Week of December 6– December 10

This Week’s Objectives:

Reading: The fourth graders will continue to work on determining what is important when they read. This week we will focus on how an author organized the text. Did they write in sequential order (the order in which things happened)? Did the author organize the text in a cause and effect way (cause is why something happened and the effect is the result)? Or did the author compare and contrast their topics? We will focus on each type and then discuss identifying them in what we read. On Friday we will take the Determining Importance Post Test (Major Grade). It will cover the strategies covered over the last 5 weeks.

Science: Students will identify and classify Earth’s renewable resources, including air, plants, water, and animals; and nonrenewable resources, including coal, oil and natural gas; and the importance of conservation. They will also make informed choice in the use and conservation of natural resources and reusing and recycling of materials such as paper, aluminum, glass, cans, and plastic.

Social Studies:  Students will review the Texas History that has been covered up to this point.   

Writing: The students will create their own Slow Motion Replay. They will expand one moment slowed down, and they will use their STARs to plan it out. The STARs are a guide for adding senses into the story. Moment by moment the students will explain riding a bike, hitting a baseball, or opening a present.

Math:  Students will continue learning Geometric concepts such as using essential attributes to define three-dimensional geometric figures; demonstrating translations, reflections, and rotations; using reflections to verify that a shape has symmetry; and identifying and describing attributes of geometric figures using formal geometric language.