Tuesday December 6, 2016

Hi everyone, 

This morning we did Grammar, followed by more talks about the water cycle in Science. In the afternoon I took the students up to the computer lab for some IXL language practice. At the end of the day, during Social Studies, we talked about the New Deal goals and programs.

 A bunch of cuddly readers.      =)

HOMEWORK:

SOCIAL STUDIES:

*The New Deal and FDR poster project is due on Monday December 12

*Study for Q2 EXAMS!

Grade 4 Quarter 2 Major Subjects 

Exam Schedule

Monday December 12 (full day)	Tuesday December 13	Wednesday December 14
Social Studies Project is due at 8:35am	8:35-9:00   Study Period	8:35-9:00   Study Period
10:15-11:00 READING Exam	9:00-10:00    LANGUAGE Exam	9:00-10:00      SCIENCE Exam
	10:00-10:15      BREAK	10:00-10:15      BREAK
	10:15-10:45       Study Period	10:15-10:45      Study Period
	10:45-11:45      SOCIAL STUDIES Exam	10:45-11:45     MATH Exam
	Dismissal	Dismissal

* IXL is a great tool to help you study for exams and practice your grammar skills. The following sections will be on the language exam and should be practiced:

Regular plural nouns

1. F.1Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies
2. F.2Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies
3. F.3Form regular plurals with -s, -es, -ies, and -ves
4. F.4Use regular plurals with -s, -es, -ies, and -ves

Irregular plural nouns

1. G.1Is the noun singular or plural?
2. G.2Form and use irregular plurals

Possessive nouns

1. H.1Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives
2. H.2Form the singular or plural possessive
3. H.3Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns

Action verbs

1. I.1Use action verbs
2. I.2Identify action verbs

Subject-verb agreement

1. J.1Is the subject singular or plural?
2. J.2Use the correct subject or verb
3. J.3Pronoun-verb agreement
4. J.4Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects

Regular past tense

1. K.1Identify verbs in the regular past tense
2. K.2Which sentence is in the regular past tense?
3. K.3Form and use the regular past tense

Future tense

1. L.1Change the sentence to future tense

To be and to have

1. M.1To be: use the correct form
2. M.2To have: use the correct form

Irregular past tense

1. N.1Identify the irregular past tense
2. N.2Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1
3. N.3Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2
4. N.4Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3
5. N.5Form and use the irregular past tense: set 4

Helping verbs

1. P.1Identify main verbs and helping verbs
   
   Personal pronouns
   1. T.1Identify pronouns
   2. T.2Choose between subject and object pronouns
   3. T.3Replace the noun with a pronoun
   4. T.4Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me"
   Possessive pronouns

   1. U.1Identify possessive pronouns
   2. U.2
      Use possessive pronouns
      Sequence of events
      1. HHH.1Identify time-order words
      2. HHH.2Put the sentences in order
      3. HHH.3Determine the order of events in informational texts
      Logical transitions

      1. III.1
         Choose the best transition
         Main idea
         1. DDD.1Organize information by main idea
         2. DDD.2
            Determine the main idea
            Contractions
            1. EE.1Pronoun-verb contractions
            2. EE.2Contractions with "not"