Weekly Reminders:*No spelling pretest this week. It is a review week.
*Pronoun test on Tuesday.
*Math Placement test on Tuesday in homeroom.
*Beginning Band Concert on Tuesday evening at Lakeview.
*Math Placement test on Thursday in homeroom.
*Cadet Band/Choir concert at 1:00 on Thursday.
*Fifty State Challenge on Thursday (optional).
*Chapter 8, lesson 2 quiz on Friday.
*Lesson 35 review spelling test on Friday.
*Math checkpoint on Friday.
*Box Top Pizza Party on Friday. Our class won 1st place. Thank you all for sending in so many Box Tops. We had over 2,000!
Help Wanted: I am looking for parent volunteers to develop a roll or two of film. We will be using these pictures in our memory books that we will make during the week of May 24.
Plan Ahead:
*Chapter 13 open-book Social Studies quiz on Monday, April 24.
*Jr. Achievement on Monday, May 24. This is our last session with Mr. Shahnasarian.
*Special Jr. Achievement session (about money) on the afternoon of Tuesday, May 25.
*Fourth grade bowling trip on Friday, May 28.
*No school on Monday, May 31.
*School Picnic on Tuesday, June 1.
*Last day of school and report cards issued on Wednesday, June 2.
Homeroom Happenings:
Science - We will begin chapter 8, lesson 2. This lesson reviews the layers of the Earth. It also covers how Earth's surface changes. We will have an open-book quiz on Friday.
Social Studies - Our visit to the Western region is coming to an end. This week we will learn about exploration and growth in the West. We will also look at examples of businesses and tourist locations in the West. We will have an open-book quiz over chapter 13 on Monday, April 24.
Spelling - We will be working with lesson 35 this week. This will be the last spelling lesson of fourth grade. Lesson 35 is a review unit. The children should focus on the rules of each lesson. The lesson 35 test asks the children to identify the misspelled word in each row.
English - The children will take the Unit 6 Pronoun test on Tuesday. All enrichment projects are due the day of the test. On Wednesday, we will begin our final unit on adverbs and prepositions. We will not pretest or test on this final unit. The children will have graded assignments each day though.
Reading - Last week was so busy, with finishing our wonderful poetry project, that we were unable to begin our mystery unit. We will begin this week! The children will be reading, listening, and watching many mysteries throughout this unit. We will be discussing the elements of a mystery and important "detective" vocabulary. Throughout this study we will also review all the reading strategies that we have covered in fourth grade.
Accelerated Math Menu:
Monday - Dividing decimals. H.W. Daily Review 94 (#1-12).
Tuesday - No math due to math placement tests. H.W. Finish Daily Review 94 (#1-12).
Wednesday - Dividing decimals by decimals & review for checkpoint. H.W. Review for checkpoint on Friday.
Thursday - No math due to math placement tests. H.W. Review for checkpoint.
Friday - Math checkpoint (open-book and open-notes). H.W. None.
