What's Happening This Week. . .
This week in math we will come to a "conclusion" learning about Factors and Multiples. I write "conclusion" because we all know that in math we NEVER seem to come to an end when learning about a math concept. As math builds, it spirals down to touch its foundations. However, we will move forward this week, turning our focus to Multiplicative Comparisons.
As always, your child will have 4 math problems each night. Every two weeks we will have a math quiz that will cover what your child has worked on in their homework.
We will be reviewing our 4 Times Tables as well.
There will be a timed quiz on our 4 Times Tables on Friday as well as a quiz on Multiplicative Comparisons.
This week we will be concentrating on the ou, aw, ow sounds as well as reviewing Antonyms.
List:
frown, howl, gown, around, crouch, bounce, shout, aloud, squawk, shawl, lawn, awkward, jaw, pause, sauce, cause
VOCABULARY:
Awkward: adj. causing or feeling embarrassed
Crouch: V. to slump forward where the knees are bent and the upper body is brought down
Pause: N. a temporary stop in action or speech
Cause: V. to make happen
Shawl: N. a piece of fabric worn by women over the shoulders
Squawk: V. to make a loud, harsh noise
As always, we will have a spelling/vocabulary test on Friday.
We are currently reading Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing by Judy Blume. This week we will concentrate on Chapters 3 and 4 working on our SUMMARIZING SKILLS as well as polishing our ability to answer questions IN COMPLETE SENTENCES with correct punctuation.
This week we will continue to learn more about Compound Sentences using Conjunctions. We will also explore Personal Narratives in Writing.
The students will continue to work on their "upside down" State Symbol booklet. It will be due Friday. Please see the grading rubric to understand what is expected. The following link will prove helpful:
statesymbolsusa.org/states/united-states/north-carolina
There will be a State Symbol Test on Friday. It will have a state symbol word bank.