Week of January 28-Feb. 1st

OOPS! The children accidently handed in the packet that had the spelling words for the Week of Jan. 22nd. Certainly hard to study without the words! The test has been rescheduled for Monday (28th.)

Science Expo: Project question and title due Feb. 1st on the "student commitment form".

Homeroom "New" Spelling Words: team's, player's, bird's, wolf's, horse's, class's, group's, girls', students', trees', parents', owners' cousins', teachers', aunts', friends', children's, city's, classes', country's

Flex Reading Group homework: 20/20 reading daily
Monday- p. 72,94 Clouds: comprehension
Tuesday- p. 49,88 Little Robin Redbreast: main idea
Wednesday- p. 37,87 Grasshopper Green: comprehension
Thursday- p. 29,97 Thunderstorms: comprehension ----due Monday

Flex Math Group homework:
Monday- p.43- problem solving applications
Tuesday-p. 98- lines, line segments, rays and angles
Wednesday-p. 100- circles
Thursday- p. 96- relating solids and plane figures

Week of January 21-25

No School on Monday. Celebrate the accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King.

Homeroom Spelling:-short list- test on Friday
elves, geese, halves, knives, salmon, scissors, series, shelves, spacecraft, thieves

Flex group Reading Homework: daily 20/20
Tuesday- p.84-85 Over the Hill and Far Away
Wednesday- study the study guide for a test on Thursday
Thursday- p.82-83 The Chicken (due on Monday)

Flex Math group Homework:
Tuesday- Find a Rule p. 41
Wednesday- Problem Solving Applications (Dr. Seuss's Books) p.43
Thursday- Math 4 Today test #42

Week of January 14-18

Jan. 16----Early Release

Homeroom Spelling
pollen, even, urban, seven, kitchen, reason, human, season, burden, wagon, oven, dragon, horizon, orphan, sudden, eleven, button, canyon, golden, slogan

Flex group reading homework---REMEMBER TO READ 20 MINUTES EACH NIGHT
Monday.....Following Directions: Rabbit Food
Comprehension: Caring for Pet Rabbits
Tuesday.....Recognizing Details: Going to Camp
Following Directions: Campfire
Wednesday.....Use study guide to study for Thursday test
Thursday.....Recognizing details: Three kinds of tents (due Monday)

Flex group math homework----
Monday- Special Quotients- page 37
Tuesday-Math 4 Today test 41
Wed.- no math
Thursday-Math 4 Today #42 (due Monday)

Week of January 7-11

Homeroom spelling:
tiny, hockey,heavy, every, money, turkey, early, hungry, already, valley, nobody, monkey, company, country, ability, steady, everybody, industry, activity, honey

Flex Reading Homework:
Tuesday: Koala story and multiple meanings worksheet
Wednesday: nonfiction Vampire Bats story and recalling details and drawing conclusion worksheet
Thursday: Alligators and Crocodiles story and using context clues to define words worksheet

Flex Math Homework:
Tuesday: meanings for division p. 34
Wednesday: relating multiplication and division p.35
Thursday: division facts p. 36

Welcome Mrs. Deacon

Mrs. Theresa Deacon will be student teaching with me beginning in January and concluding in March. Mrs. Deacon has finished her coursework at the University of Phoenix. She has been in our classroom much of the 1st semester as a volunteer. Under my supervision, she will be working with my homeroom class and all of my Flex groups; reading, writing and math. She is already a valued member of our 4th grade teaching team.