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.

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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 =)