Friday October 23, 2009
First up - HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to all our wonderful Math Bee contestants. You've worked so hard and you show so much courage getting up on that stage in front of the audience. I'm SO proud of all of you!!!!!!!!
Next - we were reading two chapters of The Witches today. By Monday you should have finished up to page 64. Please don't read past that. I know it's hard but I want to discuss it with you on Monday before you read what comes next.
If you don't use up your full 15 minutes for your reading log, just go back to reading whatever other book you have.
DUE next Friday -
I just want to give some advance warning about your Saint project that is due on Friday, October 30th.
You are to create a booklet (like the one you did in 3rd grade) for our class saints. Our class has two saints - Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. John Baptiste de la Salle (note - this is not John the Baptist). I assigned Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton to the girls and St. John Baptiste de la Salle to the boys, but if you really prefer to do the other one you may. Just let me know. You can always do both if you need extra credit.
You can find information on each saint by clicking the links below:
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
St. John Baptiste de la Salle
St. John Baptiste de la Salle
St. John Baptiste de la Salle
Please remember this is to be your own work! Of course you can look up information. (That's called research!) But write it in your own words. Copying someone else's words is wrong. That's called plagiarism!
Finally, our Middle States visit begins with the assembly and 5 o'clock Mass on Sunday. We would love to have as many students as possible join us for Mass. Please wear your uniform if you are attending.
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Note to the person who wrote asking what an epitaph is. There is a definition of it on the top of your paper.
Homework Thursday October 22, 2009
Since so many of our classmates are in the Math Bee tomorrow, I'm going light on homework tonight.
Read the next chapter in The Witches and think of any questions, ideas or predictions you might have.
Get Math test signed. If you scored less than 103, write me a note explaining either what your mistake was (if it was just a mistake but you really do know it) or wjat part of the math is confusing to you. (In other words - where are you getting stuck?)
Fill in the epitaph for Ichabod Crane on the headstone. Use your imagination and your knowledge of his character to decide what to write.
GOOD LUCK tomorrow to our Math Bee contestants!!!!! We're so proud of you!
Homework Wednesday October 21, 2009
Dress in red tomorrow for Red Ribbon Week ($2.00)
Read the next chapter in The Witches and complete the chart. Remember to include this on your log. You have to turn the paper over for the remainder of the month.
Science - vocabulary sheet
(If you have not brought in your permission slip - remember it tomorrow!)
Writing complete the sheet about your story.
I sent a notice home about a class directory.
Homework Tuesday October 20, 2009
Today, October 20th, 2009 is the first annual National Day on Writing. As part of our celebration of writing, for homework I want you to write for 15 minutes in your Writer's Notebook about any topic and in any form you would like. That means you can write a story, a poem, comic, letter, email, etc. Just write for at least 15 minutes!
Reading - Read the second chapter of The Witches - pages 12 - 23.
Complete, color and cut out Religion sheet on being a Disciple.
Study for Math test - Place value, ordering numbers, <, >, =
Note - some people had a question - YES you do have gym tomorrow.
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Please note there will be no NIA class tomorrow, Tuesday, due to the half day.
Homework Monday October 19, 2009
Bring in Permission slip for this month’s park trip.
Read for 15 minutes and record on log.
Religion – Unit 1 Take Home Test. You may use your book to answer the questions.
Math – do review sheet for test. Be sure to tell me if there is a part you couldn’t understand.
ELA –
1) On the sheet, draw your favorite scene from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
2) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ends in a mysterious way. Which of the following do you think best explains the ending? On looseleaf, write a paragraph explaining which answer you chose and why you chose it.
a) “Some suspect he was the victim of a cruel prank, and blame his disappearance on Brom Van Brunt.”
b) “Some say he left on his own accord, too embarrassed to face his beloved Katrina.”
c) “It would not surprise me if he had been spirited away by some … headless ghost.”
Remember – Dismissal tomorrow is at 11:30!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, October 19, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Week of October 13th - 16th
Thursday Homework
Reading - On page 50 of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane is having a great night and thinks it can’t get any better, but the author says “In fact, it was about to get much worse.” In your RRJ, make a prediction about how you think it was about to get worse. What bad things do you think might happen to Ichabod? Read to find out if your predictions were correct.
By Monday you should have finished this book.
Math – we will be having a test next Wednesday on place value, ordering numbers greatest to least and least to greatest, and using the symbols
Social Studies – workbook pages 3 and 4.
Wednesday Homework -
Reading - Read chapters 5 and 7 of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. If it doesn't take the full 15 minutes, you can read from your regular book. Enter on log.
Writing - In your Writer's Notebook, list 6-12 possible ideas for your spooky story. Remember they should be somehow related to the poster you are doing for art and should involve the Hudson River/Hudson River Valley in some way.
Math - Daily Homework Practice Book - page 5
Tuesday Homework -
Reading - Read chapters 3 and 4 of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. If it doesn't take the full 15 minutes, you can read from your regular book. Enter on log.
Response - Do both in RRJ:
1) Good readers set a purpose for reading. Our purpose in reading The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is to see how the author used Hudson River landmarks, places etc. to write a spooky story. After you have read chapters 3 and 4, go back to Chapter1 and look at all 4 chapters for examples of how Washington Irving used details about the Hudson River Valley to make his story come alive. List some of those details (and the page number) in your RRJ.
2) Based on what you read in Chapter 3, draw a picture of wh at you think Ichabod Crane looks like.
Math - sheet (There are 2 different sheets. You should have the one based on your progress today)
Spelling - test tomorrow
Reader's Theater - practice your script
Reading - On page 50 of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane is having a great night and thinks it can’t get any better, but the author says “In fact, it was about to get much worse.” In your RRJ, make a prediction about how you think it was about to get worse. What bad things do you think might happen to Ichabod? Read to find out if your predictions were correct.
By Monday you should have finished this book.
Math – we will be having a test next Wednesday on place value, ordering numbers greatest to least and least to greatest, and using the symbols
Social Studies – workbook pages 3 and 4.
Wednesday Homework -
Reading - Read chapters 5 and 7 of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. If it doesn't take the full 15 minutes, you can read from your regular book. Enter on log.
Writing - In your Writer's Notebook, list 6-12 possible ideas for your spooky story. Remember they should be somehow related to the poster you are doing for art and should involve the Hudson River/Hudson River Valley in some way.
Math - Daily Homework Practice Book - page 5
Tuesday Homework -
Reading - Read chapters 3 and 4 of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. If it doesn't take the full 15 minutes, you can read from your regular book. Enter on log.
Response - Do both in RRJ:
1) Good readers set a purpose for reading. Our purpose in reading The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is to see how the author used Hudson River landmarks, places etc. to write a spooky story. After you have read chapters 3 and 4, go back to Chapter1 and look at all 4 chapters for examples of how Washington Irving used details about the Hudson River Valley to make his story come alive. List some of those details (and the page number) in your RRJ.
2) Based on what you read in Chapter 3, draw a picture of wh at you think Ichabod Crane looks like.
Math - sheet (There are 2 different sheets. You should have the one based on your progress today)
Spelling - test tomorrow
Reader's Theater - practice your script
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Columbus Day Weekend
My apologies about the Spelling Test. I had to leave at 11 on Friday to attend a workshop and we had been so busy working on a Social Studies map project that I completely forgot to give the Spelling test before I left. So sorry!
I don't want to be unfair to anyone who didn't bring their Spelling book home to review, so I'll make the test on Wednesday.
The children should be studying their Spanish.
There is no written homework for me this weekend, but as usual, students should be reading each day!
Enjoy the beautiful weather, notice any changes you see in our environment, and have a great Columbus Day off! See you on Tuesday.
I don't want to be unfair to anyone who didn't bring their Spelling book home to review, so I'll make the test on Wednesday.
The children should be studying their Spanish.
There is no written homework for me this weekend, but as usual, students should be reading each day!
Enjoy the beautiful weather, notice any changes you see in our environment, and have a great Columbus Day off! See you on Tuesday.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Special Subject Homework (assigned week of 10/5)
Spanish - study pages 48 - 50
Be sure to check in the post further down the page for homework due this week.
Edited - I'm copying the library information from down below since it's for tomorrow.
Library - (due Thursday 10/8)
study new notes - Dictionary
Study sheet on compounds
TEST
Be sure to check in the post further down the page for homework due this week.
Edited - I'm copying the library information from down below since it's for tomorrow.
Library - (due Thursday 10/8)
study new notes - Dictionary
Study sheet on compounds
TEST
Monday, October 5, 2009
Week of October 5th - 9th
Thursday October 8th
Read - 15 minutes and record on October log.
Math - p. 4 in your Daily Homework Practice Book. Show any work in your notebook.
Spelling - test tomorrow on words from Ch 1 of Spelling book. The words that go with A Visit With Grandpa.
ELA - Write the essay to answer the prompt from yesterday. I'll repeat it so you're sure.
Characters often change from the beginning of the story to the end of the story. Choose a character from Fourth Grade Rats and explain how he or she changed during the story. Use examples from the story to support your answer.
Yesterday you completed the chart. Using the information from your chart, write a 5 paragraph essay. Your essay should include an introduction (remember TTQA!), a paragraph each for the beginning, middle and end, and a conclusion which is basically just restating the introduction in a different way to show that you proved your answer.
Wednesday October 7th
Read - 15 minutes and record on October log.
Word Study - Write a sentence for each of the seven words. Do this in your word study notebook. Please create sentences that show you understand the meaning of the word. That will help you build your vocabulary.
Social Studies - Read text book pages 10 - 15. We will be doing a clay map of NY landforms tomorrow so try to really understand the different landforms you are reading about.
Reading/Writing - We are developing the skills to make text-based responses to questions like the following:
Characters often change from the beginning of the story to the end of the story. Choose a character from Fourth Grade Rats and explain how he or she changed during the story. Use examples from the story to support your answer.
For tonight, you are supposed to complete the chart you copied into your Reading/LA notebook. If you don't have it, it should look something like this:
Suds Morton
Tuesday October 6th
Read - 15 minutes and record on October log.
Writer's Notebook - Respond to the prompt from Writing Magic - A character finds a diamond necklace on the schoolbus seat. Write for at least 15 straight minutes without stopping. Remember that you are allowed to change any of the details you want to make it your own creation. You can change the character, change the schoolbus, change the necklace, etc. - it's yours to make writing magic with. (In reply to the question - yes - in your Writer's Notebook)
Math - sheet. This is a review of both reading expanded form and comparing and ordering numbers.
Word Study - copy all of the highlighted definitions of the first seven words into your word study notebook. Be sure to think about the words and their meanings while you copy.
Spelling test on Friday is NOT on these words. It is on the words from Chapter 1 of the Spelling Book.
Monday, October 5th
Each child received a notice today with information about the NIA program which starts tomorrow.
Read - 15 minutes and record on October log. You should have already handed in the September Log. Please make sure I have it by tomorrow if you have not already done so.
Writer's Notebook - continue writing the piece you were working on today. Write for at least 10 straight minutes without stopping. You're trying to just get the ideas on paper now. You can go back later and make it better.
Math - Daily Homework Practice Book - page 3
Religion - Review and Resource Book page 4
Study Chapter 1 spelling words - test Friday
Read - 15 minutes and record on October log.
Math - p. 4 in your Daily Homework Practice Book. Show any work in your notebook.
Spelling - test tomorrow on words from Ch 1 of Spelling book. The words that go with A Visit With Grandpa.
ELA - Write the essay to answer the prompt from yesterday. I'll repeat it so you're sure.
Characters often change from the beginning of the story to the end of the story. Choose a character from Fourth Grade Rats and explain how he or she changed during the story. Use examples from the story to support your answer.
Yesterday you completed the chart. Using the information from your chart, write a 5 paragraph essay. Your essay should include an introduction (remember TTQA!), a paragraph each for the beginning, middle and end, and a conclusion which is basically just restating the introduction in a different way to show that you proved your answer.
Wednesday October 7th
Read - 15 minutes and record on October log.
Word Study - Write a sentence for each of the seven words. Do this in your word study notebook. Please create sentences that show you understand the meaning of the word. That will help you build your vocabulary.
Social Studies - Read text book pages 10 - 15. We will be doing a clay map of NY landforms tomorrow so try to really understand the different landforms you are reading about.
Reading/Writing - We are developing the skills to make text-based responses to questions like the following:
Characters often change from the beginning of the story to the end of the story. Choose a character from Fourth Grade Rats and explain how he or she changed during the story. Use examples from the story to support your answer.
For tonight, you are supposed to complete the chart you copied into your Reading/LA notebook. If you don't have it, it should look something like this:
Suds Morton
Tuesday October 6th
Read - 15 minutes and record on October log.
Writer's Notebook - Respond to the prompt from Writing Magic - A character finds a diamond necklace on the schoolbus seat. Write for at least 15 straight minutes without stopping. Remember that you are allowed to change any of the details you want to make it your own creation. You can change the character, change the schoolbus, change the necklace, etc. - it's yours to make writing magic with. (In reply to the question - yes - in your Writer's Notebook)
Math - sheet. This is a review of both reading expanded form and comparing and ordering numbers.
Word Study - copy all of the highlighted definitions of the first seven words into your word study notebook. Be sure to think about the words and their meanings while you copy.
Spelling test on Friday is NOT on these words. It is on the words from Chapter 1 of the Spelling Book.
Monday, October 5th
Each child received a notice today with information about the NIA program which starts tomorrow.
Read - 15 minutes and record on October log. You should have already handed in the September Log. Please make sure I have it by tomorrow if you have not already done so.
Writer's Notebook - continue writing the piece you were working on today. Write for at least 10 straight minutes without stopping. You're trying to just get the ideas on paper now. You can go back later and make it better.
Math - Daily Homework Practice Book - page 3
Religion - Review and Resource Book page 4
Study Chapter 1 spelling words - test Friday
Sunday, October 4, 2009
YES!
To reply to a question I received -
YES, Terra Nova is over (unless you were absent and have to take a makeup)!
YES, Terra Nova is over (unless you were absent and have to take a makeup)!
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Special Subject Homework assigned week of 9/28
Art -
Finish your sketches if you haven't. Everyone should be ready to paint this week.
Spanish -
Page 37 Act. G
Pages 44, 45 Act. A, B
Library - (due Thursday 10/8)
study new notes - Dictionary
Study sheet on compounds
TEST
Finish your sketches if you haven't. Everyone should be ready to paint this week.
Spanish -
Page 37 Act. G
Pages 44, 45 Act. A, B
Library - (due Thursday 10/8)
study new notes - Dictionary
Study sheet on compounds
TEST
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