Weekly Highlights:
31: 9:30 Group Pictures
31: Class Pizza Party-Reward for earning marbles
1: Field trip to the National Museum of the American Indian (Chaperones please arrive by 9:15)
2: We will have a second math class from 12:30-1:10 instead of social studies
*Mrs. Sagona has challenged the school to read 1 million minutes by May 15. If the students and teachers reach the goal, each class will earn an ice cream party and an additional recess. Students should continue to read each night for 20 minutes (at least) and record this information on their reading logs. We continue to record the minutes we read each day in school on the log as well.
Math 4:
This week we will compare and identify decimals to the thousandth place. We will begin the week by using digi blocks to look at parts of a whole. We will write decimals and discuss how they relate to fractions and money.
A review packet will be sent home Monday with your child to review for our Unit 3 Assessment. Students should bring this completed packet to school on Wednesday, February 8 to review in class. We will take this assessment on Thursday & Friday, February 9 & 10.
Weblinks to help studnets practice fractions & decimals at home:
http://www.aaamath.com/dec.html
http://www.okaloosa.k12.fl.us/oakhill/fractions.html
We are using the Kahn Academy website to take individualized tutorials to practice our multiplication facts. For more information, visit
http://www.khanacademy.org/ and search for basic multiplication.
http://www.multiplication.com/
Social Studies:
Students will continue to film their movies this week and present completed projects. Since we are having social studies all day on Wednesday, we will only have class time on Friday this week. Students are welcome to bring a flash drive to save their work at school to take home to work on but are not required to do so.
Link to websites that have information about Native Americans:
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/travilahes/mediacenter/webresources/nativeamericans.aspx
*Fourth graders will be taking a field trip to the National Museum of the American Indian on February 1, 2012. Thank you to the many parents who have volunteered to join us on the trip. Thirty Four of you have expressed interest in coming with us! You should have received a confirmation letter last Friday asking if you were still interested in attending. If you did not, please email/call me as soon as possible.
Link to the NAIM website:
http://www.nmai.si.edu/
Reading:
This week we will continue to practice writing Brief Contstructed Responses. We continue to use the Writing Fix website that has great resources to practice responses:
http://writingfix.com/RICA/constructed_response.htm#passages
This week we will focus on identifying the main idea of an informational text. We will use the headings and subheadings to create a question. As they read the information under that heading, they will take notes to answer that question. This is the literal level for main idea that will reinforce the purpose of text features like headings to assit readers in undestanding more complex text.
Writing:
Students will begin to develop writing projects for quarter 3. This week's focus from the 6 traits of writing will be conventions. We will discuss the importance of editing our work and have mini-quiz at the end of the week.
A link to a website for additional information on the 6 Traits is below:
http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teacherlinks/sixtraits/sixtraits.html
Spelling:
Sort 10 will focus on endings that change adjectives to nouns and suggest a "condition" or "quality". When using the suffixes -ty and -ity, the accent sometimes shifts from the first syllable to the second or the syllable right before the suffix. (example: festive, festivity)
Our spelling test will be taken on Friday, February 10.
A great resource we found includes other ways for students to practice their spelling, even some apps for devices. The spelling activities that we suggested in the students spelling journals are just suggestions. Please feel free to adapt as your child needs to.
http://support.weta.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=43183.0&dlv_id=48444
Monday, January 30, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Weekly Newsletter, January 23-27
Weekly Highlights:
*Monday is a Professional Day for teachers. There is no school on Monday for students
*25- PTA Cultural Arts Assembly, 10:00 AM
*Mrs. Sagona has challenged the school to read 1 million minutes by May 15. If the students and teachers reach the goal, each class will earn an ice cream party and an additional recess. Students should continue to read each night for 20 minutes (at least) and record this information on their reading logs. We continue to record the minutes we read each day in school on the log as well.
Math 4:
This week we will place fractions and mixed numbers on a number line. We will also find parts of a fraction and transition into comparing fractions and decimals.
Weblinks to help studnets practice fractions at home:
http://www.okaloosa.k12.fl.us/oakhill/fractions.html
We are using the Kahn Academy website to take individualized tutorials to practice our multiplication facts. For more information, visit
http://www.khanacademy.org/ and search for basic multiplication.
http://www.multiplication.com/
Social Studies:
Now that research on Native American Settlements is compiled, students will create a PowerPoint, MovieMaker or Audacity presentation to display what they have learned to the class. This is an in-class project but students may gather research at home as well. Our presentations will begin on approximately January 25. We cannot give a firm duedate as we assess availabiltiy to various technolgoy tools to create these projects. Students are welcome to bring a flash drive to save their work at school to take home to work on but are not required to do so.
Link to websites that have information about Native Americans:
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/travilahes/mediacenter/webresources/nativeamericans.aspx
*Fourth graders will be taking a field trip to the National Museum of the American Indian on February 1, 2012. Thank you to the many parents who have volunteered to join us on the trip. 22 of you have expressed interest in coming with us! We will send home more information about your role as we get closer to the trip.
Link to the NAIM website:
http://www.nmai.si.edu/
Reading:
This week we will continue to practice writing Brief Contstructed Responses. We continue to use the Writing Fix website that has great resources to practice responses:
http://writingfix.com/RICA/constructed_response.htm#passages
Our focus on determining importance will shift to identifying the theme in poetry. We will explore many different works of various poets to look for the author's message. A theme is a general message that is communicated through the characters, their actions, and events. Some questions we will ask are:
*How does the title of the poem relate to the theme?
*What you do want to remember about this poem?
*What do you think the author is trying to say with their words?
*What images come to mind when you read this poem?
*Why did the author write this poem?
(adapted from The Next Step in Guided Reading by Jan Richardson)
Writing:
Students will begin to develop writing projects for quarter 2. Of the 6 Traits of writing, we will focus on voice. A link to a website for additional information on the 6 Traits is below:
http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teacherlinks/sixtraits/sixtraits.html
We will begin the week with mini-lessons on dialog, something that all students have been intersted in using in their writing.
Spelling:
Sort 9 will focus on endings that signal nouns or adjectives. There may not always be a root/base word found in words that end with -ary, -ery, or -ory. Each of the words with these endings should have the same sounds as other words with that ending. Some exceptions are stationery and century. Challenge your child to find others. We'd love to hear from him/her!
Our spelling test will be taken on Friday, January 27.
A great resource we found includes other ways for students to practice their spelling, even some apps for devices. The spelling activities that we suggested in the students spelling journals are just suggestions. Please feel free to adapt as your child needs to.
http://support.weta.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=43183.0&dlv_id=48444
*Monday is a Professional Day for teachers. There is no school on Monday for students
*25- PTA Cultural Arts Assembly, 10:00 AM
*Mrs. Sagona has challenged the school to read 1 million minutes by May 15. If the students and teachers reach the goal, each class will earn an ice cream party and an additional recess. Students should continue to read each night for 20 minutes (at least) and record this information on their reading logs. We continue to record the minutes we read each day in school on the log as well.
Math 4:
This week we will place fractions and mixed numbers on a number line. We will also find parts of a fraction and transition into comparing fractions and decimals.
Weblinks to help studnets practice fractions at home:
http://www.okaloosa.k12.fl.us/oakhill/fractions.html
We are using the Kahn Academy website to take individualized tutorials to practice our multiplication facts. For more information, visit
http://www.khanacademy.org/ and search for basic multiplication.
http://www.multiplication.com/
Social Studies:
Now that research on Native American Settlements is compiled, students will create a PowerPoint, MovieMaker or Audacity presentation to display what they have learned to the class. This is an in-class project but students may gather research at home as well. Our presentations will begin on approximately January 25. We cannot give a firm duedate as we assess availabiltiy to various technolgoy tools to create these projects. Students are welcome to bring a flash drive to save their work at school to take home to work on but are not required to do so.
Link to websites that have information about Native Americans:
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/travilahes/mediacenter/webresources/nativeamericans.aspx
*Fourth graders will be taking a field trip to the National Museum of the American Indian on February 1, 2012. Thank you to the many parents who have volunteered to join us on the trip. 22 of you have expressed interest in coming with us! We will send home more information about your role as we get closer to the trip.
Link to the NAIM website:
http://www.nmai.si.edu/
Reading:
This week we will continue to practice writing Brief Contstructed Responses. We continue to use the Writing Fix website that has great resources to practice responses:
http://writingfix.com/RICA/constructed_response.htm#passages
Our focus on determining importance will shift to identifying the theme in poetry. We will explore many different works of various poets to look for the author's message. A theme is a general message that is communicated through the characters, their actions, and events. Some questions we will ask are:
*How does the title of the poem relate to the theme?
*What you do want to remember about this poem?
*What do you think the author is trying to say with their words?
*What images come to mind when you read this poem?
*Why did the author write this poem?
(adapted from The Next Step in Guided Reading by Jan Richardson)
Writing:
Students will begin to develop writing projects for quarter 2. Of the 6 Traits of writing, we will focus on voice. A link to a website for additional information on the 6 Traits is below:
http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teacherlinks/sixtraits/sixtraits.html
We will begin the week with mini-lessons on dialog, something that all students have been intersted in using in their writing.
Spelling:
Sort 9 will focus on endings that signal nouns or adjectives. There may not always be a root/base word found in words that end with -ary, -ery, or -ory. Each of the words with these endings should have the same sounds as other words with that ending. Some exceptions are stationery and century. Challenge your child to find others. We'd love to hear from him/her!
Our spelling test will be taken on Friday, January 27.
A great resource we found includes other ways for students to practice their spelling, even some apps for devices. The spelling activities that we suggested in the students spelling journals are just suggestions. Please feel free to adapt as your child needs to.
http://support.weta.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=43183.0&dlv_id=48444
Friday, January 13, 2012
Weekly Newsletter, January 16-20
Weekly Highlights:
*Monday marks the celebration of Dr. Maritn Luther King, Jr. It is also a Day of Service. For local ideas to celebrate/particiapte in the day, please see the link below:
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/volunteer/MLK/mlkinfosheet.pdf
*January 18 is our Science & Technology Expo from 6:30-8:00. Thank you to all students who are participating! Even if your child is not presenting, families are welcome to attend. There will be many exciting activities this year. Thanks to our own Mrs. Cacace and many others on the PTA for organizing this Expo!
*Mrs. Sagona has challenged the school to read 1 million minutes by May 15. If the students and teachers reach the goal, each class will earn an ice cream party and an additional recess. Students should continue to read each night for 20 minutes (at least) and record this information on their reading logs.
Math 4:
For the next two weeks, we will focus on identifying fractions. Students should be able to compare and order fractions and mixed numbers, identify fractions as part of a set, and be able to make examples of fractions when changing what the "whole" represents.
We are using the Kahn Academy website to take individualized tutorials to practice our multiplication facts. For more information, visit
http://www.khanacademy.org/ and search for basic multiplication.
http://www.multiplication.com/
Social Studies:
Now that research on Native American Settlements is compiled, students will create a PowerPoint, MovieMaker or Audacity presentation to display what they have learned to the class. This is an in-class project but students may gather research at home as well. Our presentations will begin on approximately January 25. We cannot give a firm duedate as we assess availabiltiy to various technolgoy tools to create these projects. Students are welcome to bring a flash drive to save their work at school to take home to work on but are not required to do so.
Link to websites that have information about Native Americans:
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/travilahes/mediacenter/webresources/nativeamericans.aspx
*Fourth graders will be taking a field trip to the National Museum of the American Indian on February 1, 2012. Permission slips were sent home two weeks ago. We ask that they be returned by January 20. Please let Ms. Hudson, Mr. Beddick, or Mrs. Dynda know if this is a problem. Thank you to the many parents who have volunteered to join us on the trip. 18 of you have expressed interest in coming with us! We will send home more information about your role as we get closer to the trip.
Link to the NAIM website:
http://www.nmai.si.edu/
Reading:
All students in fourth grade took the Measures of Academic Progress, Reading last week. A range of 196-219 is considered proficient for fourth graders this time of year.
This week we will continue to study the reading strategy determining importance. We continue to use the Writing Fix website that has great resources to practice responses:
http://writingfix.com/RICA/constructed_response.htm#passages
Our focus on determining importance will shift to identifying the theme in poetry. We will explore many different works of various poets to look for the author's message. A theme is a general message that is communicated through the characters, their actions, and events. Some questions we will ask are:
*How does the title of the poem relate to the theme?
*What you do want to remember about this poem?
*What do you think the author is trying to say with their words?
*What images come to mind when you read this poem?
*Why did the author write this poem?
(adapted from The Next Step in Guided Reading by Jan Richardson)
Writing:
Students have been working on their writing piece for quarter 2 and should be ready to revise and edit their writing. We will have self, partner, and then teacher conferences. We have talked about taking notes, making element of a story maps, and working on the organization of a piece of writing.
Most students have decided to write stories for the second quarter. Students must complete one writing project per quarter. We can't wait to share these with you!
Spelling:
Sort 9 will focus on endings that signal nouns or adjectives. There may not always be a root/base word found in words that end with -ary, -ery, or -ory. Each of the words with these endings should have the same sounds as other words with that ending. Some exceptions are stationery and century. Challenge your child to find others. We'd love to hear from him/her!
A great resource we found includes other ways for students to practice their spelling, even some apps for devices. The spelling activities that we suggested in the students spelling journals are just suggestions. Please feel free to adapt as your child needs to.
http://support.weta.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=43183.0&dlv_id=48444
*Monday marks the celebration of Dr. Maritn Luther King, Jr. It is also a Day of Service. For local ideas to celebrate/particiapte in the day, please see the link below:
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/volunteer/MLK/mlkinfosheet.pdf
*January 18 is our Science & Technology Expo from 6:30-8:00. Thank you to all students who are participating! Even if your child is not presenting, families are welcome to attend. There will be many exciting activities this year. Thanks to our own Mrs. Cacace and many others on the PTA for organizing this Expo!
*Mrs. Sagona has challenged the school to read 1 million minutes by May 15. If the students and teachers reach the goal, each class will earn an ice cream party and an additional recess. Students should continue to read each night for 20 minutes (at least) and record this information on their reading logs.
Math 4:
For the next two weeks, we will focus on identifying fractions. Students should be able to compare and order fractions and mixed numbers, identify fractions as part of a set, and be able to make examples of fractions when changing what the "whole" represents.
We are using the Kahn Academy website to take individualized tutorials to practice our multiplication facts. For more information, visit
http://www.khanacademy.org/ and search for basic multiplication.
http://www.multiplication.com/
Social Studies:
Now that research on Native American Settlements is compiled, students will create a PowerPoint, MovieMaker or Audacity presentation to display what they have learned to the class. This is an in-class project but students may gather research at home as well. Our presentations will begin on approximately January 25. We cannot give a firm duedate as we assess availabiltiy to various technolgoy tools to create these projects. Students are welcome to bring a flash drive to save their work at school to take home to work on but are not required to do so.
Link to websites that have information about Native Americans:
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/travilahes/mediacenter/webresources/nativeamericans.aspx
*Fourth graders will be taking a field trip to the National Museum of the American Indian on February 1, 2012. Permission slips were sent home two weeks ago. We ask that they be returned by January 20. Please let Ms. Hudson, Mr. Beddick, or Mrs. Dynda know if this is a problem. Thank you to the many parents who have volunteered to join us on the trip. 18 of you have expressed interest in coming with us! We will send home more information about your role as we get closer to the trip.
Link to the NAIM website:
http://www.nmai.si.edu/
Reading:
All students in fourth grade took the Measures of Academic Progress, Reading last week. A range of 196-219 is considered proficient for fourth graders this time of year.
This week we will continue to study the reading strategy determining importance. We continue to use the Writing Fix website that has great resources to practice responses:
http://writingfix.com/RICA/constructed_response.htm#passages
Our focus on determining importance will shift to identifying the theme in poetry. We will explore many different works of various poets to look for the author's message. A theme is a general message that is communicated through the characters, their actions, and events. Some questions we will ask are:
*How does the title of the poem relate to the theme?
*What you do want to remember about this poem?
*What do you think the author is trying to say with their words?
*What images come to mind when you read this poem?
*Why did the author write this poem?
(adapted from The Next Step in Guided Reading by Jan Richardson)
Writing:
Students have been working on their writing piece for quarter 2 and should be ready to revise and edit their writing. We will have self, partner, and then teacher conferences. We have talked about taking notes, making element of a story maps, and working on the organization of a piece of writing.
Most students have decided to write stories for the second quarter. Students must complete one writing project per quarter. We can't wait to share these with you!
Spelling:
Sort 9 will focus on endings that signal nouns or adjectives. There may not always be a root/base word found in words that end with -ary, -ery, or -ory. Each of the words with these endings should have the same sounds as other words with that ending. Some exceptions are stationery and century. Challenge your child to find others. We'd love to hear from him/her!
A great resource we found includes other ways for students to practice their spelling, even some apps for devices. The spelling activities that we suggested in the students spelling journals are just suggestions. Please feel free to adapt as your child needs to.
http://support.weta.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=43183.0&dlv_id=48444
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Weekly Newsletter, January 10-13
Happy New Year!
Weekly Highlights:
* It is going to be a very chilly Thursday & Friday! Please remind students to wear coats, hats, and gloves so that they are prepared to go outside for recess when the weather is appropriate.
*Mrs. Sagona has challenged the school to read 1 million minutes by May 15. If the students and teachers reach the goal, each class will earn an ice cream party and an additional recess. Students should continue to read each night for 20 minutes (at least) and record this information on their reading logs.
* Mr. Allaire, our technology specialist, will be here to help students get started on their Native American presentations. He has shared Windows Movie Maker, Photo Story and Audacity with the students. Students will of course be able to use PowerPoint as well.
Friday the 13th is our Spelling Test!
Math 4:
Students will take the Measures of Academic Progress Math on Tuesday. A score of 208-211 is proficient for fourth graders at this time.
Fro the next two weeks, we will focus on identifying fractions. Students should be able to compare and order fractions and mixed numbers, identify fractions as part of a set, and be able to make examples of fractions when changing what the "whole" represents.
We will have a quiz on Friday about probability and common fractions.
We are using the Kahn Academy website to take individualized tutorials to practice our multiplication facts. For more information, visit
http://www.khanacademy.org/ and search for basic multiplication.
http://www.multiplication.com/
Social Studies:
Now that research on Native American Settlements is compiled, students will create a PowerPoint, MovieMaker or Audacity presentation to display what they have learned to the class. This is an in-class project but students may gather research at home as well. Our presentations will begin on approximately January 19. We cannot give a firm duedate as we assess availabiltiy to various technolgoy tools to create these projects. Students are welcome to bring a flash drive to save their work at school to take home to work on but are not required to do so.
Link to websites that have information about Native Americans:
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/travilahes/mediacenter/webresources/nativeamericans.aspx
*Fourth graders will be taking a field trip to the National Museum of the American Indian on February 1, 2012. Permission slips were sent home last Friday. We ask that they be returned by January 20. Please let Ms. Hudson, Mr. Beddick, or Mrs. Dynda know if this is a problem.
Link to the NAIM website:
http://www.nmai.si.edu/
Reading:
All students in fourth grade took the Measures of Academic Progress, Reading last week. A range of 196-219 is considered proficient for fourth graders this time of year.
This week we will continue to study the reading strategy determining importance. We continue to use the Writing Fix website that has great resources to practice responses:
http://writingfix.com/RICA/constructed_response.htm#passages
This week, we will focus on determining importance in fiction work. We will use our chapter books to identify main characters, main events, the most important actions/events in the story, and how the visualization you create in your head helps the reader understand what is happening in a story.
Writing:
Students have been working on their writing piece for quarter 2 and should be ready to revise and edit their writing. We will have self, partner, and then teacher conferences. We have talked about taking notes, making element of a story maps, and working on the organization of a piece of writing.
Most students have decided to write stories for the second quarter. Students must complete one writing project per quarter. We can't wait to share these with you!
Here is a sample of what is happening in class:
*Lydia is writing about wolves and huskies
*Anna is creating a poetry collection.
*Mark is researching Buffalo Bills player, Pete Metzlaars.
*Gissel is researching how pizza was invented
* Connor has completed a Scooby Doo comic
Spelling:
We will study noun suffixes for Sort 8. Our spelling test will be January 13. Please remember that all students are given TWO copies of their spelling lists: one for class and one for home. They must have their list with them in order to take their spelling test (all students have different lists).
The suffixes for the two weeks are:
-ment: creates nouns out of adjectives
-less: creates adjectives that mean without
-ness: creates nouns out of verbs and suggests a state of being
A great resource we found includes other ways for students to practice their spelling, even some apps for devices. The spelling activities that we suggested in the students spelling journals are just suggestions. Please feel free to adapt as your child needs to.
http://support.weta.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=43183.0&dlv_id=48444
Weekly Highlights:
* It is going to be a very chilly Thursday & Friday! Please remind students to wear coats, hats, and gloves so that they are prepared to go outside for recess when the weather is appropriate.
*Mrs. Sagona has challenged the school to read 1 million minutes by May 15. If the students and teachers reach the goal, each class will earn an ice cream party and an additional recess. Students should continue to read each night for 20 minutes (at least) and record this information on their reading logs.
* Mr. Allaire, our technology specialist, will be here to help students get started on their Native American presentations. He has shared Windows Movie Maker, Photo Story and Audacity with the students. Students will of course be able to use PowerPoint as well.
Friday the 13th is our Spelling Test!
Math 4:
Students will take the Measures of Academic Progress Math on Tuesday. A score of 208-211 is proficient for fourth graders at this time.
Fro the next two weeks, we will focus on identifying fractions. Students should be able to compare and order fractions and mixed numbers, identify fractions as part of a set, and be able to make examples of fractions when changing what the "whole" represents.
We will have a quiz on Friday about probability and common fractions.
We are using the Kahn Academy website to take individualized tutorials to practice our multiplication facts. For more information, visit
http://www.khanacademy.org/ and search for basic multiplication.
http://www.multiplication.com/
Social Studies:
Now that research on Native American Settlements is compiled, students will create a PowerPoint, MovieMaker or Audacity presentation to display what they have learned to the class. This is an in-class project but students may gather research at home as well. Our presentations will begin on approximately January 19. We cannot give a firm duedate as we assess availabiltiy to various technolgoy tools to create these projects. Students are welcome to bring a flash drive to save their work at school to take home to work on but are not required to do so.
Link to websites that have information about Native Americans:
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/travilahes/mediacenter/webresources/nativeamericans.aspx
*Fourth graders will be taking a field trip to the National Museum of the American Indian on February 1, 2012. Permission slips were sent home last Friday. We ask that they be returned by January 20. Please let Ms. Hudson, Mr. Beddick, or Mrs. Dynda know if this is a problem.
Link to the NAIM website:
http://www.nmai.si.edu/
Reading:
All students in fourth grade took the Measures of Academic Progress, Reading last week. A range of 196-219 is considered proficient for fourth graders this time of year.
This week we will continue to study the reading strategy determining importance. We continue to use the Writing Fix website that has great resources to practice responses:
http://writingfix.com/RICA/constructed_response.htm#passages
This week, we will focus on determining importance in fiction work. We will use our chapter books to identify main characters, main events, the most important actions/events in the story, and how the visualization you create in your head helps the reader understand what is happening in a story.
Writing:
Students have been working on their writing piece for quarter 2 and should be ready to revise and edit their writing. We will have self, partner, and then teacher conferences. We have talked about taking notes, making element of a story maps, and working on the organization of a piece of writing.
Most students have decided to write stories for the second quarter. Students must complete one writing project per quarter. We can't wait to share these with you!
Here is a sample of what is happening in class:
*Lydia is writing about wolves and huskies
*Anna is creating a poetry collection.
*Mark is researching Buffalo Bills player, Pete Metzlaars.
*Gissel is researching how pizza was invented
* Connor has completed a Scooby Doo comic
Spelling:
We will study noun suffixes for Sort 8. Our spelling test will be January 13. Please remember that all students are given TWO copies of their spelling lists: one for class and one for home. They must have their list with them in order to take their spelling test (all students have different lists).
The suffixes for the two weeks are:
-ment: creates nouns out of adjectives
-less: creates adjectives that mean without
-ness: creates nouns out of verbs and suggests a state of being
A great resource we found includes other ways for students to practice their spelling, even some apps for devices. The spelling activities that we suggested in the students spelling journals are just suggestions. Please feel free to adapt as your child needs to.
http://support.weta.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=43183.0&dlv_id=48444
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Weekly Newsletter, January 2-6
Weekly Highlights:
* It is going to be a very chilly week! Please remind students to wear coats, hats, and gloves so that they are prepared to go outside for recess when the weather is appropriate.
4: Mr. Allaire, our technology specialist, will coteach with Ms. Hudson and Mrs. Dynda to present different programs to the students to create their Native American presentations. He will share Windows Movie Maker, Photo Story and Audacity with the students. Students will of course be able to use PowerPoint as well.
Math 4:
This week we will focus on probability. By the end of the week, students will be able to list all possible outcomes for a simple situation and express the probability of an event as equally likely, likely, impossible, certain, or unlikely.
We are using the Kahn Academy website to take individualized tutorials to practice our multiplication facts. For more information, visit
http://www.khanacademy.org/ and search for basic multiplication.
http://www.multiplication.com/
Social Studies:
Now that research on Native American Settlements is compiled, students will create a PowerPoint, MovieMaker or Audacity presentation to display what they have learned to the class. This is an in-class project but students may gather research at home as well. Our presentations will begin on approximately January 19.
Link to websites that have information about Native Americans:
O:\grade4\social studies\Travilah ES - Media Center - Native Americans.mht
Reading:
We will study the reading strategy determining importance. We will use short passages to write Brief Constructed Responses. Students will have different samples of responses to score as well as a rubric to guide their own responses. We are using a Writing Fix website that has great resources to practice responses:
http://writingfix.com/RICA/constructed_response.htm#passages
Writing:
Students have been working on their writing piece for quarter 2 and will begin to draft their piece. We have talked about taking notes, making element of a story maps, and working on the organization of a piece of writing.
Most students have decided to write stories for the second quarter. Students must complete one writing project per quarter. We can't wait to share these with you!
Here is a sample of what is happening in class:
*Lydia is writing about wolves and huskies
*Anna is creating a poetry collection.
*Mark is researching Buffalo Bills player, Pete Metzlaars.
*Gissel is researching how pizza was invented
* Connor is making a Scooby Doo comic
Spelling:
We will study noun suffixes for Sort 8. Our spelling test will be January 13. Please remember that all students are given TWO copies of their spelling lists: one for class and one for home. They must have their list with them in order to take their spelling test (all students have different lists).
The suffixes for the two weeks are:
-ment: creates nouns out of adjectives
-less: creates adjectives that mean without
-ness: creates nouns out of verbs and suggests a state of being
* It is going to be a very chilly week! Please remind students to wear coats, hats, and gloves so that they are prepared to go outside for recess when the weather is appropriate.
4: Mr. Allaire, our technology specialist, will coteach with Ms. Hudson and Mrs. Dynda to present different programs to the students to create their Native American presentations. He will share Windows Movie Maker, Photo Story and Audacity with the students. Students will of course be able to use PowerPoint as well.
Math 4:
This week we will focus on probability. By the end of the week, students will be able to list all possible outcomes for a simple situation and express the probability of an event as equally likely, likely, impossible, certain, or unlikely.
We are using the Kahn Academy website to take individualized tutorials to practice our multiplication facts. For more information, visit
http://www.khanacademy.org/ and search for basic multiplication.
http://www.multiplication.com/
Social Studies:
Now that research on Native American Settlements is compiled, students will create a PowerPoint, MovieMaker or Audacity presentation to display what they have learned to the class. This is an in-class project but students may gather research at home as well. Our presentations will begin on approximately January 19.
Link to websites that have information about Native Americans:
O:\grade4\social studies\Travilah ES - Media Center - Native Americans.mht
Reading:
We will study the reading strategy determining importance. We will use short passages to write Brief Constructed Responses. Students will have different samples of responses to score as well as a rubric to guide their own responses. We are using a Writing Fix website that has great resources to practice responses:
http://writingfix.com/RICA/constructed_response.htm#passages
Writing:
Students have been working on their writing piece for quarter 2 and will begin to draft their piece. We have talked about taking notes, making element of a story maps, and working on the organization of a piece of writing.
Most students have decided to write stories for the second quarter. Students must complete one writing project per quarter. We can't wait to share these with you!
Here is a sample of what is happening in class:
*Lydia is writing about wolves and huskies
*Anna is creating a poetry collection.
*Mark is researching Buffalo Bills player, Pete Metzlaars.
*Gissel is researching how pizza was invented
* Connor is making a Scooby Doo comic
Spelling:
We will study noun suffixes for Sort 8. Our spelling test will be January 13. Please remember that all students are given TWO copies of their spelling lists: one for class and one for home. They must have their list with them in order to take their spelling test (all students have different lists).
The suffixes for the two weeks are:
-ment: creates nouns out of adjectives
-less: creates adjectives that mean without
-ness: creates nouns out of verbs and suggests a state of being
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