Week of Nov. 30 and Dec. 7
READING
These two weeks we will be reading and completeing activities to improve our
connections, visualizations, and predictions. We have selected books from a
small group of titles. The students are working alone and in small groups.
There is no book report assigned for December.
ENGLISH
We will be sharing our How-To paragraphs on building sandwiches. The
students will demonstrate how to build their sandwich as well as read the
steps. We will complete the sandwich unit Dec. 7 and move on to the writing
trait "voice."
We will also begin a grammar unit on verbs.
-Mrs. Powell
SPELLING
The students will be assigned a spelling lesson each Monday. It will be due
the following Thursday. Their spelling books may be taken home anytime to
study/complete the assignment. They will take a spelling test over their 20
unit words and 5 challenge words at the end of each week with at least 4
days of school. These tests will be graded and sent home the day they are
taken. If you can't seem to find your spelling words, go to:
www.everydayspelling.com click on "Spelling List Files" -click on "Grade 4."
-Mrs. Powell
VOCABULARY
The students will be assigned a vocabulary lesson each Monday. It will be
due the following Thursday. Their vocabulary books may be taken home
anytime to study/work from. They will take a vocabulary test over their 10
unit words at the end of each 4 or 5 day week. The test will consist of the
students writing the appropriate word when given the word's definition. They
will also be required to pronounce each word correctly. Every third week
they will have a review assignment and multiple choice test over the
previous two units.
-Mrs. Powell