to Ms. Golez’s Fourth Grade Class Page for school year 2019-2020!
Contact email: agolez@olcacademy.net
Special Subjects:
P.E.: Mondays 12:15- 1:15 P.M.
Spanish: Wednesdays 12:30- 1:15 P.M.
Band: Wednesdays After-School
Daily Lunch/Recess: 11:15- 12:15 P.M.
Important Announcements/Reminders:
Friday, 12/13: Christmas Show at 6:30 P.M.
Monday, 12/9: School closed for the Feast of the Immaculate Concepcion ( holy day of obligation)
Homeroom Reminders:
Morning Snack: Please, try to send healthy snack and a filled water bottle. Soda is not allowed.
Lunch: The new hot lunch program is on its second cycle; no more fast food deliveries allowed.
Allergies: A student is allergic to both the smell and taste of peanuts. Please, do not send whole peanuts or any peanut-flavored snack. If your child has been newly-diagnosed with any allergies, please, submit his/her medical records as soon as possible.
Homework: Parents or guardians should sign the homework planners for every school day that there is homework which is consistently Monday through Thursday. Assessments (tests; quizzes) and finished projects should be signed too.
Cursive Writing: Cursive writing will be consistently used beginning the second trimester. The first trimester will be allowable adjustment. Pencils will be used daily. Pens will be used for essays.
Important Dates: Please, check daily.
FIRST TRIMESTER:
Field Trips:
Liberty Science Center
Projects:
Math Multi-Cultural Holiday Packet (Multiplication and Division)
ELA Holiday Lights Essay
Assessments:
Tuesday, 12/16: Science Quiz, “Electricity”
Friday, 12/13: Spelling Quiz, “Horse Heroes”
Thursday, 12/12: SS Test Eastern Woodland Tribes
Thursday, 12/12: Math Quiz Chapter 4 Division without Remainders
Tuesday, 12/3: ELA Test Coyote School News inc. Spanish Vocab. and Irregular Plurals
Please, note that the assessment dates are subject to change but within the time range rules (latest, 1 week before for tests and latest, 3 days before for quizzes).
ELA Selections may be read here:
Unit 3: Patterns in Nature
Unit 2: Teamwork
Spelling and Vocabulary Lists:
Grammar Skills:
Review: Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, Verbs (NPAV), 4 Types of Sentences; Suffixes: -ful, -al, -ist, -or, -er, -ing (present tense) and -ed (past tense), -able, -less ; Common and Proper Nouns, Singular and Plural ( also, Irregular Plural) Nouns
Reading Comprehension Skills:
Elements of Fiction: Genre, Author’s Purpose, Setting (Time and Place) Characters, Sequence of Events, Main Idea and Theme; Fact or Opinion, Cause and Effect, RACES strategy
Math Skills:
Review: Multiplication Facts; Unit 1: Zero Strategy, Putting commas, Place Value up the millions, Number Forms, Comparing and Ordering Numbers, Rounding Numbers, Addition with Carrying and Subtraction with Borrowing then, Rounding; Unit 2: Comparison problems; 2-4 digit by 1-digit Multiplication, 2-digit by 2-digit Multiplication
Important Documents to Download:
4th Grade VocabularyTic TacToe
Test Corrections Form - Please, keep in mind these are only allowed for tests, not quizzes. All explanations should be thorough and show an understanding of the question/content. As stated therein, forms will be accepted only WITHIN 3 days after the checked test papers were handed out. For example, if the test papers were handed out on Monday, the forms will be accepted only until Wednesday. Thank you.
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