Wolf Den News (Unit 5, Week 3)
April 4 - April 8, 2016
Coming Up This Week
- Language Arts - Unit 5 Week 3 - Smart Solutions
- Math - Unit 10 - Reflections & Symmetry -- Test on Wednesday, 4/6)
- Social Studies - Famous Hoosiers Research
4th Grade Field Trip to Columbus Philharmonic
Tuesday, April 5th, 9:30-11:30am
1400 25th Street
Columbus, IN
We will board school buses for the Adventure Concert at 9:30am. The concert begins at 10:10am. We return to Southside by 11:30am. Lunch will be eaten when we return to Southside.
The cost of the trip is $4 per student. Permission slips were due Friday, April 1. If your child has not submitted a permission slip, please return it ASAP!
Walking Field Trip to Ag Expo
Thursday, April 7th, 12-2pm
1320 W 200 S
Columbus, IN
Students will eat lunch at school prior to walking to the fairgrounds. Please join us if you want to attend and have a current background check on file. We will go rain or shine.

Click here for spelling list - Unit 5 Week 3
Unit 5 Week 2 Vocabulary
shrivel - shrink or wrinkle
plunging - falling down quickly
prospector - person who looks for gold, silver, or other minerals
scoffed - expressed dislike or ridicule
settlement - place where people live when they first move to a new area
territories - large areas of land where people in a region live
withered - dried up from the heat or lack of moisture
Language Arts Focus
Comprehension Strategy - Visualize
Comprehension Skill - Character, Setting, Plot: Cause & Effect
Genre- Tall Tale
Vocabulary Strategy - Homographs
Writing - Expository (Business) Letter
Grammar - Articles (a, an, the)