Readers Workshop

This month, students are reading literature. During this unit, students will make in-

ferences. In addition, students will explore possible themes and support their thinking

with text evidence.

The priority standards for this unit are:

Analyzing perspective

Inferring about characters and other story elements

Analyzing parts of a story in relation to the whole

Determining themes/cohesion

Writers Workshop

In Writing, students will write literary essays about texts they have read. Through-

out 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 evidence 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

Test Preparation

Everything your child has been learning this year will prepare him/her for the New York

State Exams. In addition, students will begin a formal test prep unit this month. They will

be using Ready books and they should also use i-Ready.

Parent Newsletter

Fourth Grade February 2017

In February, students will begin working on Chapter 7, Add and Subtract Fractions. During

this month, the students will continue to build their understanding of fraction equivalence by

focusing on addition and subtraction of fractions. By the end of the chapter, students will be

able to:

Understand that to add and subtract fractions they must refer to parts of the same whole

Decompose a fraction by writing it as a sum of fractions with the same denominators

Use models to represent and find sums involving fractions

Use models to represent and find differences involving fractions

Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction with fractions

Write fractions greater than 1 as mixed numbers and write mixed numbers as fractions

greater than 1

Add and subtract mixed numbers

Rename mixed numbers to subtract

Use the properties of addition to add fractions

Use the strategy act it out to solve multistep fraction problems

i-Ready

Students are currently using i-Ready. This online program provides rigorous individualized in-

struction in Reading and Mathematics. It pinpoints student needs down to the sub-skill level

and provides ongoing progress monitoring. Students can use i-Ready at home. Visit the web-

site to see what your child has been learning!

http;://login.i-ready.com/

Math

Update on School Events and Activities Spirit Week

Our first annual Spirit Week was a huge success! Visit the Student Council page on the school website

to see more pictures.

Crazy Hair Day Pajama Day

Pajama Day Heritage Day

Blackout Day Dress to Impress Day

Academy Clubs

Friday, January 27th was the last day for clubs during this cycle. During February, students

will share the work they did with their peers during our Club Showcases. Students will be given

the opportunity to select a new club and our second round of clubs will begin Friday, March

3rd.

Upcoming Events

Family Thursday, PA Meeting and Student of the Month Assembly: February 16th

P.A. Candy Gram Sale: February 9th &10th

Respect for All Week: February 13th-17th

Jump Rope for Heart: February 13th-17th

Mid-winter Recess: February 20th– 24th

Winter Ball: February 28th 4:00-6:00

New York State ELA Exam: March 28th– March 30th

New York State Math Exam: May 2-May 4th

Congratulations to our Students of the Month

December 2016

These students were celebrated on January 11th, 2017.

Our next Student of the Month Assembly is February 16th.

Fourth Grade

401: Mei Cao, Julian Alvarado

402: Lysa Clores, Jhoan Suconota

403: Samira Ahmed, Riki Lin

404: Jessica Martinez, Tony Tran

405: Melanie Palafox Concha, Jose Vega

406: Steffie Chen, Sunny Shi

407: Jannatul Jewel, Aniq Masood

408: Shakira Sarker, Kyle Chen

409:Elvis Sanchez

Fifth Grade

501: Tran Tran, Mohammad Haque

502: Gabrielle Buenochillo, Luigi Lomuntad

503: Katherine Chung

504:Gabriella Sepulveda

505:Sabrina Sultana, Nicky Zheng

506: Enxi Chen, Justin Fuentes

507: Damarys Pijal, Mashid Zabir

508: Leyi Wang, Minghao Dong

509: James Lojano

Name:_____________________________ Class: ___________

My Reading goals for this unit are:

Analyzing perspective

Inferring about characters and other story elements

Analyzing Parts of a Text in Relation to the Whole

Determining themes/cohesion

Other_______________________________________________

My Writing goals for this unit are:

Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in

which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer's purpose

Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details

Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically)

Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented

Other________________________________________________

My Math goals for this unit are:

Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction or whole

number by a fraction.

Interpret the product as parts of a partition into equal parts

Find the area of a rectangle with fractional side lengths by tiling it with unit squares of the

appropriate unit fraction side lengths

Multiply fractional side lengths to find areas of rectangles, and represent fraction prod-

ucts as rectangular arrays

Interpret multiplication as scaling (resizing) by:

Comparing the size of a product to the size of one factor on the basis of the size of the

other factor, without performing the indicated multiplication

Explaining why multiplying a given number byu a fraction greater than 1 results in a product

greater than the given number; explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction less

than 1 results in a product smaller than the given number

Solve real world problems involving multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers

Other ______________________________________________________________