Important Dates:
Wed. Feb 1st- Six Flags Reading logs due
Thur.s Feb 2nd - Early Dismissal 11:35am
Mon. Feb 13th & Wed Feb 15th - Parent/Teacher Conferences
Tuesday, Feb. 14- Valentine's Day Classroom Party-1:30-The students may bring in Valentine's to hand out to each of their classmates.
Friday, Feb 17th - P/T Conferences - NO SCHOOL
Mon, Feb 20th - Presidents Day - NO SCHOOL
Congratulations to Izzy Chlopek from our class who was runner-up in the 4th grade spelling B. She and Aaqil Riaz will be the representatives for the 4th grade at the District Spelling B on February 9th at 9:00 a.m.
Mrs. Cavoto's Math-This week we will continue our work with measurement. We will review using a number line to help students find elapsed time. We will work on liquid measurements.-liters, milliliters and mass amounts-grams, kilograms, ounces, and pounds They will use ratio tables to help them convert measurements. We will also continue to review subtraction and addition with regrouping. A test is planned for Tuesday, February 7th over Unit 4.
Spelling- This week the spelling words will be all the states in the Midwest Region. Each day they will have an activity to do with them for homework.
Reading: We will finish the story, Lou Gehrig and answer text dependent questions. We will take a close read of his farewell speech. The students will take an open book comprehension quiz on Wednesday of this week.
English: In English this week we will work on Explanatory Writing. The students will choose a hero in their life. They will brainstorm and organize their ideas. Then we will review writing a hook, or lead to get the readers attention.
Social Studies: We will begin our study of the Midwest. In lesson one, we will read and learn how the Great Lakes link the Midwest region to the Gulf of Mexico and to the Atlantic Ocean. On Tuesday we will complete a map of the Midwest. There will be a map quiz on Friday.
