ART Needs

Mrs. Spratlin asks that we save and bring in empty toilet paper tubes for an upcoming project.  She also needs knee high stockings or pantyhose for an upcoming 4th grade sculpture project.  Thanks for your help if you can!

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

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 =)