4th Grade Newsletter
May/June 2021
Language Arts: Testing as a Genre
What are we learning?
Reading and Writing
- Visualize the story
- Go back and reread
- Find the fun in the testing
PYP Connections-
- Learner Profile Attributes: Reflection
- Approaches To Learning: Open minded
- Concept: Thinking Skills
Home/School Connection
- What do you do as a test taker?
Math: Review
What are we learning?
- Number and Number Sense
- Computation and Estimation
- Patterns
- Probability
- Statistics
PYP Connections
- Learner Profile Attributes: Principled & Thinker
- Approaches To Learning: Thinking Skills
- Concept: Connection
Home/School Connection
- What do you do as a test taker?
Social Studies: Civil Rights
What are we learning?
- Describe the economic and social transition from a rural, agricultural society to a more urban, industrialized society:
- During the early twentieth century, agriculture began to change:
- Growth of Virginia’s cities
- Describe how national events, including women’s suffrage and the Great Depression, affected Virginia and its citizens.
- Describe the social and political events in Virginia linked to desegregation and Massive Resistance and their relationship to national history
- Describe the political, social, or economic impact made by Maggie L. Walker, Harry F. Byrd, Sr., Oliver W.Hill, Sr., Arthur R. Ashe, Jr., A. Linwood Holton, Jr., and L. Douglas Wilder
- Identify the three branches of Virginia government and the function of each.
- Describe the major products and industries important to Virginia’s economy
- Explain how advances in transportation, communications, and technology have contributed to Virginia’s prosperity and role in the global economy
PYP Connections-
- Learner Profile Attributes: Reflective
- Approaches To Learning: Research Skills
- Concept: Responsibility
Home/School Connection
- How can individuals stop injustices in society?
- Will there always be resistance to equality?
- How do the ideas and actions of people shape certain events?
- In what ways can people create change?
- How has Virginia changed over time?
- In what ways does technology and innovation change over time?
Important Dates and Reminders
- 5/31 Student Holiday
- 6/11 Last Day of School/ Early Release(1:30 PM)
ROOMIE REMINDERS:
- Charge your laptop each night!
- Bring a water bottle to school.
- Wear a comfortable fitting mask that covers your nose and mouth.
- Bring a light jacket for the classroom and recess.
HOMIE REMINDERS:
- School starts at 8:50
- Lunch is from 11:05-11:50
- Recess is from 1:05-1:50
Technology Information:
- June 11th - ALL LAPTOPS MUST BE RETURNED TO DOGWOOD