Spelling Words for Week of Jan 27, 2014

The words for this week are homophones.

1. right
2. sum
3. piece
4. eight
5. would
6.  meet
7. ate
8. write
9. some
10. wood
11. peace
12. which
13. meat
14. flower
15. flour
16. witch

Bonus: weather, whether

Science Fair Projects

Today, students will be coming home with pages on their science fair projects.

Projects are due on March 10th for the Science Fair on March 13th.
Topics are due on February 3 for teacher approval.

For more information, please look for the letters coming home and check under the "Projects" tab.

Students will be graded using the following:

Science Fair Project Evaluation Report

Visual presentation (20 points):  ________

 Comments:  _______________________________________

Oral presentation 205 points):  ________

 Comments:  _______________________________________

Uses of scientific method:

         Purpose (5 points):  _______

         Hypothesis (5 points): ______

         Materials (5 points): ______

         Procedures (5 points): ______

         Variables (10 points): ______

         Data (10 points): ______

         Results (5 points): _____

         Conclusion (10 points): _____

 Comments:  ______________________________________

Returning of this evaluation form (5 points): ______

 Total points: _______

 Grade:  _______

New Snow Day Assignments

For the next two snow days, here are the assignments students with internet assess need to complete on studyladder.com. They have their login and password in the back of the blue folder. This was also written in their assignment planner.

Day #6

Reading: Environmental Issues Task
Math: Number and Place Value: Subtracting Large numbers: Subtract 3 digit and 4 digits videos and task
Science: Chemistry and Materials: Make a Volcano (two activities)

Day #7
Reading: Historical Discovery: Gold Rush-Historical Recount
Math: Time: Converting between units of time Activity 1 and 2
Science: Enquiry: Famous Scientist Research Sheet and Activity

More Snow Days

More snow days! This means your child should be completing their snow day packets. Below you will find the activities your child should have competed this week for days 2, 3, 4, and 5 on the website studyladder.com. Their login should be in the back of their blue folder or they should have a paper packet with work to complete. These activities are for extra credit and to keep their skills sharp while we are out. Enjoy the days off and stay safe and warm! If you do not have your child's login, please email me and I can send it to you.

Day #2

Math –Mathematics; Grade 4: Angles:  Compare and Angle to a Right Angle video AND task
Science –Science; Biology; Plant and Animals Found in Different Habitats:  Animal Environments& Animal Environments Questions
English –  Grammar – Grade 4 - Punctuation

Day #3

Math –Mathematics; Grade 4: Numbers and Place Value:  Arrays
Science –Science; Biology:  What Plants Need to Grow:  What Plants Need & Plant Questions
English –  Reading – Grade 4 - Vocabulary Extension 5

Day #4

Math –Mathematics; Grade 4: Space 2D and 3D;  Constructing 2D shapes video AND Interactive Activity
Science –Science; Biology; Familiar Animals and Plants and their Structural Features and Adaptations:   Animal Adaptation and Environments & Adaptation Questions
English –  Reading :  Grade 4 - Beautiful Butterfly

Day #5

Math –Mathematics; Grade 4: Modeling Equivalent Fractions:  Equivalence – halves, quarters, and eighths tutorial AND Modeling Equivalent Fractions
Science –Science; Physics; Exploring Major Geological Events and Find Out How They Are Recorded:  How Mountains Are Formed & Why Volcanoes Erupt & Mountains and Volcanoes Questions
English –  Reading – Grade 4 - Ant and Grasshopper  

Snow Day Number 2

With this very cold, snowy day we have our second snow day! Which mean students need to do Snow Day Packet Day 2. Students have one of two options:
1. Log in to studyladder.com (the login and directions should be on the back of their blue folder) and complete the assignment for today.

Day #2

Math –Mathematics; Grade 4: Angles:  Compare and Angle to a Right Angle video AND task
Science –Science; Biology; Plant and Animals Found in Different Habitats:  Animal Environments & Animal Environments Questions
English –  Grammar – Grade 4 - Punctuation

2. Paper Packet: Find the math page that says day 2 and complete the pages that follow.

Enjoy the snowy day and stay warm!! Hope to see all my smiling kiddos tomorrow, bright and early!

Place Value

We are preparing for our next Mastery Check for Unit 5 in Math. As of now, it will be on January 28th (with no snow days and if I can get everything taught!). Below is a picture of a sheet we did today in class. We talked about breaking up numbers into different forms. Students should have this worksheet to use to study at home. This next test should be fairly easy, I hope!

 

 

Things to note:

-we circled the thousands place because it is where we see that one number is bigger than the other

-we are working on reading math sentences, making sure to start at the left and read the the right and reading the less than (<) and greater than (>) signs correctly

-Expanded form is using additions

-word form is writing in words, we are still working to make sure students use hyphens between numbers and read the words correctly

 

West Capitals

Test on Friday, January 24

Alaska - Juneau
California - Scramento
Colorado - Denver
Hawaii - Honolulu
Idaho - Boise
Montana - Helena
Nevada - Carson City
Oregon - Salem
Utah - Salt Lake City
Washington - Olympia
Wyoming - Cheyenne

Spelling List 1/13

Double Syllables and -ed/-ing endings

1. sharpened
2. exciting
3. listened
4. tasting
5. laughed
6. cancelled
7. becoming
8. copied
9. answered
10. wondered
11. forgetting
12. allowed
13. controlling
14. worrying
15. happening
16. grabbing
17. beginning
18. enjoyed
19. discussed
20. summarizing

Challenge:
1. satisfying
2. realized

Unit 6 Math

This new unit in math, we will be working with place value and adding and subtracting, including numbers with decimals (like money). Students shouldn't struggle with this if they are paying attention in class, but I have told them to practice at home. Their math journal is their greatest resource! While we have been back from break, I have introduced place value (ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands) and we have worked with standard form, expanded form, and word form of each number. There are examples in their journals of each of these! If you can practice adding and subtracting different amounts of money, that will help your student prepare for this unit. We will be working with rounding with different place values so if students cannot recognize the different places they will struggle with this!

Our next unit is fraction - be prepared!!