Tuesday, Sept. 27 - 2nd Magazine turn in day
Thursday, Sept. 29 - Picture Day; 3rd magazine turn in day
Friday, Sept. 30 - Early Dismissal, 11:00 a.m.
Mon. 10/10 - No school; Columbus Day
Tues. 10/11 - No school; Teacher Institute
Math This week in math the student will work on the problem solving skill deciding whether they should give an estimate or an exact answer. They will also add and subtract 3 & 4 digit numbers with regrouping. This would be a good time to review their basic addition and subtraction facts. There will be a test on Thursday over the skills in chapter 2.
Spelling This week the pattern is long and short i and long and short o. They should work on w.b. pages 37-39 throughout the week. If they passed the pretest, they will work on different activities.
ReadingWe will focus on the reading strategy, 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//authorsviewpointp.cfm
English - In English this week, we will begin a unit on nouns. The students will learn what a noun is and distinguish proper nouns from common nouns.
Science - This week in science we will begin a new unit on classifying plants and animals. The students will observe the function of a plant stem and describe the structures of vascular and non vascular plants as well as fungi.
Social Studies We will have a test over chapter 2 lesson 3 & 4.
The students should:
study all vocabulary
study the main concepts in the book
know the three levels of government
know the three branches of government, where they are housed, who makes up that branch, and their roll or main job
know at least 3 responsibilities of the U.S. citizens
Know what their responsibility as a child is to be a good citizen
study the sheets/the patriotic quest is important
understand why people should vote
understand why people pay taxes
