Last week of January.. First day of February

Fourth Grade News:

We completed our study of adjectives and took a short adjectives quiz on Tuesday. We will continue our grammar studies with a focus on good sentence structure, proper use of capitalization and punctuation.

We are continuing to read a biography of Thomas Edison, and will be reading chapters 3 and 4 in this book. We will also be creating a bulletin board about what we have learned so far about Thomas Edison.

In math, we are learning about mean, median, mode, and range, how to create and read line plots, and how to create and read stem and leaf plots.

In Social studies, we have been reading about the Northwest Ordinance and the creation of the state of Ohio from the land that was the Northwest Territory. (Ohio's "birthdate" is March 1, 1803.) We are also reading the current issue of Time For Kids. The feature article is about the horrors of forced child labor in India, Ghana and several South American and East Asian countries.

Homework:

Spelling and Vocabulary - orange group unit #14, green group unit #10; tests on Friday

Math: pg. 6.3 Monday
pg. 6.2 problem solving Tues.
pg. 6.3 prob. solving Wed.
pg. 6.4 Thurs.

Reading: Chapter 3 and questions - Monday
Vocab. for Chapters 3&4 Tues.
Chapter 4 and reading response journal Wed.
Chapter 5 and reading response journal - Thurs.



REMEMBER! The Biography Projects are due WED. FEB. 13!!!

MATH CHPTER 5 TEST UPDATE!

The Math chapter 5 test has been rescheduled for WED. Jan. 16. The students needed another day for review. PLEASE HELP YOUR CHILD STUDY FOR THIS TEST TONIGHT. The reviews at the end of chapter 5, as well as the individual lessons from chapter 5 are good to review.

Fourth Grade News - Jan. 14-18

The fourth grade students are reading a biography of Thomas Edison. We will be reading, analyzing and discussing this book in class. There will be some short reading and question homework assignments as well. The students SHOULD be reading the biographies that they picked for their independent biography projects. The project requirements and due date will be given on Wed. Jan. 16.

We will have a mini-unit about Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to prepare for the observance of Martin Luther King day. We will continue to study Ohio history from the mid 1750's to the early 1800's.

In math - we are having a TEST on chapter 5 on Tuesday, Jan 15. We will begin chapter 6 - Organizing Data and Using Charts and Graphs - on Wed.

Spelling and Vocabulary tests will be on Friday. Orange Group: unit 12, Green Group - unit 9


Homework:

Spelling and vocab: tests Friday, units due Friday

Math: Mon: study for chpater 6 test
Wed.: wkbk. pg. 6.1
Thurs.: wkbk pg. 6.2

Reading: Mon: read pg. 8-21 in Thomas Edison book, answer question page.
Tues: complete vocab sheet for Thomas Edison Book (for ch.3)
Wed. Read pg. 26-30 in Thomas Edison book, answer question page.

****Read biography for boigraphy projects****

Math Test Update!

The 4th grade math test on chapter 5 will be given on
TUESDAY, Jan. 15. We will review for this test on Monday.

Happy New Year! Welcome Back to School!

We are ready for "round two." The fourth graders are currently studying adjectives: writing with adjectives, adjectives after the verb "be", proper use of articles,and making comparisons (-er, -est, more/most. We will have an adjcetives quiz sometime next week.

In Math, we are learning how to read and create time tables/schedules, use elapsed time, and use elapsed time on a calendar. We will have a chapter 5 math test on Monday, January 14.

In Social Studies, we have been reading and analyzing articles from "Time for Kids." These articles are about the major events/news stories of 2007. The students are very aware of world issues. We are also continuing our study of Ohio - the path of Ohio from the 1700's to statehood (1803).

We are starting 2 new reading projects: a class study of Thomas Edison and an independent biography project.

Homework:

Spelling/Vocab: Orange Group : review lesson, students have the list of words to study. Green Group: lesson 8. Tests are on Friday.

Math: due Thurs. - wkbk.pg. 5.4
assigned Thurs for Test Monday: text book pg. 109, and study for the math test on Monday.

Reading: Find a biography to read for the independent project. This book MUST BE BROUGHT IN TO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY, JAN. 11.

Reading assignments in Thomas Edison book: to be announced - check student planners