We’ve been busy reviewing our verb tenses with the help of BoomCards. This is a fun way to reinforce what we’ve learned in class.
Objectives and Homework – November 26 – 30
ENGLISH
- Replace weak verbs with exact verbs
- Use a thesaurus
- UNIT 3 Test on Tuesday
- Identify adjectives that tell what kind and how many
- Identify nouns that adjectives describe
READING
We’ve finished A Boy Called Bat, and we’ve been busy delving deeper in concepts surrounding the book. You should have seen your student working on an Autism poster. This was due today, so please have a chat to ensure that your child handed his/hers in.
Also, we started our final, in-class project last week, and are finalizing it this week. Here are the instructions that they received.
Design challenge time! You and your group have 3 days, 30 minutes per day, to design and build a project related to the book, A Boy Called Bat. It can be anything at all, so long as you can build it with materials available to you in class and it shows a clear connection to the story. Once completed, your masterpiece will go into the Design Museum. What? Your school doesn’t have a Design Museum? Well, you’ll just have to create on then, won’t you? All of your other projects can go into the museum as well. Then invite other classes to take a field trip to your museum.
I’ve been so impressed with every concept and their work ethic. I can’t wait to share the final details with you!
SPELLING
Please encourage your child to study his/her spelling words and work on their spelling contract. They should aim to get 20 points on their contract by Friday.
Length
Loneliness
Necessary
Permanent
Persevere
Pleasant
Prefer
Quit
Quite
Quiet
Rhythm
Scissors
Separate
Sincerely
Soldier
Surely
Twelfth
Village
Weird
Whether
WRITING
We weren’t quite able to publish our first batch or personal narratives, so we’ll be busy with that this week. Following this, students will be asked to create another personal narrative (hopefully Christmas themed), entirely on their own. Please be sure to check in with your child, to ensure that they are busy working on their narratives.
MATH
Investigative problems for measurement
SOCIAL STUDIES
Prepping final drafts and getting ready for presentations
TESTS
English – Unit 3: Tuesday
Bible: Test on Thursday
Science – Chapter 2 test
4A: Friday
4B: Wednesday
Math:
4A: Wednesday
4B: Wednesday
HOMEWORK
Monday:
– Review Unit 3 for English
– Read for at least 30 minutes and update Padlet with a little bit of detail on what you’ve read.
Tuesday:
– Study guide for math and science
– Work on Spelling Contract
Wednesday:
– NO Math Homework
– Workbook Plus – page 59
Thursday:
– Mathletics: perimeter and area
– Study spelling words and complete Spelling Contract
NOTE: Social Studies: If students are not done with their drafts in class, they will take home to complete.
Reminder!
1/2 day of school tomorrow, happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate and those who don’t, enjoy a half day with family and friends! *there is still after care till 5:30.
Dress Down: FRIDAY for National Trust, $1 and WEAR GREEN! A representative from the National Trust will be speaking on Friday after lunch.
Bottle Caps: Due December 11th, please continue to collect and be aware of any caps that you can bring in to school.
Christmas Concert: December 3rd! Students have begun rehearsals and we can’t wait for you to watch. If you have time at home, please have students practice! Click here to listen to the school musical, it begins at 2:05, they can sing along in the car or at home. (:
Thankful surprise! – please remember to bring in 30 things you are thankful about your child to the office or emailed by next week!
Homework and Objectives Week 12: 19th – 23rd Nov.
ENGLISH:
– Write past tense forms of irregular verbs
– Proofread for forms of irregular verbs
– Recognize the different forms of the verb be
– Proofread for forms of be
– Form contractions using verbs and the word not
– Determine which words make up a contraction
– Proofread for contractions
READING
We’ve finished A Boy Called Bat, and are continuing to work on in-class projects and tests. I’ll be updating with photos soon, so stay tuned.
SPELLING
Study commonly misspelled words for test on Friday.
WRITING
– Revise our draft for sentence fluency (flow of the writing and variety in sentence beginnings, length, and structure).
– Use a revision checklist to make final changes to drafts before editing.
– Edit our personal narrative drafts once revision is completed.
– Publish our work.
MATH
- Finding equivalents in the metric and customary system
- how to use measurements in every day life
- conversions, using a decimal in length
SOCIAL STUDIES
- If students do not finish their family tree in class, they will need to take home for homework. They need to be completed this week!
- Students will be given a rubric this week of how they will present their family map and tree to present to the class. This will be the final part of their project. The presentation will be a way of summarizing what they have learned about their family tree, heritage and what they have found interesting or surprising.
SCIENCE
- As we finish our life cycle of plants, we will move on to life cycle of animals
HOMEWORK
English
Monday – Workbook Plus page 52
Tuesday – Workbook Plus page 54
Wednesday – Workbook Plus page 56
Math
Tuesday – p. 3 metric packet Wednesday – p. 5 Thursday – p. 6
Bible Verse
Jesus said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” Mark 5:19
Global Read Aloud
Grade 4 was introduced to a few different classes in Canada, lately. We met up for a “Mystery Skype”, where 2 other classes had to try and guess where we were located. We also had a bit of a chat about A Boy Called Bat.
If your child hasn’t mentioned this yet, be sure to ask him/her about it. We had a blast!
Objectives and Homework – November 13-16
READING
We’re finishing off A Boy Called Bat this week! Now, we’ll be sharing, reflecting and getting creative on what we’ve read.
GRAMMAR
- Form the past tense of verbs, including those ending with e, those ending with a single vowel and a consonant, and those ending with a consonant and y.
- Proofread for spelling of past tense verbs.
- Identify and write past tense verbs with the helping verbs has, have, or had, with singular or plural subjects.
- Proofread a poem for helping verbs with past tense verbs.
WRITING
We are continuing our work on Personal Narratives. Personal narratives have:
- Strong leads or beginnings
- Characters (with lots of description)
- Descriptive setting
- Dialogue
- Details to build your narrative up
- Closing
SPELLING
Everyone should be busy studying for Spelling Mania this Friday. Please help your child get sponsors for this. The money raised will go back into our literacy programmes at school.
MATH
Metric system learning to estimate and convert measurements.
SOCIAL STUDIES
We’ll be taking a break from our family tree/mapping to learn about the Cayman Coat of Arms to celebrate the 60th anniversary of it’s history and symbolism.
SCIENCE
Finishing our study on the life cycle of plants.
HOMEWORK
Tuesday
Math – Mathletics
English – Workbook Plus page 48
Wednesday
Math – Mathletics (there are different options for the Metric system to choose from)
English – Workbook Plus page 50
Thursday
Math – Metric Conversions
Spelling – FINAL STUDY for Spelling Mania
Reminders For the Long Weekend
BOTTLE CAPS! The school has been collecting bottle caps and our classes have special tubs for sorting. Over the long weekend collect any bottle caps you use and bring them in on Tuesday! (please give them a rinse before turning in)
SPELLING MANIA
Students were given their spelling mania list, 25 words! they are a bit tricky, so use the spelling contracts for help and a few minutes a day of practice. The test is next Friday! Keep in mind, this is a sponsored spelling event, money per word or a one off donation! Can’t wait (:
SHHHHHH….. surprise for the students!
In the month of November, Grade 4 has been focusing their devotions on thankfulness. Each day they write something they are thankful that corresponds to the number (Day 8, eight things they are thankful for and why; written or drawn!). For the 30th day, Grade 4 teachers are asking YOU to write 30 things you are thankful for ABOUT YOUR CHILD! They have been coming up with beautiful reminders, like how we have food each day, electricity, a desk to write on and even being able to use electronics! (yes, even an iPad is something we can be thankful for, ha!) We would love for them to be surprised the last day FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30 to not write anything but read what their parents have written to them. This can be an email and I’ll print out or hand written; even family members can write a few for you, more the merrier. So, please try and keep it a secret and when you get a chance send us an email or you can leave notes in the office, where they can put into our boxes. Thank you for your participation and lets continue having a thankful heart and mind throughout the month and daily!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
NO SCHOOL – MONDAY, 12th November. (:
Numeracy Bee: This Friday @ 12:15
Homework and Objectives
Week November 5th – 9th
GRAMMAR/ENGLISH
– Rewrite sentences to make verb tenses consistent.
– Combine two sentences with the same subject to create a sentence with a compound predicate.
– Choose correct present tense verbs for singular and plural subjects.
– Proofread for subject-verb agreement.- Form the present tense of verbs.
– Proofread for spelling or present tense verbs.
READING
This week, we’ll be reading chapters 22-25, of A Boy Called Bat and doing activities based on each chapter.
Every Friday, we’ll do a short quiz, to ensure comprehension. Please be sure to ask your child about each chapter, daily, having them summarize or just fill you in on their favorite (or not so favorite) parts of the chapter.
WRITING
– Describe setting by using details that create a picture in the reader’s mind.
– Use appropriate transitions in your personal narrative.
– Make decisions about what pieces to finish and revise.
– Choose one of your short writes or drafts to finish writing.
– Write an ending that provides insight into why the event is memorable, creating a sense of closure.
– Revise your draft for strong verbs.
SPELLING
Complete Spelling Contract (15 points) and study words for Friday’s Spelling Test.
(Spelling words were sent home yesterday.)
CLICK HERE incase it has been “miss placed” 😉
NUMERACY
-Learning to round measurements to the nearest 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4 inch.
-Converting and then using addition and subtraction in measurements.
SCIENCE
Learning to understand life cycles and the properties that are important to life cycles.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Continuing our mapping and family tree projects, almost complete for final drafts!
BIBLE
Understanding how the Bible is inspired by God.
Weekly bible verse: When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” Mark 2:5
HOMEWORK
Monday
English: handout page 25
Tuesday
English – Workbook Plus page 44 Numeracy – Mathletics (Are you ready?)
Wednesday
English – Workbook Plus page 44 Numeracy – Mathletics (in, ft, yd conversions)
Thursday
Spelling – Study and Complete Spelling Contract Numeracy – STUDY, test on Friday! Bible – Weekly memory verse test (Mark 2:5)
Science Investigation
Can seeds grow without soil?
In science we are learning about life cycles. To begin this study we are using our information about plants, thinking about they need to grow and how photosynthesis plays a part in a plants life. Here are some photos of us beginning this investigation. We will complete it this week as we observe our seeds and write a conclusion based on our initial predictions and after observations.
We are continuing to use our skills in recording, making a chart of our observations and writing conclusions.
