Hi Families! Here is next week's agenda:
Reading - We will be making "Movie Trailers" for our dog books this week! The kids seem to be very excited! They will group together according to the book they read and create a skit to advertise their book. I will video them! We will also be starting Reading BINGO this week. The BINGO sheet will cover a variety of genres such as nonfiction, biography, everybody, fiction, etc. They will have the month of March to BINGO. The children will be getting a homework assignment soon related to a biography book they read from their BINGO sheet.
English - Figurative Language, Antonyms
Spelling - List 20 sounds of /oi/ and /ou/ List 20.5 is the enriched list.
Math - Compare/Order Fractions, Adding and Subtracting Fractions with like denominators On Tuesday, we will be constructing giant cubes out of plastic and duct tape. It is a big, but extremely fun project! The children will learn a lot about geometry, problem solving, and teamwork! I still need 3 more fans.
Social Studies - The children will continue their Midwest Region unit this week.
I wanted to thank Elissa Stong for donating Clorox wipes to our class! It is greatly appreciated and helps keep our room clean and germ free!
I also wanted to recognize and celebrate the 4 students that represented our class in the school-wide Spelling Bee and Geography Bee! Kylie Little and David Sandoval were our class Geography Bee winners and Colby Vanhooser and Alexis Goben were our class Spelling Bee winners! We are so proud of them!!! Good Job kids!! Sorry I am so late recognizing you!
****Remember that our Read-a-Thon is this Friday! Also, if you want to donate to our pet supply drive, please send donations by next Monday. Thanks so much!
Friday, February 24, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
Week of February 21st
Hello Families!
The children have been working really hard! I'm so proud of them! We have been learning a ton of new concepts while reviewing the old. There's so much to learn in 4th grade! Here is the agenda for next week:
Reading - Winn Dixie novel study covering skills: sequencing, questioning, and analyzing; leveled books.......The children need to complete their leveled stories by Tuesday, February 28th.
English - Multiple Meaning Words, Synonyms
Spelling - List 19 sounds of /oo/ Enriched list 19.5
Math - Relating Fractions and Decimals, Comparing Decimals, cumulative review
Social Studies - Midwest Independent Study covering a multitude of topics such as the geography of the Midwest, skyscrapers, Henry Ford, Mount Rushmore, etc.
The children have been working really hard! I'm so proud of them! We have been learning a ton of new concepts while reviewing the old. There's so much to learn in 4th grade! Here is the agenda for next week:
Reading - Winn Dixie novel study covering skills: sequencing, questioning, and analyzing; leveled books.......The children need to complete their leveled stories by Tuesday, February 28th.
English - Multiple Meaning Words, Synonyms
Spelling - List 19 sounds of /oo/ Enriched list 19.5
Math - Relating Fractions and Decimals, Comparing Decimals, cumulative review
Social Studies - Midwest Independent Study covering a multitude of topics such as the geography of the Midwest, skyscrapers, Henry Ford, Mount Rushmore, etc.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Week of February 13th
Hey Families! Here is what next week looks like:
Reading: Class book - Winn Dixie....with related work touching a variety of skills such as predicting, inferring, comparing and contrasting, etc..
Leveled books with a dog theme
Skill Focus - Main Idea
Spelling: List 18 Enriched List 18.5
English: Pen Pal Letters, Online stories
Math: Geometry We will continue to review previously learned skills. :)
Social Studies: We will begin our Midwest Region study.
Valentines Day is Tuesday. The party will be at 2:15. Your child should have a list of names for Valentines.
Reading: Class book - Winn Dixie....with related work touching a variety of skills such as predicting, inferring, comparing and contrasting, etc..
Leveled books with a dog theme
Skill Focus - Main Idea
Spelling: List 18 Enriched List 18.5
English: Pen Pal Letters, Online stories
Math: Geometry We will continue to review previously learned skills. :)
Social Studies: We will begin our Midwest Region study.
Valentines Day is Tuesday. The party will be at 2:15. Your child should have a list of names for Valentines.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Week of February 6th
Hi All! Hope everything is well with you! We've been moving right along! The children are working hard and so smart!! Love my babies!! Here is the week's agenda:
Reading - We will begin a new theme this month......Dogs! The children will be reading leveled fiction books about dogs. We will be reading a book as a class this month as well called, Because of Winn Dixie. We will be doing related work with it as well. Our skill focus this week is Fact and Opinion.
Math - Long Division (ugh) Such a tough concept for several of the children. It requires multi-steps and multiplication fact knowledge. This is why it is so very difficult for some. Please work at home if your child is struggling with this concept. I need backup! Ha! 1 of me and 20 of them +1 hour of new concept math = They need more practice!! I have some peer tutoring going on, but practice makes perfect!
English - Online stories, pronouns, and prepositions
Spelling - List 17 spellings for 'o' The enriched list is 17.5
Social Studies - We will finish up our SE Region unit this week. The children will create a SE Locations and Capitals study guide on Monday to take home and study for their tests on Wednesday and Friday. The location test will be first. We will also be watching a couple of videos of Harriet Tubman and Abe Lincoln.
The Super Bowl Reading Celebration and Banana Split Party will be Tuesday afternoon at 1:30. Parents who signed up to help, please be here around 1:15. Thanks so very much to all the parents who donated items for our 100 Day snack and/or for the banana splits!!! You rock!! We so appreciate you!!
I will let you know how we placed in the Super Bowl Reading Challenge! No matter what I am very proud of them!! We definitely have some Rock Star Readers!!!!!!
Reading - We will begin a new theme this month......Dogs! The children will be reading leveled fiction books about dogs. We will be reading a book as a class this month as well called, Because of Winn Dixie. We will be doing related work with it as well. Our skill focus this week is Fact and Opinion.
Math - Long Division (ugh) Such a tough concept for several of the children. It requires multi-steps and multiplication fact knowledge. This is why it is so very difficult for some. Please work at home if your child is struggling with this concept. I need backup! Ha! 1 of me and 20 of them +1 hour of new concept math = They need more practice!! I have some peer tutoring going on, but practice makes perfect!
English - Online stories, pronouns, and prepositions
Spelling - List 17 spellings for 'o' The enriched list is 17.5
Social Studies - We will finish up our SE Region unit this week. The children will create a SE Locations and Capitals study guide on Monday to take home and study for their tests on Wednesday and Friday. The location test will be first. We will also be watching a couple of videos of Harriet Tubman and Abe Lincoln.
The Super Bowl Reading Celebration and Banana Split Party will be Tuesday afternoon at 1:30. Parents who signed up to help, please be here around 1:15. Thanks so very much to all the parents who donated items for our 100 Day snack and/or for the banana splits!!! You rock!! We so appreciate you!!
I will let you know how we placed in the Super Bowl Reading Challenge! No matter what I am very proud of them!! We definitely have some Rock Star Readers!!!!!!
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