Fourth Grade News
Mrs. Knock and Mrs. Hursh
February 13, 2012
-2/13 Market Day
-2/14 Valentine’s Day Party (THANK YOU to the room parents who have planned this fun event!)
-2/15 Parent Teacher Conferences (Book Fair will be open for shopping)
-2/16 PTA Skate Night
-2/17 and 2/20 No School- Conference Release Day & President’s Day
-3/2 5 point AR Reward for February (bring in your favorite game and snack, hang out with friends!)
-3/14 1 hour Late Start for teacher inservice
-3/23 1 Hour Early dismissal for end of third quarter
**We enjoyed seeing many of you at conferences last week. Thank you for supporting your child’s education. Our last round of conferences will be this Wednesday night. Students are invited to attend as well!
**Please be sure to visit our class website to practice spelling, reading, science and math facts this week. To access it go to: http://www.southwestschools.org, click on Crosby Elementary, click on Teacher Webs (on the left side of page), select Mrs. Hursh or Ms. Knock. The site is the same for both.
Language Arts
Reading- Our study of figurative language will wrap up this week, although we will continue to look for similes, metaphors, idioms, and hyperbole in our reading and writing. These figures of speech make reading and writing much more descriptive and enjoyable. We will have a short figure of speech quiz on Tuesday, and students can play games on the class website for additional practice. Later in the week, we will read John Henry, a tall tale filled with hyperbole, similes, and metaphors.
The 5 point AR reward for February will be Game and Snack Time with friends. On March 2, those students who earned 5 points or more for the month of February will be allowed to bring in their favorite game and snack/drink to enjoy with friends. I hope students are working hard to achieve this fun goal!
Writing/Grammar- The grammar skill this week will be distinguishing between common and proper nouns, as well as reviewing the rules for pluralizing nouns (when to add –s or –es). In writing, we have noticed several students are having problems with run-on sentences. Therefore, we will focus on identifying these problems and how to fix them by either inserting a period, or turn two short sentences into a longer compound sentence with a comma and a conjunction (and, but, or).
Spelling- No list due to the short week.
Math
Social Studies
Science
Physical and Chemical Changes test will be coming home today. Please review this with your child. This week we will continue learning about the water cycle, focusing on evaporation, condensation, precipitation, surface run-off, and transpiration. Later in the week, we will begin learning about how clouds are formed and the four main types of clouds (cirrus, cumulus, stratus, and cumulonimbus). We will learn what they look like, where they are located in the sky, what they are made of, and what type of weather they bring.
Graded Papers
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___ Property Changes Brainpop Quiz
___ Physical and Chemical Changes Test
___ Water Cycle Reading and questions
___ Spelling Workbook pg. 84
___ Spelling Test
**We are looking for pieces of work (tests, quizzes, projects, AR report, etc.) that students are particularly proud of and would like to display on the bulletin boards in the hallway. After parents check over the graded work, if a student would like the work displayed, they can send it back in for us to hang up for all to see! Thanks!
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