Last week, we took a pause from reading Because of Winn-Dixie and discussed the main characters and their traits. In order to creatively list these traits, we made spiders (invertebrates 😉 don’t you just love it when lessons tie in with each other? *happy dance*) and on each spider leg, students had to list a different trait of their chosen character. Here are our creepy crawlies!
 
 
 
 
Beanstalks!
Look at how much our teeny-tiny seeds have grown!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Owls in the Classroom
Last week for art class, Grade 4 recycled old newspapers and turned them into beautiful works of art. Have a peek at how magnificent our owls turned out.
 
 
 
Objectives and Homework for October 29 – November 2, 2012
Harvest Assembly on October 31, 2012
FBCS is collecting canned goods again this year to give to families in need. Please allow your child/children to donate a few canned items to help those less fortunate. Thank you!
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English Form the present tense of verbs.
– Form the past tense of verbs, including those ending with ‘e’.
– Identify and write past tense verbs with helping verbs ‘has, had or have’ with singular or plural subjects.
Homework: Monday: page 46
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Because of Winn-Dixie: – We are continuing our class novel (Because of Winn-Dixie). Every week, we will be covering a few chapters, and after every 5 chapters, we will be having a quiz to ensure that every student comprehends what they are reading. Please ask your child/children questions about what we have read in class, and encourage him/her/them (as I do) to bring home their books to review what was read in class. My only rule is asking them not to read ahead of what we have covered in class unless they have been asked to do so. At the end of this book, they will be required to complete a book report. Further information on this will be provided at a later date, when we are closer to completing it. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Homework – Tuesday: Complete Understanding Disabilities Handout (Due Friday, November 2)
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Math – Recall and apply facts for 11 and 12.
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– Choose the best strategy to solve a problem.
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– Multiply 3 factors.
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– Find factors and multiples of whole numbers.
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Homework: – Tuesday: Pegasus: page 34, Leopards: page 34 1-6, 13-16, 21-22 Dragons: page 33
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Spelling Homework – We will not have any spelling homework this week. Instead, I will be quizzing the class on 20 random words that we have studied so far.
Science Homework – Study for Chapter 2 Test on Wednesday, October 31.
Social Studies – Identify our Caribbean neighbors.
Bible – Demonstrate the use of Bible commentary.
– Read and respond to scriptural evidence of God’s eternal nature.
Homework: – Study Bible Verse for Friday. (Parents, please encourage your child/children to study and memorize his/her Bible verse. This counts towards their end of term Bible grade.)
– All scripture is God Breathed and it is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteous, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17
Multiplication…Here We Come!
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The time has arrived! We are starting Chapter 4 – Apply Multiplication and Division Facts. Please take some time during the next few weeks to help your child memorize his/her multiplication facts. Learning their basic multiplication facts sets a really solid foundation when we move on to tackle multi-digit multiplication and long division. Allow them to go on to mathletics.com to play some fun multiplication games. Some other online multiplication sites are:
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· http://www.multiplication.com/games
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· http://www.fun4thebrain.com/mult.htmlÂ
· http://www.familylearning.org.uk/multiplication_games.html
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· http://www.mathplayground.com/hm_multiplication.htmlÂ
There are loads of online multiplication games for your child/children to practice their facts while having fun. If you have found an amazing site that your child really enjoys, feel free to let me know so that I can add it to my list of game sites!
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Ms. Suckoo
Dylan’s Amazing Christmas Tree
For free time, Dylan earned some art time on the board. Here is his amazing Christmas creation that helped to put us in the Christmas spirit! Thanks Dylan! Beautiful work!
Planting Seeds under Paper Towel!
On Friday for Science class, instead of planting seeds using soil, we used paper towel. A few students were skeptical if this would actually work! I am happy to announce that it did work. If you want proof…take a peek at our super cool photos!
 
 
 
 
 
 
Objectives and Homework for October 15 – 19, 2012
English – Identify and use action verbs in sentences.
– Identify the main verb and the helping verb in a sentence.
– Identify and correctly use present, past and future tense verbs.
Homework: – Monday: page 36
– Wednesday: page 38
Because of Winn-Dixie: – We started our class novel (Because of Winn-Dixie). Every week, we will be covering a few chapters, and after every 5 chapters, we will be having a quiz to ensure that every student comprehends what they are reading. Please ask your child/children questions about what we have read in class, and encourage him/her/them (as I do) to bring home their books to review what was read in class. My only rule is asking them not to read ahead of what we have covered in class unless they have been asked to do so. At the end of this book, they will be required to complete a book report. Further information on this will be provided at a later date, when we are closer to completing it. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Math –Understand how multiplication and division are related.
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– Use multiplication properties and division rules.
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– Recall multiplication and division facts from 0 through 5.
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Homework: – Wednesday: page 59
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–         Thursday: Page 62 (Pegasus – All, Leopards 1-4, 7-9, 12-13 and  Dragons 1-3, 7-9, 12)
Spelling Homework – Study for Spelling Test on Friday.
Homework: Tuesday: Pages 27-28
– Thursday: Page 29
Science – Describe the stages in the life cycle of flowering plants.
– Describe how plants reproduce using only spores.
– Recall information on plant cycles.
Homework: Vertebrates/Invertebrates Project DUE October 19, 2012 (see handout given to every student on Friday, September 28. There is also a copy of it on the previous blog entry. Please see me if you have any questions.
Bible – Use a timeline and a map to enhance our Bible Study.
– Examine and analyze information from a concordance.
Homework: – Study Bible Verse for Friday. (Parents, please encourage your child/children to study and memorize his/her Bible verse. This counts towards their end of term Bible grade.)
– If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
Psalm 139:8
Harvest Assembly – FBCS is collecting cans goods again this year to give to those in need. Please allow your child/children to donate a few canned items to help those less fortunate. Thank you!
Organizing and Displaying Data
We started a new chapter focus this week in math! We are learning to Organize, Display and Interpret Data. We had a little fun yesterday, as we took a survey and created our own bar charts.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Objectives and Homework for October 8-12, 2012
English -Form plural possessive nouns. – Unit 2 Check-Up (October 10). Homework: – Monday: Plural Possessive HandoutBecause of Winn-Dixie: – We started our class novel (Because of Winn-Dixie). Every week, we will be covering a few chapters, and after every 5 chapters, we will be having a quiz to ensure that every student is comprehending what they are reading. Please ask your child/children questions about what we have read in class, and encourage him/her/them (as I do) to bring home their books to review what was read in class. My only rule is asking them not to read ahead of what we have covered in class unless they have been asked to do so. At the end of this book, they will be required to complete a book report. Further information on this will be provided at a later date, when we are closer to completing it. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Math -Take a survey and collect and organize data.
– Identify the mode, median and outliers of a set of data.
– Solve problems by making a table.
Homework – Tuesday: Homework Practice page 15
Wednesday – Reteach Book (Pegasus and Leopards page 40, Dragons page 39)
Spelling Homework – Study for Spelling Test on Friday. Homework: Tuesday: Pages 23-24– Thursday: Page 25Science – Recall facts about genes, traits and heredity.– Observe how seeds germinate. – Describe the stages in the life cycle of flowering plants. Homework: Vertebrates/Invertebrates Project DUE October 19, 2012 (see handout given to every student on Friday, September 28. There is also a copy of it on the previous blog entry. Please see me if you have any questions.Bible– Match scriptures to fulfilled prophecy with the correct statements. – Deduce that God’s Word is for all people for all time. Homework: – Study Bible Verse for Friday. (Parents, please encourage your child/children to study and memorize his/her Bible verse. This counts towards their end of term Bible grade.)– God is spirit, and His worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth. John 4:24