We are off to a great start in 4th grade! The students and I had several discussions during the first week of school about making our classroom a positive learning environment. We are all ready to share the responsibility and work hard this year.
Below you will find some information about what we will be doing this week.
WEEK: September 10 – 14
SPELLING: blade, gray, past, afraid, magic, delay, amaze, drain, maybe, break, sale, hang, stain, glass, raft, jail, crayon, fact, stale, steak. CHALLENGE WORDS: fraction, trait, champion, activity, graceful
READING: We are reading the novel, Because of Winn Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo
GRAMMAR: simple subjects/predicates; complete subjects/predicates; compound subjects/predicates
MATH: modeling place value, reading and writing numbers, comparing, ordering, and rounding numbers
SOCIAL STUDIES: Chapter 1, Lesson 1 New York’s Regions; Lesson 2 Rivers and Lakes
RELIGION: creation story; “Dear God” letters
TESTS this week:
- Friday – Spelling
IMPORTANT NOTES:
- Please sign up for the Remind App. Follow the instructions sent home last week to receive text messages about important class information.
- Pizza Fridays start next week.
- Student photos (4×6) are due Friday.