English- 

Grammar:

We will continue reviewing Grammar skills 1-13

We will also be introducing:

    -Rule #14 & 15 - Compound and complex sentences 

       (These will NOT be on the test)

⭐ Grammar Test over rules 1-13 on December 9th.

⭐ Please encourage your child to complete the IXL lessons that have been assigned!

Writing:

This week, we will edit and revise our second personal narrative, "A Time I Tried Something New."

⭐ The final copy will be written in cursive and taken as a test grade. 

Spelling-

Students will have a spelling quiz Friday, Dec 12 over the following words. Their spelling packets will be due Friday for a daily grade.

sponge pledge change storage gerbil ridge package

orange message ledge courage giraffe bandage general

image hinge

Review Words:

decided

force

Challenge Words:

suggest

knowledge

Reading - 

This week, we will continue the realistic fiction unit. Students will work through reading passages to practice their strategies and hone in on their reading comprehension skills.

⭐Students will have a reading comprehension TEST on Thursday, December 11.

⭐ IXL lessons have been assigned - these are optional, but GREAT practice.

Students have been working on their endurance during independent reading time. Students will "stop & jot" their thoughts about their books as well as specific prompts from the teacher. 

⭐ "Stop & jots" will be taken for a daily grade. 

⭐ We are accepting lightly used books for the classroom library! If you have any books that     your child has already read just sitting around the house, we will gladly take them! 

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Novel Studies:

Every 4th grade student will need to purchase the following novels. The links to purchase each one are found below: 

• The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane  By Kate DiCamillo  <-- Please have this book purchased & ready by January 8th. If students have them now, I will collect them & keep them in the classroom. 

ISBN 10: 0763647837    ISBN 13: 9780763647834

• Bud, Not Buddy By Christopher Paul Curtis 

          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 with different page numbers. These books will belong to the student. I have attached the Amazon link above for convenience. Please do NOT have your student read ahead.**

Cursive-

The students will be practicing letters in class everyday.  

Math- Long Division-Division Test, Dec 17th.  A review will go home on Tuesday.  If it is completed and signed, they get 5 points on their test. :)

Vocabulary: Dividend, Divisor, Quotient

Algorithm of long division 

3 Digit Dividend and 1 Digit Divisor

4 Digit Dividend and 1 Digit Divisor

Review Stations

LINKS of Videos Below:

OLD SCHOOL DIVISION VIDEO LINK      NEW WAY DIVISION VIDEO LINK

VIDEO OF ALL THE STEPS WITH DIVISION

Math Practice: Please study these songs to practice your math facts. These are the songs we use in class.

• Skip Counting Videos (Click Here)

• Free multiplication Games (Click here)

• Prodigygame.com (Click here)

Bible 

Unit 8: Paul and Silas in Prison  

Memory Verse: "Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable - if there is any moral excellence and if there is any praise - dwell on these things." (Phillippians 4:8)

Bible Memory Verse  and Bible Test December 12th.

Chapel Leaders:

Stanley HR - London

Bielamowicz HR - Cormac

Doiron HR - Olivia

Memory Verse and Bible Test December 12th

*Fill in the blank, with a word bank* 

This is has been previously called the Memory Verse Quiz. However, we do not have quiz grades in Bible class; they are simply counted as a daily assignment grade. 

Blooket Review for Bible TEST: LINK  

Deep Roots Student Login - Students can use this link and their Deep Roots logins to access the Unit we are studying or to access content for makeup work. Students have log in information in their planners. 

Science 

Energy & Waves 

We will be working on Thermal and Electrical energy and reviewing for a test. Depending on how the kids do will determine test date. I will know by Wednesday, December 3rd. I will send out the day on remind and put it on the calander.

Test on Wednesday December 10th

M.E.L.T.S. Review Monday and Tuesday

Wednesday -Seasons

Thursday - Seasons

Friday - Seasons

Blooket link for review: LINK 

Texas History

Key Figures of the Texas Revolution

Test on Tuesday, December 9th

Blooket Link for Test Review: LINK 

Monday- Review for Test

Tuesday- Test

Wednesday - William Travis

Thursday - James Bowie

Friday - David Crockett

We will not be taking a test over this unit, but doing a biography quilt in class.

Texas Studies Weekly Login - Students have log in information in their planners for Texas Studies Weekly to review at anytime or to complete make up work if they do not have their newspapers with them.