This Week: Aug. 28-Sept. 1 (4.04)

4.04 August 28-September 1, 2017

Spelling: Double Rs

Each week, students are expected to know what the words mean, be able to use them, and be able to spell them for their test on Friday.  Your test Friday will have 20 words: this week’s words plus some of the previous weeks’ words.

Monday: Write your spelling words correctly in your agenda.

Tuesday-Wednesday: Work on your spelling choice extra credit if completing (due Thursday).

Thursday: Study all 15 words!  Review previous weeks’ words!  If possible, take a practice spelling test, either on paper or at www.spellingcity.com. (LOGIN THROUGH CLEVER!)

1.   carriage

2.   arrest

3.   strawberry

4.   arrange

5.   occurred

6.   terrible   

7.   hurried  

8.   carried

9.   incorrect

10.  scurried

11. current

12. surround

13. worried

14. barrier

15. borrow

Vocabulary: Wonder Section 2

        Students are expected not only to know the definition of each vocabulary word but to be able to use them in context (in sentences).

Monday: Match each word to its definition.  Study nightly!

Wednesday: Study nightly!  Practice using the words in sentences.  Finish vocabulary choice extra credit if completing over these words (due Thursday).

Thursday: Study for Friday’s test.

    aversion   celestial convert decisive exasperate      monument splay

1.  ___________________________________: (n) a building, pillar, or statue that honors a person or event

2.  ___________________________________: (n) a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy

3.  ___________________________________: (adj) of or relating to to the sky

4.  ___________________________________: 1.  (v) to change (something) into a different form or that it can be used in a different way; 2.  (n) a person who has changed to a different religion, belief, political party, etc.

5.  ___________________________________: (v) to move (things, especially your legs, fingers, etc.) out and apart from each other

6.  ___________________________________: (adj) able to make choices quickly and confidently

7.   ___________________________________: (v) to make (someone) very angry or annoyed

Grammar: four sentence types (declarative, exclamatory, imperative, interrogative)

Reading Skills: story elements

Social Studies: Native American studies/class project

IXL: ELA A.1-7; Math W, X, Y, & Z

(In case you’d like to practice at home, these are our focus standards.)

Math: Geometry & Measurement

-Area of rectangular figures by decomposing them into smaller rectangles

-Perimeter of rectangles in a real world situations  

-Relative size within a system:       km, m, cm         kg, g         lb, oz         l, ml          hr, min, sec

MATH HOMEWORK:  Students have one column of math problems daily, Monday-Thursday.  They get class time to work on them, so their homework is ONLY what they do not finish.  

Science: How are Planets and Stars Different?  Are planets made of rock or gas?

Upcoming Events:

8/31 bake sale; Native American presentation (Smithgall Woods)

9/1 4-H terrarium project due (science extra credit!); last day to bring in poster to run for 4-H

officer elections

9/5 4-H officer elections (must have a prepared speech in addition to have turned in poster)

9/7 Native American extra credit project due