Homework

Tuesday, February 6

1. Literature assignments:

• Eliza's Freedom Road: read pages 36 - 50 (70)
• Seaward Born: read pages 39 - 60 (80)
• Brady: read pages 47 - 72 (95)

Students are asked to record any vocabulary that is unknown to them. We will define the terms in reading groups tomorrow.

The pages in parenthesis indicate that if we have a snow day tomorrow, students are to read to that page.

Wednesday, Jan. 31

1. Vocabulary - study for Friday's test. Units 4 - 6 --- OR ---- Units 1 - 6 (by choice)

2. Full Moon tonight - A blue moon, a super moon, and an eclipse (which occurred at sunrise today). Students are encouraged to bundle up and get outside to view this moon. It will be a beautiful clear night and look for some moon shadows!

Thursday, Jan. 11

1. Spelling - test tomorrow

2. Math - making "cents" of decimals

3. Music - lessons 27 & 28

4. Literature books - if students are not finished with their book, please spend the 30 minutes of nightly reading time reading their literature book.

Flashlight Friday tomorrow!

Monday, Jan. 8

1. Spelling - check the list with an adult

2. Math - decimals! Our first day and an introductory piece of work focused on tenths - in decimal and fraction form.

3. A Letter to Parents went home today regarding an upcoming unit on forced migration as part of our overall Social Studies theme of the migration of peoples.

Wednesday, January 3

1. Tangram puzzle - do lessons 1 & 2 (If it is a snow day tomorrow, do lessons 3 & 4)

2. Literature book - read 20 minutes (If it is a snow day tomorrow, read all you want!)

3. Holiday writing project - complete the first draft of the three paragraph piece. Use the assignment as a guide.

Thursday, Dec. 14

1. Mid Year Survey - Please complete. Remember to provide a great deal of detail to support your responses. Tell WHY!

Tuesday, Dec. 12

No homework, early to bed, early to rise ---- see you at 6:00 for a 6:15 departure!

Monday, Dec. 11

1. Thank you notes to immigration speakers

2. Those who have not finished reading Bridge to America or Letters From Rifka - please use your 30 minutes of reading time to read that book.

3. Develop / review your family's transportation plan for Wednesday's trip to the Tenement Museum in NYC. Please arrive to school by 6:00am for a 6:15 departure. Arrival back at school is expected to be 3:00 - traffic dependent.

The weather forecast is such that the roads are expected to be OK. It will be a cold day, so dress accordingly. This is a walking tour with a lot of outside time!

Students should bring snacks, water, and a non microwaveable lunch. Also, students can bring drawing / writing supplies and / or some games to play with a seat mate (no electronics).

Email me with any questions / concerns. We are looking forward to Wednesday!

Thursday, Dec. 7

1. Math - from group

2. Thank you note to Hong Li

3. Recorder - lessons 14 - 20. music tomorrow!

4. Bridge and Rifka - for students who have not finished the book, please use your 30 minutes of reading time to read from these books.

Wednesday, Dec. 6

1. Math - from group

2. Write a thank you note to our immigration speaker today - Yash Agarwal. Please be sure to include specific details about his talk and slide show that you appreciated.

Monday, Dec. 4

1. Math - from group

2. Candlehouse group poem - practice, practice, practice! You will not be expected to memorize it, rather it should be read with clarity of expression, with good volume, and smooth pacing. You need to know it well! All students will have the poem in hand at tomorrow's Candlehouse ceremony.

We hope to see as many of you who can make it - 2:15 - 3:00. Also in attendance will be dozen or so residents from Whitney Center!

Thursday, Nov. 30

1. Vocabulary - test tomorrow!

2. Poetry - try writing a short couplet; a 4 or 6 line one. Take a look at the examples that were handed out and reviewed today.

3. Music - exercises 8, 9, & 10

Wednesday, Nov. 29

1. Vocabulary - Unit 5, pages 52 & 53

2. Math - from group

3. Recorder - make sure to bring in your recorder, Music class tomorrow!

Monday, Nov. 27

1. Vocabulary - Unit 5, pages 46 - 49

2. Math - from group

3. Recorders - Students received their recorders today and it will be show and tell time tonight!

Monday, Nov 20

1. Assembly Dress

2. Whitney Center - Group B goes

3. Math - work assigned in groups

4. Wonder - The question to students is: Would you recommend a good friend read the book Wonder or see the movie version of Wonder? In class today, we generated reasons for both possibilities. Students are to devise a topic sentence for a paragraph and then circle the ideas from the generated list to include in their paragraph. We will write the actual paragraph tomorrow in school.

Thursday, Nov 16

1. Spelling - test tomorrow

2. Math - division work from groups

3. Written work to be shared - Today, students wrote a paragraph on, Why did you like the book Wonder? They are to share their work with you tonight. Tomorrow we are off to the movies! This has been a powerful book and it will be interesting to see the film adaptation of this story. We will be leaving school by 9:30 for a 10:00 showing of the movie at the North Haven Cinemark. We will return to school by 12:30. We are strictly going to see the film and not stopping at the concession stand...

Wednesday, Nov15

1. Spelling - 1 activity from the list

2. Math - from group. We started our division unit today and students are working in flexible groupings. We will be working on division for the next 2.5 weeks

Tuesday, Nov 14

1. Spelling - 1 activity from the list

2. On Friday, Nov 17 we (the fourth grade class) will be going to see the movie Wonder!!! We will take 2 school busses to the North Haven Cinemark to see the 10:00 am showing of the film. We will return to school by 12:30. We are all very excited about seeing the film adaptation of this excellent book.

Monday, Nov. 13

1. Spelling - Today was a full day and students did not get to taking their spelling pre-test. if you could provide some support by giving the pre-test, that would be appreciated! Students know the process and should come out with a list of ten spelling words for the week. I will checkin with everyone tomorrow morning to look at their list.

2. Thank you note to Mushfiq Mobarak - our first speaker to talk about an immigration experience! It was a interesting to learn about Mushfiq and Anna's experience and their journey to the United States, how important their home culture is to their identity, the role of immigrants here in the United States from an economics point of view, and learning about the process of becoming a United States citizen. Thankyou Mushfiq!

3. Group A to Whitney Center tomorrow. Students prepped a Kindness Rocks activity that they will do tomorrow.

Wednesday, Nov. 8

1. Vocabulary - Unit 4 test tomorrow

2. St Anne's Thanksgiving food drive - the fourth grade has been asked to bring in boxed stuffing. Please bring in the stuffing anytime before Thanksgiving break.

3. Search for smooth faced rocks, roughly the size of a student's open hand for a project at Whitney Center with our elderly buddies. If it is possible for students to find these rocks = great, but do not go way out out your way to obtain them. I will be on the hunt for these rocks and will be making a trip to the beach and a quarry that will provide many rocks for all.

Reminder: No school on Friday - Teacher In-Service Day

Tuesday, Nov. 7

1. Math - Newspaper bar graph

2. Vocabulary - finish Unit 4

3. St Anne's Thanksgiving food drive - the fourth grade has been asked to bring in boxed stuffing. Please bring in the stuffing anytime before Thanksgiving break.

4. Search for smooth faced rocks, roughly the size of a student's open hand for a project at Whitney Center with our elderly buddies. If it is possible for students to find these rocks = great, but do not go way out out your way to obtain them. I will be on the hunt for these rocks and will be making a trip to the beach and a quarry that will provide many rocks for all.

Monday, Nov. 6

1. Math - Pumpking Carving graph

2. Vocabulary - Unit 4, pages 36 - 39

3. Square Art order reminder

Thursday, Nov. 1

1. Math - Share the Halloween candy tally sheet and accompanying graph

2. Spelling - 1 Tic, Tac, Toe activity

Monday, Oct. 30

1. Spelling - Do one Tic Tac Toe activity

2. Finalize Halloween costume!

There will be no homework tomorrow night...

Thursday, Oct 26

Vocabulary - Test on Units 1, 2, & 3. Definitions and sentences.

No math tonight so that students can focus on their vocabulary test.

Friday's Halloween Fair schedule:

• 12:30 Dismissal
• 1:40 Return to school, final costume adjustments
• 1:55 Join the Halloween Parade
• After the parade has concluded, students are released to the care of a parent or parents for the carnival.

Also - UNICEF boxes went home today for you and your family to determine the best course of action.

Wednesday, Oct 25

1. Math - A review of prime & composite numbers, least common multiples, greatest common factor, and divisibility rules

2. Vocabulary - Review Unit 3 (review challenging words from Unit 1 + 2)

Tuesday, Oct 24

1. Math - Divisibility Rules

2. Vocabulary - Review Unit 2 (review challenging words from Unit 1)

Monday, Oct 23

1. Math - finding the Least Common Multiple of a set of numbers. 4 or more.

2. Vocabulary - This week, we are doing a review of the first three units - 36 words. At the close of the day, we outlined a study schedule for the week and it looks like this:

• Monday - Review Unit 1
• Tuesday - Review Unit 2 (review challenging words from Unit 1)
• Wednesday - Review Unit 3 (review challenging words from Unit 1 + 2)
• Thursday - - Review Units 3, 2, 1 (with an emphasis on Unit 3)
• Friday - Test. The test will be the same format - definitions & sentences.

3. Group B students to Whitney Center tomorrow. Bring family photographs to share.

Thursday, Oct 19

1. Math - Prime number path

2. Spelling - test tomorrow

3. Address of Grandparent(s) or Special Friend on the envelope. Students will bring home an envelope that they will be mailing next week. Students will write a letter to their Grandparent(s) or Special Friend, include their Bio Poems, and have a picture to send. Thank you for your help with this.

Wednesday, Oct 18

1. Math - Finding the Greatest Common Factor. We went over this skill today in Math as well as at the end of the day. It may be a bit challenging. I had students record 2 example problems on the back of the sheet which can be referred to tonight. If problems persist, tell your child to check in with me in the morning and we will spend some time on it.

2. Spelling - 1 contract activity

Tuesday, October 17

1. Math - A review of prime and composite numbers

2. Spelling - 1 contract activity

Parent, student, teacher fall conferences

Parent, student, teacher conferences are scheduled for November 2nd and 3rd. In the fourth and fifth grades, students are included in the conference and lead much of it. The objective of having the students involved in these conferences is to promote self advocacy and to encourage students to take a greater responsibility of their learning.

The sign up for these conferences is here When considering schedules, please remember that your child will be attending the conference.

If you have any questions, please email.

Monday, October 16

1. Math - A review of prime and composite numbers

2. Iron Dragon - Work for 20 minutes on the final assessment

3. Spelling - Check this week's list with a parent

TOMORROW:

• Whitney Center - Group A Students make their first visit tomorrow, Tuesday. Students will leave school in the school vans @ 10:40 and return to school by 12:00. Group A students will need to bring in a (or several) photograph(s) of their family, of a family trip, of a pet, etc - pictures that they can use to describe themselves.
• Photo Day - be prepared for the class and individual pictures!

Thursday, Oct 12

1. Vocabulary - Study for test tomorrow. The test will be the same format as last week: half of the words to be defined, half of the words to be used in a sentence that clearly shows the meaning of the vocabulary word through context.

2. Math- Prime and composite numbers. In math today, students recorded the definition of these two terms and can refer to them in doing tonight's homework.

Tuesday, Oct 10

1. Iron Dragon Never Sleeps - Finish reading the book. Record chapter titles

2. Vocabulary - Unit 3. Read pages 26 & 27. Do pages 28 & 29

3. Share last week's vocabulary test and the Touch Blue final project. These two items need to return to school to be a part of the student's portfolio.

Thursday, Oct 5

1. Vocabulary - study words for a test on Friday. The test will consist of 1.) writing the definition of words and 2.)writing sentences using the words contextually in a sentence. Students will be given a word bank of the vocabulary words to work from.

Grandparents and Special Friends Day! Students should wear assembly dress. Dismissal at 12:30.

Wednesday, Oct 4

1. Math - from your multi-digit multiplication group

2. Vocabulary - Unit 2, pages 23 - 25. Test Friday = definitions of words, words used contextually in a sentence. Students will be given a word bank of vocabulary words to work from.

Grandparents Day on Friday - Assembly dress

Tuesday, Oct 3

1. Math - from your multi-digit multiplication group

2. Vocabulary - Unit 2, pages 20 + 21

Grandparents Day on Friday - Assembly dress

Monday, Oct 2

1. Math - from your multi-digit multiplication group

2. Vocabulary - Unit 2, pages 16 - 19

Grandparents Day on Friday - Yeah!

Thursday, Sept 28

1. Math - from your multi-digit multiplication group

2. Spelling - 1 (or more) activities. Test tomorrow

3. The Student Council is hosting a cookie sale tomorrow to support hurricane relief efforts. Insomnia cookies will be available for $2.00 at morning break.

Wednesday, September 27

1. Math - homework coming from the multiplication group that students are working in

2. Spelling - 1 (or more) activities to be completed

Monday, Sept 25

1. Math - work coming from their multi digit math group

2. Spelling - Review words with a parent

3. Assembly Dress tomorrow - The YALI delegation arrived and it is our traditional introductory all school assembly. Given the summer weather and the fact that we have PE tomorrow, students can bring in a change of clothes (or wear shorts underneath for ex).

4. Pizza - orders in by Tuesday for pizza Wednesday. $1.50 per slice, max of two slices per order.

Wednesday, Sept. 20

No homework as it is Rosh Hashanah tomorrow.

I will be posting the slides I used from last night's Parents Night presentation shortly.