Weekly Info 8/22-25

Spelling: WONDERful Words

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.

Tuesday: 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!  If possible, take a practice spelling test, either on paper or at www.spellingcity.com. (LOGIN THROUGH CLEVER!)

1.     wonderful

2.     helpful

3.     beautiful

4.     encourage (encouraging, encouragement)

5.   patient (impatient, patiently)

6.   wondrous   

7.   humorous  

8.   hazardous

9.   glamorous

10.  courageous

11. friendly

12. lovely

13. first

14. it’s

15. its

Etymology: photo  = light; review of “not” prefixes non-, ir-, in-, im-, il-   

Grammar: sentence types

Writing: personal narrative, responding to literature

Social Studies: Native American studies/class project

IXL: ELA A.5-7, A.1-4

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

Vocabulary: We will not have a vocabulary test this short week so that we can devote a little more time to our novel.

Math: Geometry & Measurement

-Measure angles and continue using a protractor

-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: Each morning, we are beginning class with Weekly Math Review (warm-up spiral review.)   We check the previous day’s work, and then students are given around 10 minutes of class time to work on that day’s work.   SO, the only homework students will have is the Daily Math Review questions that they do not finish in class that day!  (The majority of students are either finishing or almost finishing in class =)      

****We did Monday in class today, Friday 8/18- no math homework over the long weekend-  enjoy the Eclipse with your family!

Science:  Phases of the Moon- If you would like to donate a package of Oreos- we will use them for learning the phases on Wednesday and Thursday.

Upcoming Events:

8/21    ECLIPSE DAY (no school)

8/22 3rd Milestones Reports go home

8/24 Open House at 5 PM

8/25 Vocabulary Alphabet Sentences extra credit due

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)
9/28 Picture Day

8/16

First, thanks to Averie T. for making this cool vocabulary practice Quizlet for Wonder, Week 1!  (Just click on to go there.  It is also in your ELA Google Classroom.)

Mark your calendars!

• SnoCones for sale this Friday ($1); last day to turn in Box Tops for sundae reward
• NO SCHOOL MONDAY!
• Fourth Grade Open House is next Thursday, 8/24, at 5 PM.  Just come to the classroom!
• Vocabulary Alphabet Sentences (extra credit) due by 8/25
• Terrarium 4-H project/science extra credit due by 9/1

This Week: 8/14

4.02 Wonder and the Solar Eclipse

Spelling: Commonly Misspelled Words & Eclipse

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 week’s 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!  If possible, take a practice spelling test (either on paper or at www.spellingcity.com. LOGIN THROUGH CLEVER! Mrs. Cook's class will have to look for Mrs. Dyer to find spelling and vocab.)

1.     their

2.     there

3.     they’re

4.     could

5.     should

6.     would

7.     our

8.     when

9.     where

10.   were

11. solar

12. lunar

13. peculiar

14. sugar

15. eclipse

Etymology: photo  = light; review of “not” prefixes non-, ir-, in-, im-, il-  

photocopy photograph   photon         photosynthesis      telephoto  

Grammar: Sentences vs. Fragments and Run-Ons

        In 4th grade, students are expected to produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-ons.

Writing: Personal Narrative

Science: Phases of the Moon and the Solar Eclipse; Seasons/ Day and Night

Social Studies: Intro Native American studies & class project

Upcoming Events:

8/15 Smithgall Woods Presentation on the Eclipse!  Yay!

8/21   ECLIPSE DAY (no school)

Vocabulary: Wonder Section 1

        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.

accusing admissions alignment anomalies apprentice

deformed hindsight palate petrified precepts

1. ______________________________ – (adj) very afraid or frightened of something; unable to move due to fear

2. ______________________________ – (n) the roof of the mouth; the sense of taste

3. ______________________________ – (n, pl) something that is unusual or unexpected

4. ______________________________ – (n, pl) the right or permission to enter; confessions

5. ______________________________ – (n) the knowledge and understanding about an event that occurs only after the event has happened

6. ______________________________ – (v) to find fault with; blame

7. ______________________________ – (n) a person who works for another in order to learn a trade; a learner; a novice

8. ______________________________ - (adj) having a changed form; misshapen; disfigured

9. ______________________________ - (n) words to live by; rules that say how people should behave

10. ______________________________ - (n) being in agreement or matching something else; being arranged in a line or in proper position

Math: Geometry:

Types of angles (right, acute, obtuse)   

Classify and Sort figures based on: sets of parallel lines (or lack of parallel lines) and types of angles (as in right triangles)

Lines of SYMMETRY  

MATH HOMEWORK: Each morning, we are beginning class with Weekly Math Review (warm-up spiral review.)   We check the previous day’s work, and then students are given around 10 minutes of class time to work on that day’s work.   SO, the only homework students will have is the Daily Math Review questions that they do not finish in class that day!  (The majority of students are either finishing or almost finishing in class =)  

8/8

If you receive any forms back in purple folders today, please fill out any missing information.  (Many of you did not realize that you need to initial the boxes on each section of the lavender Chromebook form.)

We need a lunch application returned for every child, even if you do not wish to apply.  You may also write a note stating "do not wish to apply for meal program."

We had our first 4-H Club meeting today!  Officer elections are next month (president, vice president, secretary, and reporter), and students must have a poster NO LATER THAN 9/1 and a prepared 30-second speech for our next meeting, 9/5.  (Students received a handout and a 4-H Friends booklet today.  They will receive a prize for bring their complete Friends booklet to class on 9/5.)

Student closed ecosystem terrarium projects are due no later than 9/5.

Thanks for your help!

This Week: 8/7

4.01 Back To School

Spelling: Back To School Basics

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.

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!  If possible, take a practice spelling test (either on paper or at www.spellingcity.com. LOG IN THROUGH CLEVER!) *Update: This week's words are now in Spelling City. Look for Mrs. Dyer!

1.     to

2.     two

3.     too

4.     loose

5.     lose

6.     choose

7.     chose

8.     because

9.     embarrass (embarrassed, embarrassing)

10. a lot

11. does

12. dose

13. friend

14. probably

15. happened

Vocabulary: Miss Alaineus

        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-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.

1. capable – (adj) having skill or power
2. categories – (n, pl.) groups or classes of things
3. luminous – (adj) bright; shining
4. strands – (n, pl.) things similar to threads
5. credit – (n.) something owed someone for work
6. catastrophe – (n.) a momentous tragedy
7. devastated – (adj) wasted, ravaged
8. soggy – (adj) very wet or damp
9. slump – (v) to fall or sink heavily
10. miscellaneous – (adj) 1. consisting of various kinds or qualities; 2. a collection of unrelated objects

Etymology: graph  = write; review of “not” prefixes non-, ir-, in-, im-, il-

        This year we are adding a weekly etymology component of Greek and Latin roots and affixes (suffixes and prefixes).  This word study complements what we started last year.  Students are expected to know what each week’s focus means and to find at least one additional word of their own choosing that fits this word study.  This study will happen at school, and they do not need to include these in their vocabulary choice extra credit.  No written homework is expected of our weekly etymology word study.  

autograph   graffiti         graphite      paragraph   telegraph  

Grammar: Sentences vs. Fragments and Run-Ons

        In 4th grade, students are expected to produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-ons.

Writing: Personal Narrative

Math: Geometry

The parts that make up geometric figures.  Including: lines, segments, rays, parallel, perpendicular and the types of angles that form figures.  

MATH HOMEWORK: At this point, the only homework students will have is the daily spiral review (if they don't finish in class.)

Science: Phases of the Moon

Social Studies: Intro to the themes of social studies

Upcoming Events:

8/8 First 4-H meeting (in class during the school day)

8/21   ECLIPSE DAY (no school)

8/4

Thanks to everyone who was able to come to Meet the Teacher yesterday.  We had a GREAT first day of school today!!!  Mrs. Dyer's parents, be sure to look at and sign your child's agenda for today (8/4).  They will earn a Dojo point (for teamwork) for your cooperation and help with this.  (It is their job to bring you their agenda, but a gentle reminder here at the beginning of the year might help.)

Have a restful, happy weekend!  We're going to be working on our routines and procedures (plus some academics too) next week.