Stern/Taylor Class News!
4th Grade~~River Place Elementary~~September 16, 2013
If you missed Parent Orientation Night!!!
Students of the Week~~
Stern's Star of the Week:
Taylor's Top Titan:
Stern's News!
READING: We will be learning about using reading comprehension strategies such as predicting, questioning, and inferring while we read. We will be starting our literature circle groups this week based on our DRA results. We will also be working with Antonyms and Synonyms.
WRITING: We will be writing a personal narrative based on the picture and/or object we brought in from home. We will go through the writing process of prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing.
SPELLING: This weeks spelling words come from unit 3. Our spelling skill concept this week is consonant diagraphs, students will be expected to write words that contain ch, sh, th, wh, and ph. Spelling words for the week will be recorded by students in the far right column of the week's agenda. Pace Language Arts students will have an extra 8 words per week. Any students wishing to include the pace words into their spelling test may do so.
SOCIAL STUDIES: This week is Celebrate Freedom Week. We will be discussing national documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Preamble to the Constitution.
Taylor's News!
This week in Math and Science:
Math – We will continue learning about Place Value with a focus on reading, writing, comparing, and ordering decimals to the hundredths (PACE to the thousandths) this week.
Science – We had so much fun exploring Mechanical Energy and collecting data with our airplanes last week. Ask your child if they can tell you where the mechanical energy is in the airplane system we made (propeller and rubber band). We ended the week investigating magnets and will continue to explore the force of magnetism to change the position and motion of objects this week. Just for fun, ask your child “What two common objects stick to magnets?” (the metal iron and steel, because steel is made mostly from iron).
Happy Birthday to Sydney – Sept. 16th and Cooper – Sept. 17th
Click below for our Language Arts homework site!
Click below for our Math homework site!
This Week's Spelling Words are from Unit 3!
Important Information!!!
Watchdog Kickoff!
Click on the link below to order your 2013-14 Yearbook!!!
Early Release Day!
Students will be released at 12:00 this Wednesday, September 18th. Because of early release we will be having a lunch/brunch at 10:15. They may purchase from the cafeteria as usual or bring from home.
Class Blogs!
Mrs. Stern's Homeroom:
http://kidblog.org/SternsStarsBlockB/
password: Birthdate: yyyymmdd
Mrs. Taylor's Homeroom:
http://kidblog.org/SternsStarsBlockA/
password: Student ID#
Joanne Stern
room: 2208
phone: 512-570-6900
email: joanne.stern@leanderisd.orgwebsite: http://classroom.leanderisd.org/default.aspx?Joanne%20Stern/Home
Nicole Taylor
room: 2210
phone: 512-570-6900
email: nicole.taylor@leanderisd.orgwebsite: http://classroom.leanderisd.org/default.aspx?Nicole%20Taylor