Dates to Remember:
Wednesday, Sept. 5- Fourth & Fifth Grade Curriculum Night - Parents Only 7:00 P.M. in the multi-purpose room
Math - In math this week, we will continue our work with place value through the millions. The students are learning how to read, and write numbers in standard form and expanded form through the millions. There will be quiz on Thursday over Chapter 1, lessons 1 & 3. The students can bring their books home to help them study. They should also review the sheets in their binders.
Spelling - This week in spelling, the students will be tested on those words which are most commonly used in their writing. Last week they took a pretest to help them know the words that they would be responsible for spelling correctly on the test on Friday. If they passed the test with 95% or better, then they received an alternate list of 10 words to study. They should have a sheet in their spelling folder with their words and an explanation of what they will do with them.
This first week of spelling all children will have an assignment each day which they will be responsible for showing me the next morning. On Friday, I will collect one of the assignments from the week to grade. They should keep all of their assignments for the week in their spelling folder.
They will be practicing their cursive on their assignments, and they should write all of their spelling assignments in cursive. This is the one subject that I require all assignments and tests to be in cursive.
We will have a test over the words on Friday of this week. Those student who passed the pretest with 95% or higher will take a test on their alternative list. If they receive a 90% or higher on this test, they will earn 1 or 2 points onto their pretest score. If they score lower than a 90%, they will maintain the score they received on their pretest as their final grade.
Reading - The students will continue their review of the reading strategies as we read The Pumpkin Runner by Marsha Diane Arnold. The students will review how to write a summary, adding the most important details in order using transition words correctly.
English - We will begin a unit on sentences. The students will understand what a sentence is and practice writing good sentences. They will understand questions, statements, commands, and exclamations and be able to write them correctly with capital letters and end marks. There will be a DOL Quiz on Friday of this week. The students will practice editing sentences during the week which help them practice specific skills. This week the skills that they will be tested on are using capital letters and end marks correctly.
Science - The students will learn the tools of inquiry which they will be using throughout the year. They will use their inquiry strategies as they work with a team to make models of buildings using straws, paperclips, and tape. We will test the strength of each of the buildings to see which one is the strongest, and they will draw conclusions about how strong buildings are made.
Social Studies - The students will participate in a textbook scavenger hunt to help them get to know their social studies books. Our first unit is a government unit. The students will be on a "Patriotic Quest" as they learn about the United States government.
