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Friday, April 22, 2011

Good Friday

Here's a You Tube video of the song we've been singing.



Monday, April 18, 2011

Week of April 18th

REMINDER - Dismissal for Wednesday is at 11:30.  There is no afterschool.


Tuesday Homework -

Compare and Contrast packet
Math practice


Monday Homework -
Poetry Packet
Reading and Writing book - read over my comments on your essays and then work on the pair of stories beginning with Exotic Pets. Do all the work in the book.
Math - problem solving packet

I will be sending home test prep materials for work over the vacation, but anyone who would like extra materials, please let me know.

Monday, April 11, 2011

Week of April 11th

Weekend Homework - 

COACH Math - Lessons 39 - 42
Vocab - Words in context packet
Skills book - 3 more stories


Thursday Homework - 

REMEMBER - tomorrow is the free dress down day you won for the carbon footprint contest.

Reading - 3 stories in your skills book
Poetry sheets
Math - pages 160 - 161



Wednesday Homework - 

RALLY Reading - pages 77 -  87   on looseleaf
Math - 3 sheets on decimals
Idiom drawing

Remember - tomorrow is Poem in Your Pocket Day
Bring a poem to share. 




Tuesday Homework - 

Read  for 25 minutes.
ELA packet - pages I had you circle.

Math - SMART poem and second sheet

 
Monday Homework –

Read  for 25 minutes.

Math – sheet.  Workbook page 152 (Do work in notebook) and
page 153 # 1-4 and 7 – 16.  Note - if you have problems with the double digit division problems, just set up the problem the way you would solve it, but you don't have to actually solve it. If you can do it, good for you!

Word Study 9A

Reading – RALLY pages 72 – 76 on looseleaf

Monday, April 4, 2011

Week of April 4th

Weekend homework -

Math COACH  - Lessons 30 - 33 (Study sheet on measurement)
ELA - Paired Passages pages 23 - 32 in booklet
Optional ELA - read COACH beginning on page 109 about how to write a better essay




Thursday Homework -

Read for 25 minutes.
ELA - 3 sheets on sentences
ELA - reading/writing section

Math - test tomorrow. Be sure you know how to:
~ Add fractions (with the same denominators)
~ Subtract fractions (with the same denominators)
~ Order and compare fractions
~Recognize equivalent fractions and be able to reduce a fraction to simplest terms (lowest equivalent fraction)

The material for the test is covered in Lessons 8-4, 8-5, 8-7, 8-9, 9-1, 9-2.






**Reminder to parents about the very important Home School Association meeting for Wednesday night.**

Because of the important meeting tonight, the only homework is in the Rally book.


Tuesday Homework -

Read for 25 minutes (this can be the Science reading)

Reading packet on conclusions and inferences.
ELA - NY Edits
Math - sheet on equivalent fractions and workbook page 104.
Science - read text pages F76 - 81 - and complete sheet (up to that point). Think how what you're reading relates to our discussions about the flashlight and the classroom lights.


What a great day we had today using the new Smartboard to do Religion and Math!

Monday Homework -

Read for 25 minutes.
Math - sheets on measurement
Math test on fractions is Friday (adding, subtracting, equivalent, ordering)

Reading - reading between the lines packet


Here's the link I promised for the Ruler Game we played on the Smartboard - The Ruler Game.


Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Thursday Homework -

Read for 25 minutes

Math - workbook pages 107 and 108.  Use the fraction pieces. Try to reduce to lowest terms but we'll work on it tomorrow if you ave problems.
LA - 2 more sheets on verbs
Reading - 2 sheets

Wednesday Homework -

Read for 25 minutes

Math - sheet. Use the fraction pieces.
LA - 2 sheets on verbs
Reading - packet on inferences

Word Study test tomorrow

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Science Fair

Congratulations to all the 4th graders in the class who did such wonderful Science Fair projects.


Special Congrats to our classmates who were awarded prizes tonight.

Primary Level 1st prize and a blue ribbon was awarded to Jack!

Third place and white ribbons were awarded to Shannon and Charlotte!

Honorable Mention and green ribbons were awarded to Anthony and Anthony!

Congratulations to all for a job well done.



Note: There was no homework tonight due to the Science Fair.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Week of March 28th

Monday Homework -

Read for 25 minutes.
Religion test tomorrow. (Remember to study the 3 chapter review pages)
Word Study test Thursday.
COACH Math - Lesson 8 and Lesson Progress Check pages 154 - 157

Science Fair participants - remember to bring in your econoboard and anything else you are displaying.