Highlights for the Week of 4/21/14
in Mrs. Bell's Classroom
Spell
ing - Theme 5 ReviewThis week's spelling list will be a review of 30 words we have learned in Theme 5. Students will be required to score 100% on the pretest to earn challenge work for the week. The final test (20 words) on this lesson will be given on Friday, 4/25. The workbook pages OR challenge work will also be collected that day.
Reading - I Can Close Read Non-fiction Text
Students will be reading about the Native Americans of the Southwest, the Navajo. We study the culture and traditions of the Navajo, and work on creating projects that coincide with the culture of the group.
English- Explanatory Writing
Students are working with their partners to respond to the prompt, "What Would You do with a Robot?". After conferencing with me, they will write the final draft of that essay. Check out the pictures of students collaborating on their essays at the end of the blog. On Wednesday, they will begin writing their third, and final, explanatory essay which answers the question, "Who is a Hero to You?". This essay will be completed individually, and typed the week of 4/28.Social Studies - The Southwest
We are back in the computer lab as we get busy creating our Southwest Region brochures. Your child will be conducting research on a chosen state, and using the collected information to create a brochure that will convince visitors to visit his/her state. Although I will be giving time to work on the project at school, students should expect to work on it at home, as well.
Science - Inventions / Making & Using Electricity / Simple Machines
The TEST on chapter 15 in Science is scheduled for Wednesday, 4/23.
Students will receive a study guide to help them prepare. On Thursday we will begin the next unit in Science, which is simple machines. The first type of simple machine that we will study is the lever.
Mrs. Bell's Math Class - Unit 9 - Operations with Fractions
We will be moving very quickly through this unit. We will review addition and subtraction of like fractions (lessons 2 & 4) on Monday. Students will take a QUIZ on those two lessons on Tuesday, 4/22. We will also study the problem solving method of working backwards on Tuesday. On Wednesday and Thursday, we will study addition and subtraction of mixed numbers (lessons 6 & 7). On Friday, students will take a QUIZ on lessons 5-7 of unit 9.
Students will receive a study guide to help them prepare. On Thursday we will begin the next unit in Science, which is simple machines. The first type of simple machine that we will study is the lever.
We will be moving very quickly through this unit. We will review addition and subtraction of like fractions (lessons 2 & 4) on Monday. Students will take a QUIZ on those two lessons on Tuesday, 4/22. We will also study the problem solving method of working backwards on Tuesday. On Wednesday and Thursday, we will study addition and subtraction of mixed numbers (lessons 6 & 7). On Friday, students will take a QUIZ on lessons 5-7 of unit 9.
Don't Forget...
May 1 - Prairieview Open House - 6:30-8:00 p.m.
ok forward to seeing you at the Prairieview Open House on Thursday, 5/1 from 6:30 to 8:00. The students have been working hard to create a "Southwestern Fiesta" in the Fourth grade wing. Be sure to ask your child to show you his/her "I Am" project, and all of the other work (including inventions) displayed in our room. Be sure to stop at the book fair in the gym!Writers' Workshop...
Mrs. Karen Bell
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