STANFORD TESTS

Hello!  I hope you are having a relaxing and fun weekend.  The weather is perfect!

This week, I will not be giving you an assignment chart, because the only day we will really have class is on Monday morning (history and literature.)  We will try to learn as much as we can about the French and Indian War in the short time we have that day.  Below is what we will be doing this week and some reminders!  Please make every effort to get to school every day this week, and to be on time!  Making up the Stanford Test is NOT FUN!

MONDAY:  * Take Spelling Test--be able to use words correctly in sentences
* Study the French and Indian War
* Discuss our Expository Writing from Friday
* Hand out packets about writing your Science Fair Projects
* Bring permission slip for Park Day in the afternoon 12-2:00
*  AT HOME:  Study for 13 Colonies Test; Read 30 minutes each night in book of choice;                     Get a good night's sleep!

TUESDAY:  * Eat a good breakfast:  Bring a sweater or jacket/hoodie; a pillow and blanket if you want them; a book you are reading from home; DO NOT bring any electronic devices of any kind
*  Stanford Testing:  Mrs. Aly Barnes will pick you up from Activities Center
You will have your:  Reading Vocabulary Test, Reading Comprehension Test, Social Studies Test, and Science Test            
Please BE ON TIME to school--the tests begin at 8:20!

WEDNESDAY:  *Eat a good breakfast!
*  Stanford Testing:  Miss Vicki Boyd/Mrs. Horner will pick you up from Activities Center
You will have your:  Word Study Skills Test (4th Grade only); Math Problem Solving Test, Spelling Test, and Listening Test

THURSDAY:  *Eat a good breakfast!  Bring your 5$ for the Dr. Pepper Museum and permisison slips
*  Stanford Testing:  Mrs. Scott will pick you up from the Activities Center
You will have your:  Math Procedures Test and Language Test
When testing is completed, we will finish the French and Indian War

FRIDAY:  Treat yourself to Doughnuts!!!  (just kidding!)
Today is your field trip to the Dr. Pepper Museum in Waco.  Be sure you have your sack lunch, and that you have turned in your 5$ fee and your permission slip BEFORE today, please!

Your Test over the 13 Colonies is Monday, April 29!  New Chart and Practice Map
No Spelling this week, no Spelling Test next week!

LITERATURE & HISTORY April 15-19

Good Morning, Students!

This week, we will be finishing our study of the 13 Colonies, and you will be studying for a test over the Colonies on Monday, April 29.  I know that seems a long way off,  but next week, we will only have class on Monday.  Tuesday-Thursday, April 23-25, you will be taking the Stanford Achievement Test.  On Friday, April 26, you will  be in Waco at the Dr. Pepper Museum.  So, you'll get your study guide way ahead of time to prepare for this major test!

We will finish reading The Light in the Forest this week, and you'll finally have your answer--does True Son ever get to go back to live with the Lenni Lenape?

You will have a reading log due on Friday, and a quiz over the last 5 chapters of the book on Thursday.  You have a spelling test tomorrow, and one more on Monday, April 22.  To prepare for this spelling test, you will actually have spelling homework that will be due on Thursday.

Whew!  School will be out before we know it!

Have a beautiful Sunday afternoon, and I'll see you tomorrow.  Connect below to the posted handouts for the week--and you'll also get them in class tomorrow.

Assignment Chart for this week
Spelling Homework Due Thursday
Charts comparing the Colonies
Study Guide for 13 Colonies Test
13 Colonies Map for test

SPELLING & VOCABULARY for Test on Monday, April 22

For vocabulary, you must be able to: 

            1.  Define the word as used in the sentence in the book (or you can look it up) and,

                2.  Be able to use the word in a meaningful sentence, not the same as in the book. 

1.  oration (p. 108) =  Meaning:  ____________________________________
            Your sentence:  ___________________________________________

2.  remnant (p. 109) = Meaning:  ____________________________________

            Your sentence:  ____________________________________________

3.  wreathed ( p. 110) = Meaning:  ____________________________________

            Your sentence:  _____________________________________________

4.  commotion (p. 113) = Meaning:  ____________________________________

            Your sentence:  ______________________________________________

5.  caution (p. 117) =  Meaning:  ____________________________________

            Your sentence:  ____________________________________________

6.  alacrity (p. 129) =  Meaning:  ____________________________________

            Your sentence:  ____________________________________________

7.  dialect (p. 134) =   Meaning:  ____________________________________

            Your sentence:  ____________________________________________

8.  immense (p. 136) =  Meaning:  ____________________________________

            Your sentence:  _____________________________________________

9.  plunder (p. 137) =   Meaning:  ____________________________________

            Your sentence:  ____________________________________________

10.  pillage (p. 137) =   Meaning:  ____________________________________

            Your sentence:  _____________________________________________

Math April 15-19

New Journal Entries for Week
Classify Triangles
Transfomations
Fractions and Decimals as Percents
Simplifying Improper Fractions

4th Grade
Wednesday - Lesson 92 - Dividing by 2 Digit Numbers
                      Lesson 94 - Using Estimation when Dividing by Two Digit Numbers

Friday - Lesson 93 Comparative Graphs
             Lesson 95 Reciprocals

5th Grade -

Tuesday -    Lesson 94 Writing Fractions and Decimals as Percents Review
                   Lesson 95 Reducing Rates Before Multiplying

Thursday - Lesson 96 Graphing Functions
                 Lesson 97 Transversals

Bible: April 8-12

I spoke with you all in class about us catching the fast train in our study of the Gospels so that we might end with Jesus Ascension by the end of this school year. Please be sure to come to class on time, even on special days such as Park Days or Field Trip days. We still have bible class on those mornings.

Sadly, we are going to have to skip some of the miracles and other events along the way. I want to encourage you to read the introductions on our reading cards and scriptures to the lessons we are going to have to skip over. I could spend a whole year on Jesus miracles, but we have our whole lives to read God's Word so don't let me stop you from seeking knowledge in the word on your own time!

• That being said, we are going to finish up Jesus Sermon on the Mount this coming Monday by going over the scriptures and finding how Jesus came to explain and fulfill the law, not to destroy it. Go back and review our notes we took on Friday into our prayer journals. 

• Friday we will begin Jesus sending his Apostles out two by two. Come prepared with your pencils, bibles, and review who these 12 Apostles were. Ask someone if they know the difference between an Apostle and a Disciple. 

COLONY RESEARCH

Below is a great site for finding out more about the Middle and Southern Colonies!

  http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies2.htm

LITERATURE & HISTORY April 8-12, 2013

         

Are you ready for a FULL week of school?  We've been spoiled by spring break and two short weeks. Now, we have to get down to getting this year completed!

This week, you will be studying the rest of the 13 Colonies:  the Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies.  We will have a short unit on Slavery as it applied to agriculture and economics in these colonies.

You will need to be working on your Texas Legend PowerPoint at school and at home, if necessary.  It is due this Friday.  Friday is also Grandparent's Day, and after the concert, please invite your Grandparents up to the room to see your PowerPoint presentations of your Legends!  I'm sure they'll enjoy your stories!

You have a spelling test this Monday, as well as a quiz over Chapters 4-6 from The Light in the Forest.

Your new spelling and vocabulary words for next week's test (Monday, April 15) are below.  So are links to your weekly assignment chart and the few new papers I will be handing out this week.

I hope you have a blessed Sunday, and I'll see you tomorrow!

Assignment Chart for this week
Questions over Chapter 29, Benjamin Franklin
If you need charts or information on the 13 Colonies, please see last week's blog post for links.

SPELLING WORDS and VOCABULARY for TEST on Monday, April 15

1. realm  =        an area ruled by a king or government

2. abiding =      lasting or permanent

3. massacre =   when large numbers of people are murdered

4. dispute =      to argue

5. harangue =   to lecture someone forcefully

6. drivel  =        silly talk

7. scurvy =       a disease resulting from not enough Vitamin C

8. pestilence = a plague or disease

9. abhorrence = extreme hatred or loathing

10. subscribe = to sign a document; to “buy into” (as an idea, or a magazine or newspaper)

11. moccasins = leather shoes worn by Indians

12. miasma =   poisonous gas

Math April 8-12

Tin Can Math

Our end of year project will consist of creating a Volume Tin Man and/or Woman.  This will all be done in class and we will begin working on these in May.  Here are some sample tin men.
   
Mrs. Lin has been collecting large cans for me and I'm sure we will have enough of those.  What I need is smaller cans like tomato paste, tuna, sardines, etc.  The students will figure the volume, measurement and capacity of their final work.


Fourth/Fifth Lessons and Activities

Monday - Fifth Grade Assessment over Lessons 80-88
                Fourth Grade Assessment over Lessons 80-87

Monday Journal Prompts -  Introductions

Geometric Formulas
Catch up on Journal Entries - Turn in Journals Friday

Fifth grade will work on these activities on Wednesday Friday
Fourth grade will work on these activities on Tuesday, Thursday

Tuesday 5th Grade
 Lesson 91  Geometric Formulas - Square, Rectangle, Parallelogram, Triangle
 Lesson 92  Expanded Notation with Exponents, Powers of Fractions
Lesson 93 Classify Triangles - Review

Wednesday 4th Grade
Lesson 88 Transformations
Lesson 89 Analyzing Prisms
Lesson 90 Reducing Fractions Review

Thursday 5th Grade
Lesson 93 Classify Triangles - Review

Friday 4th Grade
Lesson 91 Simplifying Improper Fractions