TOPS 4th Grade Weekly Newsletter

Monday, February 18th is a staff and student holiday. Please enjoy time with your family and friends.

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 start Unit 6: Writing a Persuasive Paper.

This is our Writing Week at TOPS! During our class connect come prepared to write for 30 minutes!

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 -

“Did you hear that?” We found out the basics of waves in our investigation this week of sound energy. Sound is unique in the way that we hear it since it involves a change from sound waves to electrical signals for our brains. One more amazing process of our ability to process our environment.

Looking Ahead –

Next week will be an introduction to electrical energy and electric charge. We will also devote a portion of our Class Connect for our Writing Week samples. Students will use a writing prompt and their imagination to write a short passage showing off their talents with words.

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

There are short science articles linked in USA Test Prep with some short essay questions to explore your thinking about the topics. Complete these optional assignments for a boost to your grade.

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

Science News for the Week: We’ve all seen two hockey players collide on the ice. What does this collision have to do with physics? Watch this video to see how some world class physicists study Newton’s laws of motion in this super-fast sport.

Hello 4th graders, this week we will continue with unit 6 – The Early Twentieth Century. During class on Tuesday, February 19th, we will learn about the people and technology that contributed to the oil boom. We will learn how the oil boom changed Texas socially and economically.

Please complete these 2 lessons this week:

• Lesson 3: Texas Oil
• Lesson 4: Write About It

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. Enjoy your long 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