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:
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