September 18

Writing: Students need to add to their writer's notebook. Many students have completed this in class, but if they need more time then can work on it for homework.  They are listing people that are important to them, and underneath that person they are to list 3 to 5 short moment stories. This is a sentence explaining what could possibly lead to a story they want to write about. They don't have to write the story!!!!


Spelling: Unit 2 ~ Second page

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

September 17

In science students worked in groups to make bridges! They were engineers at work! The objective was to be working collaboratively by building off of anther student's ideas.  The new science program is all about teamwork and discussing what they notice and analyzing the outcome of an investigation.

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

Spelling: We started a new unit today- words with long vowel sounds with a vowel - consonant vowel ~ a-consonant -e
~ i -consonant -e
~ a-consonant -e
~ u-consonant -e
Students could begin studying the words.
wise, huge, case, alone, rise, cube, fame, beside, blame, chose, tire, became, awhile, spoke, wife, drove, surprise, scale, alive, invite

September 13

Spelling:
Study Unit 1 words

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour (independent reading book or poetry book)
Be ready with an independent reading book for tomorrow!

Writing: Add to your poem in your poetry notebook

September 12

I am so proud of our 4th graders! They have been showing so many acts of kindness! 

Homework:
Spelling:
Students are working on Unit 1 in spelling. Spelling words are: crust, pass, else, skill, brag, zipper, began, collar, drag, smell, brick, felt, spill, button, held, trust, kept, trick, shell, begin

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

Writing: If there is a computer at home, check to see if you can log into your google account

Social Studies: Check out  the interactive links on the blog that are about the geographical features of the United States! Let's see if we can ace the game!

September 11

There was a teachers' meeting after school so I didn't get homework on the blog after school.

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

Spelling: Study words


Links to landforms and major bodies of water in the United States ~

https://www.learner.org/interactives/historymap/sea-game/

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/USA_Geography/USA-georegion.html

September 10

A lot of students are really showing acts of kindness! Keep up the great effort and making our class and school shine! Grade 4 rocks!!

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

Math: math worksheet 1.3 comparing numbers

Thursday, September 6

Math:  Worksheet Model Place Value Relationships 1-21 (only front page)

Wednesday, September 5

Homework:
Math - Reteach 1 - 23 Place Value practice

Reading: Read from your poetry book for 1/2 hour

Let's Look at the relationship between digits using the place value chart

https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/7426-understand-relationships-between-digits-and-their-place-value/

Where to put commas!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S0XCrzXvgw