Fourth Grade News: 

       

Updated on 2/10/2012 for the week of February 13th

Elementary Curriculum : Click here for a curriculum guide to fourth grade.

****Please make sure you are checking home folders and initialing assignment notebooks nightly. Thank you! Your help will help your child remain organized and help them to remember to complete homework.

WritingWe are writing an explanatory essay this week.

Math: (Bleichert) The Chapter 10 Test will be on Monday, February 13th. It will cover material from both Chapter 9 & 10. The password to the math book for review is E934ECF3E2 We will begin Chapter 11 Measurement on Tuesday.

Events : Art (Thursday) Bring a smock.

The Fourth and Fifth Grade Spelling Bee will be held on February 17th at 8:30 AM. Paul will represent our class and the runner up is Ilhan. Everyone did a great job in our class spelling bee.

Reminder: Papers below a 75% should be signed and corrected and returned to school.

Valentine's Day Party: February 14th. Please send in Valentines and party supplies (if you were asked to supply an item) by 2/14. T

Please review the report card and return the envelope and comment sheet to school by 2/ 13.

Book Club Orders:  (ordering is now available online!) _______________orders can now be placed. If you would like to order, you may send in a check made out to Scholastic Book Clubs attached to the paper order form or order online. Either way the books will be delivered to our classroom for your child to bring home.

Orders are due: ______________________

To order online, go to the Web address below and enter our class Activation Code.

 Class Activation Code:  H42HZ

 www.scholastic.com/parentordering

 

Spelling:   All words should be written in cursive 3x each for homework on Monday night. We are studying words that are related to Valentine's Day this week. (Theme __Week __) Pages_______are due on Thursday. The spelling test will be given on Friday. Spelling lists are available on the class web site only.
Mon.: 3x each
Tues. : Sentences
Wed.: Crossword Puzzle


 

           Spelling Lists

(click on link above to view spelling lists by theme)

Social Studies:  We are studying Chapter 4 New Netherland becomes New York.
Science:   We will be presenting Animal Power Points in class this week.
A study packet will be handed out on Monday to help with review.
Electricity Quiz 2/15.


 

Reading We will read the story " If you Lived in Colonial Times". There is no selection test this week. There is a Unit 3 Reading Test on 2/14. vocabulary words for this week are:

The reading skill for this week is locating information in nonfiction.

http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/4th/Homework/read/links.htm    This site has activities that support our Harcourt Trophies Reading Series.

 *We will continue to work on The Daily Five in class and CAFE. I will be sending home reading tips on the "Parent Pipeline Newsletter" explaining  how to reinforce what we are doing in class at home with your child. We learned how to Pick Good Fit books and are learning to increase our reading stamina. Hopefully your son/daughter is bringing their "Good Fit" book home nightly to  read 15-20 minutes each night and over the weekend and are continuing to log their time reading. Their "Good Fit" bag contains the book that they will be reading, a bookmark reminding them how to select a "Good Fit" book and a record keeping form to record minutes read at home and school. The more your child reads, the better reader they will become and writer as well!   Your help at home reinforcing your child's book selection process is very important. 

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           ~Book Clubs~  

New Books will be assigned after the break. Students should be checking their written responses over carefully. Responses should be at least 3-5 sentences. 

We are reading a book for Book Clubs.  During Book Clubs students will work in small groups reading a novel together and discussing it over the course of approximately three weeks. Each time their group meets they will have a different job and response to complete.

Thank you for your support at home helping the children read and complete their jobs for Book Clubs. The next meeting date is highlighted in red.

Please make sure your assigned reading, job and response are completed !!!

The group meeting dates are as follows:

Meeting 1:  1/13          Meeting 4: 1/26

Meeting 2:  1/19          Meeting 5:  2/8

Meeting 3:  1/25          Meeting 6: 2/15

Jobs:

Quick Questioner: asks questions about the assigned reading. (3-5 questions)

Clever Connector: notes when something reminds them of something in their own life,

other stories, happenings at school, etc.

Wordsmith: find words that are unfamiliar, interesting, funny and tell what they mean

(at least 3)

Character Captain: writes down a character in the story and a trait they are showing :

(curious, funny, thoughtful, active, energetic, cheerful, athletic)

and explains how the character demonstrated that trait.

Summarizer: writes a short summary of the assigned reading.

Awesome Artist: draws a picture of a part they find particularly interesting,

funny, exciting, etc. and writes couple sentences telling about the part and why they chose it.

Please note: Sticky notes should be short. Student should read and use the post it notes to make

a note of a word to share, a part they found interesting, a connection they made,

or a question they want to ask their group. A minimum of five post it notes should be used.

They will be used to guide the group discussion.

A response to each section read should be completed for each group meeting. Response

should be supported with details from their reading.

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Language Arts: We will be learning about figurative language..

There are Grammar review games available on the Harcourt Brace web site. These are helpful

to review skills taught in class. They are organized by reading unit. See links below:

 

Click this link for more reading resources from Harcourt.

 

   

 

 

 

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