Weekly Reminders:*No school on Monday - Labor Day.
*"Words Often Misspelled #2" pretest on Tuesday.
*Curriculum Night on Tuesday.
*"Words Often Misspelled #2" test on Friday.
Plan Ahead:
*Beginning Band Parent Meeting on Monday, September 13.
*Beginning Band Conferences on Wednesday, September 15 and Thursday, September 16.
*No school on Friday, September 24 - Teacher Institute.
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Curriculum Night:
Please join us on Tuesday, September 7 from 6:30-7:30 for our Fourth Grade Curriculum Night. The evening will begin in the gym. Mrs. Schultz will give a brief presentation. Parents will then have the opportunity to visit their child's classrooms and sign up for parent-teacher conferences (in homeroom only). I will be available for questions, but please remember this is not a conference night. Hope to see many of you on Tuesday evening!
Homeroom Happenings:
Science - We will finish our study of scientific tools and move onto the Scientific Method.
Social Studies - Our Government unit will continue. The children will begin a Patriotic Quest this week. The quest will use the skimming and scanning strategies we will be learning about and practicing in reading. We will also continue looking at the roles of each branch of Governement.
English - Nouns, Nouns, Nouns. This week we will learn about irregular plural nouns, singular possessive nouns, and plural possessive nouns. Singular & Plural Possessive nouns would be great concepts to review at home too. These seems to be a bit tricky for many students.
Spelling - We will do one more week of "Words Often Misspelled". The homework routine will be similar, but due to a four day week the children will only complete 2 activities.
Reading - This week in reading the students will learn to use skimming and scanning skills to locate answers. During science, social studies, and reading the students will be given tasks where they have to locate answers in the text. They will practice highlighting key words in questions or clues and then skim the headlines, subtitles, captions, and passages to help them find the answers to those questions.
Accelerated Math Menu:
Monday - No School.
Tuesday - Students will receive their "check your progress" quizzes. Please look in your child's math pocket to find out their score. Comparing and Ordering Numbers. HW: Workbook pg. 5. Review X6, X7, X8, & X9.
Wednesday - Rounding Numbers. HW: Workbook pg. 6. Review X10, X11, & X12.
Thursday - Addition Properties/Subtraction Rule. HW: Workbook pg. 7. Review X10, X11, & X12.
Friday - Estimate Sums and Differences. HW: Review X10, X11, & X12.
