I set up each student in RAZ Kids (Learning A-Z) students have information I printed with their username and password. Please let me know if you have any problems getting online. I would like students to read at least one book per week. I will be adding books at their level as the year goes on. For now, since we are reading nonfiction, I mainly uploaded nonfiction books, but as the year goes on I will also be adding fiction books as well.
Each week for language arts the students are expected to complete a vocabulary activity, reading interactive notebook activity, computer lesson, and now a RAZ Kids story. All these activities are expected to be completed by Friday. If your child doesn't finish any of these activities during our reading class, they might need to complete these assignments at home. Please keep up-to-date with these assignments and make sure your child has these assignments completed by Friday.
Social Studies: The Democracy Test will be Monday, October 5. For the test, students will need to be able to:
- Identify and explain the ways that ancient Greece has influenced us (democracy, Olympics, architecture)
- Identify the differences between direct democracy and representative democracy (direct democracy: ancient Greece, citizens directly voted on laws and governed themselves; representative democracy: United States, citizens elect leaders to represent them)
- Know the 3 levels of government (local, state, national)
- Know the 3 branches of government (Executive, Legislative, Judicial)
- Identify who at each level is in each branch (example--the mayor is the Executive Branch at the local level, the General Assembly is the Legislative Branch for the state of Georgia, the Supreme Court is the Judicial Branch at the national level)
- State the roles and responsibilities of each branch at the local, state, and national level (example--city council, General Assembly, and Congress write and vote on laws)
- Explain what separation of powers is and why we have it (separation of power--all three branches have different responsibilities spread out amongst them; this is done to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful)
MATH (If you have Ms. Lamaster for math)
We continue to study numbers and operations, multiplication & division:
Homework:
Monday-IXL 4th grade D.5
Wednesday-IXL 4th grade D.6
Friday IXL 4th grade D.8
Have a great week!
Laura Lamaster