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)