Tuesday February 21, 2017

Hi everyone, 

As I said yesterday it's going to be a very busy week and will stay that way until exams in three weeks. We had a lot of issues today with incomplete homework and disorganization. Please stay organized and on top of all or your assignments. This is your responsibility as a fourth grade student at our international school.

In the morning, after meditation, we learned about commas in a series. Afterwards we spent some time developing the plot and characters in our short stories and talked specifically about dialogue. Next we reviewed the moon phases and did some practice games and then talked briefly about the upcoming Invention Convention (more information to come!) Later in the morning we went upstairs to the computer lab where students were able to start typing up their stories. In Math we learned how to change units. During Social Studies we continued reading and talking about Anne Frank.

I just wanted to share this sweet photo of Nathan hard at work during his art elective last week. When he came back to class afterwards, all of the kids were so impressed with his drawing that we put it up on the whiteboard for everyone to enjoy! Thanks to Ms. Livingston for snapping the picture!


HOMEWORK:
It's a busy week, stay organized and don't leave your work until the last minute!

READING & LANGUAGE:

Terabithia:

*Chapter 9-10 questions due Friday February 24

*Don't forget to stay up to date on your plot chart*

*We will be having a Terabithia Test based on chapters 1-8 on Friday February 24. There is no formal study guide for the test but you need to understand the plot, the character development, and be able to infer or make predictions about the story. There will be some vocabulary questions (from chapters 1-4) on the test so make sure to review a little each night. 

Other: 

*IXL Please practice mastering these two skills. They will help you in grammar and short story lessons.

1. 
   II.1 commas in a series practice
   

   NN.1 Punctuating Dialogue

   
   
   *Your short story draft will be due on Friday February 24. The final copy, will need to be printed out and handed in by Wednesday March 1.

MATH:

*Workbook page 75

SCIENCE:

*Please start thinking about ideas for the Invention Convention coming up at the end of April. (More information coming soon!)

*The word of the day is PIZZA!* (Because I want some right now!) =)