Weekly Reminders: *Review spelling pretest on Monday.
*Math Chapter 2 "Check Your Progress" quiz (lessons 1-4) on Tuesday.
*Science test on Wednesday.*Northeast Map test on Thursday.
*Review spelling test on Thursday.
* No reading class on Friday due to Halloween Parade and Party.
*Halloween Parade at 1:00 on Friday.
*Halloween Party at 1:30 on Friday.
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Halloween Festivities:
It's our Halloween week. Please keep in mind the following guidelines when helping your child pick out a Halloween costume for our Halloween party and parade (parents may come at 1:00 pm to watch our school parade) on Friday, October 29th:
*We only have 10 minutes for costume changes. Please make sure your child can change into his/her costume easily and by themselves. If the costume can be worn over their clothes, then both the time to change and the chances of losing any clothes is minimized.
*If you send your child in with make up then your child has to be able to apply it themselves.
*Please do not send any weapons (guns, swords, etc.) as part of the costume. Save those for trick-or-treating.
*We will not have time to change back into our clothes for dimissal. Your child will wear their costume home.
Plan Ahead:
*No school - Teacher Institute on Tuesday, November 2.
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A Big Thank You!!!
I would like to thank all the families that visited the Book Fair and purchased books for our classroom collection. The children were so excited to see all the new books!
Homeroom Happenings:
Science - On Monday, we will fill out a "how to study" sheet for our test on Wednesday. Our test will be on chapter 1, lesson 3 and chapter 2, lessons 2 & 3. We will review in class on Tuesday.
Items to study for test:
*Key words - vertebrates, invertebrates, photosynthesis, life cycle, direct development, & metamorphosis.
*Go over classroom notes.
*Describe the characteristics of vertebrates and invertebrates.
*Which animals are vertebrates and which are invertebrates?
*Describe the stages in a life cycle of flowering plants.
*Describe how plants reproduce using only spores.
*Order the stages of an animal's life cycle.
*Describe the stages of an animal's life cycle.
*Describe how some animals grow and develop.
Social Studies - We will be working on chapter 4, lesson 2. In this lesson, we will learn about the major resources of the Northeast. The children will also take the Northeast map test on Thursday. They will have to label all 11 states in the Northeast correctly. Spelling does count. The children can earn bonus points by identifying the capitals of each state. They should spell the capitals as best as they can.
English - We will take this time to share our state reports.
Spelling - We will be doing a review spelling list this week. Our pre-test will consist of 30 words. If your child scores 100%, he/she will not have any spelling homework for the week. If your child misses 1 or more, spelling book pages will be assigned. Due to the Halloween parade and party on Friday, we will have our spelling test on Thursday. The test will be over 20 words.
Reading - Mysteries will be the focus in reading for all fourth grade students this week. We will begin by learning vocabulary words that are typically associated with mysteries, such as “suspect”, “evidence” and “suspense”. Students may practice the definitions of the vocabulary words by completing a crossword puzzle at the following website: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr06/gr4/activities/pdf/gr4_th1_xword.pdf.
All students will read & study “The Case of the Purloined Pachyderm”. While reading this mystery and other mystery stories, students will be studying the format of a mystery and using the reading strategies of monitoring and clarifying.
All students will read & study “The Case of the Purloined Pachyderm”. While reading this mystery and other mystery stories, students will be studying the format of a mystery and using the reading strategies of monitoring and clarifying.
Accelerated Math Menu:
Monday: Multiplying by multiples of 10, 100, 1,000. HW: WB pgs. 16 & 17 (evens only) and "Check Your Progress" quiz tomorrow.
Tuesday: "Check Your Progress" quiz on lessons 1-4. HW: None.
Wednesday: Estimating Products. HW: WB pg. 18.
Thursday: Zeros in the Multiplicand. HW: WB pg. 19.
Friday: Halloween Math Activities. HW: Have fun Trick-or-Treating.
