Weekly Reminders: *No spelling unit this week.
*IOWA Testing - Monday through Thursday.
*Practice classroom spelling bee on Tuesday.
*Open-book Chapter 3, lessons 2 & 3 science quiz on Thursday.
*Final classroom spelling bee on Thursday.
*Chapter 7 S.S. quiz, lessons 1-3, on Friday.
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Plan Ahead:
*No school on Monday, January 18 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
*Chapter 3 science test will be on Tuesday, January 19.
*Check your child's grades on Tuesday, January 19. We will be halfway through the trimester.
*Fourth grade spell-off on Wednesday, January 20.
*Mr. Lee's Science Magic (for Mrs. Sulima's homeroom) on Tuesday, January 26.
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IOWA Testing Schedule:
The children will be taking IOWA tests of Basic Skills this week. Please make sure that your child gets plenty of rest and eats a good breakfast each morning. Since we will be testing in the morning and afternoon on Monday through Wednesday, your child may want to bring an extra healthy snack & drink for the afternoon. On Thursday, we will just take one test in the morning.
Monday - Vocabulary, Math Concepts and Estimation, and Reading Part 1.
Tuesday - Math Problem Solving & Reading Part 2.
Wednesday - Math Computation, Spelling, Capitalization, and Punctuation.
Thursday - Usage and Expression
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Homeroom Happenings:
Science - We will work on finishing chapter 3 this week. The essential question of lesson 3 is..."How do living things of the past compare with those of today?" The children will take an open-book quiz on the information in lessons 2 & 3 on Thursday. We will also fill out a "how to study" sheet on Thursday. The chapter 3 test will be on Tuesday, January 19.
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Social Studies - We will spend this week learning about the Civil War and then the Civil Rights Movement. Students will be taking a quiz on chapter 7, lessons 1-3 on Friday. We will not be taking a test on chapter 7.
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Spelling - No spelling this week due to IOWA testing.
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English - We will continue our unit on Adjectives. The students will work on making comparisons using "er" and "est". We will also compare with more and most & good and bad. English lessons will be on Monday, Thursday, and Friday this week. On Tuesday, January 19, we will fill out a "how to study" sheet for Unit 4. The test will be on Friday, January 22.
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Reading - We will be reading and doing activities to go with a story from our anthology called Happy Birthday, Dr. King! This story reviews the beliefs and accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks. This is the perfect story to read for two reasons:
*We will be celebrating Martin Luther King Day on Monday, January 18.
*In social studies we will be learning about the Civil Rights Movement.
What great connections we will be able to make!
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Accelerated Math Menu:
Monday - IOWA testing & mini-lesson on algebra. HW. Review class notes & computation review.
Tuesday - IOWA testing & mini-lesson on algebra. HW. Review class notes & computation review.
Wednesday - IOWA testing & mini-lesson on algebra. HW. Review class notes.
Thursday - More algebra. HW. Review class notes.
Friday - More algebra. HW. Review class notes. Checkpoint over all lessons on Tuesday, January 19.
