What’s Happening in Fourth Grade

Week of March 9, 2020

Reading (Mrs. Isaminger): This week, the students will finish a culminating in-class project over the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Wordly Wise Lesson 9 vocabulary words were introduced last week. Wordly Wise homework will be due on Thursday, March 12th. There will not be a reading test or Wordly Wise test this week.

Language Arts (Mrs. Isaminger): This week, the students will continue chapter 7 of Shurley English. Chapter 7 teaches direct objects, transitive verbs, verb tenses, regular and irregular verbs, and tenses of helping verbs. There will not be a Shurley English test this week, but there will be a Shurley English test over Chapter 7 on Thursday, March 19th.

Writing (Mrs. Isaminger): This week, the students will finish their sea animal research and complete a rough draft of their sea animal research paper. The students will begin working on their typed final copies as well.

Bible (Miss Reech) MV: 1 Corinthians 2:5 - “So that your faith might not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.” This week students will be learning about the power of the Holy Spirit. Our Bible test will be on Thursday, March 12.

Spelling (Miss Reech) 10 words will be given Monday and Tuesday. Students received instructions on how to complete homework for Monday and Tuesday located in their Reech folder. 7 words will be used each night. On Wednesday we will take a practice test. If students make a 100 A+, they do not have to take the test on Thursday. Our test on all 21 words will be on Thursday.

Social Studies (Miss Reech) Students have defined the vocabulary for chapter 4, the Middle Atlantic States. We will begin learning about the geography and history of the region. The students were already tested on the states of the Northeast region, so they will not have a map portion for this chapter. However, they can continue to practice studying the location of the 50 states at sheppardsoftware.com in preparation for the 50 states test at the end of the year.

Science (Mrs. Jaques) We will continue our unit on the scientific method and explore many sample projects. We will be learning about each step in the Scientific Method and how to apply each step to their own project. Midweek, we will begin our new unit on the makeup of the Earth. They will discover differences in soils. They will also learn about different types of rocks and how they are formed.

Science fair is quickly approaching. Students have received their colored manilla folders to use for the backdrops. Important information can be found in their Science Fair packet which should be in their “Jaques Folder” Students 1-9 should bring their backboard and written report to present on Wednesday, March 18. Students 10-17 should bring their backboard and written report to present on Thursday, March 19. The Science Fair will be on Friday, March 20.

Math (Mrs. Jaques) We will continue our unit on fractions. The students will add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators. We will have the Chapter 22 test on Thursday, March 12. On Wednesday, March 11, the students will have a timed basic-facts multiplication/division mixed test. They may practice at the following website: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/thats_a_fact/english_K_3.html