Readers Workshop

This month, students are beginning exciting units of study. In reading, students will participate in fiction book clubs. Clubs are important because it is beneficial for children to interact and have meaningful conversations with their peers.

Throughout this unit, students will focus on the following priority standards:

Inferring about characters and other story elements

Determining themes/cohesion

Analyzing parts in relation to the whole

Analyzing perspective

Writers Workshop

In Writing, students will write literary essays about texts they have read. Throughout the unit, students will be taught the value of close reading of complex texts. Students will learn how to read literature closely and write about the literature they are reading. Students will learn to write structured essays in which they make and support claims, and analyze and incorporate evidence. Students will also learn how to compare and contrast themes and topics in literature. Thus, students will be taught how to cite evi-dence from two texts in a purposeful way. The following standards will be addressed:

Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and infor-mation

Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which related ideas are grouped to support the writer's purpose

Provide reasons that are supported by facts and details

Link opinion and reasons using words and phrases (e.g., for instance, in order to, in addition)

Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented

Literacy

Fourth Grade December 2017

Students will begin working on Chapter 4: Divide by 1-Digit Numbers

In this unit, students will:

Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to two-digit dividends and one-digit divisors

Solve multi-step division word problems including problems in which remainders must be in-terpreted

Divide tens, hundreds, and thousands by whole numbers through 10

Estimate quotients using compatible numbers

Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to three-digit dividends and one-digit divisors

Solve multi-step word problems

Students are learning about animals and plants in their environment. In particular, they will learn that:

Plants, animals, and their environment are interdependent

Individual organisms and species change over time

Organisms maintain a dynamic equilibrium that sustains life

Plants and animals depend on each other and their environment

Humans have changed their environment and the effects of those changes

Math

Science

Social Studies During this month, students will learn about the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War. In addition, they will learn about the people involved in the American Revolution such as George Washington and Benjamin Franklin.

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Think Central

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MyOn

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Raz-Kids

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i-Ready

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Online Resources

Update on School Events

Safety Patrol

In November we launched our first AAA Safety Patrol! The goals of Safe-ty Patrol are to help children become safe pedestrians (in and out of school), foster qualities of leadership and citizenship, and build school community. Fifth grade student volunteers were selected for their leadership, courtesy, dependa-bility, interest, attitude, and scholastic standing. Safety Patrol members have been working hard to maintain order in the hallways during arrival and dismissal and in the cafeteria during lunch.

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Student Council

Our Student Council has been busy planning school-wide events and activities! In November, Student Council sponsored a canned food drive. Thank you to everyone who participated. We collected and donated 500 pounds of food for City Harvest! Food collected helps to keep shelves stocked at 500 soup kitchens, food pantries, and other community food programs across the city.

Up-

coming Events

December 6th: Visit from FDNY-Fire Safety Lessons

December 12th: Mental Health Workshop

December 14th: Family Thursday, P. A. Meeting and Student of the Month Assembly

December 25th– January 1st: Winter Recess- School resumes Janu-ary 2, 2018

Academy Scholars

In November we began our peer tutoring program. These students meet once a week, during lunch, to play educational games and/or work with learning centers. Our Scholars are having fun and learning at the same time!

Students of the Month

Congratulations! To the students of the month. Their accomplishments were celebrated at an assembly in November .

401: Emma Giri, Ethan Carrillo

402: Shaerlyne Suarez, Tahsin Abid

403: Taninn Skeikh, Oliver Darmawan

404: Jessica Ortega, Jason Tarigan

405: Jimin Lin, Sidney Wang

406: Ruby Vaca, Abraham Perez

407: Sofia Moreno

408: Angela Tsomo, Mohammed Sayaim

409: Odalys Morocho Zuna

501: Ariane Cabrera, Ricardo Rosas

502: Ayusha Shrestha, Omar Flores

503: Jason Su, Saranika Chakraborty

504: Jeet Patel, Sherlyn Santos

505: Ayushi Rijal, Mohammed Shahade

506: Steffie Chen, Sneyder Rios

507: Katlelyn Lin, Supravo Sugoto

508: Kelly Yunda, Darwin Ramirez

509: Elvis Sanchez

Name: _____________________________ Class: ___________

My Reading goals for this unit are:

Inferring about characters and other story elements

Analyzing parts in relation to the whole

Determining themes/cohesion

Analyzing perspective

Other________________________________________________

My Writing goals for this unit are:

Elaboration

Craft

Lead

Organization

Other________________________________________________

My Math goals for this unit are:

Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to two-digit dividends and one-digit divisors

Solve multi-step division word problems including problems in which re-mainders must be interpreted

Divide tens, hundreds, and thousands by whole numbers through 10

Estimate quotients using compatible numbers

Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to three-digit divi-dends and one-digit divisors

Solve multi-step word problems

Other________________________________________________