Friday, May 17, 2013

Behind the Scenes - Week of May 20


Weekly Spotlight:
*Chapter 15, lesson 3 Science Quiz on Monday.
*Lakeview Choir Performance on Tuesday.
*Beginning Band Concert on Tuesday at 7:00.
*Lizzadro Museum Field Trip on Thursday.
*Fifty State Test on Thursday.
*Last Spelling Test of Fourth Grade on Friday.
*Classroom Celebration on Friday - Computer and Electronic Time.

Coming Attractions:
*No school on Monday, May 27 - Memorial Day.
*Adverb and Preposition Test on Tuesday, May 28.
*Chapter 15 Open-book Science Test on Tuesday, May 28.
*Project Challenge Helping Hands Walk for Charity on Wednesday, May 29 from 3:30-5:00. 
*PTO Field Day on Monday, June 3.  Lunch will be provided.  Bring a board game today!
*Fourth Grade Bowling trip on Tuesday, June 4, from 12:15-2:00.  We will have our last class celebration on this day - Stuffed animal & movie party.
*Last Day of School on Wednesday, June 5.  Dismissal at 9:30.  Bring a pen for a fourth grade autographing session.

Homeroom Happenings:
Science - We will finish our unit on Electricity this week.  The children will take an open-book test on Tuesday, May 28.  We will spend the last few days of school learning about rocks and minerals.

Social Studies - The 50 State Test in on Thursday.  Children will be given a word bank of capitals and state names.  The test will be worth 50 points.  Correctly identified capitals will be worth 1/10 of a point each.  We will end the school year with a study of Native Americans throughout the 5 regions.  

Spelling - We will not take a pretest on Monday.  The children will practice summer themed words this week.  Our LAST spelling test will be on Friday.

English - We will continue our unit on Adverbs and Prepositions.  This is a very short unit - only 5 lessons.  The children will take a test on this unit on Tuesday, May 28.  Enrichment will also be due the day of the test.

Reading - The students will continue reading Dear Mr. Henshaw

Mrs. Sulima's Math Class:
Monday - Customary Length & Metric Length.  HW:  WB pg. 126 #4-12.
Tuesday - Customary Capacity & Metric Capacity.  HW: WB pg. 127 #1-12.
Wednesday - Customary Weight & Metric Mass.  HW:  WB pg. 127 #13-23.
Thursday - Temperature (Celsius & Fahrenheit) HW:   WB 128.
Friday - Computation with Customary Units.  HW: WB 131.