The Silver Scoop
January 11-15
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Upcoming Events
The January PTO meeting will be this Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the school library.
This Tuesday, January 12 at 6:30 in the Clarks Creek cafeteria, there is a parent meeting regarding the upcoming Body Safety presentations.
This week's special schedule:
Monday--Library, Tuesday--Music, Wednesday--Art, Thursday--Gym, Friday--Computers
Last Week's Learning
What We Are Studying This Week
DOL/Word Work -- We are on Daily Paragraph Editing #8 this week, and there will be a quiz on Friday. In Word Work, we are on List #18 on science experiment vocabulary words, and there will be a test on Friday. For the test, the students need to know the spellings and definitions of the 10 vocabulary words and also the spellings of the 5 core words. This week's words: conclude, data, evidence, investigate, method, observe, possible, proceed, prove, vary. Core Words: history, middle, woman, choose, trouble We are also beginning to study Greek and Latin roots each week. Look for more information to come home soon about that!
Math -- We will finish Topics 9 and 10 on long division this week, doing Lessons 9-1, 9-5, and 9-6. We will be focusing on multiplication and division story problems. The students will be taught to look for clue words and to draw pictures to help choose which operation to do. There will be homework nightly Monday-Thursday and a test over Topics 9-10 on Friday. Don't forget about these websites where your child can practice long division:
http://www.kidsnumbers.com/long-division.php
http://www.softschools.com/math/division/long_division
http://www.math-play.com/Division-Millionaire/division-millionaire.html
http://www.thegreatmartinicompany.com/longarithmetic/longdivision.html
Science -- This week the students will read and complete a packet on weathering and erosion. We will do an experiment where we model weathering by shaking rocks in small jars of water. Then we will begin reading Lesson 3 on earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides. Students who use their time wisely in class should not have any science homework.
Reading -- We will continue to study Martin Luther King this week by reading an A-Z reader about his life. Then we will read an A-Z reader about the life of Mahatma Gandhi, who inspired Martin Luther King to make nonviolence a priority when demonstrating for civil rights. The students will read a play about the life of Martin Luther King, too. Our skills this week are cause/effect, synonyms/antonyms, and Greek and Latin root words. There will be NO reading homework this week, but there will be a story test over both A-Z books on Friday.
Language -- We will identify more parts of speech in student-written sentences. The students will practice correcting quotations and run-on sentences about Martin Luther King. In writing, they will identify important character traits of Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi. Then the students will write about these character traits in a flip book that will be hung in the hallway.
Social Studies -- This week we will study historical maps, and the students will color two maps of the United States to show how land ownership changed after the French & Indian War. There is an assignment over Unit 2, Lesson 3 on Wednesday, but students may be able to use their time wisely and finish it in class.
This Week's Funny
Mrs. Kara Silver
4th Grade Teacher
Clarks Creek Elementary
Plainfield Community Schools
Email: ksilver@plainfield.k12.in.us
Website: http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us
Location: 401 Elm Drive, Plainfield, IN, 46168
Phone: 317-839-0120