WEEK OF NOV. 30, 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 received a book last week. The notes were started in the Reading NB. The children should complete the notes on their own. The Book Test will be on Tues. 12/15.

5. Please sign all tests distributed by Mr. Woods on Thursday and return them on Friday, 12/4.

6. Parents please make sure that your child is doing the homework. Many children did not hand in the Thanksgiving Project last week and therefore received a zero. It is too late to hand it in now, but in the future check the blog because I always give more than enough time to complete projects. Also the homework is not being done at all or very carelessly by some children. HW counts as a grade and that is why many children had low Language Arts and Reading Grades!!!!

TESTS:

1. Spelling Test on the words from Coyote School News Friday, 12/11

2. Book Test on Fantastic Mr. Fox Tues. 12/15

3. Vocabulary Test- Friday, 12/4 (see Vocabulary NB)

VOCABULARY: see vocabulary notebook

1. categorize- to group things by how they are alike. eg. by color or size
2. synonyms- words that have similar meanings. eg. happy, glad
3. antonyms- words that have opposite meanings. eg. open, close
4. homophones- words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings. eg. tail ( an animal’s tail) tale (a fairy tale)
5. infer- to imply or conclude

2. Reading Vocabulary Words from Coyote School News:

convince, energetic, offers, bawling, coyote, dudes, roundup, spurs, mesquite, promoted. Check the Reading NB for these words.

SPELLING: irregular plurals

videos, teeth, potatoes, themselves, lives, leaves, cliffs, roofs, halves, moose, radios, sheep, cuffs, beliefs, patios, banjos, tornadoes, tomatoes, hoofs, loaves

Challenge Words:

portfolios, embargoes, handkerchiefs, calves, lassoes

LANGUAGE ARTS: We will be working on the following- Voyages Textbook pgs. 314-336.

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)

NOUNS: A word that names a person, place, or thing. (boy, house, pencil)

Common Noun- names any member of a group of persons, places, or things. Less specific than a proper noun and begins with a lower case letter unless it is the first word in a sentence. (dog, man, school)

Proper Noun- begins with a capital letter and names a particular person, place, or thing. More specific than a common noun. (German Shepherd, Mr. Woods, O.L.Q.M.)

HOMEWORK:

Check the Purple Assignment Book every night for exact pages.

MONDAY: Practice Book pg. 53 ( Cause and Effect) on LL.

TUESDAY: Word Study pg. 56 plurals 1-20 on LL

WEDNESDAY: Voyages Book pgs. 339 Exercise 1 (1-5) write each sentence and underline the nouns in each sentence. Do in the Lang. Arts NB.

THURSDAY: Voyages Book pgs.341 Ex 2 Write everything out in three columns . Study for Vocabulary Test and sign test papers.

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 GREAT WEEK!

Please click on the links below to review this week's Lesson Plans for Reading and Language Arts:

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