Quarter 3, Week 4

Hello Families! 

We had so much fun on our field trip last week! A HUGE thank you to all our parent volunteers and chaperones that made this trip such a success! We couldn't do it without YOU! 

What's going on in 4A

• Athletic Field Day is this Friday from 12-2:30! Please see the previous post for details, and let me know if you have any questions. We need some snacks donated, as well as some parent volunteers to help keep track of the students and cheer us on! You can sign up HERE. 

• If you would like to volunteer to help Coach Gethings and help at one of the game sections you can do that HERE. 

Lessons

Roots: Students should not only be reviewing the new roots, but also be reviewing a handful of the previous roots. Going forward, with each week's comprehension check over the new roots, 2 previously learned roots will be included at random. This should help the students prepare for the comprehensive roots quiz at the end of the quarter. 

Math: This week we will start by reviewing circles. The test on circles will be Tuesday. We will then learn about solid figures- cube, rectangular prism, square pyramid, triangular pyramid, cylinder, & sphere. The test on solid figures will be on Friday. 

Spalding: Monday: investigate, therefore, before, pleasant, ability, appearance, atmospheric, atmosphere, autumn, canvas. Tuesday: ceiling, celery, salary, college, communities, community, creation, creative, created, create. Wednesday: concert, decided, decide, design, dictionary, elephant, everybody, frightened, frighten, grocery. We will test over all 30 words Friday morning. 

Poetry: This week we start Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow! I will be breaking down the poem into stanza's and assigning one to each student. Students will have 6 weeks, until the end of the quarter to memorize their section. 

History: We will have a unit test over the early colonial life on Tuesday. Pages covered are 165-179, with the study guide on pages 180-181 in our new history packets. As always, this test in history will be open notes, so students should take care to ensure their notebooks are complete and accurate. Thursday we will learn how the quarrel with Britain begins and the Stamp Act. 

Science: Monday students will get to build a volcano! On Wednesday students will learn about hot springs and geysers, and about the formation of volcanic and folded mountains.

Literature: We began reading Carry On, Mr. Bowditch on Friday. Please make sure students bring in their copy as soon as possible. If your student does not have their own copy, please let me know so I can help them check one out of our library. 

Important Dates: 

Monday: Circle Test (math), Roots Check

Tuesday: History Test

Friday: Solid Figures Test (history), Spalding Test