Week of 4/27/15

Highlights for the Week of 4/27/15

in Mrs. Bell's Classroom

Spelling - Theme 5 Review
This 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,5/1. The workbook pages OR challenge work will also be collected that day.

Reading - Journeys Unit / Poetry

We will continue to study the literary elements of poetry including rhyme, meter, figurative language and point of view. The poems that we will carefully read this week include The Hen, The Arrow & The Song, and A Narrow Fellow in the Grass. Students will also complete a TFK comprehension QUIZ on 4/28. Please be sure that your child has his/her TFK magazine at school that day.

English- Adverbs and Prepositions
We will complete this unit with a look at "What is a Preposition?". A preposition is a word that shows a relationship between two nouns. For example, in the sentence "The man is below the platform.", the word "below" is a preposition...it shows the relation between between the man and the platform. Look for the unit 7 TEST to be scheduled for the week of 5/4.

Social Studies - The Southwest
Students will be working on projects related to the Native Americans of the Southwest, the Navajo. Ask your child to tell you about the significance of the sun to the Navajo people, and how they used sand painting in their ceremonies. Their works of art will be on display at our Open House on 4/30.

Science -  Inventions 

This week's focus will be our annual INVENTION CONVENTION !!! I am very excited to see what our young inventors have created ! Inventions are due on Tuesday, 4/28. Students will present their inventions to the class with a note card speech on 4/29. A sheet with guidelines for the speech was sent home on 4/23. 

Mrs. Bell's Math Class - Topic 13 - Extending Fraction Concepts
We will begin the next topic in math with a look at unit fractions. Then we will take a look at multiplication of fractions by whole numbers and converting fractions to decimals.

Don't Forget...

April 27 & 29 - MAP Testing for Team Bell students

April 30 - Prairieview Open House - 6:30-8:00 p.m.
May 15 - Early Dismissal - Students dismissed at 11:00
May 25 - Memorial Day - No school

We look forward to seeing you at the Prairieview Open House on Thursday, 4/30 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. Don't forget to stop at the book fair in the gym!

The online book fair opens 4/25. Visit this link for more information:

http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?method=homepage&url=prairieviewelementaryschool15

Karen Bell