WEEK OF APRIL 20-24, 2009 4TH GRADE
REMINDERS:
1.Remember to bring all school supplies everyday, including the homework
2.Please check your child’s purple assignment book every night for HW and notes.
3. A new book, Stuart Little was given to the children to read on Weds. 3/25. Please make sure that they read for 30 mins. every day and make notes. The notes were started in the back of the Reading NB. There will be a test on this book on this Friday, 4/24.
TESTS:
1. OPEN BOOK TEST ON STUART LITTLE FRI. 4/24.
2. SPELLING TEST FRIDAY, 4/24. WORDS ARE ON P.37 IN THE SPELLING BOOK.
VOCABULARY: MARVEN OF THE GREAT NORTH WOODS
business, resourceful, team, trustworthy, cord, dismay, grizzly (bear), immense, payroll, lumberjack, silhouettes
VOCABULARY: SO YOU WANT TO BE PRESIDENT?
capital, capitol, clerks, Constitution, howling, humble, politics, responsibility, solemnly, vain, execute, oath, priority
SPELLING: (ear, ir, our, ur)
return, courage, surface, purpose, first, turkey, heard, early, turtle, birthday, journal, courtesy, nourish, purse, furniture, search, curtain, burrow, hamburger, survey
CHALLENGE WORDS:
turquoise, absurd, furthermore, flourish, nourishment
READING
MONDAY: April 20
Aim: To fix assignments in portfolios
HW: work on advertisement that is due 4/23. Tomorrow the topic for the commercial is due on a piece of looseleaf. Please put your full heading on the looseleaf.
TUESDAY: April 21 NO CLASS DUE TO EARLY DISMISSAL
WEDNESDAY: APRIL 22- NO CLASS DUE TO EARLY DISMISSAL
THURSDAY: APRIL 23
AIM: To display and explain advertisements to the class
LESSON: 1. The children will demonstrate their advertisements to the class.
HW: bring notes and book for Book Test on Stuart Little tomorrow.
FRIDAY: APRIL 24
AIM: To take an Open Book Test
LESSON: The students will take an Open Book Test on Stuart Little
HW: Work on Commercial which will be due Thursday, April 30.
LANGUAGE ARTS
MONDAY, April 20 Finish working on Portfolios.
TUESDAY, March 21 NO CLASS DUE TO PARENT CONFERENCES
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 NO CLASS DUE TO A FACULTY MEETING
THURSDAY, APRIL 23
AIM: To continue with the advertisement projects
LESSON: 1. Review how to advertise or announce certain events or products.
2. Discuss persuasion and how it is used to sell products or ideas.
3. The students will explain their individual advertisements.
HW: study for Spelling Test
FRIDAY, April 3- NO CLASS DUE TO 2:30 DISMISSAL
HW:
1. WORK ON YOUR COMMERCIAL . The commercial itself will be due to be presented on Thurs. 4/30.
2. Review pages 1-40 in the Grammar and Practice Handbook.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK!
