NEWSWORTHY INFORMATION
Reading Unit
Interpretation
In this unit students will be able to identify themselves as readers with strengths and weaknesses who are actively working to become better readers. They will understand their role within their reading workshop and will use strategies to effectively infer and grow ideas about their characters as well as common issues they face across books. Towards the end of the unit students will be able to think deeply about their characters ad grow their theories with evidence from the text.
Writing Unit
Bringing History to Life!
In this unit students will research important facts about the American Revolution. They will learn as much as possible and then break out into smaller research clubs on sub topics. They will work to create exciting informational texts chock full of information. At the end of the unit students will publish their writing and celebrate their hard work!
* We will also be starting our Test Preparation Unit this month using the Ready New York workbooks. Please be on the lookout for these purple books in your child's backpack. Each student has an ELA book and a Math book.
Math Module 5
Module 5: Fraction Equivalence, Ordering, and Operations
In this 40-day module, students build on their Grade 3 work with unit fractions as they explore fraction equivalence and extend this understanding to mixed numbers. This leads to the comparison of fractions and mixed numbers and the representation of both in a variety of models. Benchmark fractions play an important part in students’ ability to generalize and reason about relative fraction and mixed number sizes. Students then have the opportunity to apply what they know to be true for whole number operations to the new concepts of fraction and mixed number operations.
Social Studies Unit 4
The Revolutionary War in New York State
• New York State’s location and its relationship to the locations of other people and places meant that New York would play a key role in the American Revolution.
• New York’s waterways played a vital role in Britain’s plans to capture New York; several key battles of the Revolution were fought along New York’s rivers and lakes.
• The American Revolution had a lasting effect on the power of the Iroquois League.
• The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the American Revolution.
• Not all colonist held the same viewpoint regarding the struggle against Great Britain.
• The leaders of the American Revolution came from all walks of life and regions of the thirteen colonies.
• The American Revolution had a lasting impact on New York.
Reading Unit
Interpretation
In this unit students will be able to identify themselves as readers with strengths and weaknesses who are actively working to become better readers. They will understand their role within their reading workshop and will use strategies to effectively infer and grow ideas about their characters as well as common issues they face across books. Towards the end of the unit students will be able to think deeply about their characters ad grow their theories with evidence from the text.
Writing Unit
Bringing History to Life!
In this unit students will research important facts about the American Revolution. They will learn as much as possible and then break out into smaller research clubs on sub topics. They will work to create exciting informational texts chock full of information. At the end of the unit students will publish their writing and celebrate their hard work!
* We will also be starting our Test Preparation Unit this month using the Ready New York workbooks. Please be on the lookout for these purple books in your child's backpack. Each student has an ELA book and a Math book.
Math Module 5
Module 5: Fraction Equivalence, Ordering, and Operations
In this 40-day module, students build on their Grade 3 work with unit fractions as they explore fraction equivalence and extend this understanding to mixed numbers. This leads to the comparison of fractions and mixed numbers and the representation of both in a variety of models. Benchmark fractions play an important part in students’ ability to generalize and reason about relative fraction and mixed number sizes. Students then have the opportunity to apply what they know to be true for whole number operations to the new concepts of fraction and mixed number operations.
Social Studies Unit 4
The Revolutionary War in New York State
• New York State’s location and its relationship to the locations of other people and places meant that New York would play a key role in the American Revolution.
• New York’s waterways played a vital role in Britain’s plans to capture New York; several key battles of the Revolution were fought along New York’s rivers and lakes.
• The American Revolution had a lasting effect on the power of the Iroquois League.
• The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the American Revolution.
• Not all colonist held the same viewpoint regarding the struggle against Great Britain.
• The leaders of the American Revolution came from all walks of life and regions of the thirteen colonies.
• The American Revolution had a lasting impact on New York.