I would like to thank all who were able to attend the 4th grade curriculum night on Thursday evening. I hope I was able to answer many of your questions about classroom routines, homework procedures, curriculum, and more. If you have additional questions, please feel free to e-mail me at: ssulima@ccsd66.org. Weekly Reminders:
*Lesson 3 spelling pretest on Monday.
*Magazine Drive Kick-off on Monday.
*Beginning Band Parent Meeting on Monday at 7:00.
*Early Dismissal (11:00) on Tuesday.
*Beginning Band Conferences on Wednesday & Thursday afternoon. Please contact Mr. Brian Ohlsen at bohlsen@ccsd66.org if you are interested in setting up a conference.
*Lesson 3 spelling test on Friday.
Classroom Happenings:
Science: We will finish our "getting ready for science" unit this week. These lessons should prepare the children for experimenting throughout the rest of the school year. We will have a test covering lessons 1-3 on Thursday. The concepts on the test will include: scientific tools, inquiry skills, and the scientific method.
Social Studies: We will compare local, state, and federal governments. This week we will also take a closer look at the Presidential candidates. If you find articles in magazines or newspapers to support our study of the upcoming Presidential election, please send them in.
English: This week we will only have English lessons on Wednesday and Thursday. Our lessons will cover commas in a series and more uses of commas.
Spelling: We will work with lesson 3 spelling words this week. Don't forget that the spelling test on Friday will need to be done in cursive.
Reading: The children will read the rest of Earthquake Terror this week. They will also fill out a different kind of discussion sheet - a story map. Our second book club discussion will be on Thursday. We will also use our time in class to review predicting, author's viewpoint, prefixes, suffixes, compound words, and root words.
Accelerated Math: We are moving into the 5th grade curriculum. Our first unit will be on place value. We will spend the beginning of the week trying to understand the magnitude of one billion. The rest of the week, we will compare and round whole numbers. On Friday, the children will take a "checkpoint review" on these concepts.
Website of the Week:
If you have a few minutes, please check out the Book Adventure website. "Book Adventure" is a free online reading motivation program for students in grades K-8. After children read a book, they can take an online comprehension quiz. There are over 7,000 book choices/quizzes on "Book Adventure." Students will earn points for each quiz they complete. There are also prizes that can be earned. If you would like to check out this website and register, please visit http://www.bookadventure.org/. When registering, our class name is Sulima and the teacher name is SSulima. To register, click on New Users (Register Now). Then click on Kids Register. Follow the directions carefully. Parents please help your child register. E-mail me if you register & let me know what you think.
