Parent Letter for Week of: January 25 – 29, 2010



4th Grade Newsletter December 1-5, 2014

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Questions

1. There are 7 bones to share with 2 pups.

2. A store owner had 7 employees and bought 764 uniforms for them. If he wanted to give each employee the same number of uniforms, how many more should he buy so he doesn't have any extra?

This week in Math we are learning….

Focus: Long Division with remainders

Daddy-Divide

Mommy-Multiply

Sister-Subtract

Brother-Bring down

Rover-Repeat or Remainder

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Science Terms and Concepts:

Focus: Telescopes

• It is important for you to know that telescopes are tools that aid in the study of objects in outer space.

• A telescope can gather more light than the eye, so it makes faint, faraway objects seem brighter and closer.

Answer the following questions with True or False

The Earth’s atmosphere, air pollution, and light pollution does not interfere with telescopes on the ground._____________

All of these factors reduce visibility. Telescopes are launched into space to avoid these problems._____________

Telescopes have always been powerful tools that astronomers use to look at objects very far away.______________

Telescopes began as simple “spyglasses” and have evolved into powerful tools._________

All telescopes have the same design._______

There are two classes of telescopes: refractors and reflectors. All refractors are all very similar; but the design of reflectors vary depending on how and where the final image forms.____________

Astronomers make observations by looking through the eyepiece lens of a telescope._______________

Today’s research telescopes rely on charge-coupled devices (CCDs) to record the light collected by the telescope. _______________

Telescopes are built on mountains to get closer on the astronomical objects being observed.

Building telescopes on mountain places the telescopes above most of Earth’s atmosphere in an area where there is less light and air pollution (since few people live on mountains)._____________

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ELA Terms and Concepts:

Focus: Prose, Poetry, and Drama

Tell the difference between Prose, Drama and Poetry

Prose

Most everyday writing is in prose form. The language of prose is typically

straightforward without much decoration. Ideas are contained in sentences that

are arranged into paragraphs.

Poetry

Poetry is typically reserved for expressing something special in an

artistic way. The language of poetry tends to be more expressive or decorated, with comparisons, rhyme, and rhythm contributing to a different sound and

feel. Ideas are contained in lines that may or may not be sentences. Lines are

arranged in stanzas.

Drama

Drama is a piece of writing that tells a story and is performed on a stage

Announcements

December 2: After School Clubs

December 9 Math Benchmark

December 10 ELA Benchmark

12. blanket

13. gadget

14. musket

15. poet

16. squatter

17. strike

18. exclusion

19.watt

20. fluorescent

21.circuit

Week 15

Sight words, et pattern, and

academic vocabulary

1. sixteen

2. chicken

3. elephant

4. island

5. gorilla

6. dolphin

7. machine

8. ticket

9. diet

10.puppet

11. banquet

This week in Social Studies we are learning……….

Focus: Effects of the AR on African Americans, women, and Native Americans

1. Martha Washington – encouraged the soldiers while at Valley Forge with her husband, George.

2. Molly Pitcher – took care of the soldiers during battle and gave them water, took her wounded husbands place in battle

3. Abigail Adams – ran the family farm and wrote letters to her husband during the war, went to Europe with her husband (John Adams) to try to get help from other countries

4. Crispus Attucks – freed slave who was the first to die at the Boston Massacre

5. Peter Salem – a slave who got his freedom in return for serving the army during the Battles of Saratoga and Bunker Hill

Questions to Answer:

1. What was the name of the woman that took care of soldiers during the Revolutionary War?

2. Who went to Europe with her husband to get help from other countries?

3. What was the name of the man killed in the Boston Massacre?

4. What was the name of the slave that bought his freedom and fought in two battles of the Revolutionary War?

5. Who went to Valley Forge with her husband?

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