Week 21

In reading this week we are still working on our DRAs. I hope to get every student done testing this week. We are also talking about how to use evidence in a nonfiction text to draw conclusions. For the next 8 weeks we will not be doing spelling. Instead we will be preparing for our 4th grade persuasive writing test. This year students will be taking a test around Spring Break which will be a persuasive writing assignment. To prepare students for this, instead of doing spelling homework, students will be given 2 weeks to write a persuasive essay using the article given them. This week's article and essay is answering the question, "should all field trips be educational?" Students have been given a yellow, hole-punched, cardstock sheet with the instructions for all of the essays that we will be doing for the next 8 weeks. They also have a yellow articles with their pre-write on the back to use for this week's essay. If your student looses these, you can find a copy of these on my blog.

In writing we are finishing our Imaginative stories. These are due on Friday, January 24th. They, of course, need to be re-written and turned in for a grade, as well as typed on our blog.

In math we are now going to be focusing on how to solve word problems. We will be doing all sorts of word problems and talking about how to understand/interpret a word problem. The test for this unit will be next Thursday.

In social studies we will be presenting our Genealogy Projects. Please make sure that this homework assignment gets completed! For my class it is due on January 23rd and for Miss Goldsborough's class it is due on January 24th.

Also, you should have received an emailed progress report for Language Arts and Math from me yesterday. If your student has missing assignments, PLEASE have them turn these in ASAP. Students can get their math papers from Think Central, their reading logs from class, and their spelling sorts are on my blog for you to use.

This Week's Homework:

Tuesday:          Read 20 Mins

                           *Reading Log & Road to Success

                          Field Trip Essay

                           Big Book pg. 481-482

Wednesday:     Read 20 Mins

                           *Reading Log & Road to Success

                           Field Trip Essay

                           Big Book pg. 465-466, not #8-10

                           Social Studies: Genealogy Project

Thursday:          Read 20 Mins

                           *Reading Log & Road to Success

                           Field Trip Essay

                          Big Book pg. 491, not  #3, 17, 18, 19

Friday:              Read 20 Mins

                           *Reading Log & Road to Success

                          Field Trip Essay