4th Grade Newsletter

Conference Time: 10:50-11:40am

All teachers can be reached through Parent Square or at the following emails:

Ms. De Los Reyes: Christina.DeLosReyes@aliefisd.net

Ms. Gomez: Enyi.RosaGomez@aliefisd.net

Ms. Orbegoso: Monica.Orbegoso@aliefisd.net

Ms. Perry: Karema.Perry@aliefisd.net

Ms. Smith: Bethany.Smith@aliefisd.net

• Please continue to check and sign your child's conduct folder daily.
• Parent lunch days for 4th grade are on Fridays from 11:40-12:10. Only 2 guests are allowed each time to ensure that we have space to accompany all guests.
• For extra practice at home, students can work on learning apps located in the Alief Hub: https://myapps.classlink.com/home

• January 5: Student Holiday
• January 6: Students return to school - free dress day!
• January 8: Report cards go home & Library Night (5:00-6:30)
• January 16: Reading CBA
• January 19: MLK Jr. Day (school holiday)
• January 27: Math CBA
• January 28: Picture Day (free dress)
• January 29: 100th Day of School & progress reports go home
• January 30: Coffee with the Principal (8:30)
• January 31: Bookworm Festival Family Event (8:00-1:30)

This January, students will strengthen their reading skills by practicing how to make connections between two texts and by comparing and contrasting how different authors address similar ideas, experiences, topics, and themes. Students will also begin Module 5: Art Everywhere, centered around the essential question, “How far can your talent take you?” Our genre focus for this module will be biography, as students explore real-life stories of artists and creators.

In grammar, students will work with modal auxiliaries and review pronouns, present participles, irregular verbs, helping verbs, and the verb to be. For writing, students will respond to prompts with a focus on informational writing, using facts and clear explanations to support their ideas.

In Science, we will explore how Earth’s natural resources change Earth’s surfaces, the advantages and disadvantages of using them, and how their conservation, disposal and recycling can impact the environment and modern life. In the first lesson of Chapter 6, students will model and describe slow changes to Earth’s surface caused by weathering from wind, water and ice. In the second lesson, students will model and describe slow changes to Earth’s surface caused by erosion and deposition from water, wind, and ice. In lesson 3, students will identify and explain the advantages and disadvantages of using Earth’s renewable and nonrenewable resources.