4TH GRADE PLANS FOR NOV.10-NOV.14, 2008

REMINDERS: 1. SIGN TESTS HANDED OUT ON WEDS. BY MR. WOODS. PLEASE RETURN BY FRIDAY,11/14. 2. COME PREPARED FOR CLASS EVERYDAY AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU COMPLETE EVERY HW ASSIGNMENT CAREFULLY. HW COUNTS AS A GRADE. 3. YOU SHOULD BE READING A CHAPTER IN EITHER RAMONA AND HER FATHER OR A TASTE OF BLACKBERRIES. REMEMBER TO TAKE NOTES AS YOU READ. THE BOOK TEST WILL BE FRIDAY,12/5. MONDAY,NOV.10,2008 READING 1.COMPREHENSION SELECTION TEST FOR BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIE 2.REVIEW VOCABULARY ON WORD WALL 3.DISCUSS USING A DICTIONARY/GLOSSARY LANGUAGE ARTS 1.AIM HIGHER: READ SELECTION AND ANSWER THE COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS HW: AIM HIGHER- ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ON P. 68 ON LL. INCLUDE THE QUESTION IN THE ANSWER TUESDAY,NOV.11,2008 NO CLASSES- VETERANS DAY WEDNESDAY, NOV.12,2008 READING GRANDFATHER'S JOURNEY- DAY 5 1.TO PRACTICE FINDING THE MAIN IDEA AND DETAILS IN A SHORT ARTICLE. 2.TO REVIEW THE CONCEPT OF SEQUENCING IN A NONFICICTION ARTICLE (SEQUENCE IS THE ORDER IN WHICH THINGS HAPPEN. DATES, TIMES, AND CLUE WORDS SUCH AS FIRST, THEN, NEXT, AND LAST CAN HELP TO UNDERSTAND THE ORDER OF EVENTS). 3.PRACTICE BOOK PGS.25,26 4.COMPREHENSION TEST ON LEWIS, CLARK AND ME. HW.PRACTICE BOOK P.26 QUESTIONS 1-5 ON LL. INCLUDE THE QUESTION IN THE ANSWER. LANGUAGE ARTS 1. REVIEW SUBJECTS P. 9 IN GRAMMAR WB. SUBJECT-THE PART OF THE SENTENCE THAT TELLS WHOM OR WHAT THE SENTENCE IS ABOUT. ALL THE WORDS IN THE SUBJECT ARE CALLED THE COMPLETE SUBJECT.. THE SIMPLE SUBJECT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT WORD IN THE COMPLETE SUBJECT. IT IS THE NOUN OR PRONOUN OF WHICH THE SENTENCE IS ABOUT. THE SIMPLE SUBJECT CAN BE MORE THAN ONE WORD,AS IN UNITED STATES. THURSDAY,NOV.13,2008 READING 1. REVIEW SEQUENCING IN A NONFICTION ARTICLE P. 27,28 IN PRACTICE BOOK 2. DISCUSS ELECTRONIC MEDIA- COMPUTER AND NON-COMPUTER PGS.29,30 IN PRACTICE BOOK LANGUAGE ARTS 1. REVIEW PREDICATES P.9 GRAMMAR WORKBOOK PREDICATE- THE PART OF THE SENTENCE THAT TELLS WHAT THE SUBJECT IS OR DOES. ALL THE WORDS IN THE PREDICATE ARE CALLED THE COMPLETE PREDICATE. THE SIMPLE PREDICATE, OR VERB, IS THE MOST IMPORTANT WORD IN THE COMPLETE PREDICATE. A SIMPLE PREDICATE CAN BE MORE THAN ONE WORD, AS IN IS RUNNING. HW:GRAMMAR WORKBOOK P. 10 1-12 IN LA NB. READ THE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY!!!!! FRIDAY,NOV.14,2008 READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS 1.END OF SELECTION TEST FOR GRANDFATHER'S JOURNEY. 2.REVIEW LA HW P. 10 3.COMPLETE PG. 11 IN GRAMMAR WORKBOOK