Week Jan. 4th
READING
We are working on two different pieces of poetry for our poetry books. We
reviewed Cause/Effect. We will begin a book called Watchdog and the Coyotes
which we will be reading as a whole class. We will work on skills such as
sequence of events, fact/opinion, and an assortment of other skills. There is
a book report assigned for January. It is a cube. The students will get the
information in class.
ENGLISH
We will review the traits we have studied so far= Ideas, Orginization, and
Voice. We will do a few Voice activities.
We continue a grammar unit over 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