Grade 4 Mrs.

Shannon Pages Class September 19, 2014

Whats Happening in Class
What a wonderful start to our school year! We have been in
school for 6 weeks now and I am so proud of the students. They
are constantly showing their ESLRs and modeling leadership
throughout the school. The students have been showing
intelligence by asking questions in order to learn more about our
Unit of Inquiry. They have been working hard to learn about
cultures and also about our ever!changing Earth. In Social
Studies they have learned about the elements that make up ones
culture and about how people from di"erent cultures inuence
one another. They have spent time in school and at home
working on their Culture Project and I cannot wait to see them
present this coming Friday, Monday, and Tuesday. In Science and
Literacy they are continuing to analyze our Earth and what
causes it to change. They students are reading many di"erent
informational texts in order to ask questions and learn about our
Earth. I am impressed with the knowledge that they have gained
since the start of the unit, Waiting on the World to Change.
Technology weaved in. Please talk to your students daily to nd
out what they are learning about cultures and our Earth.

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The students have been learning all
about how our Earth can change due
to Earth processes such as, erosion,
weathering, and deposition. They
have learned that our Earth is
constantly changing in slowly and
sometimes quickly due to weathering
and erosion. We have also been
discussing different landforms and
how they are formed. The students
are now working in groups of 3 to
study a specic landform in China.
Each group determined where the
landform is located and then they
planned how they would travel to that
particular landform (train or plane).
They calculated the costs and have
determined how far it is from
Qingdao. The students will be virtually
visiting the landform over the next
few weeks in order to become
experts about that landform and the
area surrounding it. I am very proud
of the students for their hard work
while researching landforms and
learning more about our Earth. Please
encourage your student to conduct
more research at home and have
them share their learning with you
and your family.

WEEKLY NEWS
Virtual Field Trip to
Landforms Around China
Grade 4 Mrs. Shannon Pages Class September 19, 2014
Class Behavior and Rewards
Together as a class, the students have earned 61 ESLR tickets and
will be having another Train Car celebration next week. Please
congratulate them for working hard to show the ESLRs!
We have been working hard to maintain our goal of 90$ r Class
Dojo and we have been a little above and a little below
throughout the week. Please remind your student to bring their
homework everyday and to make sure that they are listening
carefully during class. Please remember that you can use
www.classdojo.com to check the students reports and see how we
are doing as a class. You can also use Class Dojo to communicate
with me.
Sadako
What a wonderful book! Our class has started reading Sadako
and they are truly enjoying it. Throughout the beginning of the
story Sadako talks about di"erent good luck symbols and we have
discussed these as a class. I would encourage you to talk to your
students about good luck symbols that your family and culture
recognize.This book has a strong message about people from
around the world coming together to promote peace and wishes.
We will discuss this message and will work on writing wishes of
peace and creating cranes to represent peace.
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Math
We are nishing up our Geometry
unit and the students are doing a
great job with all of the
vocabulary and skills. They have
been studying angles and
polygons. They have been learning
how to analyze and describe
polygons based on their sides and
angles. Please remind your
students to continue reviewing
their vocabulary and memorizing
the names of specic kinds of
polygons.
The students can access two
di"erent math websites at home
in order to continue to practice
skills. They two sites are
www.tenmarks.com and
ixlmath.com .
Daily Communication
and Homework
Please check your childs agenda
everyday for homework and
important dates or information.
If you are having a difcult time
connecting to Raz-Kids at night
please allow your student to read a
book that they have at home and
record their vocabulary from that text.
Important Dates:
September 29-October 7- Break
October 15- Half day
October 17- End of Q1
October 18- Key Assignment