Highlights for the Week of 4/23/12 in Mrs. Bell & Miss Johnston's Classroom
Spell
ing - Review
This week's spelling list will focus on three syllable words. The final TEST on this lesson will be given on Friday, 4/27. The workbook pages OR challenge work will also be collected that day.
Reading - I Can Use Reading Strategies While Reading
This week we will be performing our Reader's Theater of the novel, Charlotte's Web as a finishing project to our unit. Please encourage your child to practice reading his/her part aloud in order to be comfortable in front of an audience. We will also be focusing on two important skills: following directions & summarizing.
English- Adverbs
Spell
ing - ReviewThis week's spelling list will focus on three syllable words. The final TEST on this lesson will be given on Friday, 4/27. The workbook pages OR challenge work will also be collected that day.
Reading - I Can Use Reading Strategies While Reading
This week we will be performing our Reader's Theater of the novel, Charlotte's Web as a finishing project to our unit. Please encourage your child to practice reading his/her part aloud in order to be comfortable in front of an audience. We will also be focusing on two important skills: following directions & summarizing.English- Adverbs
"Loll
y, Lolly, Lolly, Get your Adverbs Here !" This week we will be starting a new unit on Adverbs. Students will be able to identify what an adverb is in a sentence. Students will also take a pretest on Adverbs to determine if they will be doing challenge work throughout the unit.
y, Lolly, Lolly, Get your Adverbs Here !" This week we will be starting a new unit on Adverbs. Students will be able to identify what an adverb is in a sentence. Students will also take a pretest on Adverbs to determine if they will be doing challenge work throughout the unit.
Social Studies - The Tlingit
This week we will begin a new unit on the Tlingit, the people of the West. The students will learn about who these people are, their culture, and where they come from. The students will also be completing a project that explores how this group used masks as a way to express their culture.
Our new unit this week will focus on simple machines. Students will learn about the different types of simple machines, with emphasis on the lever.
Mrs. Bell & Miss Johnston's Math Class - Multiplying by 1-Digit Numbers
Students will be taking the Chapter 16 TEST on Monday, 4/23. Then, we will be starting Chapter 9, which will focus on how to multiply 2, 3 & 4-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers. The chapter begins with a look at different strategies for estimating products. Then we will move on to how to use partial products and place value to find exact products. There will be a QUIZ on lessons 1-4 of chapter 9 on Friday, 4/27.
Don't forget...
April 25 - Early Dismissal - Students dismissed at 11:00
Don't forget...
April 25 - Early Dismissal - Students dismissed at 11:00
In an effort to make the transition to 5th grade as smooth as possible, the fourth grade teachers will be enforcing the 5th grade policy for late work during the month of May.
The policy is as follows:
Any assignment that is late, but not taken for a grade, will receive a late slip. The student will have one point taken out of his/her homework bank. (NO CHANGE)
Any assignment that is late & taken for a grade will receive a late slip. No points will be lost from the homework bank. If the assignment is turned in one day late, the final grade will be reduced by 10%. If the assignment is more than one day late, but turned in before the unit test, the final grade will be reduced by 25%. If the assignment is not turned in before the unit test, the final grade will be a zero.
The policy is as follows:
Any assignment that is late, but not taken for a grade, will receive a late slip. The student will have one point taken out of his/her homework bank. (NO CHANGE)
Any assignment that is late & taken for a grade will receive a late slip. No points will be lost from the homework bank. If the assignment is turned in one day late, the final grade will be reduced by 10%. If the assignment is more than one day late, but turned in before the unit test, the final grade will be reduced by 25%. If the assignment is not turned in before the unit test, the final grade will be a zero.
Mrs. Karen Bell & Miss Kristin Johnston
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