Things to Remember:
Monday, October 25, 4th and 5th Grade Choir - 7:15 to 7:50 a.m. Chess Club Last Names - A-G & S-Z - 2:30 to 3:25 p.m.
Wednesday, October 27, 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.
Friday, October 29, Halloween Parties - 1:30 to 2:25 p.m. Students should bring their costumes to school and change here.
Math - This week the students will work on their multiplication skills. A letter will go home each day explaining what the students should work on for that night. Please have your child practice those facts until they know them automatically. Then sign the sheet and have your child return it to class. We will assess the students and then send back the sheet so that will say let you know the facts they need to practice or if they mastered the problems of the day.
Reading Mysteries will be the focus in reading for all fourth grade students this week. We will begin by learning vocabulary words that are typically associated with mysteries, such as "suspect", "evidence" and suspense". Students may practice the definitions of the vocabulary words by completing a crossword puzzle at the following website:
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr06/gr4/activities/pdf/gr4_th1_xword.pdf.
All students will read & study, "The Case of the Purloined Pachyderm". While reading this mystery and other mystery stories, students will be studying the format of a mystery, and using the reading strategies of monitoring and clarifying..
English- We will begin chapter two, Nouns. We will focus on common and proper nouns along with singular and plural nouns.
Social Studies -There will be a test on chapter 4 on Tuesday of this week. The students should study all the sheets in their folders
They should know:
All vocabulary
largest of the Finger Lakes
The difference between the Maine Coast line and the New Jersey Coast Line.
The problems that challenge Chesapeake Bay and some of the ways they have tried to solve the problem.
Science- We will be learning about photosynthesis and the life cycle of the plant. We will focus on plants that reproduce from seeds and plants that reproduce from spores.
Spelling- This week is a review lesson. The test will be on Thursday. Make sure your child studies all thirty words. There are no challenge words this week. The workbook assignment will also be due on Thursday.
