The students did a great job getting through all of our Benchmark testing.  We are back to a regular academic schedule this week. 

On Friday, I will host my 6th Annual Superbowl Party for the 4th grade.  Student invitations will be sent out on Wednesday, and we have been discussing how following classroom rules will earn each one of them the privilege to participate in this fun event.  The day will be spent doing fun football activities that relate to our Math, Social Studies, Science, and ELA curriculum.  I will provide some snacks for the whole class.

WEEK: January 28 – February 1

SPELLING: turkey, lonely, colony, steady, hungry, valley, hockey, starry, melody, movie, duty, drowsy, chimney, plenty, daily, alley, fifty, empty, injury, prairie Challenge Words:  envy, fiery, discovery, mercy, mystery

READING: Anchor text, “The Life & Times of the Ant”; Vocabulary:  social, exchanges, excess, reinforce, storage, transport, chamber, scarce, obstacles, transfers

GRAMMAR: past and present participles; participial phrases

WRITING: Group winter writing assignments

MATH: equivalent fractions

SOCIAL STUDIES: Chapter 6, Lessons 1 & 2 government and economy

SCIENCE: Unit 6 changes to the Earth’s surface

TESTS this week:

  • •Thursday: Memory Quiz
  • Friday: Spelling, Reading, Grammar

IMPORTANT NOTES:

  • The Memory verse is always given out one week prior to the quiz.  Students should read the verse once or twice each night for the whole week in order to memorize it.  Please be sure to help them develop this good habit at home.
  • Friday is a dress down fundraiser.  The cost is $5 to participate.

This week’s prayer video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqtf71mILwY