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Objectives and Homework for October 14 – 18, 2013

English – Identify and use action verbs in sentences.

– Identify the main verb and helping verbs in a sentence.

Homework: – Wednesday page 36

Because of Winn-Dixie – We are continuing our class novel – Because of Winn-Dixie this week in class. Each child will has been given their own copy to hold on to while we are studying this book. They are responsible for taking proper care of it, taking it home with them to re-read chapters and bring it to school every day. 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 questions about what we have read in class, and encourage him/her (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.

This week, we are reading chapters 19-20. Our Chapter 19-20 Quiz will be on Friday, October 18.

Math – Use multiplication properties and division rules.

– Recall multiplication and division facts 0-5.

– Choose an operation to solve a problem.

Homework: Monday: page 152 – Sharks: All, Iguanas: 1-4, 7-9, 12-13, Koalas 1-3, 7-9, 12.

Tuesday: page 63 – Sharks: All, Iguanas: 1-12, Koalas: 1-9

Wednesday: page 69

Thursday: page 67 

Spelling Homework –Study for Spelling Test on Friday.

– Tuesday: page 23

– Thursday: page 24-25

Science – Describe how plants reproduce using only spores.

– Describe the stages of an animal’s life cycle.

Homework: Vertebrates/Invertebrates Project, due October 18.

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.)

The gracious hand of his God was on him. For Ezra had devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the Lord, and to teaching its decrees and laws of Israel. Ezra 7:9-10

Grade 4 will learn: The gracious hand of his God was on him. For Ezra had devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the Lord… Ezra 7:9-10

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Fruity Friday

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Dear Parents,

Tomorrow is Fruity Friday!

 As a reminder, on Fridays that we have no holidays or a school break, grades K – 6 will rotate donating and participating in our ‘Fruity Friday Healthy Snack Sale’.  Last week the Grade 3 class hosted the sale, and tomorrow—11th October—is Grade 4’s turn!  You should have received a note in your child’s backpack, which would’ve included recommended snacks.

Each item is sold at $0.50 and the funds raised are then put back into the classrooms for needed resources.

If you could kindly drop off your child’s ‘Healthy Snack’ in the school office in the morning or prior to 2:30pm tomorrow it would be greatly appreciated.  Reminder: PLEASE NO ITEMS CONTAINING NUTS.

**If you have 20 – 25 minutes and are able to assist with the Healthy Snack sales from 2:25pm – 2:50pm, please let me or the office know.

Thanks so much for your support!

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Mode, Median and Outlier

We had some fun learning about the Mode, Median and Outlier yesterday and today! Just to refresh your memory (smile), here are the definitions. For today’s homework, everyone will be creating a poster to help them to remember each term, so just ask your child to tell you about his/her poster tonight. We also went beyond and learned a few new terms as well, which will come in handy when our Terra Nova tests come around next year.

FIRST STEP IS TO ALWAYS PUT YOUR NUMBERS IN ORDER FROM LEAST TO GREATEST.

Mean: is the average. I described it to them that the mean, is the MEAN thing to do, because it involves gathering (adding) everyone up and then splitting (dividing) them up. I used the example that what if I gathered up all of their family members and then split them up in each continent…that would be pretty MEAN thing for me to do, right?

Median: is the middle number. I taught them to use their fingers (one on the first number, and the other on the last number), then bunny hop until their fingers meet in the middle. If they end up with two numbers, they need to add both numbers and then divide by 2 to get the median.

Mode: is the most popular number (the number that appears the most).

Outlier: the number that is outside of the box. This poor number is the outcast…he is either too big or too small to fully be apart of the group.

Range: The difference between the largest and smallest number. To find this out, you would subtract your smallest number, from the largest number.

Here is the link for the website that we used today. I’m also attaching another fun link to try!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/ks2_activities/maths/mode_median_mean.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/digger/9_11entry/5.shtml

 

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Objectives and Homework for October 7 – 11, 2013

English – Form singular possessive nouns. (Example Bob’s ball…)

– Form plural possessive nouns. (Example women’s books… or babies’ cries…)

Homework: – Monday singular and plural possessive nouns handout

Please note that we will be having our Unit 2 Check-Up on Wednesday.

Because of Winn-Dixie – We are continuing our class novel – Because of Winn-Dixie this week in class. Each child will has been given their own copy to hold on to while we are studying this book. They are responsible for taking proper care of it, taking it home with them to re-read chapters and bring it to school every day. 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 questions about what we have read in class, and encourage him/her (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.

This week, we are reading chapters 11-15. Our Chapter 11-15 Quiz will be on Friday, October 11.

Math – Identify the mode, median and outlier.

– Solve problems by making a table.

– Understand how multiplication and division are related.

Homework: Tuesday: Created a poster describing the Mean, Mode and Outlier. Please include examples of each on your poster.

Wednesday: Homework Practice page 16

Spelling Homework –Study for Spelling Test on Friday.

– Thursday – Winn-Dixie spelling handout

Science – Describe how traits are developed.

– Describe the stages in the life cycle of flowering plants.

Homework: Vertebrates/Invertebrates Project, due October 18.

Bible – Use a timeline and a map to enhance our Bible study.

– Examine and analyze information from a concordance.

– Demonstrate the use of Bible commentary.

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.)

The Lord your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn His face from you if you return to Him. 2 Chronicles 30:9

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Fall Trees

On Friday, we started creating fall tree drawings. Here is the start to it. Stay tuned for our final products later on during the week!

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