Room 307 Newsletter Mrs. Etrheim, January 13 th – 17 th

1. Room 307 Newsletter Mrs. Etrheim, January 13th – 17th The second school week of January will be a busy one for the fourth graders. There is no school for students on Friday, January 17th, and we have the school-wide Health(y) Fair on Thursday the 16th(more on this below) . In turn, there will be no new spelling words for students next week. While we will have vocabulary words, the students will not be tested on them. The students have been learning about the northeast region of the U.S. for several weeks, and we are finally wrapping up this part of our Social Studies curriculum. In turn, the students will be tested on the names, locations, and abbreviations of each state in the Northeast (not the entire United States). We have practiced labeling the map in class, and so students should be relatively familiar with the states and their locations. We have talked a lot about resources that come from the Northeast, and students will receive extra points for identifying some of the region’s resources. Smith’s health initiative continues with the school-wide Health(y) Fair on Thursday, January 16th. Our class will be visiting several stations throughout the day including Easy-to-Make Healthy Snacks, Healthy Body Image, Lacrosse demonstrations, and Circuit Training. Students are encouraged to wear comfortable clothes on Thursday so that they can actively participate in the stations. In keeping with this spirit of healthiness, I ask that families and students are mindful of what students bring to school for a snack. Foods like chips, cookies, and candy do not necessarily provide the best form of brain power, and so healthier options, like fruits and vegetables, are encouraged. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me at alissa.etrheim@eu.dodea.edu. Thanks! • What We’re Learning: • Language Arts: • Comprehension Skill: Cause and Effect • Comprehension Strategy: Determining Importance • Grammar: Past, Present, and Future Tenses • Writing: • Trait of the Week: Organization • Math (all involving multiplication with 2-digit numbers): • 7-2 Estimating Products • 7-3 Arrays and an Expanded Algorithm • 7-4 Multiplying 2-digit Numbers by Multiples of 10 @ Rachel Thorp 2013

2. Vocabulary Words 1/13 through 1/17 Language Arts Words Ancestors - people from whom you are descended, such as your great-grandparents Avoided - kept away from; kept out of the way of Generations - periods of about thirty years, or the time from the birth of one generation to the birth of the next generation Minister - member of the clergy; spiritual guide; pastor Numerous - very many Pulpit - platform or raised structure in a church from which the minister preaches Shielding - protecting; defending Health Words Balanced diet – a diet made up of healthful amounts of foods from each of the food groups Ingredients – all the things used to make a food, medicine, health-care product, or household product Nutritious – having value as a food Portion – the amount of food you want to eat or the amount you may be served @ Rachel Thorp 2013

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