Week 16

The 4th Grade Musical is THIS Thursday night at 7pm!  I hope you and your family have all made plans to join us and see all of the great work your children have put into this entertaining show!  When you arrive on Thursday evening, please send the children to the classrooms where we will finish getting ready while you are finding a seat, but there is no need for your child to be here before 6:30.  The girls in our class are standing on the left hand (if you are facing the stage) part of the stage while the boys are on the right.  You may want to choose to sit on the opposite side of the gym to see them best!

Reading: The children are really enjoying The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe especially as we are getting deeper into the story and deeper into the action!  This week, we are continuing to talk about sequence of events in the story while also being on the lookout for those Sign Posts that tell us the author is telling us something important: Again and Again, Aha Moments, and Contrasts and Contradictions.  The vocabulary words this week are: sulkily, stunning, intended, shafts, vermin, strides, stammered, swiftly, repulsive, vicious, and quarrels.  Since the play is Thursday night and we will be having a few practices this week during our reading time, our vocabulary test will be next Tuesday.

Spelling: Again this week we have words with an added ed and ing ending.  Our spelling test will also be next Tuesday.

Language: We will begin looking at adjectives this week and how to use them to improve our writing.

Math: This week we will continue to look at multiplication by solving some larger-number problems as well as money and multiplying 3 numbers together.  Our test will most likely be Tuesday of next week, but we will begin reviewing a little bit later this week.

Alabama History: We finished discussing the Creek War this morning and will talk more about the Trail of Tears later this week.  The children's Alabama History project is due next Wednesday.  They are welcome to take home their books, newspapers and/or notebooks to help them with this project.  It can be simple or elaborate, it just needs to include all of the points outlined on the pink rubric that was sent home last week.

Science: The children will be investigating friction this week and how it impacts movement.