Sulima's Scoop - Week of April 13

Weekly Reminders:
*Lesson 28 spelling pretest on Monday.
*Inventions, Contracts, and Rubrics due on Tuesday.
*Take-Home Quiz on chapters 7-9 of Harriet the Spy due on Tuesday.
*All fourth grade students will take the OLSAT test on Wednesday. Please make sure they get a good night sleep and eat a healthy breakfast. There is really no other way to prepare for this test.

*Spring Open House/Book Fair on Thursday, from 6:30-8:00.
*Quiz on estimating fractions and mixed numbers, adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers, and multiplying fractions will be on Friday.
*Lesson 28 spelling test on Friday.

*Movie Night on Friday.

Food Drive:

The Project Challenge Problem Solvers are working on their next problem. They are working with the entire school to collect food for the Woodridge Food Pantry. Non-perishable donations will be accepted until April 27.

Plan Ahead:

*Project Challenge on Tuesday, April 21.

*Roller Skating Party on Tuesday, April 21.

*Early Dismissal, 11:00, on Friday, April 24.

*Project Challenge on Tuesday, April 28.

Classroom Happenings:

Science: We will continue our unit on Electricity. We will explore how electricity and magnetism are related.

Social Studies: We will have our first Jr. Achievement lesson. The students will be earning social studies grades during Jr. Achievement. We will also continue our study of the Grand Canyon.

Accelerated Math: We will continue our unit on Fractions. The children will explore adding and subtracting mixed numbers, multiplying fractions, and multiplying mixed numbers. There will be a quiz on all concepts covered on Friday.

Spelling: Our spelling words this week have either the prefix "in" or "un." Our test will be on Friday.

English: We will spend most of the week working on our candy bar persuasives. The children will also be visiting the computer lab to finalize their flat stories and Just Look books. If time allows, we will begin our unit on Adverbs and Prepositional Phrases on Friday.

Reading: We will continue reading Harriet the Spy. The children will need to turn in their take-home quiz on chapters 7-9 on Tuesday.