Wed. February 28

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour from their independent reading book

Writing: Students should still be taking notes on nonfiction topic.   Students have been given a format to follow and given a check list.  They should have 3 main topics they want to cover. We called them chapters because we are going to make them into a book.

Spelling: Unit 20 ~ Second page

(10 word spelling list ~ eagle, table, double, trouble, example, lighten, tighten, brighten, soften, harden)

20 word list~ same 10 words as above including:  stumble, tremble, wrinkle, dampen, darken, soften, weaken, harden, fasten, thicken, moisten, blacken

February 27

Spelling: Grade 4S Finish second page if you didn't get it done in class;

Writing: Students are working on an informational writing. Students need to keep researching their topic and taking notes in their writing notebooks. 

Reading: We have started reading myths in class and students seem excited to start decorating our room into a mythical place!  If you have any materials that we could have to decorate our room we would greatly accept any thing you think would be useful to this transformation.

Read for 1/2 an hour!

Feb. 26

There has been a little change in regards to the field trip to the Ellsworth American on March 6. Students will not need a bag lunch like originally planned. 

Homework: Students need to continue to research their nonfiction topic for writing.

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

February 26

Welcome Back to school! I hope everyone has had a restful and fun filled week!

We will be reading Greek myths and students will share what they have learned about a Greek God or Goddess!

Links below to help us decorate our classroom!
http://www.coloring.ws/greek1.htm

http://greece.mrdonn.org/myths.html

http://www.wartgames.com/crafts/greekgods.html

http://greece.mrdonn.org/greekgods/athena.html

http://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_greek_mythology.php

Social Studies ~ Chapter 10

Let's Study Chapter 10 ~ SOUTHWEST REGION

https://quizlet.com/260789465/chapter-10-social-studies-southwest-vocabulary-flash-cards/

THIS ONE MAY BE A LITTLE HARDER, BUT YOU CAN USE YOUR BOOK TO HELP YOU!
https://quizlet.com/136851872/chapter-10-study-guide-the-southwest-flash-cards/

Thursday, February 15

Have a great vacation everyone! We had a great Valentine's celebration! Thank you to all the parents and students for bringing in special treats! Thank you also for all the gifts I received! Very thoughtful and greatly appreciated!

We are also going on a field trip on March 6th to the Ellsworth American. Students will be judges for the Pet Parade Contest! It should be a lot of fun! They will also learn about the paper getting published!


NOW FOR THE HOMEWORK!
Reading: Students need to have three entries: (Feb. 13, Feb. 14, & Feb. 15) with the sentence starters~   Students should also bring their independent reading book tomorrow and any books they have finished reading so they can conference with me!

I infer.......


I predict......


I wonder.....

Spelling: There will be a spelling quiz over Unit 19 tomorrow! If students forgot their spelling book, I have put the words on the blog under Monday, Feb. 13

Writing: Students should continue to take notes on their nonfiction topic; Mr. Nickerson's class has been given two class periods to research.  Mrs. Sprague's class started today researching.

They were given directions to write down at least three thick questions they are wondering about their topic so they had a direction while researching.

Wednesday, Feb. 14

Writing: Students should be taking notes on their informational writing if they have not gotten any information so far. We have been working on taking notes for two days this week. 

Spelling: Unit 19 Mr. Nickerson's class worked on the third page of Unit 19
Mrs. Sprague's class worked on the second page.

Reading: Students will need 3 entries in their reading journal this week. 


I infer.......


I predict......


I wonder ...........

Tuesday, February 13

Reading: Students are practicing making inferences. They are to make inferences using their independent reading book.

Three sentence starters are:
I infer.........
I predict.........
I wonder why?

Spelling words are under Monday, Tuesday, 12

Spelling: Mr. Nickerson's class needs to finish the second page of Unit 19
Mrs. Sprague's class needs to finish the first page of Unit 19

Nonfiction: Students are starting a nonfiction reading & writing unit. In their writer's notebook they webbed questions they are wondering about or what they think will be interesting to find out.  Please have your child show you what they are choosing for a topic and questions they have generated so far. 

Research Links

February, 12

Spelling: Words for this week:
20 Word List:
 bottle, pebble, single, jumble, tickle, rattle, middle, bubble, sample, cattle, snuggle, kettle, jungle, ankle, giggle, simple, settle, temple, battle, mumble

10 Word List:
middle, single, sample, jungle, bubble, bottle, pebble, giggle, ankle, mumble

Homework:
Spelling:
Mr. Nickerson's class - First page of Unit 19
Mrs. Sprague's class will start Unit 19 tomorrow

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour ~ In reading notebook come up with three inferences while you are reading from your independent reading book using the sentence starters below:

I infer.........

I predict......

I wonder why..........

Thursday ~ February 8 ~

I didn't put homework on yesterday because of the early dismissal!


Mr. Nickerson's class will have a spelling test over Unit 17 words!  Study your words tonight. 

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour!  Bring any books you have for independent reading conferences.

Writing: Students have brainstormed informational writing topics.  They will need to be choosing a topic they want to research. 

February 6

Spelling: Mrs. Sprague's class will have a spelling quiz over Unit 16 on Wednesday.  Mr. Nickerson's class took the spelling quiz on Monday over Unit 16.

All student should finish the first page of Unit 17. We are working on the /j/ sound! (Spelled with dge, g followed by e, g followed by y, (gym) and g followed by i)

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

February 5

If students have not finished movie review or Monument Valley brochure they need to finish!

Spelling: We will be starting Unit 17 words on Tuesday!  Objective is for students to be able to read, spell and write words with the soft g sound.

20 Word List:  badge, gym, rigid, gem, baggage, range, dodge, package, engine, cottage, gigantic, edge, gentle, strange, ridge, cabbage, bridge, hedge, village, judge

10 Word List: ridge, badge, bridge, hedge, judge, gem, gym, gentle, gigantic, dodge, edge

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour working towards reading goal;
In reading we have been learning how to make inferences. Today we listened to the story, Fly Away Home, and made a great deal of inferences. Some inferences we made were: The boy had hope that he would some day have a home again. The father and the boy would go to difference places in the airport so they would not be noticed, and the boy was a thoughtful and caring person. We based our inferences on what was in the text and our schema!  

Social Studies: Students have been learning about Hoover Dam. Ask your child to show you Hoover Dam with Google Earth! It is really cool! 

Thursday, February 1

Spelling: Because of NWEA testing we are a day behind. We will
Reading: Read for 1/2 hour; Tomorrow is independent reading~ Make sure to bring any book you need to conference on and have a book ready! 

Writing: Movie Review should be done!  See other posts for the format or content if you need it.
Please read it aloud to your parents to make sure it makes sense and to see if they want to watch the movie!

Social Studies: Travel Brochure should also be done by Friday!  Students were given two handouts and there is also a link on the right hand side of the blog about Monument Valley.