Sulima's Scoop - Week of September 3

We have just completed our first week of school. The children have done a wonderful job adapting to fourth grade routines. We will continue to practice these and learn more routines and procedures during this week. I hope you all had a wonderful Labor Day weekend and are ready for another wonderful week in fourth grade!

Reminders:
*Curriculum Night (parents only) will be on Wednesday, September 5 at 7:00. We will all begin the evening in the multi-purpose room. Mrs. Schultz will go over a few important items. Then we will meet in our classroom for a brief overview of the fourth grade curriculum and classroom routines. The last few minutes of the evening you will be able to meet you child's math teacher.
*Our spelling test will be on Friday, September 7. Please have your child practice their words in cursive. All tests and quizzes will need to be done in cursive during first trimester.

English
The children have taken their first English pretest on Unit 5, Capitalization and Punctuation. They will receive their learning contract on Tuesday. For homework on Tuesday, your child will need to choose their enrichment options. (All enrichment work must be done in school!) We will begin the unit on Wednesday. This week we will review the four types of sentences, how to correct run-on sentences & fragments, and capitalizing names of people and pets.

Reading
We will review predicting, inferring, and self-monitoring this week. Our emphasis will be on using the text clues to make and prove our predictions. To practice this at home ask your child, "What will happen next?" and "What clues from the test & illustrations are leading you to that prediction?"

Science
This week the children will become botanists as we begin our plant study. We will find out what is inside a seed, plant our own seeds, classify types of plants, and discover the parts of a flower.

Social Studies
"Living in the United States" is the name of our first theme. This week the children will use their textbook to complete a Patriotic Quest. This quest will help the children understand the United States government and the responsibilities of U.S. citizens.

Can you lend a helping hand? We still have a few remaining items needed from our helping hands board. If you can donate any of the following items we would greatly appreciate it. I would also like to thank those of you who have already donated items to our classroom.
-Treasure box prizes (not candy)
-Granola Bites
-Stickers (any seasonal design)

I hope to see you all at Curriculum Night!