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Grade 4 Kooser 4th Grade Teachers: Rob Rickert: rricker@lps.org

Carol Woldstad: cwoldst@lps.org Russ Virus: rvirus@lps.org

Kelsey Halverson: khalver@lps.org Lexi Opfer: lopfer2@lps.org

For more specific information and assignments, please check your

student’s planner each night. If you have questions, please contact us! We’re happy to partner with you to help your student be successful!

Reading & Writing

Math

We wrap up Unit 1 this week! This means we will use our time during writing to do a research and inquiry week-long unit. The essential question is “What are the causes and effects of a natural disaster?” Students will work together to create a newscast during Writer’s Workshop. With the end of the unit brings our unit assessment. Students will use the skills and strategies from the unit to show what they’ve mastered! Students will read, answer comprehension questions, and also write a constructed response relating to the texts. On Friday, students will write meaningful sentences for ten of the words we’ve learned in Unit 1. We are confident that our students will do an awesome job! They’ve done well so far on our weekly tests and have learned many successful test-taking strategies to focus on and meet their testing goals each week.

There is no spelling this week

due to our unit assessment.

We will continue Chapter 4:

Multiplication and Division. We begin to focus more on

division with remainders and

solving word problems.

Math Support:

One great resource for practicing math

at home is: https://www.ixl.com/

math/grade-4 IXL has math

objectives by grade levels and practice problems for each objective. This is a

great way to review prior skills and

practice new skills!

Unit Studies: Social Studies We now switch from Science and start

studying Nebraska for our Social Studies

requirements. In the next 15 school days, we will cover these learning objectives:

•  Nebraska’s history

can be explored through symbols and documents.

•  Nebraska has a place on the map.

We use the text, The Nebraska Adventure by Jean A. Lukesh for

our Social Studies lessons.

Spelling

“Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've done before.” –Bonnie Blair

September 21, 2015

Congratulations, Mr. Rickert! Chet Dudley Rickert was born Wednesday, September 16! Chet weighed in at 8.1 lbs. and 21.5 inches long. We are so happy for Mr. Rickert and his wife, Amanda!