We have quite a few school and classroom announcements:
Parents! The 4th grade concert is Thursday, Feb. 7th at 6:30 pm at Life Church in Smryna. This will be a fabulous demonstration of your child's hard work this year on their recorder!
Here are the details:
What: 4th grade Concert
When: Thursday, Feb. 7th 6:30 pm *Students report by 6:15 pm
Where: Life Church (4100 King Springs Rd., Smyrna)
Students should wear nice dress clothes and bring their recorder!
*If you would like to volunteer your time to help set up, please follow the link below. Each volunteer will receive 2 reserved seats at the concert!
Musically yours,
Julie Bosworth
Music Specialist
King Springs Elementary 2-5 Campus
Curriculum updates:
Reading- In reading, we are really working on finding the main idea of a text (specifically historical text this nine weeks), explaining what a text says using specific details from the text, making inferences, effectively engaging in discussions with diverse partners about fourth grade texts, determining the meaning of content words or phrases in informational text, and summarizing informational and persuasive texts.
Writing- The students will begin writing historical texts this week. They will choose a topic around the American Revolution to write about.
Math- We have started studying simplifying fractions. The students need to understand how to find the greatest common factor. Please continue to have your child study their multiplication facts. If they know their facts fluently, they are more likely to find the greatest common factor
Social Studies- We are continuing to discuss the Constitutional Convention, the key leaders of the Convention, the branches of government, and democracy. We are combining our reading and social studies times on most of the days sense we are discussing historical texts. Our writing will come into play as well.
Study Support:
If your student struggles with reading comprehension (ex: finding the main ideas from text), there are a couple of suggestions that can help.
1. Have your student read a variety of texts/literature. My friends love the Dork Diaries, Captain Underpants, and many other fictional books. I don't mind that at all (at least they are reading), but studies have shown that students grow more in reading and understanding texts when they mix it up a bit. Reading nonfiction is just as important as reading fiction. I am going to begin having the students check out books that interests them in both fiction and nonfiction. We go to the media center once a week, so they are given at least one guaranteed opportunity to grab some books.
2. Ask your students questions after they read. I provided you with reading strategies/questions during our conferences in October, however, if you have misplaced them, please let me know and I will send them home with your child. The reading questions help the student draw information from their texts, which builds comprehension.
3. Read to your child. I know, they probably don't want you to, but it does help.
4. Pick a time when you all read books as a family. For my kiddos who have trouble focusing, this will help support them.
I will be sending home more reading comprehension passages for homework as well as increase the practicing in class. As you know, reading comprehension and fluency helps with all subjects.
Thank you,
Mrs. Bruner
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