What We Are Learning This Week

Reminder: Our annual sea turtle cake walk is this Friday, April 26^th from 11:40-12:15 in the gym. Please donate a baked good for the cake walk! We are also accepting donations to help save the sea turtles!! Thank you for your support!!

Math:   We will finish Chapter 10 on Reflections and Symmetry. Test will be Friday, April 26^th.

English:  We are finished with quotation marks. We will also study root words, prefixes and suffixes this week.

Reading:  Continuing Unit 8, Drawing Conclusions this week.  We are reading the books Caleb’s Choice, The Friendship Doll, and Running out of Time.  A study guide with pattern statement, process questions and vocabulary has been given. April book project instructions have been given as well.  The genre for this book will be History or Historical Fiction. The project will be due on Tuesday, April 30^th. Tentative test date for Unit 8- Wednesday, May 1^st.

Writing: Persuasive writing continued- students will write a piece that will persuade someone to get involved in protecting endangered species.

Science:  We will start Investigation 3.  A quizlet link will be going out this week as well.

History:  We will continue  Chp. 9, Change Comes to Alabama this week. Tentative test date for Chp. 9- Tuesday, April 30th

Spelling:  Spelling Test this Friday, April 26th.  Alabama Fact should come from page 5 and must be a fact not previously studied. Classroom words this week are: translation, amplify, desegregation, and scrutiny.   We are now focusing on prefixes and suffixes. Students will be required to write two sentences on their Spelling test- one sentence with a word including a prefix and one sentence with a word including a suffix.  Prefix for next week: Un- meaning “not or the opposite of” and Ly- meaning” in a ____way. (example: happily)

SEE HOMEWORK PAD FOR WEEKLY HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS

Assessments for the week:

Spelling: Friday, April 26th
History: none
Reading: none
Science:  none
Math:  Math Facts quiz- Friday, April 26^th. Test on Chp. 10, Friday, April 26^th.

Upcoming Events:

Monday, April 22^nd- Church- 8:15
Friday, April 26^th- 4^th Grade Sea Turtle Cake Walk (more info to come on this)
Monday, April 29^th- Chapel- 8:00
Monday, May 6^th- Chapel- 8:00
May 7-10- Mother’s Day Shopping- Campus Store
 Friday, May 10- The Duke Field Trip- Mrs. McCullough and Mrs. Benton’s classes. A sack lunch and drink needed.
Monday, May 20^th- Church- 8:15- 4^th Grade leads worship.
Monday, May 20^th- 1:00- 4^th Grade musical
Friday, May 24^th- Last Day of School – Carpool one Dismissal at 11:40; Carpool 2- 11:50.
Extended Session: 11:50-5:30