Spelling Bee Coming Soon

Today we:

1. read chapter 5 in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
2. created a foldable study guide for physical and chemical changes that we will finish tomorrow.
3. learned some multiplication tricks.
4. continued learning about tribes in social studies.

Coming Attractions:

• Friday, December14: Homework Packet due; Interims; Discovery Centers (everyone gets to go to LEAP!)
• Monday, December 17: Literature Projects due (Informational text)
• Wednesday, December 19: Science test (Chemical and Physical Changes); Christmas Party
• Thursday, December 20: Christmas Break Begins
  

January 7-11: We will take the practice achievement test this week.

The school spelling bee will be January 10 from 1:30 until 3:00. Only 5 students from each third and fourth grade class (30 total) will participate. In order to determine which 5 students from our class will represent room 220, we will have a class spelling bee the week we return from Christmas break (January 2-4).

2 Hour Delay

We watched Bill Nye today in science. In math we estimated then multiplied and did page 72. We took a spelling test and completed a grammar verb review. We also finished ThinkLink testing and read chapter 4 in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.

Next week we will finish The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. We will also STAR test to get new reading levels. There is no spelling next week. Santa Shop make up time will be on Monday and Tuesday.

Snow Days

I hope everyone enjoyed the day off yesterday!
Today's Assignments
Math - p. 71
S.S. - Northwest Ordinance worksheet
Science - continued working on Changes in Matter stations
Reading - read chapter 3 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
Language-power verbs

Tomorrow's Plans

• take spelling test
• do ThinkLink testing
• turn in spelling packet
• turn in homework homework
• other stuff:)

Rocket Club

Today's Assignments:
Reading-The Best Christmas Pageant Ever chapter 2
Math-multiplication (3 digit by 1 digit) workbook p. 68
Science-Changing Matter centers
Social Studies-tribe work

Homework:
Anything not finished in class
packet
spelling

Please note that there have been some significant changes in Rocket Club qualifications. The majority of the Elementary teachers felt that last year's requirements were not stringent enough for this elite group, so a committee was formed and changes made. This year's requirements are as follows:

• No more than 3 absences.
• No more than 6 tardies/early dismissals.
• No more than 3 missing assignments. If an assignment is missing for multiple days, it will count for multiple missing assignments.
• No red cards.
• No more than 3 yellow cards.
• In fourth grade preparation for classes is also a requirement. Students may not come to class unprepared more than 4 times without consequences. Since we switch classrooms and teachers 3 times per day, students may be marked for lack of preparation more than once per day.

Please encourage your child to be prepared, do his/her work on time, and follow directions. I would love to see every student be a member of this elite group, but it does take effort to achieve.

Meet the Herdmans

We will be reading The Best Christmas Pageant Ever until Christmas break. We are trying something different with this novel unit-each student has received a packet of all of the work that is due when we finish the book in two weeks. We will read and discuss one chapter per day together, but students may work at their own pace as long as they complete the minimum requirements per day. At the end of the book, each student will take two computerized tests on the book-one is an AR quiz and the other is a literacy skills test. There will NOT be a written test on this book.

Literature Projects are due on December 17, but may be presented earlier if time allows. Informational text is the genre for this report. When choosing a text, help your child choose a topic that really interests him/her. If the book seems a bit short, have your child read more than one book. For another copy of the report requirements/planning sheet, click here.

Today's Assignments

Math quiz

Social Studies worksheet

Science worksheet

This Week's Homework:

Packet

Spelling

Next Week:

No spelling :)

Big Day Tomorrow

Today's Assignments
Science-Project Matter (due Monday)
Math-reviewed for test (Monday); p. 284 # 1-13 for extra credit
Language-Singular Possessives p. 100
Reading-test on The Stranger (written and AR)

Tonight's Homework

• anything not finished in class
• spelling 50 points
• packet (science, math, state dailies)

Tomorrow's Events
AR lunch: Caitlin, Jared, Nick, James, Hunter, Caleb, Faith, Morgan, Lexie, Bryce, and Holly Su (It's not too late for the rest of you!

Rocket Club: Jared, Nick, James, Hunter, Jenna, Faith, Taryn, Jessica, Holly Su, Lexie, and Tim
Congratulations on being part of this elite group!

Goodbye Kallie! Good luck at your new school!

Welcome Bailey! We're glad to have you!

No Switch Wednesday

We did our first round of ThinkLink testing today taking the Language Arts test which has questions for reading, writing, and grammar. Overall the class did very well, but we are still having problems with inferencing and topic sentences. We will address these in class.

Today's Assignments
Math p. 65
Social Studies test-lots of A's and B's
Language Arts-finish magic frame and summary; fact/opinion; cause/effect
Science-work on Project: Matter

Tomorrow we will:

• take a written test on The Stranger
• take an AR test on The Stranger
• do lots of other things:)

The Christmas party is quickly approaching on December 19. Shawnta Nipper will be our parent volunteer in charge of planning this celebration. A letter requesting your help/donations will be in this week's Friday Folder. Fourth graders do NOT exchange gifts at the party. If your child is in the giving spirit, he/she is welcome to bring a new, unwrapped gift to be donated to a local charity.

Our scheduled Santa Shop day is Monday, December 3. More information is coming in this week's Friday folder.

If you have any items to donate to this week's auction, please send them tomorrow or Friday.