Readers Workshop

This month, students are beginning exciting units of study. In reading, students will participate in fiction book clubs. Clubs are important because it is beneficial for children to interact and have meaningful conversations with their peers.

Throughout this unit, students will focus on the following priority stand-ards:

Inferring about characters and other story elements

Determining themes/cohesion

Analyzing parts in relation to the whole

Analyzing perspective

Writers Workshop

In Writing, students will write literary essays about texts they have read. Throughout the unit, students will be taught the value of close reading of complex texts. Students will learn how to read literature closely and write about the literature they are reading. Students will learn to write struc-tured essays in which they make and support claims, and analyze and incorpo-rate evidence. Students will also learn how to compare and contrast themes and topics in literature. Thus, students will be taught how to cite evidence from two texts in a purposeful way. The following standards will be ad-dressed:

Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with rea-sons and information

Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an or-ganizational structure in which related ideas are grouped to support the writer's purpose

Provide reasons that are supported by facts and de-tails

Link opinion and reasons using words and phrases (e.g., for instance, in order to, in addition)

Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented

Literacy Fourth Grade December 2018

Students will begin working on Chapter 4: Divide by 1-Digit Numbers

In this unit, students will:

Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to two-digit dividends and one-digit divisors

Solve multi-step division word problems including problems in which remain-ders must be interpreted

Divide tens, hundreds, and thousands by whole numbers through 10

Estimate quotients using compatible numbers

Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to three-digit dividends and one-digit divisors

Solve multi-step word problems

Math

Online Resources

Your child has access to amazing online resources! Encourage your child to use these resources at home. Please contact your child’s teacher if you need login information.

Think Central

Think Central is an online resource that provides access to Go Math materials. Students can access homework, play games, and watch tutorials. The tutorials are a great resource for parents too! www-k6.thinkcentral.com

MyOn

MyOn is an online library with more than 10,000 enhanced digital books with multimedia supports, real-time assessments and embedded close reading tools. www.myon.com

Raz-Kids

This is an award-winning online library that provides comprehensive leveled reading resources for students. www.raz-kids.com

i-Ready

i-Ready provides personalized student instruction targeted to students’ unique areas of needs in order to boost achievement. Based on the results of the i-Ready diagnostic, students are placed into instruction customized to their placement levels. Online lessons build conceptual understanding for learners of all levels. https://login.i-ready.com/

School-wide Events and Activities

Thank you, NYPD and FDNY!

In November, police officers from One Police Plaza visited the school to teach students about bullying. Offic-ers spoke about the harmful effects of bullying and how to stand up for yourself and others.

Members of FDNY visited class-rooms to teach students about fire safety. Students learned how to prevent fires and what to do in case of an emergency.

Our Student Council has been busy planning school-wide events and activities. Once again, our school is participating in the City Harvest food drive. This is New York City’s largest food drive and it helps to feed 1.2 million New Yorkers! Food collected helps to keep shelves stocked at 500 soup kitchens, food pantries, and other community food programs across the city. Last year, we donated over 500 pounds of food. This year, we hope to collect and donate over 550 pounds of

Upcoming Events

December 13th: Picture Day

December 19th: Adventurebound Assembly for students

December 19th and 20th : Holiday Store sponsored by the PTA

December 20th: Family Thursday and Student of the Month Assem-bly. Ugly Holiday Sweater Day

December 21st: Pajama Day

December 22nd January 1st: Winter Recess- School resumes January 2, 2019

January 9th and 10th: Dr. Smiles, the dentist, will be here for 5th graders

Students of the Month– September 2018

Congratulations to the students of the month for September!. Their accom-plishments were celebrated on November 29th.

4th grade

401: Shohad Hossain,Shirley Zheng

402: Jaylenee Marin, Troy Wen

403: Rigsel Tenzin, Naveena Yerram

401: Coven He, Mahjabin Nisat

402: Joel Penafort, Samiha Rahman

403: Ximena Mondragon, Joanna Ventura

404: Tirth Patel, Abigail Korompis

405: Paul MAnrique, Samantha MAyid

406: Jiaqi Li

5th grade 501: Mohammed Sayaim, Ruby Vaca

502: Joyeeta Nandy, John Fabro

503: Perry Zou, Alivia Wong

504: Tooba Rauf, Melvin Morocho

505: Ampita Shome

506: Alan Lin, Ivana Budiman

507: Tahsan Haque, Maricela Flores

508: Jesus Marin, Sidney Wang

509: David Kong

Students of the Month– October 2018

Congratulations to the students of the month for October!. Their accom-plishments were celebrated on November 29th.

4th grade 401: Bryant Frane, Manha Ibnat

402: Yu Peng Huang, Yanhan Zou,Humyra Ahona

403: Nicola Zappavigna, Emme Colon

404: Mainul Fahad, Maimuna Min

405: Anthony Hernandez,Aylin Tecaxco

406: Ryann Edrosa, Maggie Hu

407: Nicolas Rea, Angelina David

408: Alexander Campos, Stephanie Romero

409: Omar Flores

5th grade

501: Fredy Dominguez, Nusaiba Mahjabin

502: Astrid Alayo, Kristopher Horario

503: Jimin Lin, Emma Giri

504: Ray Lattanpongpisut, Angela Tsomo

505: Joseph Contreras, Kelly Lok

506: Raymond Chen, Begum NAshida

507: Rodel Hossain, Jessica Ortega

508: Joel Molina , Siyao Li

509: Erick Gonzalez

Name: _____________________________ Class: ___________

My Reading goals for this unit are:

Inferring about characters and other story elements

Analyzing parts in relation to the whole

Determining themes/cohesion

Analyzing perspective

Other________________________________________________

My Writing goals for this unit are:

Elaboration

Craft

Lead

Organization

Other________________________________________________

My Math goals for this unit are:

Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to two-digit dividends and one-digit divisors

Solve multi-step division word problems including problems in which re-mainders must be interpreted

Divide tens, hundreds, and thousands by whole numbers through 10

Estimate quotients using compatible numbers

Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to three-digit divi-dends and one-digit divisors

Solve multi-step word problems

Other________________________________________________