Week of February 27th - March 3rd

Posted on Feb 28, 2017

Hello!

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend!

In Reading last week, we focused on our skills from Unit 3. Our skills that we began reviewing and focusing on from last week were: context clues, drawing conclusions, generalizing and predicting. Last week, we worked on, practiced and discussed these skills as well as focused our word and study skills. We began reviewing for our Unit 3 Skills test last week.

In Reading this week, we will continue to focus on our stories and skills from Unit 3. Our skills that we will be continuing to focus on and review this week are: context clues, generalizing, predicting, and drawing conclusions. We will be learning about strategies for these skills and working with examples that focus on them. We will also be working on a workbook pages that focus on practice with our skills from Unit 3. We will be focusing on word study this week (example-Word Study: Plurals, Base Words and Consonant Sounds) as well as working and practicing with certain kinds of text that can be found throughout our stories from Unit 3. Students will be locating examples of these kinds of words and discussing the different ways that these kinds of words are formed. This week, we will be working with how we can find evidence for our answers to the pages that focus on Unit 3. We will also review for our Skills test this week. *Students will have their Unit 3 Reading Skills test this Thursday, March 2nd.* We will also be working on practicing with SLAM this week. This week, we will also be working with Raz Kids for Reading Comprehension practice on the ipads as well.

This week, we will also be reviewing and focusing on some word studies. We will be working and practicing with certain kinds of words and text that relate to certain word study skills and can also be found throughout our stories from Unit 3. Some of our word studies for this week focus on: Plurals and Base Words. Students will be locating examples of these kinds of words that are found in our story and discussing the different ways that these kinds of words are formed. Students will also be working on workbook pages that focus on these word study skills. We will also be working on practicing with SLAM this week.

*A variety of different book reports will be assigned throughout the school year in Reading. Students were assigned their sixth book report for the month of February. *For this sixth “February Book Report,” students can choose a Biography (nonfiction) book of their choice.* Students were also given the format for the February Book Report as well. *The February Biography Book Report will be due this week, on Wednesday, March 1st.* *Students are encouraged to turn in their book reports early, before the scheduled due date, if they are ready to be turned in.*

*Also, students will be required to read and take quizzes on 8 books per trimester for Accelerated Reading. At least 1 of the 8 total books for the trimester needs to be a nonfiction book. There will also be due dates within the trimester for how many books should be read and AR quizzes taken.

*Students should now be working on reading books and taking AR quizzes for their 3rd trimester AR requirement.*

4th Grade – Accelerated Reader – The Due Dates for the 2nd Trimester were:

2 books and AR quizzes were due on Thursday, December 1st.

2 more books and AR quizzes (total of 4 books all together) were due by Thursday, December 22nd.

2 more books and AR quizzes (for a total of 6 books all together) were due by Friday, January 27th.

*2 more books and AR quizzes (for a total of 8 books all together including at least one nonfiction book) were due by Friday, February 17th.*

Happy Reading! :)

In Social Studies last week, we began our focus on Lesson 2 of Unit 2. We began focusing on the vocabulary for Lesson 2 of Unit 2 of our textbook. Lesson 2 focuses on the regions of the United States. Last week, we also worked on reading and discussing Sections A-C of Lesson 2 as well as our Section Review Questions for Lesson 2 in our notebook. We reviewed and prepared for our test on Lesson 2 and will have our test this week as well.

In Social Studies this week, we will continue focusing on Lesson 2 of Unit 2 of our textbook. This lesson focuses on the different kinds of regions of the United States. This week, we will work on reviewing and discussing Lesson 2. We will also be preparing for our test this week. We will work on the Check Understanding Questions, an extended response question as well as our Study Guide Questions for our review of Lesson 2. We will also play a review game to prepare for our test on Friday.  *We will have our test on Lesson 2 of Unit 2 this week on Friday, March 3rd.* Students should study their vocabulary, notes, review questions and study guides in preparation for the test on Friday of this week.

In Spelling this week, we will begin with our Unit 24 spelling words. *This is a review unit.* We will have our twenty-fourth spelling test this Friday, March 3rd on Unit 24.

*Reminders*

  • We begin the 3rd Trimester on Monday of this week, 2/27.
  • We will have Special Lunch on Wednesday, 3/1.
  • Our Mass for Ash Wednesday will be at 10 AM on Wednesday, 3/1.
  • Also, the 2nd Trimester Report Cards will be distributed on Wednesday, 3/1. Please sign and return the Report Card Envelope on Thursday, 3/2.
  • Friday Folders will go home this week. Please look over the contents of the folder and discuss your child's progress with him/her. You may keep the quizzes/tests that are in the folder. Also, the Friday Folder should be signed and returned on Monday of next week.

I hope you have a fantastic week!! :)