We're back! It's good to be home! Thanks to grade 4 students for helping me get our classroom in order! We should be able to get back to our normal routine now.
Wednesday, March 20- Dress Down Day in Spring colors!
ELA:
Selection- Encyclopedia Brown:The Case of the Slippery Salamander
Grammar- Contractions and Negatives
Spelling- Prefixes un-, dis-, in-
Spelling Words: distrust, uncertain, incomplete, unlikely, unfair, discontinue, unaware, disorder, discount, indirect, unopened, disrespect, unimportant, unlisted, disrepair, inability, disapprove, unsolved, disobey, unsuspecting
Challenge Words: disintegrate, disillusioned, unconscious, unappetizing, intolerant
Spelling Homework
Monday- Each missed word from Pre-test 5 times each
Tuesday- WB p. 300
Wednesday- ABC Order
Thursday- Study for test
Math: We have begun Chapter 8 Fractions!
Religion: We have begun our study of The Ten Commandments
Social Studies: We are learning about the Northeast. Students should be studying the geography of the NE and will be tested in the near future.
Welcome Back! i hope everyone had a restful and fun break! Tuesday is the 100th day of school!
ELA:
Selection- 'Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon'
Grammar- Kinds of Pronouns
Spelling- Final Syllable Patterns
Spelling Words: : chicken, eleven, brother, jungle, together, calendar, several, natural, needle, single, summer, threaten, caterpillar, paddle, animal, pitcher, shelter, oval, mumble, frighten, deliver
Challenge Words:strengthen, binocular, individual, cubicle, character
Spelling Homework
Monday- Each missed word from Pre-test 5 times each
Tuesday- WB p. 267
Wednesday- ABC Order
Thursday- Study for test
Math: We are continuing Chapter 5 Division. We are building upon our long division skills. Students should continue studying math facts.
Religion: We are learning about Ordinary Time within our liturgical year.
Social Studies: We will be wrapping up the chapter and moving on to our study of the Northeast.
Dress Down Day- Thursday, February 14- Valentine colors
Winter Break- February 18-22
ELA:
Selection- The Case of the Gasping Garbage
Grammar- Singular and Plural Pronouns
Spelling- Contractions
Spelling Words: don’t, won’t, wouldn’t, there’s, we’re, you’re, doesn’t, I’ve, here’s, wasn’t, shouldn’t, couldn’t, where’s, hadn’t, aren’t, they’re, it’s, we’ve, when’s, haven’t
Challenge Words: it’ll, who’ll, might’ve, mustn’t, we’d
Spelling Homework
Monday- Each missed word from Pre-test 5 times each
Tuesday- WB p. 256
Wednesday- ABC Order
Thursday- Study for test
Math: We are continuing Chapter 5 Division. We are building upon our long division skills. Students should continue studying math facts.
Religion: We are learning about Ordinary Time within our liturgical year.
Social Studies: We are learning about the US economy before wrapping up the chapter.
ELA:
Selection- Paul Bunyan
Grammar- Irregular Verbs
Spelling- Possessives
Spelling Words: its, ours, mine, yours, family’s, families’, man’s, men’s, girl’s, girls’, hers, theirs, brother’s, brothers’, teacher’s, teachers’, aunt’s, aunts’, boy’s, boys’
Challenge Words: country’s, countries’, witness’s, witnesses’, laboratory’s, laboratories’
Spelling Homework
Monday- Each missed word from Pre-test 5 times each
Tuesday- WB p. 231
Wednesday- ABC Order
Thursday- Study for test
Math: We have begun Chapter 5 Division. We are starting long division with one digit quotient. Students should continue studying math facts.
Religion: We are learning about Ordinary Time within our liturgical year.
Social Studies: We are learning about the US economy.
Looking forward...
Friday, January 25- Plaid themed dress down day
Sunday, January 27- Registration Fair for new students.
ELA
Because of the short week, we are not doing a story from our anthology. Instead we will be doing winter themed reading, comprehension and activities. There will be a spelling unit this week focusing on the short oo sound.
Grammar- Hyperbole
Spelling- Short oo sound
Spelling Words: football, push, understood, wooden, pulled, brook, could, crooked, woolly, bulletin, would, shook, bookshelf, goodbye, lookout, wonderful, bushel, cushion, pudding, sugar
Challenge Words: change, weight, basic, neighborhood, woodpecker
Spelling Homework
Tuesday- Each missed word from Pre-test 5 times each
Wednesday- Two sided worksheet
Thursday- ABC Order and study for test
Math: We will be doing test corrections for the Ch. 4 test before moving onto Ch. 5 Division. Students need to continue learning math facts. Math fact fluency is vital for progression in higher level math skills.
We will begin the week with a lesson on mean, median, mode and range and will complete a Snowflake Data sheet to go along with our winter theme.
SS: We are continuing to learn about the three branches of our government and their roles. Next we will begin reading about our economy.
Religion; We are about to learn about the Catholic Liturgical Year and each of its seasons.
Science: As a part of our winter theme we will read about Snowflake Bentley and his snow crystal photographs. We will also be reading about Polar Bears and their adaptations.
Congratulations to grade 4 students on doing a wonderful job hosting last Friday's Mass! I was very proud!
Please continue to send in books for our community service project if you have not done so already. Thanks again for all donations! The Pre-K and K classes are so excited about their new books!
ELA:
Selection- How Night Came from the Sea
Grammar- Subject Verb Agreement
Spelling- Vowel Sound in Shout
Spelling Words: however, mountain, mound, scout, shout, couch, towel, ounce, coward, outdoors, flowerpot, scowl, browse, announce, hound, trout, drowsy, grouch, eyebrow, boundary
Challenge Words: cauliflower, foundation, surround, allowance, counselor
Spelling Homework
Monday- Each missed word from Pre-test 5 times each
Tuesday- WB p. 209
Wednesday- ABC Order
Thursday- Study for test
Math: We are continuing Chapter 4 Multiplication. Students should be studying multiplication tables. There will be a quiz on 0 to 12 tables on Tuesday.
Social Studies: We are learning about U.S. symbols of patriotism.
Religion: We will begin learning about the Liturgical Year.
Happy New Year!
Reminder: We are hosting Mass this Friday, January 11 at 10am in the Gym. Grade 4 parents are welcome to attend. Students should be in full dress uniform including a sweater.
We are collecting new picture books for our Pre-K and K classes as our community service project. Thank you in advance for your donations.
ELA:
Selection- Adelina's Whales
Grammar- Main and Helping Verbs
Spelling- Homophones
Spelling Words: allowed, piece, two, peace, break, brake, threw, through, they’re, by, bye, too, beat, to, beet, thrown, throne, aloud, there, their
Challenge Words: principal, principle, symbol, cymbal, stationary, stationery
Spelling Homework
Monday- Each missed word from Pre-test 5 times each
Tuesday- WB p. 198
Wednesday- ABC Order
Thursday- Study for test
Math: We are continuing Chapter 4 Multiplication. Students should be studying multiplication tables. There will be a quiz on 0 to 12 tables on Friday.
Social Studies: We are learning about U.S. people and our culture.
Students are doing a great job adjusting to our new building and classroom!
Thursday, Dec. 13- The Holiday Shop
Friday, Dec. 14- Field Trip to RIC to see Providence Ballet Theater perform "T'was the Night Before Christmas."
Students should be in full dress uniform with sweater. Please make sure they have a good breakfest and a filling snack because will be eating lunch later than usual that day.
ELA:
Selection- The Man Who Named the Clouds
Grammar- Action and Linking Verbs
Spelling- Words with -ed and -ing
Spelling Words: danced, slipping, watching, drying, robbed, happening, hurried, stopped, studying, noticing, happened, robbing, slipped, dancing, hurrying, stopping, studied, noticed, watched, dried
Challenge Words: answered, answering, magnified, magnifying, interfered
Spelling Homework
Monday- Each missed word from Pre-test 5 times each
Tuesday- WB p. 187
Wednesday- ABC Order
Thursday- Study for test
Math: We are continuing Chapter 4 Multiplication. Students should be studying multiplication tables. There will be a quiz on 0 to 7 tables on Friday.
Social Studies: We are learning about U.S. landforms and climate.
Religion- We are learning about the season of Advent.
Reminder: Careal Box Projects are due Friday, November 16
ELA:
Selection- So You Want to be President
Grammar- Plural Possesive Nouns
Spelling- Words with ear, ir,our, ur
Spelling Words: : return, courage, surface, purpose, first, turkey, heard, early, turtle, birthday, journal, courtesy, nourish, purse, furniture, search, curtain, burrow, hamburger, survey
Challenge Words: turquoise, absurd, furthermore, flourish, nourishment
Spelling Homework
Monday- No school
Tuesday-Each missed word from Pre-test 5 times each
Wednesday- Wb. p 162
Thursday- ABC Order and Study for test
Math: We are beginning Chapter 4 Multiplication. Students need to be reviewing multiplication facts.
Religion: We are learning about the Beatitudes.
Social Stiudies: We are learning about the Pilgrims and their voyage on the Mayflower.
Science: We are learning about the water cycle.