Reminders:
Reading:
*No school on Monday, Oct. 29 - Teachers' Institute.
*No spelling lesson this week.
*Picture Retakes on Tuesday, Oct. 30. Students must have their original picture packet with them to receive retakes.
*The Northeast Reading Map (reading incentive) is due on Wednesday, Oct. 31.
*Halloween Parade will be at 1:15 on Wednesday, Oct. 31.
*Halloween Parade will be at 1:15 on Wednesday, Oct. 31.
*Halloween Party will be at 1:30 on Wednesday, Oct. 31.
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HALLOWEEN NEWS:
Halloween costumes should be brought to school in a bag. The children will only have about 5 minutes to change into their Halloween costumes. Their costumes should be simple. If possible, they should bring a costume that can slip over their clothing or works with the clothing they wear to school. They will not be dressing in the washrooms. The boys will be dressing in one classroom and the girls will be dressing in another classroom. Mirrors will not be provided.
Please remember we are trying to limit the number of sugary sweets in our school. If you are planning on sending in treats for your child to pass out to their classmates please refrain from sugary sweets - non-edible goodies would be a great substitution.
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Fourth Grade Field Trips/Presentations:
A permission slip for "all" our fourth grade field trips/in-school presentations will be sent home on Tuesday. One payment for all these wonderful experiences is requested. Details on each field trip will be on the district website. Please read through the information online and mark these important dates on your calendar. I will post reminders on my blog, and your child will write reminders in their assignment notebook closer to each date.
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English:
This week we will cover simple predicates and correcting run-on sentences. All students are with me for both of these lessons. If your child has not finished their English enrichment, they will need to finish during relaxed reading, if they finish work on time, or for homework. We will fill out our "how to study" sheet on Thursday. The test on Unit 1 - Sentences - will be on Tuesday, November 6.
Reading: We have now finished reading Charlotte's Web. Early this week, we will watch the musical version of Charlotte's Web. We will make comparisons to the book throughout the movie.
Throughout the school year, we will work on reading responses (like those found on the ISAT test). We will work on a reading response as a class, based on Charlotte's Web, on Thursday and Friday. Your child worked on reading responses in third grade using a "hamburger" model. We will use the same model in fourth grade.
Science:
This week we will be exploring food chains and food webs. We will only have science 2 days this week due to Teachers' Institute on Monday and Halloween on Wednesday. Next week we will finish chapter 3 by discussing changes and human influence on food webs. We will also fill out our "how to study" on Wednesday, November 7. Our chapter 3 test will be on Friday, November 9. Mrs. Cavoto's students will take the test in their own class.
Social Studies:
Visit Mrs. Cavoto's Blog for the latest and greatest Social Studies news. Mrs. Cavoto will be finishing the Northeast in early November. I will start the Southeast with the class when she concludes the Northeast study.Math: (Mrs. Sulima's Math Students Only)
We will continue to take a target test each day in math. It is very important that your child studies their facts each and every night. They can take their target test in whatever order they would like to.
On Tuesday, we will relate multiplication and division facts using fact families. On Wednesday, we will have a special activity due to Halloween. We will also learn hints for X9, X7, X8, and X12 this week. This hints are wonderful strategies to use to figure out the answer to a multiplication problem, but the quickest way is to memorize the facts.
Website of the Week:
Carve a Halloween Pumpkin online at:
