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Grade 4
DECEMBER
class newsletter
RIS
2012-2013
Important dates
5 December—King’s birthday holiday
21 December—1/2 day school
22-31 December—Winter Break; return to school 14
Jan.
16 January: Early Dismissal at 1:00pm
25 January: No Uniform Day and Parent Coffee
HOMEWORK
All students should be reading 30 minutes or more
each night, recording their book and time on their
reading log
Math, Science, and/or Social Studies may also be
sent home each night for homework.
All students are expected to complete homework on
time and submit it to their homeroom teacher DAILY.
Literacy
Students have been busy writing their realistic/historical fiction pieces.
We will be working to increase their writing stamina and engagement, as well as rehearsing their writing, collecting ideas, drafting, revising and learning the overall structure of writing a realistic fiction and historical fiction piece in Writer’s Workshop.
In Reader’s Workshop, students will focus on tackling complicated literature with practice and instruction in Historical Fiction. They’ll learn how to build interpretations and how to listen closely to each other as they read, carrying ideas across book club discussions and across more than one text.
Science
The kids have finished up Earth Materials and
have begun a unit on the structures of life. In
this, they will study different living organisms
and compare and contrast what makes them
“living”.
Plants and Seeds
Crayfish
Snails
All of these will be on display at the Science
Showcase on 22 February in Godbout Hall, 930-
11 am.
Social Studies
Students will need to address
the Big Ideas:
What causes people to move?
What effect does migration (or moving) have on
my own life and others?
What connections can I make to my own
family?
Grade 4 Learning
Project
Students will have the exciting
opportunity to apply their
understandings of Immigration
concepts by creating a Family
Tree using Thinglink or a Prezi, a
Time line by using
Dipity,Capsule, or Time Glider and
their Cultural Posters using
Glogster. RIS is all about 21st
Century Learning!
Ms. Katie’s class
Ms. April’s class
Becoming
better
readers, wri
ters, and
scientists!
Mr. Joe’s classAuthor’s Chair: Students sharing their stories with their peers.
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