Here are the photos for the much anticipated Arawaks and Caribs projects! I hope you are as equally impressed and awed at the amount of creativity and attention to detail as I was!
Objectives and Homework for February 25 – March 1, 2013
English – Capitalize the first word of a quotation.
– Capitalize the first, last and important words in a title.
Homework: Monday: page 90
– Wednesday: page 92
Math – Estimate quotients.
– Use Solve division problems that result in 2-digit quotients.
Homework: – Monday: page 145 (Pegasus: 1-12, Leopards: 1-8 and Dragons 1-5)
– Tuesday: page 146 (Pegasus: 1-5, 13-18, 25-26, Leopards: 1-5, 13-16, 25-26 and Dragons 1-3, 13-14, 25)
– Thursday: Pegasus: page 148 – All, Leopards: page 148 1-10, 21-22 and Dragons page 147)
– Students will be given additional time to practice using Mathletics and http://www.quia.com/mathjourney.html. We will also be playing various math games to increase students’ fluency and speed in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Number the Stars – We will continue reading Number the Stars. Each week we will be reading in class and doing chapter quizzes. Students are allowed to re-read what we have covered in class, but I ask that they do no read ahead unless they have been given special permission to do so. Continue to ask your child/children questions on what we have read in class and allow them to summarize and describe different events in detail and in order.
Homework: Cereal Book Report DUE: March 15
Spelling Homework – There will be no spelling test this week. Instead, every student should be studying their 6 and 12 multiplications tables to recite on Friday, March 1. This will also give everyone extra time to work on their Science Fair projects.
Science – Describe the positive and negative ways humans impact ecosystems.
Homework: Study for Chapter 5 Science Test – March 1.
– Work on Science Fair Group Project (Due March 15)
Bible – Describe the Triune nature of God.
– Read Scriptures that affirms that God is Trinity in unity.
– Study and respond to various passages of Scripture.
Homework: – Study Bible Verse for Friday. (Parents, please encourage your child/children to study and memorize his/her Bible verse. This counts towards their end of term Bible grade.)
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, but it is a gift from God, not by works, so no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8-9
Buddy Reading
Grade 4 read to Kindergarden today for Buddy Reading. Here’s a pretty cool photo to see them in action!
Observing Ecosystems
Author Study – Lois Lowry
Reading Week has kicked off with a bang!
Yesterday we were all excited to get extra silent reading time (yes, this is something that THIS teacher was very happy about as well because I also got to indulge in some extra reading)! 🙂
Today, we learnt a lot of information about the author of Number the Stars; Lois Lowry. We even got to listen to one of her interviews online! We also took a few minutes to discuss just what it meant to be placed in a concentration camp and listened to a few short interviews with actual Holocaust survivors.
The next few days will also be exciting around here with tomorrow being Buddy Reading, Thursday being You’re Underst Arrest (arrest someone to read for your class) and the last oorah…Dress Up as a Book Character Day. Fun days are certainly ahead! Be sure to send an extra book/books with your child/children so that they can truly enjoy their extra silent reading time.
