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Please check this teacher website on a weekly basis. I will be posting and sharing important information for students and families here. The daily activities will be featured in the "Week at a Glance" portion of the website. Homework and assignments needing to be turned in will be communicated through a student's assignment notebook each day.

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This is for both Block 1 & Block 2

E-LEARNING

In the event of extreme weather that does not allow in-person instruction, (or any other reason the building is shut down) our district has established an E-Learning Plan that will enable us to continue our instruction. This will be considered a regular school day where we will meet with our students through Microsoft Teams on their laptops/devices. This is the same schedule as when we were Remote Teaching as a district in the past. Attendance will be taken each morning at 9:00AM. Please follow normal procedures and communicate with our front office if your child will not attend school remotely that day.

Below, families can find the 4th Grade schedule for Remote Learning. It's a mixture of direct instruction, independent work, breaks, lunch and PE/specials classes.

Mrs. Ruggles E-Learning

Time	Area of Focus	Delivery
9:05-9:10	Homeroom – Pledge and Attendance	Teams Meet with HR Teacher
9:10 – 9:20	Review of schedule, overview of day, instructions for day’s independent work	Teams Meet with HR Teacher
9:20 – 10:20	Block 1 Direct Instruction	Teams Meet Block 1 Teacher 60 Minutes
10:20 – 10:50	ELA Block 1 SWI Math Block 1 Independent/ small group instruction time	Teams Meet for SWI for ELA teachers Teams Meet for Math teachers
10:50 – 11:20	PE	Video and Follow Up Lessons on PE Teacher’s Webpage
11:20 - 11:50	Encore	Video and Follow Up Lessons on Encore Teacher’s Webpage
11:50 – 12:20	Science/SS	Independent Student Work
12:20 – 1:00	Lunch
1:00 – 2:00	Block 2 Direct Instruction	Teams Meet with Block 2 Teacher 60 Minutes
2:00 – 2:30	ELA Block 2 SWI Math Block 2 Independent/ small group work	Teams Meet with Block 2 Teacher 30 Minutes
2:30 – 3:30	Math Small group instruction ELA Small group instruction	Teams Meet – Teachers on Teams

Quarter 3 Curriculum

Math - Eureka Module 5: Fraction Equivalence, Ordering, and Operations

In this 45-day module, students build on their Grade 3 work with unit fractions as they explore fraction equivalence and extend this understanding to mixed numbers. This leads to the comparison of fractions and mixed numbers and the representation of both in a variety of models. Benchmark fractions play an important part in students’ ability to generalize and reason about relative fraction and mixed number sizes. Students then have the opportunity to apply what they know to be true for whole number operations to the new concepts of fraction and mixed number operations.

Science - Waves of Sound

Science will begin at the conclusion of our quarter two social studies unit.

This unit helps students develop the idea that sound is an actual thing, a wave of vibrations traveling through the air. Equipped with this understanding, students can begin to make sense of how sound and music work.

Mystery 1: How do you send a secret code?

Mystery 2: How far can a whisper travel?

Mystery 3: What would happen if you screamed in outer space?

Mystery 4: Why are some sounds high and others low?

Social Studies - Midwest Region

We will be exploring the culture and geography of the Midwest region of the United States. Throughout our unit, we will be reading informational texts and also studying the locations of these states, identifying the capitals, and memorizing the abbreviations. At the end of the unit, students will be tested on the locations, capitals, and abbreviations of the Midwest states.

* Social Studies and Science share the same scheduled time in our day, so we switch halfway through the quarter.

Encore classes:

Quarter 1 Music

Quarter 2 Art

Quarter 3 Spanish

Quarter 4 Stem

Name: Karen Ruggles
Position: 4th Grade Teacher
Email: Send email

Important Dates

8/21- 8:30-10:00 Meet and Greet at Chelsea

8/22- First Day of School! Full Day

8/30- SIP Day; Early dismissal 12:05

9/2- Holiday; No School

9/5- Curriculum Night Chelsea; 5:30-7:00

9/9- Picture Day

10/11- Teacher Institute- No School

10/14- Holiday; No School

10/21- Picture Retakes

10/31- SIP Day; Early dismissal 12:05; Fall Party 11-11:45

11/5- Holiday; No School

11/22- SIP Day; Early dismissal 12:05

11/25-11/26- Parent Teacher Conferences- No School

11/27-11/29- Holiday; No School

12/20- Early Release Day 2:25; Winter Party 1:25-2:25

12/21-1/5- Winter Break; No School

1/6- Teacher Institute; No School

1/20- Holiday; No School

2/14- SIP Day; Early dismissal 12:05; Valentine's Party 11-11:45

2/17- Holiday; No School

3/28- Early Release Day 2:25

3/29-4/6- Spring Break; No School

4/18- Holiday; No School

4/21- Non-attendance day; No School

5/23- SIP Day; Early dismissal 12:05

5/26- Holiday; No School

6/3- Last Day of School; Early dismissal 12:05