Week of 2/21/11-2/25/11

Highlights for the Week of 2/21/11-2/25/11 in Mrs. Bell's Classroom!

Mrs. Bell's Homeroom

English - Verbs

This week we will focus on rules for spelling present and past tense verbs.

Social Studies - The Midwest

The TEST for chapter 8 will be on Thursday, 2/24. Students should review their notes, workbook pages and the textbook to prepare for the test. On Friday, I will introduce a travel poster project for the Midwest region. Students will be creating a travel poster that highlights information about the Midwest. They will be given some time in school for this project, but will also be working on it at home.

Science - ISAT Preparation

In preparation for the ISAT tests, we will be reviewing scientific concepts that we have not yet covered this year. Focus will be on the topics of gravity, space, rocks & minerals and the water cycle.

Mrs. Bell's Reading Class

Spelling - Words that end in "-ed" & "-ing"

The final test for this lesson will be on Friday, 2/25. The cursive page & workbook pages will also be collected on that day.

Reading

In reading this week our target genre continues to be poetry. The students will study the elements of peetry, and will work with figurative language such as similes, metaphors, personification and idioms. A poetry project will be assigned, and students will be working on that in class, and at home over the next few weeks. We will continue to work on writing on extended responses which will connect with their reading passages. Also, we will begin the final project for the book, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.

Mrs. Bell's Math Class

Circles is the next topic that we will cover in math. Then we will take a short break from the textbook and review some topics in preparation for the ISAT tests. Concepts that we will review include measurement, money, and fractions. We will also revisit T-Charts and the answering the short answer question for the standardized tests. Please make sure that your child has a calculator at school. Students will be allowed to use calculators on the ISAT tests, and must have one at school.

Don't forget...

February 21 - No School - President's Day

February 25 - End of the Second Trimester

Mrs. Karen Bell