Week of January 7, 2013

Reading

• AR goal 26 points
•  nonfiction: Biography of Mozart
• vocabulary at spellingcity.com
• IF 2 points are not made per week, student will be expected to complete a reading log which will be nightly signed my parent.

Spelling:

• winter words
• TTT due Friday 

Journal:

1. no journal until January 14, 2013

Social Studies

• PBS buddies 
• new rules and procedures for new building

Monthly Reading Project:

****Read a biography...make a timeline...create a poem...be that person and tell about the important events in his/her life.  DUE January 31, 2013

Students may use mechanical pencils!!

Week of Dec. 17

Reading:

• biography- We'll read a story about Mozart and complete together a sample for our January book project.
• students have the option of reading a biography over break (if I can find them)
• No AR goal this week...we don't have internet
• We'll share and comment on our poetry notebooks on Monday

No spelling this week.

We'll be making a Christmas tree ornament for our PBS buddy.

Tuesday some of our 'stuff' will head to our new room.  

Thursday the rest of the classroom will be moved to the gym.

Thursday- movie and popcorn in the morning.

Friday...no school

School resumes on January 7 at the regular time.

Merry Christmas

Dec. 10

Reading

• AR goal = 24 points
• Test over Marven of the Great North Woods
• begin Polar Express
• author's purpose
• context clues
• summarizing & theme

Spelling Christmas words

• TTT due Friday
• handwriting practice on Tuesday

Special this week

•  Music program Thursday at 7:00 p.m.
• All school library books need to be returned by Dec. 12th 
• Christmas Party-Friday afternoon.  (There will be no gift exchange...we have a mystery valentine exchange for Valentine's Day)  
• Please donate to the food drive sponsored by the high school.  If they receive enough items, we may get out of school a day early!

Poetry Book due Dec. 17th

Week of Dec. 3

Reading:

• AR points = 22
• Story- Marven of the Great North Woods
• vocabulary:
  Words to Know
  cord
  dismay
  grizzly
  immense
  payroll

Spelling:
  week 12
              This Week’s Focus:
• Spell words with the vowel sound in small, straw, song, and bought
• Spell words with the short u sound spelled ough
• Add the endings -er and -est

Reading story list
         Generalization: Some words have two consonants that blend together:
among, think. Some words have two consonants that are said as one
sound: graph, wheel.

Writing:
      An exciting time

Social Studies
      December Holidays Customs

Week of Nov. 26

Reading

• AR goal = 20 points
• story is Coyote School News & it's historical fiction
• reading strategy is drawing conclusions
• Bookworm Baker blog question...How can we work together to achieve a goal?

Spelling

• week 11
• words associated with the story (Spell irregular plurals)
• TTT due Friday

Writing

• finish our favorite holiday writing
• word choice is the trait we'll be working on

Social Studies

• Thursday will be PBS buddies with k-class.  We'll teach them about the meaning of SOAR

Nov. 12-19

Reading:

• finish selection- So You Want to be President
• guided reading for the rest of the week...and next
• AR goal=18 points
• read to k-class on Friday (evens)
• every week students will be expected to complete a reading lab...we're always thinking about getting ready to pass our state reading & math tests.

Veterans' Program on Monday 11-12-12 at 1:30 pm

Spelling

• unit 10 
• or homophones
• TTT due Friday

Writing

• bold beginning for an essay of favorite holiday

Social Studies

• finish unit on buffalo
• begin SOAR  
• on 2nd and 4th Thursdays we'll review and teach PBS rules to kindergarten class

How are the poetry notebooks coming along?

Week of Nov. 5th

Reading

• AR Goal =  16 points
• Take test over Letters Home from Yosemite
• evens to read on Monday to kindergarten class
• Vocabulary for So You Want to be President
• Main idea and details from So You Want...
• genre informative nonfiction
• author's purpose -- to inform

Writing 

• write...write...write

Social Studies

• We have a tub from Morrill Hall in Lincoln that has items we'll use to learn about the Ponca Indians...an indigenous tribe living in Knox County

Spelling (I'm moving spelling to 11:35, so we have more time and more than 2 days a week to work on words)

• unit 8 (basic words we need to know)
• So You Want to be President-words 'ir' spellings in words
• TTT due Friday

TAI 

• due Thursday

Week of Oct. 29

Reading

• Letters Home from Yosemite-narrative nonfiction
• review vocabulary
• strategies:  main idea and summarizing
• AR Goal= 14 points

Writing

• looking at the qualities that make good writing

Spelling

• unit 8 or the list under Letters Home from Yosemite @ spellingcity.com
• TTT due Friday

Social Studies

• study the Ponca native American tribe from an adventure tub

Special this week

• Halloween party Wednesday afternoon-costumes may be worn all day
• Kindergarten reading buddies on Friday
• PBiS stations on Friday morning

Brewing up a fun week!

Week of Oct. 22

Reading

• vocabulary for Letters Home From Yosemite (narrative nonfiction)
• videos about Yosemite at Bookworm Baker

Spelling

• NTW (not this week)

Writing

• tips and suggestion when camping

Technology

• start producing a powerpoint

Thanks in advance for attending parent/teacher conferences!

No school Friday

Kids' Fitness Day

Here's a link to the pictures I took for Kids' Fitness Day

Week 10

Reading:

• Horned Toad Prince
• blog due by Friday
• studying character traits

Spelling

• unit 7 or reading list

Social Studies

• bullying

Writing

• Halloween acrostic poems

Week 9 -- Oct. 8

Spelling

• group 1 will be studying unit 6
• reading spelling list will be studying words with suffixes
• TTT due Friday

Reading

• review vocabulary for Grandfather's Journey
• story map
• TEST
• AR goal=12 points

Social Studies

• poster to include 4 symbols associated with Nebraska

Technology

• ScootPad

Wednesday is Kids' Fitness Day

Friday is Homecoming Parade in Trenton 

Week 8 week of October 1st

reading:

• schema for Grandfather's Journey
• vocabulary at spelling city
• historical fiction
• AR goal 5 points

Spelling

• prefixes or
• unit 5
• TTT due Friday

Social Studies

• motto/ symbols for Nebraska

Math-not this week...We're MAPS testing which is our achievement testing

Writing:  Narrative- this is what our state assessment involves

• making complete sentences or
• favorite writing
• building stamina

week 7

reading:
nonfiction
text features with nonfiction

spelling:
Grandfather's Journey words OR
unit 4

Social studies
plants in NE

Friday:
memory bag book reports due

Technology:
MAPS testing will begin this week, so grades k-2 will be in the computer lab all week.
We will begin testing next week.

Schedule

4^th grade

7:45-8:00 Breakfast

  8:10-8:35 morning jobs

 

8:35-9:20 Math   (Friday  math 8:25-9:00…PE 9:00-9:30)

9:20-9:50  Read to Self

  9:50-10:20  PE

 10:20-10:35  English/Grammar

  10:35-11:50  Reading

   

  11:50-12:20  Lunch & Recess

   

  12:30-1:00  Computers

  1:00-1:30  Science with Mrs. Smith

(Mrs. Baker- 5th Grade Social Studies)

1:30-2:00  Writing

2:00-2:20  Music

2:20-2:40 Monday and Wednesday ART

  2:20-2:45 Social Studies  T & Th

2:45-3:15  spelling

Week 6 - Sept. 17

Reading:

• vocabulary at Spelling City
• Genre- fantasy- Lewis and Clark and Me
• strategy: author's purpose...ask about PIE

Spelling 

• unit 3 or words under story title
• TTT due at the beginning of school on Friday

Read Aloud:

Amber Brown, Green with Envy

Social Studies:

• using please and thank you
• physical features on a map

Technology

• making a table using Microsoft Word

Responsibility

• students will receive a 'no late assignment' coupon for having all work completed and turned in on time.  5 coupons will equal a homework pass (with no expiration date)

Week #5 Sept. 10-14, 2012

4th Grade
 spelling:

• group 1 - unit 2 (see spelling city)
• reading spelling list -moonwalk
• Tic Tac Toe due by Friday

Reading:

• story map
• sequencing
• test over Because of Winn-Dixie
• finish watching movie "Because of Winn-Dixie"
• AR due by Friday - 4 pts

Writing

• stretch a sentence

Being Responsible

• Why we need manners

• Do unto Otters

Weekly homework

• tic tac toe for spelling due Friday
• TAI (think about it) due Thursday
• calendar journal due Monday

Week # 4 September 3-7

4th Grade
 spelling:

• group 1 - unit 1 (see spelling city)
• reading spelling list - Because of Winn-Dixie...see post below for words or spelling city
• Tic Tac Toe due by Friday

Reading:

• vocabulary
• sequencing
• AR due by Friday - 2 pts

Writing

• journal writing

Weekly homework

• tic tac toe for spelling due Friday
• TAI (think about it) due Thursday
• calendar journal due Monday

4th grade QR

First Spelling List