SPELLING BEE: Congratulations to George and Ben, winners of our class
spelling bee! They will participate in the school spelling bee on January
20th, 2009.
MATH: Unit 6 continues. Focus areas include division, map coordinates, and
using a protractor to measure angles.
READING: Our Treasures story this week is "Dear Ms. LaRue".
TREASURES FAMILY LETTERS: Family letters for each of our weekly stories with
vocabulary and extra activities may be accessed at the Treasures website:
http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/georgia/families/creating-a-home-school-
partnership/grade-4-letters-%C2%BB.
SOCIAL STUDIES: We begin studying the American Revolution.
SCIENCE: Students return to the Science Lab rotation this quarter. Water
cycle, Weather (continues), Sound, Light.
LANGUAGE ARTS: Persuasive Writing. Points of View. Audience. How do we
persuade? Why do we persuade?
PORTAPORTAL: The website PortaPortal.com (GUEST LOGIN: SRS4thGrade) is a
convenient way to access many current websites being used in our studies.
READING AT HOME: All students should be reading a MINIMUM of 20 minutes each
day. They should be recording the number of pages read when they sign-in
each morning. The importance of individual daily reading cannot be stressed
enough.
SELF-ASSESSMENT CHECKLIST: Student will complete a short self-assessment
checklist at the end of each school day. These weekly "Pink Sheets" will be
sent home every Monday for the previous week, along with any completed work
that can be sent home for review. Parents should sign and return the "Pink
Sheet" AND the attached work.
