Be sure to ask your child for the answer to this question!
Wonder Wednesday
Happy Wonder Wednesday!
Today, we went on to:
and had a few wonders. Please log to to Wonderopolis with your child and have a wonder or 2 together. 🙂
Math Meeting
As we continue to prepare for Terra Nova, we have a quick math meeting throughout the day to dust away any math cobwebs.
Caught…RED Handed!
We painted our hands red yesterday. Be sure to ask your child why in the world they had red hands!
2016 Dr. Bill Hrudey Science Fair
STEM focus at First Baptist leads to big wins tonight at the 2016 Dr. Bill Hrudey Science Fair.
We took home the ‘Best Project for 9 years and under’ category as well as the First Prize for the Life Science category.
Brilliant job, young scientists!
For a full list of all of the winners, log on to:
http://www.rotarysciencefair.ky/winners.html
 
Doing Our Part – Happy Earth Day
A Sweet Science Experiment
We attempted to make fossils using sugar cubes and glue last week. We all definitely earned an A+ for effort, but for results, maybe not so much. lol Something went wrong with our experiment and our glue ended up dissolving in the warm water. As scientists, we understand that not every experiment works out to our expectations. BUT, we use these errors to help us become better scientists and problem solvers. Be sure to discuss with your child how he/she believes we could improve on our sugar cube experiment.
Objectives and Lesson Plans – April 25-29, 2016
The One and Only Ivan: The One and Only Ivan is off to a fantastic start. Be sure to ask your child what we’ve read each day and have term give you a few highlights.
Winner of the 2013 Newbery Medal and a #1 New York Times bestseller, this stirring and unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendships. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated novel is told from the point-of-view of Ivan himself.
Having spent 27 years behind the glass walls of his enclosure in a shopping mall, Ivan has grown accustomed to humans watching him. He hardly ever thinks about his life in the jungle. Instead, Ivan occupies himself with television, his friends Stella and Bob, and painting. But when he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from the wild, he is forced to see their home, and his art, through new eyes.
The One and Only Ivan was hailed as a best book of the year by Kirkus, School Library Journal, and Amazon, demonstrating it is a true classic in the making. In the tradition of timeless stories like Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little, Katherine Applegate blends humor and poignancy to create Ivan’s unforgettable first-person narration in a story of friendship, art, and hope. An author’s note depicts the differences between the fictional story and true events.
Supports the Common Core State Standards
To help bridge gaps between the book and our real life, Grade 4 also adopted a gorilla from http://www.worldwildlife.org/. With this adoption, we will receive:
–  the adoption certificate
– and color photo of the animal
– a species spotlight card
– stuffed animal
– gift bag
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We are all really excited about this and really feel like we are helping out that animal  Â
Some of the learning objectives (or WALT as we refer to them in Grade 4; We Are Learning To) and questions that we will cover while reading are:
- Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions). Compare and contrast the points of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.
- How does point of view contribute to the authenticity of a story? Write an explanatory text telling how the author uses point of view in the book and how you as the reader were impacted.
- How do authors develop characterization, and how does characterization enhance the reader’s understanding of the character’s personality?
- How does the author use figurative language through the character’s eon?
English: – Unit 6 Check-Up
– Identify adverbs in sentences.
Spelling: – Study and prepare for Spelling Test this Friday.
VOCABULARY WORDS – Group 1
- Protest            7. Piece
- Nuzzle            8. Different
- Retreat           9. Celery
- Wrinkle        10. Nimble
- Worried         11. Stomach
- Gleam           12. Determined
VOCABULARY WORDS – Group 2
- Billows– to surge or swell like a wave
- Feeble– lacking physical strength or vitality
- Wily– crafty; cunning; skilled at gaining an advantage
- Amends– something done to make up for a wrong
- Lilting– a cheerful or lively manner of speaking, in which the pitch of the voice varies pleasantly
- Squabble– a noisy argument over an unimportant situation
- Bedraggled– limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud
- Gingerly– with extreme care or caution
- Monstrosity– something hideous or frightful; something that is very large in an ugly way
- Spry– moving with quickness or ease; lively
- Crevices – A crack forming an opening
- Specimen – a part or an individual taken as exemplifying a whole mass or number; a typical animal, plant, mineral, part, etc.
- Indifferent – Not caring one way or the other
- Contemplating – to look at or view with continued attention; to consider thoroughly; think fully or deeply about
- Mesmerized – to hypnotize; to spellbind; fascinate; to compel by fascination.
Math: – Chapter 8 Test on Monday.
– Identify 3-D figures and identify and draw nets.
– Identify, describe and classify 2-D figures.
– Identify, describe and classify angles.
Science: – Science Chapter 3 Test – Next Tuesday
Social Studies: – Compare and contrast the climate of our neighboring countries.
– Discuss the different factors that affect climate.
Bible: – Study Bible verse for Friday. Parents, please encourage your child to study their Bible verse every week. These do impact their Bible grades.
– Determine that sins are committed in thought, word, and action.
– Explain why rationalizing sin is wrong.
But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Galatians 5:22-23
HOMEWORK:
Monday
SCIENCE: Study for Chapter 3 Test on Tuesday
Tuesday
MATH: Reteach page 160
SPELLING: Spelling Contract – 1 section
Wednesday
ENGLISH: page 111
MATH: HP page 64
Thursday
MATH: Reteach page 161-162
SPELLING: Complete Spelling contract
Objectives and Lesson Plans – April 18-22, 2016
The One and Only Ivan: The One and Only Ivan is off to a fantastic start. Be sure to ask your child what we’ve read each day and have term give you a few highlights.
Winner of the 2013 Newbery Medal and a #1 New York Times bestseller, this stirring and unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendships. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated novel is told from the point-of-view of Ivan himself.
Having spent 27 years behind the glass walls of his enclosure in a shopping mall, Ivan has grown accustomed to humans watching him. He hardly ever thinks about his life in the jungle. Instead, Ivan occupies himself with television, his friends Stella and Bob, and painting. But when he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from the wild, he is forced to see their home, and his art, through new eyes.
The One and Only Ivan was hailed as a best book of the year by Kirkus, School Library Journal, and Amazon, demonstrating it is a true classic in the making. In the tradition of timeless stories like Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little, Katherine Applegate blends humor and poignancy to create Ivan’s unforgettable first-person narration in a story of friendship, art, and hope. An author’s note depicts the differences between the fictional story and true events.
Supports the Common Core State Standards
To help bridge gaps between the book and our real life, Grade 4 also adopted a gorilla from http://www.worldwildlife.org/. With this adoption, we will receive:
–  the adoption certificate
– and color photo of the animal
– a species spotlight card
– stuffed animal
– gift bag
Â
We are all really excited about this and really feel like we are helping out that animal  Â
Some of the learning objectives (or WALT as we refer to them in Grade 4; We Are Learning To) and questions that we will cover while reading are:
- Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions). Compare and contrast the points of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.
- How does point of view contribute to the authenticity of a story? Write an explanatory text telling how the author uses point of view in the book and how you as the reader were impacted.
- How do authors develop characterization, and how does characterization enhance the reader’s understanding of the character’s personality?
- How does the author use figurative language through the character’s eon?
English: – Identify possessive pronouns in sentences.
– Substitute possessive pronouns for possessive nouns.
– Combine pronouns and verbs to write contractions.
– Distinguish between homophones its and it’s; they’re, there and their; and you’re and your.
Spelling: – Study and prepare for Spelling Test this Friday.
- Accidentally           7. Tighten
- Frantic                    8. Forgotten
- Afraid                     9. Giraffe
- Ragged                  10. Sheriff
- Impatiently           11. Principle
- Interrupts              12. Principal
Math: – Solve division problems that result in 3-digit quotients.
– Solve division quotients that result in quotients that have zeros.
– Divide 4-digit dividends by a 1-digit number.
– STUDY GUIDE AND REVIEW – To prepare for test on Monday.
Science: – Describe how plants and animals have changed over time.
-Describe the causes of extinction.
-Make a model to infer how fossils form.
– Science Chapter 3 Test – Next Tuesday
Social Studies: – FLAT STANLEY VISITS GRADE 4 – Write some information about the Cayman Islands for Flat Stanley to tell his friends back in Alabama. Give Flat Stanley a new wardrobe to travel back in.
– Compare and contrast the climate of our neighboring countries.
Bible: – Study Bible verse for Friday. Parents, please encourage your child to study their Bible verse every week. These do impact their Bible grades.
– Sequence the events related to the Fall.
– Categorize sins as either doing wrong on purpose or failing to do right.
Walk by the spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. Galatians 5:16
HOMEWORK:
Monday
ENGLISH: page 104
MATH: Reteach page 153
SCIENCE: Study for Chapter 3 Test on Tuesday
Tuesday
MATH: Reteach page 155 (Lions 1-7)
SPELLING: Spelling Contract – 1 section
Wednesday
ENGLISH: page 108
MATH: Reteach page 156 1-9
Thursday
MATH: Reteach page 157 (Lions 1-7)
SPELLING: Complete Spelling contract
Reading Pizza Party
As an added incentive to get everyone reading more, I’ve created a little challenge for the clsss…
EVERYONE who increases their A.R. scores by at least 20 points will get to have a pizza party on May 4th. 🙂 Please send me an email if you’d like to know how many points your child currently has.
Happy Reading and MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU.