Assignments Week of March 15th

Assignments Week of March 15th

It's VERY IMPORTANT to bring this work back in if we do have school as we will be doing it here in class. These will be counted as grades!

READING: SWITCH- if you were reading Frindle, you'll now Read Wayside School, etc.

Because we don't have enough books for us all to be reading the same novel, I've had to break the class into two groups and assign two different stories. We will rotate the stories when we finish.

Frindle:

Monday: Read chapters 1-3- do questions

Tuesday: Chapters 4-5 and questions

Wednesday: Chapters 6-8 and questions

Thursday: Chapters 9-10 and questions

Friday: Chapters 11-12 and questions

Monday: Chapters 13-15 and questions

Sideways Stories from Wayside School

Monday: Just read Introduction to Chapter 3

Tueday: Chapters 4-6 and do questions from Introduction-chapter 6

Wednesday: Chapters 7-12 and questions

Thursday: Chapters 13-18 and questions

Friday: Chapters 19-24 and questions

Monday: Chapters 25-30 and questions

NEW: We are also working on a 4th Grade Genre Project. The students will be researching different genre's and then they will be selecting their favorite genre, and together with a partner, write and illustrate a book of that genre. We will be working on this until for about 2 weeks maybe.

Writing: CONTINUE- We will be taking our assessment around the end of the month/beginning of April

Writing Assessment Prep- work on this Monday, Wednesday and Friday

ok- the writing assessment is RIGHT around the corner. It's very important you prepare for this at home as well.

We've been learning about the 5 paragraph essay and key points to writing. The kids have been giving a writing packet with transition works, good choice words, etc.

I'm also including in this packet the guidelines to a 5 paragraph essay as well as a sample essay.

If the kids have to write a free lance story, where there are no specific guidelines, it's important to use lots of puncuation, quotations, good choice words, and paragraphs dividing your thoughts.

You will be given two writing prompts to work on next week.

Language: Figurative Language

Similes, metaphors, idioms, puns and personification

Monday: Intro to Similes and Metaphors- w/s 1

Tuesday: Review Similes and Metaphors- w/s

Wednesday: Intro to Idioms- Each student will have a idiom that they will explain and draw a picture of it

Thursday: Into to Personification- w/s

Friday: Intro to Puns and Review all Figurative Language

Here is some sites to practice Figurative Language:

http://www.funbrain.com/idioms/

http://www.purchon.co.uk/poetry/simile.html

http://www.abcteach.com/free/p/posters_personification.pdf

Math: Fractions- we will only have TWO weeks to spend on Fractions- Week 1( comparing, ordering, drawing recognizing) Week 2 ( adding and subtracting)

Monday: Intro Fractions- definitions-watch Rock-N-Learn Fractions

Tuesday:Review as class- w/s 54

Wednesday: Review as class- w/s 109

Thursday: Review as class- w/s 339

Friday: Review as class- doing some online whiteboard fraction activities

Here is a GREAT site- with LOTS of Fraction games and activities to do at home.

http://www.mrsrenz.net/mathsites.htm#fraction

SCIENCE: Electricity and Magnetism Experiment Week:) AND Test Week:(

Monday: Potato Clock and Soda Pop Clock

Tuesday: Make a Flash Light

Wednesday: Playing with Magnets Lab and Study Guide will be sent home to work on- bring back finished study guide tomorrow

Thursday: Study Guide Review

Friday: TEST

SS: Slavery/Underground Railroad

Webquest- 5 Day "Imagine a Trip On the Underground Railroad

http://www4.wcusd15.org/kluemke/Student%20Page/studentpage.htm

Monday: Experience the Underground Railroad- Lab

Tuesday: Wanted Posters- Classroom

Wednesday: Write a letter to a family member or a friend who is a slave- YOU ARE HARRIET TUBMAN- Classroom

Thursday: Heroes of the Underground Railroad- Interview- LAB

Friday: Maps of the Underground Railroad- LAB