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: – 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