Quarter 3, Week 5

Hello Families! 

What a fun week we had! On Thursday afternoon we were able to go out and explode some volcanoes! The students had so much fun! They had freedom repeat the experiment multiple times and to see what would happen if they varied the amount of baking soda or vinegar, or see how adding dish soap would change it. 

Friday we represented Thebes in Arete's Field Day! Thank you so much to our parent volunteers who came out to cheer us on and those of you who sent in snacks and drinks. Our class played their hearts out, and we came in second place! They cheered as I hung that silver crown up in our classroom. I was so proud of them and I think they felt proud of themselves as well. What a great way to end the week! 

What's going on in 4A

There is no school this Friday, February 7. 

Lessons

Roots: Students will take a roots check over the 4 roots learned last week, as well as 2 older roots. Students will learn 3 new roots this week. 

Writing: Students will be peer editing the rough drafts of their writing projects and typing their final drafts. We will continue our focus on writing three paragraph essays throughout this quarter in preparation for the upcoming AZ Merit tests. 

Math: This week students will study area and perimeter. We will learn about area on Monday, perimeter on Tuesday, and test over both concepts on Wednesday. Students will work on Khan Academy on Thursday. 

Poetry: Last week students were assigned their stanza of Paul Revere's Ride to memorize. We will be reciting this the week of March 2nd. Please encourage your child to spend 5 minutes practicing each night. This may count towards their 20 minutes of nightly reading. 

Spalding: Monday's words are: group, health, listened, listen, nickel, niece, northern, southern, eastern, western, poet, poetic, poetry, poem. Tuesday's words are: potatoes, potato, pressure, produce, product, purchased, purchse, quarrel, radio, recess, saucer, secret, similar, sleigh, society, social. We will review all 30 words on Wednesday and test on Thursday. 

History: This week students will learn about the Townshend Act and the Boston Tea Party. Students will fill out their study guides and will have the unit test next week. 

Science: Students will complete the study guide in class on Monday, and will have the geology test on Wednesday. The weekly notebook pages are: p. 215, p.221, p.222, & p.224.

Literature: We will continue reading Carry On, Mr. Bowditch. 

Important Dates

Wednesday: Science Test (geology), Math Test (area and perimeter)

Thursday: Spalding Test

Friday: NO SCHOOL