Are We There... Yet?
4th Grade Happenings
September 3, 2021
TOMBALL ISD -
Where we focus on the Social-Emotional well-being of our staff, students, and families, High-Quality Instruction, and Collaboration to ensure learning for all of our Tomball ISD students.
DECKER PRAIRIE -
Mission: Decker Prairie Elementary is dedicated to high levels of learning for all.
Vision: We will create an environment where everyone takes risks and collaborate respectfully through innovative learning.
Theme: The Power of Yet
Upcoming Dates
Thursday, September 16 - 5:00 pm PTO / 6:30 - 7:15 pm Parent Orientation
Friday, September 17 - Picture day
Friday, October 8 - Early release day
Monday, October 11 - Student Holiday / Teacher workday (conferences, information forthcoming)
Next Week's Objectives
Math:
I can identify whether a number is 10 times or 1/10th the value of an adjacent place value through 1,000,000,000.
I can put numbers through 1,000,000,000 in expanded notation and standard form.
I can compare and order whole numbers through 1,000,000,000
I can estimate sums and differences.
Science:
I can measure, compare and contrast physical properties of matter.
Reading:
I can identify major and minor characters and understand that they interact with each other in the story.
I can understand that fiction has a narrative structure.
I can identify the setting and think about how it influences the plot.
Writing:
I can use different strategies to hook my reader in the introduction to my personal narrative.
I can write a beginning to a personal narrative that lets the reader know the situation and introduces a narrator and/or important characters right way.
Social Studies:
I can compare and contrast the Caddo and Comanche way of life in early Texas.
Edlio Pages
Library Day
Thursday - Scott, Silva, Wenzl, Wilson
Friday - Caudill, Houk, Race
Great Expectations
Each week, we focus on a life principle to help us learn how to be good citizens. Take some time each week to discuss these principles with your student.
Life Principle: honesty - truthfulness
Quote of the Week: “A half truth is a whole lie." --Yiddish Proverb