Sept. 30, 2010

Tomorrow our special is Library.  I forgot to add our list of assignments yesterday, sorry for any inconvience.

Homework

Spelling- test
Reading- worked in a small group restating questions
Writing- Write a paragraph for each fall activity that you enjoy.  Make sure you include a topic sentence.
Science- Summary of what we did today, circuits.

Sept. 28

Homework

Writing- workbook page 116 (together)


page 120 (independently)

Spelling- workbook pages 118 and 119

Math- Lesson 23 (1-30)

Science- pages 319-320 (320 was done with table groups)

Tomorrow our special is Art!
Tommorrow will also be the last day for book orders!

Sept. 27, 2010

Tomorrow our special is Music!

Homework

Morning Work- DOL

Reading- Workbook pgs. 121-122

Math- Lesson 22 (1-30)

Science- Worksheet pg. 315-316

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Tomorrow our special is PE.

The kids don't have any homework today.  We took our first integrated reading test.  We finished our math tests from yesterday during math time today.  We worked on writing details and wrote on pumpkins to hang in our rooms.  The kids had to describe their favorite Halloween candy in a paragraph, they had a lot of fun! We also worked on a fall bullentin board, each student had to write about a good book that they have read.

Sept. 22, 2010

Homework

Spelling- workbook pages 88&89
Write your spelling words in sentences.  We have a test tomorrow!

Reading- Integrated Theme Test

Math- Test

Science- 1-4 Questions (Completed in class as a group)

Our special is Art tomorrow!

September 20, 2010

Tomorrow our special is Music!

Homework

Morning work-Write 3 paragraphs " If you were a superhero, what would your name, and power be?"

Reading- Half of the class worked on guide words.  The other half of the class worked on subject/predicate with me, tomorrow we will switch.
Workbook pg. 77

Math- Elapsed time worksheet
Lesson 20 (1-30)

Science- Lab report for yesterday's experiment

Monday Sept. 20

Tomorrow our special is Library!

Homework

Morning Work- DOL

Math- expanded form worksheet
Lesson 19 (1-30)

Science- Cling on tape experiment

Review Week for Spelling
safe

kept

gray

grown

wrote

blind

suit

crumb

wait

creak

steep

gain

still

gold

crime

few

trunk

steal

weight

meat

past

reach

coast

odd

sigh

true

tube

steel

creek

meet



Challenge Words

descent

graceful

rigid

newscast

knead

remind

continue

pour

slumber

pore

September 17, 2010

Monday is PE!

Homework

Math- lesson 18 (1-30)

Have a great weekend!

September 16, 2010

Homework

Reading- Reading comprehension questions 1-5 (page 128)
Writing- workbook page 62
Spelling- test
Math- Lesson 17 (1-30)
Science- Lesson outline 1-20



* Tomorrow is an early out day due to homecoming events. Come out and support the Rams tomorrow evening! It is also picture day, so do not forget to send your money and picture forms.



* Tomorrow's special is Art.

Sept. 15

Tomorrow is Music!

Homework
Reading- Workbook page 61
Writing- Write a friendly letter to Pa as one of the characters in the story, "By the Shores of Silver Lake," using details from the story.

Spelling- Test tomorrow

Math- Lesson 16 (1-30)

Science- Page F68 Vocabulary and answer questions 1, 2, 3, &5

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Tomorrow our special is Library!

Homework

Morning Work- Write 2 paragraphs  using writing prompt.
Writing Prompt:  What would you do if you stepped on a swarm of bees?

Spelling- Workbook pgs. 68-69

Reading- workbook pg. 70 (guide words)

Math- lesson 15 (1-30)

Science- Finished our lab report together in class.

Sept. 13, 2010


Homework

Reading- DOL Sheet
Writing- Reading workbook page 71 and 72
Math- Lesson 14 (1-30)

Science- We began learning how to write a lab report using the scientific method. We feel that this is an important skill to have for the many experiments that we will do throughout the school year.



Tomorrow is PE!

Spelling List Week 4

Homophones

1. steel
2. steal
3. lead
4. led
5. wait
6. weight
7. wear
8. ware
9. creak
10. creek
11. beet
12. beat
13. meet
14. meat
15. peak
16. peek
17. deer
18. dear
19. ring
20. wring



Challenge

pour
poor
vein
vane
vain

* When you practice the words for the test, you may want them to put the words in a sentence. It is as important for them to know the meaning as it is the spelling.

September 10, 2010

The only homework for today was math lesson13 (1-30)


*Thank you so much to everyone who came to Grandparent's Day! It was a huge success!!

*Monday is Art!
*With all of the activities today, I did not get graded papers handed out. I will get them out as soon as possible.

Monday is class color day, don't forget to wear red!

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Tomorrow our special is Music.  It is also Grandparent's Day!

Homework

Morning Work- Math Worksheet

Spelling- Pre-test

Reading- Comprehension Questions 1-5 on page 102.
Workbook pg. 47

Math- Lesson 12 (1-30)

Social Studies- Finished on our Grandparent's Day Project

Homecoming Week/Tutoring Information

Next week is homecoming week! The elementary has decided to participate in spirit days as follows:

Monday- Class Color Day- Fourth grade will be wearing red.
Tuesday- Favorite Sports Team Day
Wednesday- Disney Day
Thursday- Maroon and Gold Day
Friday- Dress Your Best Day (Early Dismissal)

*Picture Day is also Friday, September 17th.

Tutoring will begin next Tuesday, September 14th.  Tutoring will be held on Tuesday and Thursday nights.  You should have received a letter about it last week.  If you need another copy of the dates, just let me know.
During tutoring we will be focusing on homework help first.  If time permits we will be working on other skills in reading and math. We will also be working on test taking skills for the MAP Test.

Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010

Homework


Reading- workbook page 55 done in class
Workbook pg. 46
Writing - workbook page 51

Spelling - Workbook pages 53-54
Write each spelling word three times in alphabetical order

Math- Lesson 11 (1-30)

Spelling test tomorrow!
Tomorrow our special is Library!
Grandparents Day is this Friday from 1:30-3:00.

Monday Sept. 7, 2010

Our special tomorrow is PE.
Homework
Morning Work- Write two paragraphs
Write Prompt: Would you rather live in a desert or a grassland and why?
Reading- DOL sheet using proper editing marks
Spelling- workbook page 52 (partially done together)
Math- Test
Social Studies- Fifty Nifty project

Friday, Sept. 3

Homework

Spelling- Final test

Reading- Selection and Weekly Skills Test
*The first book report is due on Tueday!

Math- Lesson 10 (1-30)
*We will have a test on Tuesday over the skills of the first 10 lessons.

Social Studies- Worked  in our groups on our projects,

Spelling List Week 3 "Finding the Titanic"

Spelling List
1. brush
2. juice
3 .fruit
4 .tube
5. lunch
6 .crumb
7. few
8. true
9. truth
10. done
11. suit
12. pump
13. due
14. dull
15. tune
16. blew
17. trunk
18. sum
19. glue
20. threw

Challenge

newscast
commute
attitude
slumber
continue

* No school on Monday! The spelling test will not change because of the short week.

Thursday, Sept. 2

Tomorrow our special is Music.

Homework

Spelling- Study for final test if you need to take it tomorrow.

Reading- Workbook pgs. 41 & 42(Subjects and Predicates)
Vocabulary pg. 31

Math- lesson 9 (1-30)
Morning Work math sheet

Soc. St.- We worked on our Grandparent's Day project.