Week of December 20th

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all!

Thank you to everyone for your generosity. You overwhelm me!

FYI - Nothing new went home today - except for leftover food and presents!

12/22
Vacation work -

I gave the children a letter and 2 sets of vacation practice today.  The ELA should take no more than 50 minutes since that is the time allowed. The Math allows approximately 50 minutes - 1 hour for each of the three sections.

I'll reiterate what was in the letter - please don't help with any questions (even to tell what a word means). If there's something they don't understand, they should make a best guess and put a star beside it. The reasoning is twofold. 1) When the actual tests are given in May, I'm not allowed to answer any questions so I need to get them in the habit of thinking it through and making the best choice based on what they know, and 2) Seeing what causes problems helps me to know what we still need to work on.

Thank you!


Tuesday Homework

Read for 20 minutes.
Reading sheet.
Math sheet
Word Study- Open Book test tomorrow



Monday Homework -

Read for 20 minutes.
Reading sheet.
Math - #3 on Looseleaf
Word Study - crossword puzzle

Science - plant booklet due tomorrow if you haven't finished it.

Word Study - Open Book test on Chapters 1 - 4 on Wednesday
Remember - baby items due tomorrow if you are participating.
Mission money due tomorrow.

Grab bag due by Thursday if you are participating.

Week of December 13th

Thursday Homework
 Read for 20 minutes.
Math - workbook page 37.

Religion Take Home Test due Monay.
Science - Plant booklet due Tuesday.




Wednesday Homework -
Read for 20 minutes.
Study word study for test.
Math - test signed and corrected.
Social Studies - Read pages 46 - 53 and do page 10 in workbook.
Religion - finish pages 73 and 75



Tuesday - only HW is to study for Word Study test on Thursday.

REMINDER - the Christmas concert is tomorrow. Any concert tickets must be purchased in advance.
Children should report to the Old School Hall by 7. I will pick them up there and bring them to the classroom. Parents should pick children up from the classroom when the show is over.

Monday Homework -
Read for 20 minutes.
Word Study 4D (Test Thursday)
Math - test tomorrow on Chapter 2 and Bar Graphs (pages 25-26 and 242). Test is specifically on Commutative, Associative and Identity properties of addition (page 68), Algebraic Expressions and Variables (pages 74 - 75) and Addition and Subtraction Number Sentences (pages 76 - 77).

Week of December 6th

Thursday homework -


Read for 20 minutes.

Math - finish page 243 in notebook.

Word Study - 4B and 4C

Religion - do review pages for Chapter 4


Notices went home with parent-teacher conference times.

Monday homework -

Read for 20 minutes.
Do Bar Graph of our Roald Dahl data in your Math notebook.
Finish the Religion pages we went over in chapter 4.

Week of November 29th

Due for Monday -

Candy Project
Roald Dahl Book Award final draft

Thursday Homework -

Read for 20 minutes.
SS page 9

Math page 86 in workbook

Science - finish question 4 from the lab and draw what you observed.

Work on Willy Wonka Candy project


NOTE:  Your Willy Wonka Candy project will be due on Monday, December 6th. Details to come on Thursday.


Wednesday Homework


Read for 20 minutes.
Finish edited and revised FINAL copy of your Witches book review. Remember to carefully review the checklist to make sure you fulfilled all requirements.

Begin draft of your "Favorite Roald Dahl" book essay. The three paragraph draft should be done according to the outline I gave you.
1.  Introductory sentence naming your favorite Roald Dahl book. You can add a one sentence description of why here.
2. BRIEF paragraph summarizing the book. Remember not to give the ending or too many details away.
3. Paragraph explaining in detail why this is your favorite Roald Dahl book. It would be good to use examples from the story here.

Also - reminder for those who dislike Roald Dahl books. Your task is to explain why and then do the same explanation for what is your favorite non-Roald Dahl book.

Remember that the SS from yesterday is due Thursday.




CHRISTMAS SALE is tomorrow.


Tuesday homework -

Read for 20 minutes.

SS - due Thursday - complete Unit two vocab in your notebook and do workbook page 8.

Religion- questions in notebook


Reminder - if you have not yet returned the appointment form for parent-teacher conferences, please do so as soon as possible.

SS brochure is due tomorrow.

Monday homework -

Read for 20 minutes.
Complete the compare/contrast sheet about the chocolate factories.

Word Study - test signed and corrected.
Do 4A in notebook. If you did not finish dividing the words into the two lists (Words I know and Words I need to learn) do that as well.

Math - sheet to practice subtraction with 000's.  Do in your notebook. I forgot to tell you to show the check, so do that if you see this.

Thanksgiving Week 2010

Tuesday Homework -

Reminder - Wednesday is our November park trip so be sure to bring in your permission slips.
Anyone who has not turned in the art journal to Mrs. Bardo should bring it in.

Read for 20 minutes
Math - page 19
Science - sheets




Monday Homework -
Read for 20 minutes
Word Study test tomorrow.
SS - first group of Chapter 2 words - define in notebook.
Math - page 77 # 7 - 28 in notebook.
Religion - card for St. Rose Philippine Duchesne feast day

A notice went home today about our Advent project to help the children of St. Lucia recover from the hurricane and flood damage. The requested items from the 4th grade are pencils and construction paper. Please send in by November 30th.

Week of November 15th

I hope everyone had a fun time at the chocolate factory today. I know I learned a lot about what goes into making chocolate! Thanks so much to our chaperones for helping out.

Homework -
Read for 15 minutes.
Religion test tomorrow on Chapter 3.
Math - page 17
RRJ - make a list of all the things you can think of that you learned on the trip today. We'll be working on a couple of writing projects based on this trip so it's a good idea to write your thoughts down while they're fresh.



REMINDER -

Chocolate factory trip is tomorrow. A note went home today with reminders to wear gym uniforms and bring a bag lunch and any money you wish to spend in the shop.

Chaperones please come to the front desk at 9:30.


Wednesday

Read for 15 minutes.
RRJ - questions about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and out trip
Religion - Practice test for Chapter 3

Science - questions about our pumpkin seeds (from the sheet I gave you) in notebook.

Tuesday

Read for 15 minutes.

Read pages A 80 - 89  in Science book and do questions on both sides of sheet. Think about how this relates to what we have seen with our pumpkin seeds.

Word Study exercise 3B and 3C  in notebook.

Religion - read page 50 and do response in NB.




Monday

Read for 15 minutes.

Read pages A 70 - 74  in Science book and do questions 1 - 20 on sheet.

Word Study exercise 3A in notebook

Math - page 15.

Book orders are due tomorrow.

Weekend

The Social Studies test is on Monday.  I gave out a study sheet that lists everything the children should know. We went over the practice test today and corrected everything so they can use that to study from as well as their notes and the workbook pages.

Happy Weekend!