Grammar
– Combine pronouns and verbs to write contractions. – Proofread for contractions errors. – Distinguish between the homophones its and it’s, they’re, their, and there, and your and you’re. – Proofread for pronoun and homophone usage. – Unit 6 Review
NOTE: Pronoun Test on Monday (April 1st)
Reading
Number the Stars – Here’s a quick summary of the utter greatness that you can expect from this book:
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:
- 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.
Writing
We’re still working through our rough drafts this week.
– Sentence Fluency – Continue to revise writing for sentence fluency, including sentences that flow and a variety of shorter and longer sentences to add impact to their writing conventions. – Students will use CUPS to go through and edit their rough drafts.
– Peer Editing – Students will review and edit each others work.
Spelling
Spelling Words were sent home to prepare for our test on Friday. Please remind your child to study his/her spelling words. Check for your group to know your words!
Numeracy: Students will be using their skills from probability and data collection to create and interpret graphs! Students will be creating a class survey and collecting information this week to create a chart and visual graph.
Science: Students are diving deeper into our understanding of Earth’s Resources. We will learn to identify and know the characteristics of various bodies of water. We will also learn the meaning of ‘living downstream’ and if that is possible here in Cayman.
Social Studies
– Explore Caribbean culture. Choose on aspect of Caribbean culture, create poster, and write a paragraph on it. Find out where and when it began, how it has spread through the Caribbean, and what form it takes today.B
HOMEWORK and TESTS
Numeracy: Review of multiplication and division of 10, 100 and 1000 on Mathletics
Literacy: Study spelling words!
Tests:
Friday:
- Spelling test
- Probability and Data Test
- Bible Verses