Weekly Reminders:
*Spelling pretest on Monday.
*All-School Concert at 9:00 on Monday.
*Math quiz on ratio, proportion, and percent on Tuesday.
*Fourth Grade Beginning Band Concert on Tuesday at 7:00.
*Homeroom Party on Wednesday.
*Final Jr. Achievement session on Thursday.
*Math quiz on chapter 14, lessons 1-4 on Friday.
*Science quiz on chapter 7, lesson 1 on Friday.
*Spelling test on Friday.
Plan Ahead:
*No school on Monday, May 30.
*Bowling trip on Wednesday, June 1.
*All-school picnic and Sky Dogz assembly on Monday, June 6.
*Last Day of school on Tuesday, June 7. Report cards and yearbooks will be issued.
Walk for Japan:
Don’t forget to sign up for the 2 mile Walk Day on Tuesday, May 24th at Prairieview School. All proceeds from the event will go to the American Red Cross to help the victims of the earthquake in Japan. There will also be a raffle to help raise money for the cause, and any donations would be appreciated. (gift cards, sport items, games, services, small goodies). Anyone who would like to volunteer on May 24th, please e-mail Mrs. Cavoto ccavot@ccsd66.org or Mrs. Sulima Ssulima@ccsd66.org to let them know.
Homeroom Happenings:
Science: We will learn about Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic rocks. The children will take an open-book/notes quiz on chapter 7, lesson 1 on Friday.
Social Studies: The students will finish a postage stamp project about the Navajo. Next week, we travel to the West. Our 50 state test (word banks with state and capital names will be provided) will be on Tuesday, May 31. Start studying NOW!
English: We will finish our lessons on Adverbs and Prepositions this week. The test will be on Thursday, May 26.
Spelling: It is a review week. The children will be given a pretest on 30 words on Monday. If they spell them all correctly, they will be done with spelling for the week. If your child misses any words, they will need to complete the workbook pages and take the test in cursive on Friday.
Reading: This week we will focus on the reading target skill of comparing and contrasting. Comparing means showing similarities. Contrasting means showing differences. By comparing and contrasting one thing with another, readers can remember more of the information.
Accelerated Math:
Monday: Finding the percent of a number. HW: WB pg. 152 & quiz tomorrow.
Tuesday: Quiz on ratio, proportion, and percent. Using percents. HW: WB pg. 153.
Wednesday: Algebraic Expressions and Equations & Properties of Equality. HW: WB pgs. 156-157.
Thursday: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division Equations. HW: WB pgs. 158-159.
Friday: Quiz on Chapter 13, lessons 1-4. Introduction to Integers & Comparing and ordering integers. HW: WB pgs. 161-162.
