Weekly Glimpse 2/5/16
From Fourth Grade
Language Arts
* This month's genre is Prose
* Classroom novel is Serafina's Promise by Ann E. Burg
* Three literature circle books: Eva on the Farm, Home of the Brave, Another Day as Emily
* Students met with their book groups to discuss the pages read and also share their jobs
* Students will earn a grade for independent work and group work
* books are needed for each class (not left at home)
* the books are filled with figurative language and so we reviewed figurative language
Next Week:
* pages read and jobs completed to meet with their groups
* class novel
* Spelling test next Friday
* starting morphemes - root word and origins
* writing piece "If My House Could Talk"
Social Studies
* Chapter 5 test taken and returned
* students began with the Northeast ( New England & Mid Atlantic)
* everyone got their Bare books to use for illustrations and notes for each region
* made flashcards using the app - flashcardstogo.com
Next week:
* using the text to travel through the NE
* notes
* illustrations
* non-graded quiz on states & capitals
Creating flashcards for the NE
Creating flashcards for the NE
Locating states
Teacher's Note
* Half-Day next Friday
* Please remind your fourth grader to bring his/her class novel to school each day
* Valentine cards and a small treat will be shared next Friday before dismissal - Tammy Murdock and Jill Morris have the details