PLEASE NOTE: Thursday is a 1/2 day and the beginning of Easter Break (YIPPEE!). We will be having an Easter-Egg hunt on Thursday, so please send $2 with your child so that they can collect empty eggs – turn them in – then each receive a gift bag.
Number the Stars: We about to wrap up our final class novel for Term 2; Number the Stars. Here’s a quick summary of the utter greatness that we’ve been experiencing while reading:
As the German troops begin their campaign to “relocate” all the Jews of Denmark, Annemarie Johansen’s family takes in Annemarie’s best friend, Ellen Rosen, and conceals her as part of the family.
Through the eyes of ten-year-old Annemarie, we watch as the Danish Resistance smuggles almost the entire Jewish population of Denmark, nearly seven thousand people, across the sea to Sweden. The heroism of an entire nation reminds us that there was pride and human decency in the world even during a time of terror and war.
Winner of the 1990 Newbery Medal.
Be sure to ask you child/children what they think of the book, and to summarize what we’ve read of the book each day.
Some of the learning objectives (or WALT as we refer to them in Grade 4; We Are Learning To) that we will cover while reading are:
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- Describe the characters’ traits, feelings, and motivations in Number the Stars.
- Refer to the text for evidence to support answers.
- Form an opinion about a character’s trait based on the character’s actions, feelings and motivation.
- Explain how the characters’ actions contribute to the sequence of events.
- Engage in discussions sharing their ideas and listening to others.
- Use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words or phrases in Number the Stars.
- Distinguish literal and non-literal language and determine its meaning.
- Gain information about the past.
- Build upon their background knowledge of World War II.
- Explore themes of friendship and bravery during the times that scare us the most.
English: – Identify direct quotations in sentences.
– Use quotation marks before and after a direct quotation.
– Capitalize the first word of a quotation. Use commas and end marks correctly in quotations.
– Capitalize the first, last and important words in a title. Underline a title to indicate italics.
Spelling: – There will be no spelling test this week, as this is the final week of Term 2.
Math: – Use basic facts and patterns to divide mentally.
– Solve problems by using the guess and check method.
– Estimate quotients.
Science: – Chapter 8 Test
Social Studies: – Describe the climate of our neighboring counties.
Bible: – Study Bible verse for Friday. Parents, please encourage your child to study their Bible verse every week. These do impact their Bible grades.
– Celebrating Easter.
God be merciful to me a sinner. Luke 18:13
HOMEWORK:
Monday
MATH: Reteach page 139
Tuesday
MATH: Homework Practice page 57 1-2, 5-10
ENGLISH: page 90
Wednesday
MATH: HP page 55 DUE First Day back to school
ENGLISH: page 92
Thursday
TERRA NOVA PRACTICE – Reading – Complete