Weekly Newsletter: May 6th - May 10th

Language Arts

In our Reading unit, students will continue to explore their Historical Fiction Book Clubs. Students will work on unpacking components of historical fiction, making agreements, revisiting tools and self assessing in order to lift their book club conversations.

While continuing to read the mentor text, Number the Stars, students will be encouraged to think deeply about passages in the text, finding big ideas in small details and symbolism. Students will also determine themes, developing deeper ideas through conversation with other readers who can contribute to build a richer, more powerful interpretation.

In our Literary Essay unit, students will begin to plan and draft their essays, as well as learn how to use direct quotes to support their claims about text. They will also use lists as evidence to support their claims.

Math

This week in math, the students will continue to be decomposing decimals to understand more about the numbers. The students will also be using the expanded form to help understand how decimals are composed.

Social Studies

This week students will work on their google map of natural resources and start investigating vocabulary like: Needs and Wants, Consumers and Producers etc. This quizlet is a good resource for kids to practice learning the new vocabulary tied to the unit. https://quizlet.com/280191208/iskl-grade-4-resources-and-trade-flash-cards/

Announcements

• Friday, May 10th: Free Dress Day, suggested donation 5RM
• Tuesday, May 14th: ES Spring Music Concert, 5:30-7:00, Melawati Theater
• ES Dress Up Days: Plan your days in advance click HERE for dates and details.

Resources

Below is a link to our ES Library page filled with incredible reading resources like Big Universe (electronic books with varying reading levels), BookFlix & Trueflix and TumbleBooks which can all support our Grade 4 exploration of historical fiction.

Note: your child’s ISKL username and password are required to access these external resources. Please email jgormley@iskl.edu.my to request your child’s login information.

https://iskl.follettdestiny.com/common/servlet/presenthomeform.do?l2m=Home&tm=Home&l2m=Home

Below is a link to Splash Math: Decimal Games for 4th Graders. There are a number of games to play to reinforce decimal concepts.

Note: a free login is required to play past the demo stage.

https://www.splashmath.com/decimal-games-for-4th-graders


https://www.splashmath.com/decimal-games-for-4th-graders