Room 114 - We will begin our unit on the underground railroad for Black History month. The students will be working in literature circles to read North by Night. We will also be making a classroom quilt where each student will create a square to represent something they have learned about the underground railroad. The students will receive a grade based on their participation in the literature circles. There will not be a test on this novel.
Room 115 – Students will follow the journey of Basho, a seventeenth century poet, as he travels through Japan in the story “Grass Sandals.” We will identify an author’s purpose and point of view, develop new vocabulary, and work on comprehension strategies. Upon completion of “Grass Sandals” we will begin our literature study of Because of Winn Dixie.
MATH
Room 114 – We will continue with our chapter on division where the students will learn to regroup to divide two-digit numbers, use basic facts and patterns to divide multiples of ten, and estimate quotients. The test on Chapter 8 will be the week of February 22nd. We will then begin Chapter 9 where the students will divide 3, 4, and 5 digit dividends with 2, 3, and 4 digit quotients.
Room 115 – The students are working on Lesson 9. They are dividing three, four, and five digit dividends with two, three and four digit quotients. They will learn how to divide money and solve problems using skills and strategies. The test on Lesson 9 will be the week of February 23.
RELIGION
Room 114 – We will begin the week learning how Lent is the season of preparation for Easter, and then continue with our study of the Fourth Commandment. The test on Chapter 15 will be the week of Feb. 22nd. Next we will begin Chapter 16 where the students will learn what it means to live the Fifth Commandment by respecting all human life.
Room 115 – In Chapter 17 the students learned that the sixth commandment teaches us to show and share love with others. In Chapter 18 the students will learn that the seventh commandment calls us to live out the peace and justice of Jesus. The test will be the week of February 15th.
LANGUAGE ARTS
Room 114 – The students will complete their poetry booklets this week and practice their oral presentations for the poetry presentation on Thursday, February 18th. To continue with our poetry unit, the students will be reading poetry, analyzing it, and identifying poetic devices that authors use when writing poetry. The week of Feb. 22nd, we will begin our study of adverbs. In spelling, we will continue working with compound words, prefixes and suffixes, and consonant blends.
Room 115 – The children have completed their essays on Abraham Lincoln. They are working hard on their poetry books getting ready for their presentation on February 18. In Grammar the students will begin our unit on adjectives.
SCIENCE
The students will continue the chapter on sound. They will lean what the basic attributes of a wave are and how the attributes determine the sound that is being produced. They will also learn how the human ear works. The test on Chapter 13 will be the week of February 29th.
SOCIAL STUDIES
The test on Chapter 10 will be the week of February 15. Chapter 11 talks about The People of the Southwest. The Navajo, the Spanish explorers, and the region’s Mexican neighbors have all left their marks on the culture of the Southwest.
FYI: The Fourth Grade poetry presentation will be on Thursday, February 18th,at 2PM in Room 201. Please join us to hear the wonderful poems that the students have created.
We will be attending Stations of the Cross at 2 PM every Friday during Lent.
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Fourth Grade: February 12, 2010
READING
Room 114 - We will begin our unit on the underground railroad for Black History month. The students will be working in literature circles to read North by Night. We will also be making a classroom quilt where each student will create a square to represent something they have learned about the underground railroad. The students will receive a grade based on their participation in the literature circles. There will not be a test on this novel.
Room 115 – Students will follow the journey of Basho, a seventeenth century poet, as he travels through Japan in the story “Grass Sandals.” We will identify an author’s purpose and point of view, develop new vocabulary, and work on comprehension strategies. Upon completion of “Grass Sandals” we will begin our literature study of Because of Winn Dixie.
MATH
Room 114 – We will continue with our chapter on division where the students will learn to regroup to divide two-digit numbers, use basic facts and patterns to divide multiples of ten, and estimate quotients. The test on Chapter 8 will be the week of February 22nd. We will then begin Chapter 9 where the students will divide 3, 4, and 5 digit dividends with 2, 3, and 4 digit quotients.
Room 115 – The students are working on Lesson 9. They are dividing three, four, and five digit dividends with two, three and four digit quotients. They will learn how to divide money and solve problems using skills and strategies. The test on Lesson 9 will be the week of February 23.
RELIGION
Room 114 – We will begin the week learning how Lent is the season of preparation for Easter, and then continue with our study of the Fourth Commandment. The test on Chapter 15 will be the week of Feb. 22nd. Next we will begin Chapter 16 where the students will learn what it means to live the Fifth Commandment by respecting all human life.
Room 115 – In Chapter 17 the students learned that the sixth commandment teaches us to show and share love with others. In Chapter 18 the students will learn that the seventh commandment calls us to live out the peace and justice of Jesus. The test will be the week of February 15th.
LANGUAGE ARTS
Room 114 – The students will complete their poetry booklets this week and practice their oral presentations for the poetry presentation on Thursday, February 18th. To continue with our poetry unit, the students will be reading poetry, analyzing it, and identifying poetic devices that authors use when writing poetry. The week of Feb. 22nd, we will begin our study of adverbs. In spelling, we will continue working with compound words, prefixes and suffixes, and consonant blends.
Room 115 – The children have completed their essays on Abraham Lincoln. They are working hard on their poetry books getting ready for their presentation on February 18. In Grammar the students will begin our unit on adjectives.
SCIENCE
The students will continue the chapter on sound. They will lean what the basic attributes of a wave are and how the attributes determine the sound that is being produced. They will also learn how the human ear works. The test on Chapter 13 will be the week of February 29th.
SOCIAL STUDIES
The test on Chapter 10 will be the week of February 15. Chapter 11 talks about The People of the Southwest. The Navajo, the Spanish explorers, and the region’s Mexican neighbors have all left their marks on the culture of the Southwest.
FYI: The Fourth Grade poetry presentation will be on Thursday, February 18th,at 2PM in Room 201. Please join us to hear the wonderful poems that the students have created.
We will be attending Stations of the Cross at 2 PM every Friday during Lent.