MATH
Fourth Grade
This week we will be having our final test
for Chapter 1. Monday we will go over any questions your students may have and
the test will be on Tuesday. Since the test is rather long, we may need two
days to finish it up. In chapter 2, we will begin multiplication of up to the
thousands place by a 1-digit number. Remind your students to have their spirals
as we will be using them for notes and examples. I know that some of you were
having trouble doing the scavenger hunt and I am aware that there were a few
wrong instructions on the hand out. There is no 1.10 for 4th grade
and the Personal Math Trainer was the red button not the purple one. Hopefully
we can iron out all the kinks because the on-line library is definitely worth
the effort. Use the link from "Math Website Tab" above as it contains some TroubleShooting Tips as well.
Fifth Grade
The Online Scavenger Hunt is Due on Monday 9/28. This assignment is about getting students familiar with the online components available to them for each lesson. Please use the link from the "Math Website Tab" above and you will also find some troubleshooting tips there as well. A Properties & Multiplication packet that will be graded is Due on Wednesday 9/30. To practice the all important skill of creating and solving numeric expressions using the Order of Operations, students will be given a Pumpkin "Expression" Project which will be Due Monday, 10/7. We begin Chapter 2 Division and will have a quiz on Friday covering lessons 1, 2 and 4 which review division by 1-digit divisors and estimating with compatible numbers. Next week is division by 2-digit divisors.
4th & 5th Grade Multiplication Facts:
This week students are required to write the 3's five times each to review for Wednesday's 2 minute timing of the THREEs. Most fourth graders should aim for completing 25 facts per minute and fifth graders should aim for completing 30 facts per minute. You can print your own worksheets from Math-drills.com, play online games (see "Math Websites Tab" above), or borrow some "Holey Cards" from Mrs. Hall.
Math Help/Club Hours
After School (students need a "travel note")
4th Graders only: Tue. 2:20pm - 3:15pm
5th Graders only: Wed. 2:20pm - 3:15pm
SCIENCE
Fourth Grade
4th grade will learn how length
and volume are measured with metric units and tools. Quiz for Lesson 2
might be on Friday.
Fifth Grade
5th grade will explore evidence
that continents have moved over time, how the theory of plate tectonics
explains this evidence, and how the movement of the earth's plates causes
earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Reading, Spelling & Vocab Highlights
Reading: Night of San Juan (Theme 2, Lesson 6)
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Comprehension Skills: Finding Theme and Asking Questions
Vocabulary & Comprehension Test Friday
Super job on all the book reports turned in last week!
See link under "Reading Websites Tab" above to access the student book
online.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Comprehension Skills: Finding Theme and Asking Questions
Vocabulary & Comprehension Test Friday
Super job on all the book reports turned in last week!
See link under "Reading Websites Tab" above to access the student book
online.
Spelling: Lesson 5 This Week.
Lesson 5 Handout page due on Thursday, October 1st.
Spelling Menu Activity of Fancy Fonts, and optional 5 point
Pretest are due on Friday, October 2nd.
Test on Friday!
See Link under "Reading Websites Tab" above to access Spelling City for a
list of words and games for each Lesson.
Spelling Menu Activity of Fancy Fonts, and optional 5 point
Pretest are due on Friday, October 2nd.
Test on Friday!
See Link under "Reading Websites Tab" above to access Spelling City for a
list of words and games for each Lesson.
Vocabulary (Sadlier Blue Workbook):
Unit 2 - Test on Monday, 9/28.
Unit 3 - Cards Due on Friday, 10/2.
Unit 3 - Cards Due on Friday, 10/2.
See Link found in the "Reading Websites Tab" above, and the Access
Code found inside student's workbooks to create a logon to practice
vocabulary words through a variety of games.
Religion
Last week’s visit by Pope Francis to the
United States was an historic as well as seminal event. The dinner where he
served the homeless was a call to end poverty and hunger in the world. This act
of humility was a perfect illustration of our chapter on stewardship of God’s
creation and how we, as Catholics, can live this out in our world. This week’s
Mass Readings are: Rev.12:7-12, John1:47-51, and Psalm138:1-2. We will be
reading about St Gabriel and St. Raphael.
In Chapter 2 we will be reading the story of ‘Martha and Mary’ and the ‘Samaritan
Woman’. We will also explore ways we can seek God and why it should be an
important part of our day.
Social Studies & Language Arts
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