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

Literature & History Week of April 2-5

Happy Easter, Students!

First, I'd like to thank you for being so well behaved and attentive on our field trip to the Bob Bullock Museum.  You are a delight to be with!  I hope you had as much fun as I did!

I hope you are enjoying this beautiful celebration of the Resurrection of Our Lord, Jesus!  You have one more day off (unless you are in Extended Care on Monday), so enjoy yourselves.  It's our last holiday until May 27th.  Wow!  That's nine weeks from now, and school will almost be over.

This week, we will be studying for our History Test over the Early British Colonies of Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymouth, Salem, and Massachusetts Bay--and there is so much to go over that I have postponed the test from this Tuesday until Friday, April 5.  You still ought to be studying those colonies we have already reviewed.   You can access your study guide here if you have lost it.

We will begin a short study of the 13 American Colonies this week, and will start with the New England and Middle Colonies.  You will be doing some group research, filling out charts, and watching films that will help summarize the differences in these regions.

We will also begin a new historical novel this week, and it's one of my favorites--The Light in the Forest.  You won't have a book report or project with this book, but will have to keep track of the geography (which is a very important "character,") as well as the British, American Colonists, and Native Americans who are important characters, too.

You have a Spelling Test Monday; you will have a new Reading Log to fill out for this Friday; and you will continue to work on your Texas Legend writing and PowerPoint.  Don't forget to bring a flash drive to school so that you can save your work from the computer lab.  The rough  draft of your legend is due this Wednesday, and  you'll turn it in on your flash drive.

This Friday morning, you are in for a very special concert!  Mrs. Sullivant has a very famous cousin, David Holt, who is a folk song and instrumental performer of American folk music, and an amazing storyteller.  He has put out CDs,  has even won Grammy's, and he'll be at CCS to sing and perform for us!  You can link to his website here!

Below are your links for this week.  Don't forget that you have a spelling test on Tuesday!

Literature and History Assignment Chart for the Week
Bob Bullock Museum Field Trip Evaluation
Early Colonies Comparison Chart
Thirteen Colonies Map
New England Colonies Chart
Middle Colonies Chart
Thirteen Colonies Information
Ohio/Pennsylvania River Map
Intro to The Light in the Forest
Light in the Forest Reading Charts

SPELLING WORDS/VOCABULARY for TEST on Monday, April 8
You will need to spell the word correctly, using cursive writing; then match the word to its definition

1. aversion = a strong dislike for something or someone                       

2. palaver = flattering speech

3. doughty = strong and brave                                                 

4. spunky = courageous

5. frontier = unexplored territory                                                           

6. excitation = being in an excited state

7. grimace = a facial expression of dislike or pain

8. acknowledge = to recognize

9. soberly = with seriousness

10. cumbersome = burdensome and clumsy

Bible: March 25-28

Grab an empty shoe box kids! 
We're going to be creating a diorama this week after we study Jesus appointing his twelve apostles.

This will also be our last week to prayer journal in class. You may continue on your own, but we will be going back to memory verses after Easter.

Bible Factoid! 

Did you know that the word "Apostle" comes from the Greek word Apostello which means to "send forth" or "to dispatch". So Apostolos (Apostle) means a person who is sent forth or entrusted with a mission. 

Monday: Twelve Apostles Appointed: worksheet and introduction do diorama project

Wednesday: Stations of the Cross - Parents are invited to attend! 

Friday: No Class- Good Friday