WEEK OF MARCH 9, 2009 4TH GRADE

REMINDERS: Remember to bring all school supplies everyday, including the homework. Please check your child’s purple assignment book every night for HW and notes. The children will be reading the Great Escape. The open book test for this book will be in approximately 3 weeks. The children should read for at least thirty minutes each day in order to finish the book in time. They should also take notes on important facts. The notes will be started in the back of the reading notebook so they will not be lost or forgotten. How-to Article will be due Weds., 3/11. The children will be presenting it to the class between Weds., 3/11- Thurs., 3/12. This will count as a speech, writing, and homework grade. Newspaper Project was due today, 3/9. Please see me if there is a problem. This will be presented to the class today and tomorrow. This will count as a speech, writing, and homework grade. TESTS: 1. Vocabulary Test on Wednesday 3/11 on the words from What Jo Did, Coyote School News, Grace and the Time Machine. All of the words for these stories are defined in the Reading Notebook. 2. Spelling Test on Tues. 3/10 on the words below VOCABULARY: Grace and the Time Machine excursion, invention, research, aboard, atlas, awkward, capable, chant, mechanical, miracle, reseats, vehicle, contraption, pantomime SPELLING: morning, forest, garbage, form, alarm, corner, story, argue, backyard, start, partner, storm, Florida, apartment, sport, force, forward, sharp, garden, Arkansas CHALLENGE WORDS: departure, margarine, informative, snorkel, carnation READING MONDAY: March 9 AIM: To present newspaper project in respective groups LESSON: 1. All vocabulary words and spelling words will be reviewed for the test 2. The each group will present their part of the newspaper HW: Read book; study for vocabulary and spelling tests, and complete the how-to article. TUESDAY: March 10 AIM: No class due to Title IID meeting. WEDNESDAY: March 11 AIM: To present how-to projects and complete a vocabulary test. LESSON: The children will demonstrate how to make something or teach how to do something. HW: see purple assignment book THURSDAY: March 12 AIM: To present how-to projects LESSON: The children will continue to present their how-to projects HW: read The Great Escape FRIDAY: March 13 NO SCHOOL LANGUAGE ARTS MONDAY, March 9 AIM: To continue presenting the newspaper project LESSON: The children will continue to present their part of the project with their groups. HW: see assignment book TUESDAY, March 10 AIM: To take a spelling test and finish news presentations. LESSON: 1.The students will take a spelling test 2. The children will continue to present their news project. HW: study for spelling test WEDNESDAY, March 11 AIM: To continue presenting the how-to projects and take a vocabulary test LESSON: The students will present their projects 2. The students will take a vocabulary test. HW: Write a three paragraph essay titled "The Person I Admire Most". Follow outline in the Lang. Arts NB. Due Weds. 3/18 THURSDAY, March 12 NO CLASS DUE TO PRACTICE FOR THE SPRING SHOW. FRIDAY, March 13 No class HAVE A GOOD WEEK!!!!