We will be starting a new book Walk Two Moons by Sharon Screech. Please have your child read 20-30 minutes a day M-Th. I will be sending home a bookmark that you can initial daily to let me know your child did the nightly reading. They do not have to summarize. I will also start sending home NIE writing assignments. Here is the link to the kid newspaper edition last year: http://www.itemlive.com/special/NIE10.pdf
We will be writing: a book review, an article about technology, a review of a movie, tv show or local restaurant, a poem or an essay about our pet and a Golden Apple award.
Mrs. K
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Study Is. week of Jan 10
The 5th grade had the highest score this week. I have posted new assignments for the 4th grade: lesson 10. The games are: Beanbag, cheerleading and darts.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Writing HW grade 4
Homework grade 4 Jan 10 - 14 (we will not have any reading HW this week)
Monday and Tuesday:
Share and discuss your writing folder with a parent
Rewrite your rough draft (yellow paper) on Snow Day onto white paper
Fix spelling and capitalization mistakes
Add more details/ skills (use purple paper)
Add your small moment about sledding that you wrote on another piece of yellow paper (this should go in at about paragraph 3)
Add your small moment about a snowball fight to your final copy (around paragraph 5 or 6)
Make sure you skip a line and indent every paragraph
Final copy should be 2 pgs. minimum (you can write on the back)
Reread the FINAL copy to a parent
Pass in the folder and the white paper to Mrs. Kennedy on WED.
Wednesday:
Practice writing small moments
Write a paragraph (small moment) about meeting your new puppy for the first time
Make sure you have:
Vivid verbs
Adjective noun combinations
A show don’t tell (your feelings)
Read the paragraph to an adult
Thursday:
Practice writing small moments
Write a paragraph about being on an amusement park ride ( a roller coaster would be an example)
Make sure you have:
Vivid verbs
Adjective noun combinations
3. A show don’t tell (your feelings)
Read the paragraph to an adult
Monday and Tuesday:
Share and discuss your writing folder with a parent
Rewrite your rough draft (yellow paper) on Snow Day onto white paper
Fix spelling and capitalization mistakes
Add more details/ skills (use purple paper)
Add your small moment about sledding that you wrote on another piece of yellow paper (this should go in at about paragraph 3)
Add your small moment about a snowball fight to your final copy (around paragraph 5 or 6)
Make sure you skip a line and indent every paragraph
Final copy should be 2 pgs. minimum (you can write on the back)
Reread the FINAL copy to a parent
Pass in the folder and the white paper to Mrs. Kennedy on WED.
Wednesday:
Practice writing small moments
Write a paragraph (small moment) about meeting your new puppy for the first time
Make sure you have:
Vivid verbs
Adjective noun combinations
A show don’t tell (your feelings)
Read the paragraph to an adult
Thursday:
Practice writing small moments
Write a paragraph about being on an amusement park ride ( a roller coaster would be an example)
Make sure you have:
Vivid verbs
Adjective noun combinations
3. A show don’t tell (your feelings)
Read the paragraph to an adult
Vocabulary for grade 4 The Cricket In Times Square
Please review these words with your child
Grade 4, Theme 3, The Cricket in Times Square
Vocabulary Words
wistfully longingly; sadly remembering something nice
scrounging looking for scraps of food or abandoned materials
acquaintance knowing someone or something
excitable very emotional; easily excited
eavesdropping listening secretly to a conversation
sympathetically in a way that shows concern for someone's feelings
logical reasonable; to be expected
Grade 4, Theme 3, The Cricket in Times Square
Vocabulary Words
wistfully longingly; sadly remembering something nice
scrounging looking for scraps of food or abandoned materials
acquaintance knowing someone or something
excitable very emotional; easily excited
eavesdropping listening secretly to a conversation
sympathetically in a way that shows concern for someone's feelings
logical reasonable; to be expected
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Homework week of Jan 3-6
Grade 4: We will be finishing Sarah Plain and Tall for HW this week. We read the first 3 chapters in school. Please have your child read a chapter or two each night and summarize. They should finish the whole book (chapter 9) by Thurs. night. I will check HW on Fri.
STUDY ISLAND : new assignment posted
Grades 4 & 5 the games for Study Is. this week are: Archery, banana toss and basketball
Grade 5: Poster on Hurricanes/text features (See previous post for picture) is due on Tues. I will be sending home Greek and Latin roots flashcards to study (quiz on Fri). Focus on the words that are more commonly used. Those are the ones on the quiz.
Read a chapter a night in The Cay and summarize.
STUDY ISLAND: new assignment posted
STUDY ISLAND : new assignment posted
Grades 4 & 5 the games for Study Is. this week are: Archery, banana toss and basketball
Grade 5: Poster on Hurricanes/text features (See previous post for picture) is due on Tues. I will be sending home Greek and Latin roots flashcards to study (quiz on Fri). Focus on the words that are more commonly used. Those are the ones on the quiz.
Read a chapter a night in The Cay and summarize.
STUDY ISLAND: new assignment posted
yeast cells and balloons
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