WEEK OF NOV. 23, 2009 4TH GRADE READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS

REMINDERS:

1. Please remember to cover all soft-covered books. Some children have not covered any and there are no extra copies if they rip.

2. Remember to read the purple assignment book and check the HW folder each night to know your child's homework for each day. Also, check your child’s notebooks to see what they are doing in class or if I have written you a note.

3. Your child needs to remember to bring all of their school supplies every day.

4. The children will a new book this week. The notes will be started in the Reading NB. The children should complete the notes on their own.

TESTS:

1.Spelling Test on the words from What Jo Did Weds. 11/25

2. Language Arts Test- Tuesday, 11/24. (see below)

PROJECT: Language Arts

Write a report on Thanks giving. The outline for the report will be in the Language Arts NB. The report should be three paragraphs long and follow the outline. It may be typed or written. It can also include pictures. Use your creativity. This is due today (latest tomorrow).

VOCABULARY: none

2. Reading Vocabulary Words from What Jo Did:

accept, learn, nervous, fouled, hoop, jersey, marveled, rim, speechless, swatted, unbelievable, backboard, dribbling, dunk. Check the Reading NB for these words.

SPELLING: Adding –s and –es to words

1. monkeys 2. friends 3. plays 4.supplies 5. taxes 6.holidays 7. months 8. companies 9.costumes 10.sandwiches 11. hobbies 12. daisies 13.delays 14. scratches 15. counties 16. teammates 17. memories 18. bunches 19.batteries 20. donkeys

Challenge Words:

21. eyelashes 22. ambulances 23. trophies 24. secretaries 25.inventories

LANGUAGE ARTS: We will be working on the following- Voyages Textbook pgs. 314-336. Test Tues. 11/24.

Sentences:

Declarative- (statement) I went to the store.

Interrogative- (question) Can you read quickly?

Imperative- (commands or requests) Put the book down.

Exclamatory- (exclamations) It is freezing in here!

Subjects and Predicates – complete and simple subjects and complete

and simple predicate; compound subjects and compound predicates.

The little girl went to the park.

Complete Subject- The little girl

Simple Subject- girl

Complete Predicate- went to the park

Simple Predicate- went

Compound Subjects and Predicates- a compound subject has two or more simple subjects connected by and or or. A compound predicate has two or more simple predicates connected with and or or.

eg. My mom and I went to the store. Compound Subject

The children were drawing and painting. Compound Predicate

Direct Objects- is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb.

eg. The Hudson River divides the two states. (states is the direct object).

Subject Complement- follows a linking verb (am, is, are, was, were, has, have). It is usually a noun or an adjective that tells more about the subject.

eg. The storm was a tornado. (tornado is the subject complement)

Compound Sentence- When two short sentences are related to one another, they can be combined by the words and, but, or or. A comma is added before these words.

eg. Lightning flashed. Thunder boomed. (two short sentences that are related)

Lightning flashed, and thunder boomed. (compound sentence)

Run-on Sentence- when two sentences are combined but not connected correctly. It usually occurs when two sentences are separated by only a comma and no connectors (and, but, or).

eg. I went to the store, I bought milk. (run-on sentence)

I went to the store, and I bought milk. (correct)

HOMEWORK:

Check the Purple Assignment Book every night for exact pages.

MONDAY: study for Language Arts Test

TUESDAY: Study for Spelling Test

WEDNESDAY: none

THURSDAY: none

FRIDAY: Read for at least 30 minutes over the weekend. You can read any book or the book that was given to you. JUST READ!

HAVE A HAPPY AND BLESSED THANKSGIVING!

Please click on the links below to review this week's Lesson Plans for Reading and Language Arts: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgcvdkk2_50dnb3fcdz

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