4TH GRADE PLANS- OCT.20- OCT.24,2008
NEW VOCABULARY WORDS: lEWIS, CLARK AND ME
PIONEER, SETTLERS, TERRITORIES, TRAVELED, DOCKS, MIGRATING, SCAN, SCENT, WHARF, YEARNED, CONSULT, LEISURELY, MUTUAL, INTERPRETED, SCOUT, ATTENTION, KINDNESS, UNDERSTANDS, DEN, KEEN, PREY
SPELLING WORDS: LESSON 2
SIGH, RIGHT, WEIGH, EIGHT, DETAIL, HEIGHT, SPRAY, BRAID, BAIT, GRAIN, SLIGHT, THIGH, TIGHT, RAISIN, TRAIT, HIGHWAY, FRIGHTEN, DISMAY, FREIGHT, SLEIGH
CHALLENGE WORDS:
EIGHTEEN, MAYONNAISE, CAMPAIGN, DAYLIGHT, TWILIGHT
TESTS:
1. SPELLING TEST- FRIDAY, OCT. 24
2. VOCABULARY TEST- FRIDAY, OCT. 24
3. BOOK TEST- THE FAMILY UNDER THE BRIDGE: OCT. 30. THE CHILDREN MAY MAKE NOTES AND USE THEM FOR THE TEST.
REMINDERS:
1. REMINDERS:
Many children are coming to school unprepared. They are not bringing sharpened pencils, notebooks or looseleaf. Please make sure that your child is prepared for class each day, because it teaches him/her to be organized and responsible.
Please also check your child's folder, notebooks, and purple assignment book each day to see what your child is doing during the schoolday.
READING
MONDAY, OCT. 20
DAY 1- LEWIS, CLARK AND ME
1. Discuss the Question of the Week
2. Read Aloud- Johnny Appleseed and discuss author's purpose pgs. 40,41
3. Write new vocabulary in notebook
HW- Practice Book pg. 11
TUESDAY, OCT. 21
DAY 2- LEWIS, CLARK AND ME
1.Building background on Lewis and Clark (prior knowledge)
2.Discuss homophones- words that sound the same, are spelled differently, and mean different things. eg. allowed, aloud
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 22
DAY 3- LEWIS, CLARK AND ME
1. Question of the Day- discuss
2. Read the story and discuss author's purpose
3. Discuss Reader's Response Questions
THURSDAY, OCT.23
DAY 4- LEWIS, CLARK AND ME
1. Question of the Day- discuss
2. Read They Traveled with Lewis and Clark pgs. 62-65
3. Discuss Narrative Nonfiction
4. Review vocabulary
FRIDAY, OCT.24
1.SPELLING TEST- LESSON 2
2.VOCABULARY TEST- STORIES 1 AND 2
LANGUAGE ARTS
MONDAY, OCT. 20
1. Write spelling words and put them in categories according to their vowel sound
2. Words with long a and long i
TUESDAY, OCT. 21
1. Introduce Imperative and Exclamatory Sentences
HW. Grammar Practice Book pgs. 5&6
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 22
1. Fix It- make corrections to sentences that contain errors.
2. Discuss interjections
HW- Spelling Sentences for words 1-13
THURSDAY, OCT. 23
1. Discuss commands and exclamations as part of narrative writing.
2. Write Test Tip p. 65F in LA NB
HW- Spelling Sentences for words 14-25
Study for tests tomorrow
FRIDAY, OCT.24
NO CLASS DUE TO A FACULTY MEETING
