Important Dates . . .
May 10 -- 4th grade trip to Robert Crown
May 14 -- Early Dismissal @ 11:00
May 18 -- Beginning Band Concert
May 25 -- 3rd Grade Bowling Field Trip in a.m. (* bring a sack lunch )
May 28 -- 3rd Grade Chicago Boat Trip (* bring a sack lunch or $10 )
-- 4th Grade Bowling Field Trip in p.m.
May 31 -- Memorial Day -- No School
June 1 -- All-school picnic
June 2 -- Report Cards issued
Last day of school
Weekly Reminders:
*All 4th grade students need to bring a sack lunch and drink on Monday. They will be eating in the classroom before we go to the Robert Crown Center. Students may want to bring a second snack for when we return in the afternoon.
*Chapter 2 Science test on Friday.
Language Arts
The students are continuing to work on handwriting and good main idea sentences this week. They will continue building on writing grammatically correct sentences that relate to the topic given.
Reading
Your child will be not be coming home with 7 words from Elements of Reading Vocabulary program this week. Due to schedule changes because of field trips and early dismissal we will take a break from vocabulary for the week and utilize all of our reading time on decoding and sight word reading this week.
It's still important to keep reading 20 minutes nightly for the Independent Reading Program. Did you know that showing your child that you enjoy reading makes a lasting impression on the importance of the life long skill of reading? Please sign on the date the reading was accomplished. This orange folder should be turned in every Monday to make sure they are staying on track.
Spelling
This week we will continue to be divided into different spelling groups. Some will be working on Unit 34 this week. Others will be working on a farm animal list, where science, reading and spelling skills will be built at the same time through this list.
Practice pages will be assigned for the upcoming week's list on Friday to give additional study time. Over the weekend would be a good time to discuss the meaning of the words. Although we work on meaning typically on Fridays and Mondays, help from home is greatly encouraged! They will be receiving them daily as an assignment. A test over the lesson will be given every Friday. Please try to help your child study if you see they are not performing as well as you'd expect on the weekly test.
One strategy you can use to help is utilizing this website: http://www.spellingcity.com/ Students can learn spelling words, practice spelling tests, and play fun spelling games.
Science
There is a lot of information to know in Chapter 2, Animals. The "Big Idea" of this chapter is there are many kinds of animals. Animals can be grouped by their traits. The children have finished the second lesson, Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fish. Each child has a lot to share of their knowledge about animals. I would like them to be able to not only be interested in the animals discussed, but to know the characteristics of each animal group and how they differ by specific traits. This week we will be moving on to the Lesson 3, Life Cycles of animals. Finally, we will end the week with a Chapter 2 test
on Friday morning. Please review vocabulary in folder and Lesson 1 & 2 notes this weekend in preparation for the test.
Math (Mrs. K's Math class only)
This week we will begin with just adding quarters then we will continue working on adding the penny, nickel, dime, and quarter all together. The children will be encouraged to use Touch Math to solve the values of the coins presented.
Daily Homework
Reading- 20 minutes and fill in Independent Reading Folder Log due every Monday
- students should practice reading poem nightly to parents to work on fluency
Spelling- Practice Page nightly & study words with parents nightly
Science - test Friday, May 14th
- Reread Ch. 2 p.78-113 - Study vocabulary words & lesson reviews for test
*Please check your child's homework and sign assignment notebook when complete.
**If your child is having difficulties with their homework please send a note and I will help them during free time
