Ms. Luedtke's Fourth Grade
HAPPENINGS for the week of November 23-27
Monday:
Tuesday: -Bully No More Assebly 2:00-
-Vocabulary Quiz Unit 6-
Wednesday: -Science TEST Chapter 5-
Thursday: Happy Thanksgiving!
-No School-
Friday: -No School-
Math: In Chapter 4 we will learn about decimals and their uses. Keep practicing those Times Facts!
Science: In the unit Life Science, we will discover and learn about changes in ecosystems, how energy from plants works, and the systems of the human body.
Social Studies: We are starting the year in S.S. learning about Wisconsin's history and people. Each day the students will have a trivia question regarding a Wisconsin fact to research at home.
Language Arts: Language Arts includes Grammar, Writing, D.O.L. (Daily Oral Language) and Spelling. The students should have a challenge list of Spelling words to study for this week. The Spelling tests will be every Friday. We are working this year with 6 Traits Writing. The students work on one paragraph per week focusing on one of the traits. The first part of November we will be working on revising some of the paragraphs we have already written, with focus on topic sentences and improving the "flow" of the paragraph.
Reading: We return to our Reading textbooks in November. We will be reading The Cricket in Times Square and the story I Love Guinea Pigs.
Book Report: The genre for November is fantasy. The students will be completing the book report IN CLASS on Wednesday, November 25th.
In other Important News!
St. Mary's School has started two programs for Advent.
- Stockings for soldiers - Students are encouraged to bring in treats for the soldiers to be sent over.
- T-shirt Drive- Students may bring in old adult sized t-shirts to be made into diapers to send to people in need.
Websites to check out....
MATH
http://www.aplusmath.com/
http://www.coolmath-games.com/
http://www.mathcafe.com
LANGUAGE ARTS
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/4_11/literacy.shtml
http://www.grammarbook.com/
http://www.worldreading.org/searchbooks.php
SCIENCE
http://www.owlkids.com/owl/
http://school.discovery.com/
FUN
http://www.scholastic.com/kids/index.asp
http://www.starfall.com/
http://www.mrdonn.org/