4th Grade Reading with Mrs. Walbek
NOTE: A note regarding progress reports: You may see an average lower than you expected in ELA. That is because we did not have a graded assignment in COMPOSITION. Do not worry for your quarter 1 report card you will have a grade included. The gradebook is the most accurate record of your grades.
Prepare:
Please have a journal or something to write on for Writing Workshop CC.
Literature assignments on the Daily Plan
On your Daily Plan once you complete the open Literature unit, it will list your Literature assignment as the You Need To Make A Choice unit. please DO NOT do this unit. We will do our Novel Units later. If you have any questions please let me know. We are currently working on Literature Unit 2 Lessons 1-5 Sept 10th- Sept 21
NEW STUDENTS:
Please complete Vocabulary Unit 3 Lesson 1 before going on to lesson 2 next week following the daily plan.
Teacher Graded Assignment:
This will be found in USA Test Prep.
Q1 TGA 1 due on 9/7/18
Q1 TGA 2 due on 9/21/18
Resources:
Capitalization Part 1 https://www.usatestprep.com/movies/807/13405/1575
Weekly Riddle:
Q: What does this mean? I RIGHT I
4th Grade Math with Mrs. Medina
This week, please complete these lessons from your daily plan.
- Unit 2 Lesson 8
- Unit 2 Lesson 9
- Unit 2 Lesson 10
Please see the link below for the Unit 2 Notes. You can print those pages out, add some examples, 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: 10/05/18
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
4th Grade Science with Mr. McIntosh
Looking Back –
What a wonderful time we have had studying invertebrates! From creepy, crawlies (worms) to the super strange ocean creatures (squids, starfish), we were able to see a wide variety of creatures that are part of the organisms without backbones. We finished with Echinodermata, and the starfish, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers were quite a mix of the very beautiful and very strange. In Unit 2 we will begin exploring how plants and animals interact. (See Looking Ahead below)
Last Week’s Lessons: Unit 1, Lesson 6: Echinoderms and Unit 1 Review and Unit Test
Lesson 6 Vocabulary: echinoderms, radial symmetry, tube feet, madreporite, regeneration
Unit 1 Test Vocabulary: regenerate, budding, mantle, segmented, roundworms, flatworms, eyespots, exoskeleton, jointed legs, tentacles, nostrils, mollusks, arthropods, cnidarians, sponges,
Looking Ahead -
Great job in Unit 1, guys! Now we get to expand our study to include the interaction between plants and animals. We’ll start in Lesson 1 with the individuals within an ecosystem and their place in a population. We’ll move into the competition among different populations for survival in Lesson 2 which will allow us to explore more into the balance of resources within an ecosystem. It’s getting very interesting!
Assignments for the week of Sept. 17-21: Unit 2, Lesson 1: Populations, & Lesson 2: Competition
Key Vocabulary: populations, community, population boundary, population density, emigration, immigration, population sample, clumped, uniform spacing, random spacing, resource, limiting factors, competition
Creature of the week – This week I am challenging students to investigate the Opalescent Nudibranch (Hermissenda opalescens), a very beautiful sea creature found in the Pacific coastline of North America. Nudibranches are some of the most brightly colored ocean organisms – far different from the snails and slug found on land!
4th Grade Social Studies with Mrs. Lipscomb
Hello 4th graders, this week we will be wrapping up unit 1 by completing:
- Lesson 9 - The Geography of Texas Review
- Lesson 10 - The Geography of Texas Assessment
Each year, during the week that includes September 17, Texas schools honor Celebrate Freedom Week. During class on Wednesday, we will take the time to highlight the values and ideals on which the United States was founded as well as the sacrifices that were made for freedom in the founding of the country. Come and learn about the intent, meaning, and importance of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, including the Bill of Rights. See you in class!
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 09/17:
- Section 2, Unit 1, Lesson 2 - Sing with Do, Re, Mi
- Section 2, Unit 1, Lesson 4 - Sing with So
- Music Studio Assessment
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 continue learning about Taking Care of Your Body. In PE you will practice your Heart rate checking skills.
Lessons for this week:
Art: Unit 2 Lesson 3
Health: Unit 2 Lesson 3
PE: Unit 1 Lesson 5
TGAs:
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!!!
We've listened to your concerns and have made some adjustments to the schedule to help spread your workload. You will notice a new time for music and art, as well as an additional help session that is focused on math and ELA. These adjustments should allow you more time to complete lessons through the week and to attend The Hive.
Blanda Watt, Elementary School Principal
Email: bwatt@texasonlineprep.org
Phone: 682.593.1514
Twitter: @TOPSMrsWatt
