updated for March 5, 2021

Lewis and Clark, Corps of Discovery, Sacajawea

Fourth grade study of Washington State History includes a focus on exploration, Lewis and Clark and the fur trade. My read aloud book is Sacajawea by Joseph Bruchac. Each chapter alternates in voice from William Clark to Sacajawea. In reading class last week each fourth grader had their own informational text about the Corps of Discovery. Students documented their active reading strategies: making connections, asking questions, finding the very important parts, new learning and shocking bits. Being aware of our thinking helps us remember and understand what we read. We continue to work in our textbook, practicing another reading strategy to help us understand, SQR3. Again, reading with a question in mind helps us remember and understand. This week we will watch several videos that focus on the journey of Lewis and Clark. My favorite is “The Spirit of Sacajawea” by Naka Productions. Was she Hidatsa or Shoshone? How long did she live? Where is she buried? “The Spirit of Sacajawea” examines these questions through the eyes of her ancestors. The majority of the interviews are with Native American people from across the United States. We learn about what she meant to their culture, how her tribes lived 200 years ago and how they’ve survived one challenge after another, from smallpox to relocation to the destruction of native lands and sacred sites. Multiple voices, many ways to learn.

Math:

Fourth graders are working diligently to fully understand fractions in a deeper level. This week finish review of third grade material and spend more time on expressing fractions in their simplest form. This concept is important in the immediate future as the Math in Focus assessments will show all multiple choice responses in simplest form. I’ve seen students successfully complete multi step problems only to get stuck when their answer is 75/100s. We must help them see ¾s as a choice.

We move forward to the fourth grade textbook, Chapter 6, Fractions and Mixed Numbers. In this chapter, your child will learn about computing with fractions and mixed numbers. Some of the skills include adding and subtracting fractions, converting between mixed numbers and improper fractions, finding a fraction of a set and solving real-world problems.

Finding the fraction of a set or a number is a useful skill with many applications in everyday life. Look out for opportunities to help your child practice this skill. While traveling by bus or car, tell your child that the distance between two points, say your home and school, is 4 kilometers. Ask your child to calculate the distance between the school and another place, say the library, which is half-way between school and home. ½ X 4 = 2 kilometers. I appreciate all the fraction support at home.

Dates to Remember:

Monday, 3-1: Drop off, Pick up for at home learners

Tuesday, 3-9: End of Trimester 2

Friday, 3-12: No School, Teacher In-Service

Thursday, 3-18: School Mass, sponsored by 4^th grade. More information to come!

Friday, 4-2: noon dismissal, Good Friday

Spring Break from April 5 – April 9

Monday, April 12: Back to school

Auction Now!

This week: Items continue to be up for bid!

Saturday, March 6, 6 PM: VIP pre event Zoom. We’ll have fun!

https://guadalupe-school.ejoinme.org/register

More info on the auction:

https://www.guadalupe-school.org/fundraising/auction/

Scholastic Book Club Orders!

Thank you to Alexandra Thompson for organizing book purchases.

Order books online by next Monday, March 8. Use classroom code H8V76.

https://clubs.scholastic.com/home

Mrs. Wilson’s February Back to School Video

Fourth Grade Weekly Schedule

Supply List, 4th Grade, February 2021

Mrs. Wilson’s Youtube

Mrs. Sommerville walks you through Google Classroom

Mrs. Sommerville walks you through seeing teacher comments on Google Classroom

Remote Learning Math Resources from Mrs. Lawler

specialist-k-5/4th-grade-math-resources/

Helpful Websites

Reading

Kids A-Z

Login Instructions

Use Google Chrome as your browser. Safari does not fully support Kids A-Z

Step 1: Go to www.kidsa-z.com

Step 2: Enter or choose the teacher’s username, cwilson329

Step 3: Your child finds his or her username on the class chart

Step 4: Your child enters his or her password, GUAD4green

Science

https://www.fossweb.com

User Name: OLG4Science

Password: OLG4Science

Cursive Writing Resources

http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/cursive/animation/lowercase.htm

To see the animation, move your mouse over a letter. Lowercase

http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/cursive/animation/uppercase.htm

To see the animation, move your mouse over a letter. Uppercase

http://www.donnayoung.org/penmanship/cursive-animations.htm

Scroll down to the bottom of the page for cursive letter animation video clips for each letter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PBUYzWXEIQ

Continuous video clip, capital letters first, then lower case… not exactly how OLG teaches them, but clear and concise.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cursiva-lite/id976052613?mt=8

One of several free apps… Try them and share your experience with the rest of us.

Social Studies

Video clips about timelines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFu-zMjGJJA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccwFRZFsDbk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc64qurhFng

Video clip explaining the challenge of showing the world on a flat map

Youtube clip guides you to create a map of Washington State. We call the “Puget Sound Lowlands” the “Western Lowlands”. Otherwise, this is perfect for helping us learn our state’s geography.

Video clip showing timeline and explaining BC/AD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFu-zMjGJJA

Typing Website

http://www.typing.com

Math

Xtra Math

MathWhizz

Usernames and passwords sent home week of September 1

Estimation and Number Sense Video Clips

Chapter 2, Math In Focus

Estimating sums using rounding.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr-xHNNrZeA

Estimating differences using rounding.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mqFzPCWXYY

Estimating products using rounding

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHcv7_bf8XQ

Estimating quotients using compatible numbers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI290ZVrHbU

Front end estimation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4GSf5u80S4

Factors, Prime and Composite Numbers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSKfTReVa-g

Finding the Greatest Common Factor using Math In Focus method

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD5jLpSsN00

Factors, Multiples and Prime Numbers easily explained.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tifyIMpyLYw

Multiples, Common Multiples, Least Common Multiples

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxPZGv0mLiI

Finding the Least Common Multiple using the Math In Focus method

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGLpBe46wIY

Using an array model to solve multiplication problems

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDXH9tfVqAI

Using an array model to solve multiplication problems, shading ones and tens in a similar way to Math In Focus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t40_Hkf5rj8

Using an area model to solve multiplication problems

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdYV6i-kXcA

Math, Chapter 1

https://youtu.be/LTGg9LAdbpc

page 2, Recall prior knowledge

Recalling prior knowledge, Survey textbook pages 1-38, Word Form, Standard Form, Expanded Form, Concrete representation, Count by ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, Value of each digit

https://youtu.be/VZSMLG9FbLI

page 3, Recall prior knowledge

Comparing numbers using a place-value chart, Completing a pattern by finding the rule, Concrete ways to show numbers… I ran out of time! Stay tuned.

https://youtu.be/dyjAibK-rdc

Math in Focus, Dots on a Place Value Chart

This video introduces the concrete/visual representation of larger numbers used by Math in Focus at the fourth grade level. We use these dots on a place value chart all year long.

https://youtu.be/akJrwXoqFPQ

Math in Focus, pages 5-8

Practicing larger numbers, standard form, word form, expanded form… catch my mistake in this video (you have to watch to the end).

https://youtu.be/1tCF2K5owkU

Math in Focus, pages 10-11

Showing the value of each digit, Expanded form

https://youtu.be/jbTF077eWQk

Math in Focus, Workbook A, pages 3,4,5

“the digit _______ stands for ________.” “the value of the digit _______ is __________ .”

https://youtu.be/8P5gT-Vkr0Y

Math in Focus, pages 14, 15

Comparing and Ordering larger numbers