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.