Coming up:
4/10 - 4/19 - 4th Grade IAR (Illinois Assessment of Readiness) Testing
Thurs 4/18 - Early Dismissal 11:00am - Spirit Day (Baseball season is here! Wear your favorite baseball team shirt.)
Fri 4/19 - No School (Non-Attendance Day) & Midterm of 3rd trimester
Wed 4/24 - PV Spring Open House & Book Fair
A visit from Tom Watson, author of Stick Dog and Stick Cat books!
A "Write-Around" Activity with ELA and Edward Tulane---
Group Thinking!
Great Ideas!
Sp
elling - Unit 24 - Greek & Latin Roots
elling - Unit 24 - Greek & Latin Roots
This week's words each contain the root "auto", "homo", "tract" or "phobia". We will study the meaning of these roots and how to determine the meaning of a word that contains them. The final TEST is scheduled for Friday, 4/5.
Reading- Unit 2 - "Journeys" - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
As our novel study continues, we will read chapters 11-14 and answer text-dependent questions and responses related to those chapters.
We will also spend time preparing for the Illinois Assessment of Readiness test (the new PARCC) which is scheduled for the weeks of 4/8 and 4/15.
We will also spend time preparing for the Illinois Assessment of Readiness test (the new PARCC) which is scheduled for the weeks of 4/8 and 4/15.
Social Studies - "People of the Southwest"
Students will be studying the people of the SW.
Science - Energy Conversions
Building and analyzing failing electrical systems will be the topic in science this week.
Students will be studying the people of the SW.
Science - Energy Conversions
Building and analyzing failing electrical systems will be the topic in science this week.
Mrs. Spakausky and Mr. Kowalsky's Math Class:
Module 1
Multiplication & Division Strategies
Overview
Unit 6 opens with a review of some of the division strategies students developed earlier in the year. Students then solve and discuss a set of division problems that move beyond the basic facts. Sessions 3 and 4 focus on multiplication strategies, while Sessions 5 and 6 bring multiplication and division together as students discover that they can use the same models for both operations. The
module ends with an emphasis on the importance of choosing strategies based on the numbers involved in the problems.
Session 1 Unit 6 Pre-Assessment
Session 2 Larger Division with Money
Session 3 Discussing Larger Division with Money
Session 4 More Multiplication Strategies
Session 5 Modeling Multiplication & Division, Part 1
Session 6 Modeling Multiplication & Division, Part 2
Session 7 Revisiting the Doubling & Halving Strategy
