Can you believe that we have completed our first full month of school? Time seems to move faster upstairs!


4A Mr. Bradford

Reading  
Continued reading of Ralph S. Mouse.  Look in assignment notebooks to check for assigned reading at home.  
Decoding:  Dividing syllables.  
Reading Logs:  Please note there are two sides, one for each week.  You only have to sign the bottom of each side of the log, next to the total minutes; not each time your child reads.  Thank you for your support with this important log.  Spelling list #4 this week, test Friday.  

Science
We have started to combine atoms and have created new matter in the form of molecules.  As they learn that everything comes from atoms and molecules, we are learning that "it" is an indescribable piece of matter and can not be used in class or in their writing.  Next week we will get into changing states of matter. 

Social Studies

This week the students took two tests. The first one on Tuesday was on chapter 1 & part of chapter 2. The test today was on basic geography. We reviewed Wed., Thurs., Fri., and Mon. for Tuesday's test and Wed. and Thurs. we reviewed for the geography part of the test. The children will receive the results on Monday for both tests. Then we will go on to Chapter 3, Wisconsin's First People. The students will be studying cultures that existed over thousands of years before Europeans encountered the groups living in Wisconsin in the mid 1600s.


Math

This week we have been reviewing adding and subtracting whole numbers and decimals.  We will put the final touches on exploring place values behind the decimal.  On Wednesday we will have a pretest followed by a test on Wednesday.  This will cover items from chapter 2.  Please note that I do modify the selection of which concepts that we cover from the chapters.  The pretest is the best way to study for the test.  It will look exactly like the test, but the test will have different numbers.  This helps alleviate the anxiety of knowing what might be on the test.  

Language Arts/Writing
We will take a week off from our vocabulary to focus on a writing piece about summer fun. 
Grammar, we continue to move forward with nouns.

Religion

We are still holding the doors on most days as we continue to become our back door greeters.  In class, we are looking at Virtues.  They are,  Faith, Hope, Charity, Fortitude, Justice, Temperance, Prudence.

4B Mrs. Kuhnmuench

 Parents, please remember to send HOMEWORK folders for your child's binder.  Any folder will do, just make sure it fits in their binder and is 3-holed punched.  It will help me help them keep their homework and papers more organized.  Also, please go through their binders periodically and have them empty out graded work.

Free reading time

Reading
Reading Logs:  Please note there are two sides, one for each week.  You only have to sign the bottom of each side of the log, next to the total minutes; not each time your child reads.  Thank you for your support with this important log.  
We are continuing to read The Witches, by Roald Dahl.  We will be doing an author's study during this unit as well. Our main focus is inference and character development. Students will also gain an understanding of Protagonist and Antagonist....there certainly are those in the creepy novel!

Spelling list #4 will go home Monday, test Friday.

Science

We have started to combine atoms and have created new matter in the form of molecules.  As they learn that everything comes from atoms and molecules, we are learning that "it" is an indescribable piece of matter and can not be used in class or in their writing.  Next week we will get into changing states of matter. 

Social Studies
This week the students took two tests. The first one on Tuesday was on chapter 1 and part of chapter 2. The test today was on basic geography. We reviewed Wed., Thurs., Fri., and Mon. for Tuesday's test and Wed. and Thurs. for the geography part. The children will receive the results on Monday for both tests.Then we will go on to Chapter 3, Wisconsin's First People. The students will be studying cultures that existed over thousands of years before Europeans encountered the groups living in Wisconsin in the mid 1600s.

Math

This week we have been reviewing adding and subtracting whole numbers and decimals.  We will put the final touches on exploring place values behind the decimal.  On Wednesday we will have a pretest followed by a test on Wednesday.  This will cover items from chapter 2.  Please note that I do modify the selection of which concepts that we cover from the chapters.  The pretest is the best way to study for the test.  It will look exactly like the test, but the test will have different numbers.  This helps alleviate the anxiety of knowing what might be on the test.  


Language Arts/Writing
Vocabulary: Begin Unit 3 words this week.  
Grammar:  Simple subjects and simple predicates.  

Religion
Unit 1:  God Our Creator and Father  
Session 5:  Celebrating Ordinary Time:  Students will review when the Church celebrates Ordinary Time and define discipleship.  How can we be true Disciples?  We will then read more of the Old Testament and practice looking up Bible passages.