Jackson 4th Grade Newsletter

Reading:

Writing:

• I can compose poetry using genre characteristics and craft.

• I can use descriptive language to communicate emotions and ideas in poetry.

• I can use figurative language to create images in my poems.

Grammar:

• I can use adjectives, including their comparative and superlative forms in my writing to show comparison.

Phonics:

• I can read and spell multisyllabic words in irregular plural forms.

Social Studies:

• I can explain the possible origins of American Indian groups in Texas and North America.

• I can explain the economic activities various early American Indian groups in Texas used to meet their needs and wants such as farming, trading, and hunting.

• I can identify and compare the ways of life of American Indian groups in Texas before European exploration, such as, the Lipan Apaches, Karankawas, Caddos, and Jumanos.

Math:

• I can represent data on a frequency table, dot plot, or stem-and-leaf plot marked with whole numbers, decimals, and fractions.

Science:

• I can demostrate and describe how electrical energy travels in a closed path that can produce light and thermal energy.
  
  

Dear families,

School pictures are now available!

To see if your child's pictures are available to view, please log in to your account at mylifetouch.com. If you don’t have an account yet, you can create one using your email address.

To locate your child's photos, you'll need their Student ID or Portrait ID and Access Code. If you don't have this information, you can:

• Check your inbox for an email from Lifetouch that may contain your access credentials and a direct link to your child's images.
• Wait for your proof sheet to arrive, which will include your Portrait ID and Access Code.
• Contact the Lifetouch Help Center for assistance

Please note that pictures may not become available for all students at the same time, so check back later if you don't see your child's images yet.

All sales must complete the RevTrak payment and google form:

JACKSON - BOO GRAM (STUCO) 26-27

Donate Oct. 26th - Nov. 2nd -- used clothes, footwear, linens, and accessories

Donate Oct. 26th - Nov. 2nd -- boxes of unopened cereal

This year the 4th grade music program will be in support of Veterans Day. It will be Friday, November 6th at 8:15am in the cafeteria. Parents will be welcomed into the building starting at 7:50am.

REGISTER HERE

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Get ready to have some fun!

Please help us ensure that your child's cell phone and/or digital watch is turned off and safely inside your child's backpack before they enter school. These devices are not permitted outside your child's backpack in the building during school hours per Texas State Law. Thank you for your support.

4th Grade teachers need the following items in our classroom to use for students throughout the year. If you are willing to donate any of these things it would be greatly appreciated.

• Wide-ruled black and white composition notebooks
• Green or yellow folders
• Tissue Boxes
• Clorox wipes
• Paper Towels

Please bring all utensils from home if you are bringing your lunch from home.

Students that bring their lunch from home need to bring everything that they need (drinks, napkins, utensils & condiments). Yes - they can buy drinks from the cafe.

Oct 20 - Mrs. Bedell's Birthday

Oct 23 - Family Movie Night @ 6:45pm

Oct 26-30 - Red Ribbon Week

Oct 27 - Fall Picture Retakes

Oct 30 - GROWS assembly @ 8 am

Nov 6 - 4th Grade Performance at 8:15 am

Nov 23 - Nov 27 - Thanksgiving Break

Nov 11 - Veteran's Day Assembly 8:00 am

Nov 13 - 4th Grade Rockhill Musical Field Trip

Nov 19 - Grandparents & Special Friends Lunch (Kinder, 2nd & 4th)

Nov 20 - Grandparents & Special Friends Lunch (1st, 3rd, & 5th)

Background Checks

• REQUIRED of all parents and needs to be completed every 12 months; link is found on the “Parent” tab of the PISD website under “Volunteer Background Check”.

• Can take up to 2 weeks (more at the beginning of the year), encourage parents to complete this right away.

Your child will be bringing home a Conduct Sheet every day in their green folder. This sheet will provide you with an overview of your child’s behavior and progress throughout the day. The conduct sheet follows the Jackson GROWS expectations. It is important to review the sheet, this system helps us keep an open line of communication regarding your child’s conduct and ensures we work together to support their success.

Mrs. Alexander will be updating this so parents can be kept aware of what we will be doing during guidance visits throughout the year.

Sarah Bedell - sabedell@prosper-isd.net

Lacey Castaneda - ljcastaneda@prosper-isd.net

Dushanca Fowlks - dlfowlks@prosper-isd.net

Amanda Goode - aagoode@prosper-isd.net

Colin Johnson - cmjohnson0@prosper-isd.net