Week of February 17th
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Upcoming Events/Important Information
**While we give reminders to students with it being the first 9 weeks, we expect for students to turn in their homework on their own after being reminded. We do not go into each students' MOOSE binders or backpacks and look for their homework. **
**Points will be deducted on graded assignments if students do not write in a complete sentence starting with a capital letter and ending in appropriate punctuation. **
Important Links:
RCS Background/ Volunteer Application
RCS Parent Page (School Supply List/ Nurse Forms)
Important Dates:
2/17 Winter Break
2/20 Spring Picture Day (Students may wear Spring attire for pictures.)
2/25 Spring Preview Night: Invite a friend to come and check out RCS.
2/28 Go Texan Day: Wear Western Attire
2/28 Mother/Son Showdown at 4:40 P.M.
RCS Speech Meet Website: SPEECH/ACADEMICS WEBSITE
4th Grade Student Photos
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Godfrey
English-
Personal Narratives- Students will be learning about and composing a personal narrative
Arcidiacono
Spelling- Quiz: Friday, 2/21
List 17
Pattern Words: cookie, skiing, belief, honey, turkey, brief, keychain, goalie, believe, valley, machine, achieve, police, niece, relief, volleyball
Review Words: wonder, double
Challenge Words: recipe, spaghetti
HW Schedule:
Tuesday: Word Study & Proofreading, pages 67 & 68
Thursday: Dictionary Skills, page 69
Note: The packets are completion grades; each page is worth 25 points. If a student does not complete a page, they will be given the correct answers, but they will not receive credit for that page.
Spelling Tests will be Thursday if there is no school on Friday
Godfrey
Reading -
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Ch. 18-21) (character analyzation)
*There could be quizzes weekly over the chapters read that week.
Novel Studies:
Every 4th grade student will need to purchase the following novels. The links to purchase each one are found below:
Frindle By Andrew Clements (need by 8/30/24)
ISBN 10: 0689818769 ISBN 13: 978-0689818769
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane By Kate DiCamillo (need by 11/22/24)
ISBN 10: 0763647837 ISBN 13: 9780763647834
Bud, Not Buddy By Christopher Paul Curtis (TBA- Will update date that this is needed in class)
ISBN 10: 0440413281 ISBN 13: 9780440413288
**Please purchase the paperback version of each book. It is challenging to have class discussions when there are students that have different page numbers. These books will belong to the student. I have attached the Amazon link above for convenience. Do not have your student read ahead.**
Godfrey
Bible- Test on 2/21
Bible Passage
Acts 17:1–9; Romans 6:5–14; 12:1–2; 8:5–9; Ephesians 5:18; James 4:6–7
Memory Verse
"Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need." Hebrews 4:16
Character Trait
Submission is the decision to do what God thinks is best, knowing He is good and wants good for my life.
Vocabulary
flesh—(n.) our sinful nature, which desires to live independently from God
pride—(n.) the sin of thinking of yourself as more important than you really are
humility—(n.) recognizing that all we have and all we are comes from God
atheism—(n.) the belief that God does not exist
reason—(n.) the ability to think correctly about reality
*Memory Verse Quiz every other Wednesday*
Sandoval
Math
Topic 6-Developing Proficiency: Multiplying by 2-Digit Number
*Topic 6 Test will be on Monday, February 10th*
Topic 6 Test
Review Topic 5 and Topic 6
**IXL extra credit due March 7th to be completed in class **
I.3, I.10, I.11, I.12, N.4
Handwriting
Daily practice of cursive writing.
Resources:
Math YouTube Videos:
Arcidiacono
Science
Chapter 6: Earth's Processes and Resources
Lesson 4: Critical Energy Resources
Objective: Student's explain the critical role of energy resources to modern life and how conservation, disposal, and recycling of natural resources impact the environment.
Essential Question: How do you use and get rid of critical energy resources?
Hands On-Investigation: Students will observe and explain why conservation and proper disposal are important.
HW: It is not generally assigned except to finish an assignment or study for a test.
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Arcidiacono
Social Studies
Unit 7: Republic of Texas, Annexation, & Government
Three Branches of Texas Government Project: The students will research and create an interactive lapbook that shows information about the branches of the Texas Government. They will use their INB and additional online sources to create an outline, which must outline the purpose of each branch, the jobs and responsibilities of each branch, how each branch interacts with other branches, and two additional interesting facts.
Students will fill in an outline first for a quiz grade. The final project will be a test grade.
HW: It is not generally assigned except to finish an assignment or study for a test.
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Links:
Secret Word:
President
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