4th Grade Newsletter

If your child has two teachers, please make sure to include both teachers on the email, or if you need immediate assistance, feel free to call the front office at 227-203-1480

• Charlotte.Grove@fcps.org (math)
• Paula.Maher@fcps.org (reading)

• Audrey.Fisher@fcps.org (math)
• Tresa.Kallarack@fcps.org (reading)

• Week of September 1st- School Safety Week!
• Thursday, September 3rd- 1st-5th Back To School Night 5:00PM-6:00PM & School Spirit Day

• Monday, September 7th- No School (Labor Day)

• Friday, September 18th- 2 Hour Early Dismissal (Mid-term) & PJ Day
• Monday, September 21st- No School (Rosh Hashanah)

• Friday, September 25th- 3.5 Hour Early Dismissal (Fair Day)

In the month of September we will be covering several place value standards including:

• 4.NOS.A.1- Students will use place value understanding to round multi-digit whole numbers to any place.
• 4.NOS.B.3-Students will fluently add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.

Below are several resources to help you get a deeper understanding of the standard assessed, and how to help at home!

In the month of September , we will be reading several fiction and non-fiction texts that all connect to the question 'What Makes Us Who We Are?' The texts we will be reading are Yes! We Are Latinos, The Year of the Rat, and Kitoto the Mighty. While reading these texts, we will be covering the following standards:

• RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text
• RL.4.5 Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama (e.g., casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or speaking about a text.
• RL.4.6 Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.

Below are several resources to help you get a deeper understanding of the standard assessed, and how to help at home!

In the month of August, we will be starting to write our narrative writing unit responding to the prompt 'Think about a time you learned a lesson from something that happened to you. Write a personal narrative about that time. Use descriptive language.' In the beginning part of this writing unit, we will be covering several narrative writing standards including:

• W.4.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
• W.4.5 With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.

Below are several resources to help you get a deeper understanding of the standard assessed, and how to help at home!

In the month of September, we will be covering several life science standards including:

• 4-LS1-1 Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior and reproduction.

Below are several resources to help you get a deeper understanding of the standard assessed, and how to help at home!

What is it?

In the month of September, your child will be given a fluency assessment. During this assessment, the students will be given a grade level passage and be given one minute read it aloud to the teacher (one-on-one). After reading, the students will have another minute to retell everything they remembered about the text.

Will I Get My Child's Score?

Although parents won't be given the specific data points (Word Count Per Minute, Accuracy, Retell), the teacher will reach out if any concerns are found to share what next steps might look like. Remember, you can always help your child become a more fluent reader by having them practice reading at home (aloud and in their head).

What is it?

In math and reading, your child will be taking the beginning of year diagnositc on iReady between 8/25 through 8/29. The iReady Diagnostic is an adaptive assessment that adjusts its questions to suit your student’s instructional priorities. Each item a student sees is individualized based on their answer to the previous question. For example, a series of correct answers will result in slightly harder questions, while a series of incorrect answers will yield slightly easier questions.

Why do students take it?

The data collected from the diagnostic helps iReady determine your child's strenghts, and areas of need. Then iReady provides students with lessons based on their individual skill level and opportunities for improvement, so your student can learn at a pace that is just right for them. These

lessons are fun and interactive to keep your student engaged as they learn

Will I get my child's score?

Although parents won't get a copy of their child's score, your child can tell you what they are working on in their "My Path". During the second administration, we will communicate your child's goal, and progress toward that goal. At home, we want you to emphasize the importance of working hard, and growing throughout the school year.