The weather threw us for a loop last week! We recovered well when we returned to school on Wednesday. A class discussion resulted in the postponement of our Social Studies test to Monday, 2/8. I don’t typically give exams on Monday but with winter recess a week away, we need to wrap up some of our academic subjects. The students are well aware that they should find some time over the weekend to study!
4th graders showed their team spirit on Friday for my annual class Super Bowl party. They spent the day working in teams to complete different challenges related to football and it was lots of fun! This week we will incorporate some Valentine fun and we will also begin a Famous African American research project.
WEEK: February 7-12
SPELLING: Valentine’s Spelling challenge; students will make a list of words that have to do with love and do activities each day using those words.
READING: Students will be reading Valentine picture books and writing reviews of them; they will complete story maps for each book
GRAMMAR: The class will be making Secret Valentine’s for some of the faculty members; the cards will include using adjectives and adverbs that we’ve been learning over the past two weeks
MATH: Chapter 6: simplest form, common denominator, compare fractions
SOCIAL STUDIES: TEST on Chapter 6; Famous African American research project
SCIENCE: Nutrition Unit: what is healthy eating?
TESTS THIS WEEK:
- Monday – Social Studies Chapter 6
IMPORTANT NOTES:
- On Friday students can dress down and wear red or pink or anything with a Valentine theme
This week’s prayer video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o15X2yZ1LT8