GREAT DAY IN 4th GRADE!

What a great day! In Social Studies we did an activity to simulate trade between the colonies. Students had to develop roles within their colonies, and decide how to trade and barter with other colonies in order to survive. Students were expected to explain what it means to acquire goods. Then, we went to see the play James and the Giant Peach! The play was hilarious and the students asked some great questions.

Colonial America Test (Monday)

Monday will be our unit test on the 13 Colonies/Colonial America. Study guides will go home tomorrow.

Optimist Oratorical Contest

If your child is part of this group the first meeting is on December 7th in the parent resource room. The group meets from 7:15-7:45 with Mrs. Shams. If you have any questions please touch base with her.

Supplies

Parents,

For a Social Studies lesson on trade we need one bag of Tootsie Rolls, and any scrap fabric you may have. Thank you!

NO SPELLING HOMEWORK THIS WEEK

There is no spelling homework this week but they do have Social Studies.

Nick Says Hi!

Nick says hi from New York!

CHECK EMAIL

Parents,
If your email address is in our school system you should have received an email from Mrs. Barlow or myself. If you DIDN'T please emal me ASAP so I can fill you in on a class project.

Comma Use/Test Monday

Today we worked on use of commas and how they change the meaning of our sentences. Please remember that there is a writing & grammar test on Monday. Signed papers from me will be going home on Tuesday.

TIGER NEWS 11/18

FOLDERS

We are in need of 22 colored folders with prongs for our new social studies unit. It does not matter what color. If you can donate some please email me. We need them by Monday morning. As always thanks for your support!

FIELD TRIP TO THE SYMPHONY

GRAMMAR TEST

On Monday (11/21) there will be a grammar/writing test. The study guide will go home tomorrow. If your child is going to be absent on Monday due to the holidays please send them to morning remediation this Friday (11/18) at 7:15 to take the test.

SPELLING 11/14

greatest, purpose, invisible, dangerous, farewell, golden, divide, salmon, pollen, wounded

BOOK FAIR

The Book Fair is now open! Be sure to check out all the great books with your child. The teacher “wish list” has also been filled out.

UPDATE

Thank you for all the birthday cards and emails! You are all very sweet. I am back, and I wanted to post a few reminders. Tomorrow is our field trip to the symphony. Wednesday is our Sound & Light unit test. Study guides went home last week. If you have any questions please let me know. Wednesday we will be starting our Social Studies unit on Colonial America and the 13 Colonies.

Transition Words

Today we continued to work with our 6 Traits. Today our focus was on word choice and sentence fluency. We read the book “Meanwhile” to help give students a better understanding of how some words are overused. Students then applied their understanding of transition words and phrases to their writing.

Spelling 11/7

tiniest,husband, purpose, farewell, doctor, operate, button, mountain, shelves, unheard

TIGER NEWS

Parents,
For Monday we need one role of each of the following. If you can send any of them in please email me.
•Saran Wrap (Colored) Red, Green and Blue
•Wax Paper
•Aluminum Foil

Two Bad Ants/Point of View

In writing today we talked about characters point of view. We read the book Two Bad Ants and went through an activity that helped students to use their vocabulary to enhance point of view in their writing. Students filled out a graphic organizer and began their short stories in class. Some students are finishing their short stories for homework. Can’t wait to hear what great adventures our ants go on!

SOUND LABS/SOUND TAKE HOME PROJECT

Today in Science we went through a series of SOUND LABS. Students were able to investigate the properties of sound with hands on inquiry. Today students were also assigned their take home project for this unit. The rubric that will be used is attached to the assignment.

Spelling 11/1

turkey, already, shelves, mountain, addition, they'd, wasn't, noisy, permitting, radar