Middaugh's Minutes
Week of September 15, 2014
Announcements
Wednesday, September 17th- Interim reports issued on HAC (Home Access Center)
Thursday, September 18th- Curriculum Chat: 6-6:45pm (Orange House Room 750)
Thursday, October 2nd- First Book Talk is due
Classroom Updates
Month, Genre- Due Date
September, Your Choice!- Thursday, October 3
October, Biography or Autobiography-Thursday, November 6
November,Historical Fiction - Thursday, December 4th
December, Non-Fiction- Thursday, January 8th (after break)
January, Mystery- Thursday, February 5th
February, RealisticFiction- Thursday, March 5th
March, Poetry - Thursday, April 2nd
April, Fantasy or Science Fiction- Thursday, April 30th
May/June, Your Choice!- Thursday, May 28th
Curriculum Updates
Reading
Review setting, events, characters, summarizing, and inferencing for summative test.
Students can use their Florida Ready LAFS book to review for the test. Use pages 61 – 108.
Summative test will be taken in two parts on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 18-19th
Read 4 or More:
The expectation at TCE is that students are reading 4 or more nights per week. The reading can be from another subject textbook (Sci./S.S.), the assigned reading HW, or something of your student's choosing. Students' reading logs will be checked weekly.
Math
4.OA.A.1
Interpret a multiplication equation as a comparison, e.g., interpret 35 = 5 × 7 as a statement that 35 is 5 times as many as 7 and 7 times as many as 5. Represent verbal statements of multiplicative comparisons as multiplication equations.
4.OA.A.2
Multiply or divide to solve word problems involving multiplicative comparison, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem, distinguishing multiplicative comparison from additive comparison.
https://learnzillion.com/lessonsets/615
Test will be on Wednesday, September 17th
Writing
Opinion Writing
Language
Sentence, fragments, prepositions, run-ons
Spelling
Spelling tests will be given in 4th grade, but not taken as a grade. Instead students will earn their star on the 4th grade Hall of Fame Spelling Superstars Wall. All words to be tested will be listed in the HW binder. This week will be the second column of words. Attached is a list of the words.
Test on Thursday, September 11th
Science
Chapter – How are Rocks Alike and Different?
Test will be on Wednesday, October 1st.
Social Studies
Chapter 2 – Florida's Early History
Please note that all Social Studies quizzes are given OPEN-BOOK. We are encouraging students to go back to the text to find answers, or details that support answers.
Test will be on Tuesday, October 7th