4th grade notes sept 12-sept 16
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8/4/2019 4th Grade Notes Sept 12-Sept 16
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This Week in Mrs. Strube’s Class Reading – We will continue talking about Non-Fiction reading and writing. The kids are going to start a Non-Fiction Writing project. We arecontinuing to talk about what good readers do as they are reading. We aregoing to start DRA testing. Book report #1 is due September 23rd.
Language – We will be reviewing nouns this week out of our NEW language book. :) Homework will start coming home out of a workbook given to us with the new book. The children may write in it.
Writing – We will continue setting up Writing Workshop along withdiscussing writing Personal Narratives. We spend a lot of time this week going over the writing process. We talked about what it looks like and thesteps. Next week, we are going to be doing a mirror to the writing process.I will model pre-writing (1st step), and the kids will go back and completetheir own. We will work through the writing process over the next coupleof weeks this way. Next Friday, we have a quiz over the writing process. They are not going to be made to recite the notes word for word. They are going to have to know the steps and be familiar with what we do in each step.
Social Studies – We will continue to discuss the regions of Texas and theirattributes. The students have been given a review sheet over theregions for the quiz on Wednesday, September 14.
Spelling – Scientific Spelling Rule — (k) sound-1. the (k) sound before a,o, u, or a consonant = c. Ex. cap, clasp, scat, scalp 2. the (k) sound beforee, i, or y = k. Ex. kit, kid, keel 3. the medial (k) sound before e after ashort vowel sound = ck. Ex. ticket, locket Content Words (instinct,divisible, mimicry, metamorphosis). Most Commonly Misspelled Words(are, our, they’re, where, don’t)
tHis Week in Mrs. Jones’ class Math – We will wrap up our study of whole numbers and decimals this
week. The students will have a test on Tuesday, September 13th.Student will be able to complete a practice test online. Have thestudents click on the EnVision link on the blog. The test will beunder To Dos. If they complete this, they will receive 5 bonus pointson Tuesday’s test. On Wednesday we will begin our unit on addition andsubtraction. Science – Last week we began our first scientific investigation. This week we will conduct the experiment, analyze our results, and draw conclusions. We are trying to answer the question; does weight effect gyrocopter flighttime. At the end of the week we will begin the unit on living things.
Math and Science
Language Arts, Reading, and Social Studies News for the Week of September 12-16
School News
Fall Open House will take placeon the evening of September15th from 6:00-7:30pm. Wecan’t wait to see you there, so wecan share with you all the thingsyou need to know to help your
child be successful in 4th grade.Parents only, please!
Daily Communication
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Important Dates
September 15th – Fall OpenHouse
September 20th – ProgressReports go home
October 6th – Early Dismissaland Fall Parent/TeacherConferences
November 4th – LCE FunRun
Fourth Grade Notes
Excellence Everyday! That’s the Lion’s Way!
By: Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Strube