September 18-22

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Magazine Drive Assembly-

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Important Dates:
Sept 27- Early Dismissal

Reading:  This week we will begin the fourth grade Courage unit. The unit revolves around the essential questions of "What does it mean to show courage?", "Can courage be shown in more than one way?" and "How can one person make a difference?" We will also focus on how to determine the theme of a story.

English: In English, we will continue  Unit one. The Sentence. We will focus on finding the subject and  predicate along with run-on sentences.

Spelling: Unit 4 - "Frequently Confused Words"
This week's spelling/vocabulary list will include homophones such as to, too and two & their, there and they're. We will study the meanings of these words and how to use them correctly. The final test is scheduled for Friday, 9/22.

Social Studies:   This week we will continue chapter 4, The Northeast.  In Lesson 3  we will read and learn how Chesapeake Bay and other bays in the Northeast provide seafood for millions.  The chapter 4 test is tentatively scheduled for Mon., September 25th.

Science:   We will continue the introduction chapter of "Getting Ready for Science".  We will learn how the scientific method helps scientist gain knowledge. We will complete several experiments this week to learn how the Scientific method works.  There will be an open book quiz on lessons two and three on Thursday. 

Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class: The students will investigate factors and factor pairs for numbers between 1 and 100. They will multiply using the commutative property.They will determine whether a whole number between 1-100 is a prime or composite number.  The students will also review the strategies they used to solve basic multiplication facts.

 The Home Connection and Student book can now be found in your child's  Math Google Classroom under the About section.  This can be used if your child  forgets to bring home their workbook.The pages may be printed out from this file.