
Hello Ward Families,
4th Grade has started the year off strong, and we hope you had a restful and relaxing break. We are halfway through the second nine weeks, and are looking forwards towards semester benchmarks! As always please have your students studying multiplication facts, Virginia Studies, and new vocabulary in addition to their teacher prescribed homework. Thanks for all your support, and please do not hesitate to ask your student’s teacher for clarification and/or assistance. Have a great January!
Thanks!
-The 4th Grade Team-
IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES
JAN. 11th – Reading Checkpoint
JAN. 12th – Math Checkpoint
JAN. 15th – School Holiday
JAN. 23rd – VA Studies Benchmark
JAN. 26th – End of 2nd Nine Weeks
JAN. 29th – Student Holiday
* SEMESTER BENCHMARKS TAKE PLACE FEBRUARY 1st-9th *
MATHEMATICS
4.4 Multiply Whole Numbers
4.4 Estimate and solve whole number problems (all operations, multi and single step)
4.2 Compare and represent fractions
4.13 Predict and represent probability
LANGUAGE ARTS & WRITING
4.4 The student will expand vocabulary when reading.
4.5 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension using:
- Conclusions/Inferences
- Author’s Choice
- Identify Sensory Words
- Relationship of current literature and past read material
4.6 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of nonfiction texts.
- Author’s Purpose
- Identifying the main idea
- Distinguish between fact and opinion
- Use prior knowledge to build background knowledge
4.7 The student will write cohesively for a variety of purposes.
- Utilize transition words for sentence variety.
- Include supporting details that elaborate the main idea
4.8 The student will edit writing for correct grammar, capitalization, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure and paragraphing.
- Use subject-verb agreement
- Use commas in series, dates, and addresses
- Incorporate adjectives and adverbs
VIRGINIA STUDIES
VS.6a – Explain why George Washington is called the “Father of Our Country” and James Madison is called the “Father of the Constitution.”
VS.6b – Identify the ideas of George Mason and Thomas Jefferson as expressed in the Virginia Declaration of Rights and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom.
VS.6c – Explain the influence of geography on the migration of Virginians into western territories.
SCIENCE
4.2 The student will investigate and understand characteristics and interactions of moving objects. Key concepts include:
– motion is described by an object’s direction and speed
– changes in motion are related to force and mass
– friction is a force that opposes motion
– moving objects have kinetic energy
4.7 Organization of the Solar System
– the planets in the solar system;
– the order of the planets in the solar system; and
– the relative sizes of the planets.
4.8 Relationships among Earth, Moon, and Sun
– the motions of Earth, the moon, and the sun;
– the causes for Earth’s seasons;
– the causes for the phases of the moon;
– the relative size, position, age, and makeup of Earth, the moon, and the sun; and
– historical contributions in understanding the Earth-moon-sun system.