1. 4th Grade News Essential Focus Upcoming Events
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Essential Focus
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ELA (O’Brian):
*Students are working on identifying the text structures using various texts.
The text structures they will be identifying are sequence/chronology, compare/contrast, problem/solution, and cause/effect.
-Students will be reading various fiction and nonfiction texts to practice this skill.
-*Spelling Test Day 7 Friday December 9th
*possessive nouns: aunt’s, aunts’, boy’s, boys’, brother’s, brothers’, families’, family’s, girl’s, girls’, hers, its, man’s, men’s,
*root (sub): substitute, submarine, submerge, subtract, subway
Math (Tsoufiou/Raga): Students will be finishing our unit on fractions. There will be a tentative test date on Friday. A study guide will go home next week.
Social Studies (Ohlemacher): In Social Studies, we’'re moving into the American Revolution section of our History Unit.  We'll be finishing the novel "Sign of the Beaver". Some of the students will be reading the  book Magic Tree House: “Revolutionary War on Wednesday” , while others will be reading "George Washington's Socks".
Upcoming Events
*iReady mid year testing in BOTH reading and Math
*Reminder
Are you available to help with Frazer's Holiday Shop?  We need lots of volunteers!
Monday Dec 5th: 9:30-12:20 or 1:30-3:20
Tuesday Dec 6th: 9:30-11:20 or 12:30-3:20
Wednesday Dec 7th: 9:30-12:20 or 1:30-3:20
Thursday Dec 8th: 9:30-12:45
Please contact Sarah to let her know what day(s) work best for you and if you can do morning or afternoon.  her
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