This week will be a packed week. On Thursday, we have Bill Merical in the house. I can't wait for the kids to meet him and talk about The Journey of Fallen Rock! Come join us if you can. Our class will talk to him from 8:30-9:30. Awesome and exciting!!
Math: Addition and Subtraction mastery testing did not go well for the majority of the class. Simple mistakes made incorrect answers. So, I will pass them back and allow kids another chance to find those mistakes and make corrections for a better grade. Then, we will move onto Algebra. Kids will be able to write expressions, solve expressions and equations. We are moving right along in math, and are at the correct place on our district pacing guide. Yay!
Lead 21: We will spend the week mastering author's purpose and sequencing using our biography, My Name is Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz. We listened to the story last Friday online. We also worked on identifying different types of figurative language: onomatopoeia, personification, similes and metaphors. We will wrap that up this week with a quiz on the story. Next week, we will move into Unit 2: A Green Future.
Spelling: Last week's homophone tests went either really well or really ick. It was pretty easy to tell who spent some time in the dictionary and/or practicing with sentences. Many kids spelled the words correctly but had the wrong word with the wrong context. A BIG congratulations to: Lauren, Claire, Laney, Josh, Gwen, and Hanna for making the alternate club this week. Well done! This week, the words have a yoo-oo-u sound. There will be NO spelling next week due to short week and field trip to the NILE. We will do the review on Units 1-5 instead. This is just book work. There will not be a test.
Language: Mastery testing on Adjectives and practicing finding all parts of speech in context using DOL.
Science: We will move away from hurricanes and into the atmosphere and its layers. We will also take a look at the 3 basic types of clouds. We will do a few fun labs to make this concept concrete.
S.S.: Last week, we took look at latitude and longitude. Kids will use both coordinates to find specific places on a USA map. We will wrap up our map skills and will start to take a look at our first US region: the Northeast. Flashcards will be made for our first group of states and capitals. We will make a set for school and a set for home. Please begin to practice these daily in the car or at home. The test will be in about 3 weeks. More on the format later.
MT History: In preparation of our field trip to the NILE, we will take a look at the agriculture and animal industry found in MT. We will learn about the 5 basic crops and the main sources of meat.
Fly Time: We will look into trustworthiness and what that looks like in and out of school. We will also continue to review EQ in the 4th grade.
Book Orders from Scholastic have been submitted. They should be here late this week or next week. Yay! Remember next week (not this week!) is a short week. We have a half day on Wednesday and then off Thursday and Friday. Teachers are at a state wide conference.
The NILE field trip is not tomorrow, but the next Monday. The date on the field trip was incorrect. Please write NILE in the planner if you see this so I know it is still ok for your child to be off campus on this day rather than the 6th. Mrs. Jeziorski apologizes for the mistake. :0)
Midterms will come home on Monday. However, the grades have somewhat already changed due to grading this weekend. But, you get the main picture of how your kiddos are doing in class. Please sign and return ONLY the top page. The rest is for you to keep. :0)
Kids came home with their new book report books with a spooky/Halloween theme. Hopefully, they broke into those this weekend. They will have three weeks to read them. The last week of October, we will construct the report. It will NOT be the same format as last time.
I leave you with some fun pictures of the after school cross country meet against Poly, McKinnley, and Will James (6th graders). It looks like the trophy will stay at Arrowhead! Yay!!!!
Have a wonderful Sunday!
Mrs. Grewell
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