Things to Remember:
Monday, September 27 - 4th and 5th Grade Choir - 7:15-7:50 a.m.
Chess Club - Last Names A-G & S-Z - 2:30 to3:25 p.m.
Tuesday, September 28- Last Magazine Turn-In Checks made out to Dist. 66 PTO - Customer Keeps Pink Copy
Wednesday- September 29, 4th and 5th Grade Choir - 7:15 to 7:50 a.m.Chess Club - Last Names H-R - 2:30 to 3:25 p.m.
Thursday, September 30, Picture Day
Thursday, September 30, thru Sunday October 3, 2010 Cozzi Corner - District Eat-Out - see link below http://www.ccsd66.org/PTO/FundRaisers/cozzi.pdf
Math - This week in math we will have a test over chapter 2 on Tuesday. The children should review the sheets in their math folder. They should bring their textbooks home to study lessons 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.6. They should know the break apart method using addition from lesson 2.4.
Spelling- This week the students will work with frequently misspelled words and review some of the more difficult words from the past two units. The challenge words this week go with our social studies unit and are the names of some of the places we will be learning about in our new chapter.
Reading- The fourth graders will be reading Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say. They will focus on the reading strategy to determine author's viewpoint. Author's viewpoint refers to the author's opinion, ideas of what is important or attitude. The author might give their opinion directly or you might have to infer the information by reading clues or other information that the author provides. Here is a great link to practice author’s viewpoint: http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/authorsviewpointp.cfm. The vocabulary for the week is: bewildered, surrounded, reminded, longed, homeland, marveled. Your child can practice these words at: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/tnc/ewordgame/index.html?grade=4&theme=1&selection=2. We will also work on the skill of putting words in alphabetical order.
English - In English this week the students will practice writing different kinds of sentences. They will learn to combine sentences that have the same subject. They will also review capitalization of people, pets, places and things.
Social Studies- We will be traveling to the Northeast Region this week. The students will fill in a map of the Northeast states and bodies of water. They will be given a homework assignment to fill in and color a map on their own. A grading sheet will go home so that they know how to color their map and what is expected. There will be a quiz on Friday. They will have to identify states and bodies of water in the Northeast Region. Extra points will be given to those who can identify the capitals of the states.
Science- We are wrapping up our worm unit. The children should be busily working on their worm track. The guidelines of the track went home with them on Tuesday so they know how they will be graded. They need to bring back worms and their track on Thursday of this week. Some children have volunteered to bring in extra worms if your child can not find one.
There will also be a quiz on the scientific method on Wednesday of this week. The students will need to know the steps of the scientific experiment and be able to identify the steps with examples given. For example: I predict that a worm will like a moist surface more than a dry surface. They would have to know that this is the hypothesis.(The steps are in their science folder)
