Tessa Suckoo & Jared Bremner
While learning about spores, we were able to grabs a few fern leaves from around our campus. Have a peek into a little bit of our lesson. Be sure to ask your child what they learned in class.
Remind your child to study for our Chapter 2 Test this Thursday as well. 🙂
     
 
English: – Identify the main verb and helping verb in a sentence.
Because of Winn-Dixie: – We are finishing Because of Winn-Dixie this week. We will be reading chapters 21-26 this week. Please be sure to ask your child about the chapters we’ve covered each week. We will have our final Chapter Quiz this Friday.
Spelling: – Study for Spelling Test on Friday.
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Math: – Choose an operation to solve a problem.
Science: – Describe the stages of an animal’s life cycle.
Social Studies: – Define telecommunications, specifically within the Caribbean.
Bible: – Study Bible verse for Friday. Parents, please encourage your child to study their Bible verse every week. These do impact their Bible grades.
Be on your guard, stand firm in the faith, be men of courage, be strong. 1 Corinthians 16:13
HOMEWORK:
Monday:
Math: Jaguars page 67 – All
English: page 38 1-3, 11-14
Tuesday:
Math: Jaguars and Eagles: page 71
Spelling: – Jaguars and Eagles Choose 1 activity to complete from their Spelling Folder.
Wednesday:
Math: Jaguars and Eagles: page 69
English: page 44
Thursday:
Here are the spelling words this week for Jaguars and Eagles
Test Date: Friday, October 17, 2014
Grade 4, Because of Winn-Dixie
Chapters 16-20
SPELLING WORDS
English: – Unit 2 Check-Up
Because of Winn-Dixie: – We are continuing our class novel; Because of Winn-Dixie. We will be reading chapters 16-20 this week. Please be sure to ask your child about the chapters we’ve covered each week. We will continue to have our Chapter Quiz every Monday (based on the chapters we have covered each week).
Spelling: – Study for Spelling Test on Friday.
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Math: – Understand how multiplication and division are related.
Science: – Describe the stages in the life cycle of flowering plants.
Social Studies: – Identify different modes of transport and communication used in the Caribbean.
Bible: – Study Bible verse for Friday. Parents, please encourage your child to study their Bible verse every week. These do impact their Bible grades.
I am not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes. Romans 1:16
HOMEWORK:
Monday:
No Homework
This is a good time to start on your Science Project.
Tuesday:
Math: Jaguars and Eagles: page 59
Spelling: – Jaguars and Eagles Choose 1 activity to complete from their Spelling Folder.
Wednesday:
English: page 36 1-10
Winn-Dixie: Complete story strips (if needed to complete)
Thursday:
Math: Jaguars and Eagles page 61
– Black Hawks: page 69 1-8Â Â
– Study for Bible Verse. Study for Spelling Test
Grade 4 Science Research Project
Heredity Tree
For Science, we are learning all about traits, heredity and genes. To assist in our learning, I thought it might be nice for everyone to make a Heredity Tree.
Your tree will consist of the many traits that you have inherited from your family. These should be neatly written on a leaf for your tree, along with who you inherited this trait from.
Some of your traits can include:
Feel free to add more traits to this list and be sure to tell me where you think each trait comes from. For example: Do you have the same color hair as your mom? Are you tall, like your dad?
Remember to be as creative as you can, when making your heredity tree. You can create fall trees, wintery trees or even mango trees! J
This project is due Thursday, October 23, 2014. Have fun, get creative and learn!
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Sincerely,
Mrs. Suckoo
Today we got busy taking some surveys and creating tally and frequency tables.
 
For English today, we learned how to make nouns possessive (ask your child about Captain Hook’s apostrophe:)). This can be quite confusing, even for us adults, so I’m attaching a couple of sites that we used in class today, to help with their homework tonight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dY2SE1G900
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnhJ1UGw7Kg
Please let me know if you would like to additional practice for your child.
Last week for Creative Writing, we had a bit of a laugh as we listened The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQl-q7DYP24).
Then, we discussed and wrote how we would NEVER trade our dads, but we would trade our… (you’ll have to ask your child how he or she filled in the blanks). 🙂
Last week, we enjoyed meeting Karen Kingsbury; an American Christian novelist. On our field trip, Mrs. Kinsbury was able to read her newest children’s book to us (Far Flutterby) and also took the time to answer a few of our questions. We had a wonderful time. 🙂
  
Last week, we finished our first Science Chapter 1. We learned all about:
1. How Living Things are Classified
2. How Plants and Fungi are Classified
3. How Animals are Classified
I wanted to share some of the photos from our last experiment with you. Have a peek and a laugh, I’m sure. 🙂
