Hello Parents and Students!
Can you believe it's already MARCH? Crazy! This school year is flying by!
Reading: We have started Unit 5 which focuses on fiction. We will be reading more historical fiction based books and also reviewing skills we learned in Unit 3 and Unit 1. We started a historical fiction novel called Turn Homeward, Hannalee. This novel is based in Roswell, GA during the Civil War. Students are making lots of connections to places we know such as Kennesaw Mountain and Vickory Creek near the Roswell Mill. We are using this novel to discuss the setting, events that cause different points of view, and also dig into the different character's feelings and traits. We will use the skills we learn in our mini lessons and apply them to the book club books we are reading and in our silent reading books too!
Writing: We have started our Narrative Writing Unit. Your child has a note page in the ELA tab of their binder. In this unit, our focus will be on developing a problem and solution while adding descriptions (five senses, adjectives, similes and metaphors to describe) and dialogue between characters. We will also concentrate on creating an ending to a narrative piece.
Grammar: Last week we started reviewing action verbs and helping verbs. Your child will receive a notes packet with practice tomorrow. This will be placed in the ELA tab of their binder as well. Next week will be working with linking verbs. Your child will receive a notes page on this skill as well.
Ask your child about...
Announcements:
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Have a fabulous week!
Hope Webster
Fourth Grade Teacher
[email protected].
Follow us on Twitter @MrsGWebster
Can you believe it's already MARCH? Crazy! This school year is flying by!
Reading: We have started Unit 5 which focuses on fiction. We will be reading more historical fiction based books and also reviewing skills we learned in Unit 3 and Unit 1. We started a historical fiction novel called Turn Homeward, Hannalee. This novel is based in Roswell, GA during the Civil War. Students are making lots of connections to places we know such as Kennesaw Mountain and Vickory Creek near the Roswell Mill. We are using this novel to discuss the setting, events that cause different points of view, and also dig into the different character's feelings and traits. We will use the skills we learn in our mini lessons and apply them to the book club books we are reading and in our silent reading books too!
Writing: We have started our Narrative Writing Unit. Your child has a note page in the ELA tab of their binder. In this unit, our focus will be on developing a problem and solution while adding descriptions (five senses, adjectives, similes and metaphors to describe) and dialogue between characters. We will also concentrate on creating an ending to a narrative piece.
Grammar: Last week we started reviewing action verbs and helping verbs. Your child will receive a notes packet with practice tomorrow. This will be placed in the ELA tab of their binder as well. Next week will be working with linking verbs. Your child will receive a notes page on this skill as well.
Ask your child about...
- What is the purpose of a helping verb? Can you give me an example?
- Where is your Unit 5 homework choice board? Let's work on some boxes! :)
- Show me your Narrative Writing notes. How can you make your story more interesting?
- What are some main characters in Turn Homeward, Hannalee? Can you tell me about them?
- What's in the reading tab of their binder? ELA tab?
Announcements:
- If you have a dismissal change/absence please contact the front office. With the break coming soon, I know there may be students having to leave town early. Be sure to keep the front office in the loop!
- Check agendas, Google Classroom, and our homework website for practice opportunities for Unit 5! A hard copy of the practice choice board will be handed out to your child this week.
- Coach Digital: Now that we are in the 2nd semester of school, many of you have asked about how you can help your child prepare for the upcoming the Georgia Milestones Assessment. Our AMAZING Dolvin Foundation purchased the rights to the Coach Digital, an electronic platform for all our students to access from home and school in order to prepare for the assessment. To access the platform, please go to www.coachdigital.com. Once there, select Georgia for the first drop down, Fulton County for the second drop down, and Dolvin Elementary for the third drop down. Your child's username is their 10-digit lunch number (which they know) and the password is 123456.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Have a fabulous week!
Hope Webster
Fourth Grade Teacher
[email protected].
Follow us on Twitter @MrsGWebster