Let's Write an Opinion Writing

How to hook your reader!
https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/7539-draft-an-introductory-paragraph-for-an-argumentative-essay

Why does a cat make a better pet? Let's watch to find out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBqQGG-3X44


What about dogs?
http://www.businessinsider.com/11-reasons-dogs-are-better-than-cats-2014-4


http://www.pets4homes.co.uk/pet-advice/ten-reasons-why-dogs-make-better-pets-than-cats.html

November 16

Reading: We read a myth today in class which was in a reader's theatre format.  Students are highlight vocabulary words in the myth they don't know.

Math: If you have not completed math journal pages up through lesson 4 you need to complete those pages.

Read for 1/2 hour.

November 10

I am very proud of our 4th Graders. They shared a character trait of a veteran and how that veteran showed that trait in front of the whole school and visitors! Great Job 4th Graders!

Homework:

Spelling - Unit 10 2nd page

Reading: Work on Independent Reading goal - Have your child read to you the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Ask them who they think is the real headless horseman.  We are working on providing evidence in class!

Math: Work on journal pages you may be behind on.

November 9

Math: One math journal page (Unit 3)

Spelling: Finish first page of Unit 11

Writing: Some still need to proof read and edit (capitalizations, commas, periods,

Reading: Moby Max

November 6

Reading: Make sure to be working towards your independent reading goal

Writing: You may still need to edit your personal narrative

Spelling: Study Spelling words

Science: Study Vocabulary words

Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Is the story really true?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt1GWHS7zZE

Setting
http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/where-setting-legend-sleepy-hollow-6911

Use specific details from the text that support the inference that the, "Headless Horseman" had a trick played on Icahabod that scared him from Sleepy Hollow.

http://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/holidays-halloween/ghost-stories2.htm

https://www.raz-kids.com/main/BookDetail/id/2071/resource/listen_book/from/quizroom/lightwindow/listen

Tuesday - November 3

Writing: Work on Editing your spider stories!  Remember your ending should show how the spider has changed or how he feels about what happened.

Spelling: Page 2 of Unit 10

Math: one journal page - Working towards finishing up through page 62

Reading: Reading for at least a 1/2 hour

Study Roller Coaster Vocabulary Words

https://quizlet.com/58894589/potential-and-kinetic-energy-flash-cards/

More Pictures of our 4th Grade Engineers

4th grade students built roller coasters in order to learn about forces and how energy changes from one form to another.  Students were to build a roller coaster that would allow the marble to make it through two loops while not going off the track.

I hope you enjoy the pictures.

Learning about Forces and Forms of Energy

4th grade students built roller coasters in order to learn about forces and how energy changes from one form to another.  Students were to build a roller coasters that would allow the marble to make it through two loops while not going off the track.

I hope you enjoy the pictures.