WEEK OF MARCH 23- 27, 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.Please sign and return the tests handed out by Mr. Woods on Tuesday, 3/24 4.A new book will be 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 will be started in the back of the Reading NB. TESTS: 1. OPEN BOOK TEST ON THE GRAND ESCAPE TUES. 3/24. Bring book and any notes. 2. SPELLING TEST FRIDAY, 3/27. WORDS ARE ON P. 33 IN THE SPELLING BOOK. VOCABULARY: MARVEN OF THE GREAT NORTH WOODS business, resourceful, team, trustworthy, cord, dismay, grizzly (bear), immense, payroll, lumberjack, silhouettes SPELLING: (consonant pairs: ng, nk, ph, wh) Thanksgiving, among, think, blank, graph, young, wheel, nephew, belong, whiskers, whisper, elephant, white, shrink, wharf, trunk, strong, blink, chunk, skunk CHALLENGE WORDS: strengthen, bankrupt, phantom, whimsical, whatever READING MONDAY: March 23 AIM: To build new vocabulary by finding words related to the lesson concept. LESSON: 1. The students will respond to a Listening Comprehension Activity. 2. We will work on vocabulary building using a vocabulary word web 3. Lastly, we will identify statements of fact and opinion. HW: Write each spelling word on p. 33 5x each in Reading NB; study for Book Test tomorrow. TUESDAY: March 24 AIM: To take an open book test on the Grand Escape LESSON: The children will take an open book test on the Grand Escape HW: Write a sentence for words 1-13 on p. 33 in Spelling Book. Please do in Reading NB and underline each spelling word. WEDNESDAY: March 25 AIM: To use a dictionary or glossary to determine word meaning LESSON: 1. The children will answer the question of the day. 2. The children will use the dictionary /glossary to look up the meanings of new words. 3. The class will read the story of Marven of the Great North Woods together. 4. The class will discuss the main idea of the story and also review fact and opinion. HW: Write a sentence for words 14-25 in Reading NB. The words are on the blog, in the notebook, and on p. 33 of the Spelling Book. THURSDAY: March 26 AIM: To review comprehension skills- main idea and recalling details LESSON: 1. The children will answer the question of the day. 2. The children will discuss and complete the reader response questions on p. 233 in text. 3. We will complete pp. 33, 34 in the Spelling Book – reviewing ending sounds- ng, nk, ph, wh HW: Complete pp. 35, 36 in Spelling Book on looseleaf. Study for Spelling Test. FRIDAY: March 27 AIM: To take a spelling test LESSON: 1. The children will take a spelling test on the words from p. 33 in the Spelling Book. 2. We will review the vocabulary words for the story. 3. We will review consonant blends (ng, nk) and consonant digraphs (ph, wh) HW: Start reading the new books and make notes. LANGUAGE ARTS MONDAY, March 23 No class due to practice for Spring Show. TUESDAY, March 24 AIM: To introduce the new vocabulary for Marven of the Great North Woods LESSON: 1.The students will review new vocabulary words and write in their Reading NB. 2. We will make a Venn Diagram to describe similarities and differences of Lumbering in the Past and Lumbering Today. HW: check purple assignment book WEDNESDAY, March 25 AIM: To review terms used to name parts of an advertisement. LESSON: 1.The students will work on pp. 79, 80 in their NYS Practice Book dealing with advertisements. HW: check purple assignment books THURSDAY, March 26 NO CLASS DUE TO PRACTICE FOR THE SPRING SHOW HW: check purple assignment book FRIDAY, March 27- NO CLASS DUE TO 2:30 DISMISSAL HAVE A GOOD WEEK!!!!