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    The document is a newsletter from Ms. Purse's 4th grade classroom providing parents with updates on what students are learning. It discusses that students are participating in an iRead challenge to be the top readers in the school. In ELA, students have been discussing heroism and reading selections where they determine if characters are heroic. In social studies, students are researching explorers in groups. In science, they are learning about the relationship between the Earth, moon and sun by observing the moon. In math, students have been working on decimals, comparing, rounding and relating them to money. The newsletter provides important dates and questions parents can ask their children about their learning.

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    The document is a newsletter from Ms. Purse's 4th grade classroom providing parents with updates on what students are learning. It discusses that students are participating in an iRead challenge to be the top readers in the school. In ELA, students have been discussing heroism and reading selections where they determine if characters are heroic. In social studies, students are researching explorers in groups. In science, they are learning about the relationship between the Earth, moon and sun by observing the moon. In math, students have been working on decimals, comparing, rounding and relating them to money. The newsletter provides important dates and questions parents can ask their children about their learning.

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    The document is a newsletter from Ms. Purse's 4th grade classroom providing parents with updates on what students are learning. It discusses that students are participating in an iRead challenge to be the top readers in the school. In ELA, students have been discussing heroism and reading selections where they determine if characters are heroic. In social studies, students are researching explorers in groups. In science, they are learning about the relationship between the Earth, moon and sun by observing the moon. In math, students have been working on decimals, comparing, rounding and relating them to money. The newsletter provides important dates and questions parents can ask their children about their learning.

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    Purse Pages

    January 13, 2017


    Edition 8

    Happy New Year

    Dear Parents,
    Happy New Year and
    welcome back! I
    hope you all had a
    relaxing break and
    had an opportunity to
    spend time with
    friends and family.
    I hope you have
    heard some chatter
    about iRead at home.
    Our iRead for the
    112 Foundation has

    begun and our class


    goal is to be the top
    readers in the
    school as well as help
    to bring the trophy Please encourage
    back to Ravinia! We your child this
    need all students to month to read as
    participate, which
    much as they can
    shouldnt be hard
    and remind them of
    because they are
    our goal. This is one
    reading at home
    of my favorite
    every night anyway. fundraisers!
    We had a little fun,
    did some extra math
    and came up with a
    class goal to beat!

    Whats Happening in the Classroom?


    ELA
    During ELA students
    continued work on
    our Heroism theme.
    We read a historical
    fiction piece called
    When the Circus
    Came to Town.
    We grappled with
    three essential
    questions: Can
    someone be a hero in
    only one persons
    eyes? Who is a hero
    and who/what
    decides? What makes
    an act heroic?
    We spent time
    discussing theme and
    how to identify the
    theme of a story
    We are continuing to
    work on answering
    text dependent
    questions and

    support our answers


    with evidence from
    the text.
    We revisited our
    nonfiction selection,
    Amelia Lost, The Life
    and Disappearance of
    Amelia Earhart.
    We are beginning to
    learn about how
    Amelia became
    interested in planes
    and started flying.
    Students are
    beginning to see how
    a person is made up
    of many different
    parts and trying to
    decide whether
    Amelia has heroic
    qualities.
    Writing
    In writing, we have
    had two focuses.
    The students have

    tied in some of their


    reading to writing
    opinion pieces. They
    have been exposed
    to several text
    selections and had to
    give their opinions
    with evidence and
    examples as to
    whether the
    character in a
    particular story was
    heroic or not.
    Their major writing
    focus has been on
    informative writing.
    They have
    researched
    Westward expansion
    and are writing their
    own information
    books on the topic.

    Page 2 of 3

    Continued
    Social Studies
    This week the students
    began their research
    on explorers. Each
    group was assigned 2
    of the 8 explorers we
    are researching where
    they would become the
    expert. Every
    partnership will create
    a Google presentation
    and share their
    learning with a larger
    group. By the end
    they will all have
    knowledge on all 8
    explorers.
    Science
    We began our Earth
    and Sun unit with
    observing the moon for
    a week. The students
    are learning about
    Earth and its

    relationship to the
    moon and sun. We
    have been looking at
    how the moon changes
    and been focused on
    what we see in the
    night sky vs. day sky
    and why.
    Math
    In math, we are
    continuing to work on a
    variety of concepts.
    We are working
    through our Numbers
    and Operations unit.
    The students are
    getting much more
    comfortable working
    with decimals. We
    have compared them,
    rounded them, looked
    at the value of each

    place and written them


    in multiple forms.
    These skills are very
    useful as they relate
    to money. We have
    been able to apply the
    concepts to real world
    situations in small
    group work and on
    some complex tasks.

    IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER


    Saturday 1/7
    IREAD began
    Friday 1/13
    Early Release
    Monday 1/16
    No School

    Questions to Ask Your Child


    .

    1.
    2.
    Phone:
    (224)-765-3674

    3.

    E-Mail:
    rpurse@nssd112.org

    4.
    5.
    6.

    7.

    8.

    9.

    What did you do in art, gym, music, and


    tree house this week?
    What is Caesars English? What are Latin
    Stems?
    What are some books you read during ELA
    and then had to decide whether the
    characters were heroes or not?
    Ms. Purse and Ms. Graham have had you
    write an OREO. What does that mean?
    What are some interesting things youve
    learned about Amelia Earhart?
    Ms. Purse is teaching you about information
    writing. What does she mean when she says
    grow your ideas? Or when she says write
    long and strong?
    I heard you read a story called When the
    Circus Came to Town, what was the theme
    of the story?
    How many minutes does the class think they
    can read as a whole for iRead? What will
    Ms. Purse do if we reach our goal?
    What did you do with post-it notes on
    Thursday and Friday before your MJS?

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