WEEK OF FEB. 23-27,2009 4TH GRADE

REMINDERS: Remember to bring all school supplies everyday, including the homework Please check your child’s purple assignment book every night for HW and notes. TESTS: 1. Open Book Test on The Borrowers Friday 2/27- bring notes and book VOCABULARY: Grace and the Time Machine excursion, invention, research, aboard, atlas, awkward, capable, chant, mechanical, miracle, reseats, vehicle, contraption, pantomime SPELLING: morning, forest, garbage, form, alarm, corner, story, argue, backyard, start, partner, storm, Florida, apartment, sport, force, forward, sharp, garden, Arkansas CHALLENGE WORDS: departure, margarine, informative, snorkel, carnation READING MONDAY: FEB. 2/23 AIM: To build vocabulary by finding words related to the lesson; to listen to a story and draw conclusions LESSON: 1. A listening activity will be completed 2. The comprehension skill of drawing conclusions will be discussed 3. The new vocabulary will be introduced and written in the Reading NB. 4. Background information for the story will be discussed HW: see purple assignment book TUESDAY: FEB. 2/24 AIM: to discuss newspaper projects . LESSON: The children will work on their newspaper project with their partners. HW: See assignment books WEDNESDAY: FEB. 2/25 NO class due to Mass THURSDAY: FEB.2/26 AIM: To review drawing conclusions and cause/effect LESSON: 1. The children will answer the Question of the Day 2. Activites reinforcing drawing conclusions and cause /effect relationships will be reviewed. Practice Book pp.56,57, 66, and 69 will be completed in class. 3. Vocabulary Words will be written in class notebook. . HW: Review for open book test tomorrow- bring book and notes FRIDAY: FEB.2/27 AIM: to complete an Open Book Test LESSON: 1. Book Test HW: read for at least 30 minutes. LANGUAGE ARTS MONDAY, FEB.23 AIM: To work on class newspaper LESSON: The students will work with their groups on the class newspaper HW: on LL write the title of the how-to essay and write the part of the newspaper you are working on. Who is in your group? What topics are you going to write about? TUESDAY, FEB.24 AIM:To work on newspaper article. LESSON: The children will work with their partners on their newspaper projects HW: check purple assignment book WEDNESDAY, FEB.25 AIM: To learn to write a how-to essay (expository writing) LESSON: The children will write the format for a How-to Essay HW: check purple assignment book THURSDAY, FEB. 26 AIM: To work on class newspaper; to review singular, plural, possessive nouns. LESSON: 1. The children will work on the class newspaper. 2. We will review errors made on the Lang. Arts Test on Nouns. HW: check purple assignment book FRIDAY, FEB. 27 No class due to 2:30 dismissal HW: review this week’s work HAVE A GOOD WEEK!!!!