

Hello scholars, this week for your OLS lesson you will continue Unit 6: Writing a Persuasive Paper.

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

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.

Looking Back -

We learned about the basics of electrical charges in objects as we examined static electricity. Understanding electricity that doesn’t move is a good place to start exploring electricity that does move in currents. (See Looking Ahead)

Looking Ahead –

Since we have established an idea of how objects can become electrically charged, now let’s examine what we can do with those charges. We will discuss how electric current moves in wires and how circuits are designed and used. We will also discover why certain types of materials are much better to use in electrical circuits.

Extra Credit is available in USA Test Prep. Check it out!

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

Science News for the Week: We’ve been discussing forces and inertia in 5th grade physics. One of my favorite tricks that demonstrates motion and force is the amazing way that dominos can create a chain reaction with other dominos (or other objects). Check out this insane video of physics at work.

Please complete these 2 lessons this week:

• Lesson 5: Texas and a World in Change
• Lesson 6: Texas and World War II

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.)

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

Happy Friday!!!

I hope everyone has had a wonderful week. Have a great weekend!!!

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