Week of February 11th

Hello Families! Here is the agenda for the week ahead:

Math - measurement - area and capacity

Reading - Winn Dixie, leveled novels

English - stories

Spelling - Figurative Language terms

Science - Weather.....Look for a homework assignment this week that involves watching a weather forecast and recording the info. :)


The girls won the Superbowl Challenge!! The participating girls will get to have pizza in the class for lunch with me on Tuesday.

Hopefully you saw the note about our voluntary dog/cat supplies donation drive. A rescue person will come and speak to the class at the end of this month and we will give our donations to him at that time. It is wonderful to see the children participate in this and feel a part of things. I have encouraged my parents in the past to make their children work at home to help earn money to purchase something themselves. They feel empowered then and feel that even as young as they are, they can still do big things that make a difference!!

Week of February 4th

Hi Families! Here is a look at the week ahead:

Reading - We will be reading the book Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo as a class and doing comprehension work with it.  It is a wonderful story I think the children will love!

Spelling - Math vocabulary 2       I will be sending home the terms and definitions Monday.

English - Stories

Math - Measurement

Social Studies - We will be reviewing the history of the Southeast on Monday and taking a test on Friday. Look for a study guide on Monday afternoon. :)

Science - Weather

Don't forget that Monday I will count up the final reading points and determine whether the boys or girls are the Super Bowl Reading Champions!!!

Week of January 28th

Hello families!

Agenda:

Reading - Nonfiction, affixes and roots, synonyms and antonyms, homonyms and multiple meanings, and resource materials

Spelling - math vocabulary - I will be sending home a list of the words and their meanings on Monday. They have to know the spellings and meanings of 8 math vocabulary words. If they make an A on the test on Thursday, they don't have to take the test on Friday.

English - We will officially  be working on our stories. The exciting news is that your child is going to be a published author!! After writing our rough drafts, we will begin typing our stories online. Your child will receive a code for this online publishing site, so they may work on their books at home. Every child will receive a free paperback copy of their books!!

Social Studies - On Monday, we will be making a study guide for the SW Region states test and capitals test. The location test will be Thursday and capital test will be Friday.

Science - Weather

Math - Symmetry, Object Transformations, Measurement

On Thursday, we will be having a Game and Feed for all students who have been well behaved and responsible! Your child will be bringing home a note if he/she has earned the privilege.

Week of January 22nd

Hi Families! Here is what's up this week:

Reading: This week we will finish up our mysteries and case report. Our skill focus will be prefixes, suffixes and antonyms.

Spelling:  List 22 ight, ought, and aught

English:  Figurative Language review, Creative Writing

Math:  Line Relationships, Solids, Polygons, Quadrilaterals

Social Studies:  Abe Lincoln, Martin Luther King, and Rosa Parks

Keep reading at home! I will be tallying last week's results to see if the girls are still in the lead or if the boys have moved ahead in the Superbowl Challenge!!

Week of January 14th

Hello Families! Hope your Christmas Break was a great one! Sorry I forgot to update the blog last week......completely slipped my mind! Here is your update for this week though:

Reading - The genre for this month is mystery. The children began their mystery novels last week. Their novels and related work are due January 18th. The skill of the week is fact and opinion.

Math - We will finish up division Monday with estimating quotients and then begin geometry. We will continuously review previously learned concepts and take cumulative review tests to check for learning and retention. Please look for these papers to come home with your child and go over them.

Spelling - List 21, Enriched list 21.5

English - Figurative Language, Creative Writing

Social Studies - We began the Southeast region last week. This week, we will look at the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman, and the Civil War.

Hopefully everyone is reading at home! The girls are winning the Super Bowl Challenge so far!!

Hello Families!

Here is what's ahead for the week:

We will be doing a lot of review and Christmas work for the most part.  We will be continuing to practice long division.  We will also look at solids, liquids, and gases in science. 

Wednesday is Polar PJ Day.  We will be doing learning/craft stations from 11:30 to 1:00.  We will then watch the Polar Express movie at 1:00.  Remember, your child may wear their pajamas!

Thursday is the Christmas Party.  It begins at 1:30.

Friday is the all school Christmas Sing-a-Long.

It will be a busy, but super fun week!!

Thanks to all who volunteered to help with Polar PJ Day!  Please be here around 11:10 to pick a station to run. Parents, you can wear your pajamas too! I will!  Thanks again!!

Week of December 10th

Hello Families!  Here is the agenda for the busy week ahead:

Reading - The children should finish their novels this week if they haven't already done so.  They are due next Tuesday.  We will do a character trait project with it. (I described this project in last week's post.)

Spelling - Christmas words (This list is found on spellingcity.  The enriched list is the "o" enriched list.)

English - Owl Reports are due on Wednesday.

Math - Long Division and Algebra

We will be doing benchmark testing this week in math and reading.

Please look for your child's NE Region location test and capital test results.  Most did well on the location test, buy many failed the capital test.  We practice USA locations every week in computer lab, so I know that helped with that test.  :( I know it is a busy time, but please make sure your child studies for tests.  They are getting old enough to show some responsibility on their own, but they are still pretty young and need some guidance and help to learn good study habits.  Thanks!

We will also be practicing everyday for our 4th grade program.  Dress Rehearsal will be Thursday at 8:45a.m. and the actual program will be 6:00p.m..  Please make sure your child is wearing the appropriate attire as stated in the note sent home last week.

We will be making our gingerbread houses this Wednesday!  Fun! Please make sure your child has the requested supplies: one tub of white frosting, one bag of candy, and one package of graham crackers.  Parents who volunteered...thanks so much for helping!! If you signed up to help with set up/clean up, please be here at 1:15.  If you signed up to mix candy, I will send home the candy and ziplocks with your child on Tuesday.  Thanks again!!

Week of December 3rd

Hello Families!! Here is this week's agenda:

Reading - The children will continue to read their leveled novels.  Many have completed their books already and have done very well on their AR tests! Wow!  I'm so proud of them!!  The project for this book is a character trait flip book.  I am teaching the children about various charater traits.  They have to choose 3 traits their main character showed and proof of how they showed that trait.  They will also have to write about a time they showed that same character trait as well.

Spelling - List 19 sounds of /oo/  Enriched list 19.5

English - We will put our owl research into 5 paragraph reports this week.

Math - Long Division

Science - We will make Owl Fact Books on Tuesday.  The children will need to know these facts for a test on Thursday over this information.  We will also disect owl pellets this week!!

Social Studies - The children will finish their NE Region posters this week.  They are due on Friday.  They will also have tests over the NE states' locations and capitals.  A study guide should come home on Monday.  The location test will be Thursday and the capital test will be Friday. 

Talk to your children about procrastination.  With 4 tests at the end of this week, they need to start studying on Monday.  Time management is a HUGE skill in 4th grade!! We really work on this skill when we do long term projects, read novels in a certain time frame, and have big tests to study for.  Help your child with this important skill.  If they master this skill now, it will help them tremendously in the coming years!

I will be sending home a note on Tuesday requesting gingerbread house materials.  Next Wednesday is Gingerbread House day.  Please have the supplies by Tuesday.  They need a tub of white frosting, 6 grahamn crackers, and a large bag of candy to share.  We will mix everyone's candy to give everyone a variety of candy!  Types of candy are: peppermints, Skittles, M&M's, M&M minis, pull apart Twizzlers, gum drops, small candy canes, Lifesavers, redhots, etc.. Pretzel sticks and marshmellows would be great too!

Thanks for your continued support!!