Welcome back from vacation! I hope everyone is rested and ready for the last 9 weeks of fourth grade... nine weeks... can you believe it??!! Time has just flown by!
This week in math we will be spending some time on measurement. We will work with rulers, measuring cups, make conversions, and word problems. In addition, we will begin our practice for the math test the second week in May. Today we will cover Book 1 and review tomorrow, etc.
In Reading Workshop we are devoting a week to ELA practice. As a class we completed book 3 together in class today to get used to the format. Tomorrow, the students will be taking a practice book 3. This is the final book of the test that we have not covered. The English Language Arts test is next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
We will be taking a break from SS for two weeks to get some prep time in for our upcoming state tests but we will be back on the third week in May!
Your Yankee Candle Orders are in!!! Please pick them up in the lobby at your convenience this week, all boxes are labeled with your child's name. We are not permitted to send glass items on the bus.
I hope the warm weather really comes this week as the meteorologists have promised, I think we all need it!
Enjoy!
Monday, April 25, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
Beautiful Weather!
It is beautiful outside today. I hope you got some good outdoor time in this weekend as well.
This week is going to be a busy one as we gear up for vacation! I can't believe it is already Spring Break!!!
In math, we will be working to finish up our work with geometry. There will be a test on Friday and the review sheet will come home on Thursday.
Our study of Government and the Constitution will conclude on Thursday with a vocabulary quiz. The 15 words came home today as we summarized our studies in class.
Reading Workshop will focus on the listening passage for the ELA test this week. We will also have a few mini-lessons on main idea, sequence, theme, authors purpose, and important vs. unimportant details. We have just 2 weeks before our test. Everyone will do their best we just need to be relaxed and prepared with the format!
Today we began drafting our fractured fairy tales! This is a very fun unit (my first time). I love the ideas that they have come up with to "fracture" or change their fairy tale. This week we will complete our drafting and begin to revise. We will be publishing our works after break.
This week we have a book letter due. There will be time on Tuesday during our lab time to work on or start letter #7. In addition, we will have spelling tests on Tues and Thurs.
Thanks for all of our support this year!
This week is going to be a busy one as we gear up for vacation! I can't believe it is already Spring Break!!!
In math, we will be working to finish up our work with geometry. There will be a test on Friday and the review sheet will come home on Thursday.
Our study of Government and the Constitution will conclude on Thursday with a vocabulary quiz. The 15 words came home today as we summarized our studies in class.
Reading Workshop will focus on the listening passage for the ELA test this week. We will also have a few mini-lessons on main idea, sequence, theme, authors purpose, and important vs. unimportant details. We have just 2 weeks before our test. Everyone will do their best we just need to be relaxed and prepared with the format!
Today we began drafting our fractured fairy tales! This is a very fun unit (my first time). I love the ideas that they have come up with to "fracture" or change their fairy tale. This week we will complete our drafting and begin to revise. We will be publishing our works after break.
This week we have a book letter due. There will be time on Tuesday during our lab time to work on or start letter #7. In addition, we will have spelling tests on Tues and Thurs.
Thanks for all of our support this year!
Friday, April 1, 2011
Happy April!
Welcome to our first week in April... geesh, the weather is just not cooperating!
I will start our weekly post with a plea for glue sticks... we are down to 3 for the whole class to share! Our Feature Articles and How To Books really used up a lot of glue. If you happen to be in a store that sells Glue Sticks this weekend, we would appreciate you picking up a few for us!!
We are excited to have you in to celebrate Feature Articles today! We hope you are impressed. We have begun our next writing unit of Fiction. We will be taking a new point of view on an old fairy tale! We have spent a good deal of time focusing on Point of View and feel that we are ready for this adventure!
In math, we will be continuing our study of geometry with circles next week. This unit will be competed before April vacation. There is a lot of vocabulary so be sure that your mathematician is using their math notebooks to help with their hw at night!
In reading workshop, we will be looking ahead to the ELA Test the first week in May. Next week we will be looking at good strategies for multiple choice tests and look at a practice Book 1.
We are well into our look at Government in Social Studies. We have seen the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Next week we will take a good look at the three branches of government.
I was so upset to miss two days of school this week and feel badly that Team Jones had to strain to hear me for the rest of this week. I really hope that we will be all healthy and back to normal next week!
I will start our weekly post with a plea for glue sticks... we are down to 3 for the whole class to share! Our Feature Articles and How To Books really used up a lot of glue. If you happen to be in a store that sells Glue Sticks this weekend, we would appreciate you picking up a few for us!!
We are excited to have you in to celebrate Feature Articles today! We hope you are impressed. We have begun our next writing unit of Fiction. We will be taking a new point of view on an old fairy tale! We have spent a good deal of time focusing on Point of View and feel that we are ready for this adventure!
In math, we will be continuing our study of geometry with circles next week. This unit will be competed before April vacation. There is a lot of vocabulary so be sure that your mathematician is using their math notebooks to help with their hw at night!
In reading workshop, we will be looking ahead to the ELA Test the first week in May. Next week we will be looking at good strategies for multiple choice tests and look at a practice Book 1.
We are well into our look at Government in Social Studies. We have seen the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Next week we will take a good look at the three branches of government.
I was so upset to miss two days of school this week and feel badly that Team Jones had to strain to hear me for the rest of this week. I really hope that we will be all healthy and back to normal next week!
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