Week of December 1st

Welcome back!! I hope that all of you had a restful Thanksgiving with family and friends!

Ride the Weekly Wave:

Math-We will begin our new unit on fractions this week as we look at visual models, hands-on materials, and number lines to help us with representing and ordering fractions!

Reading-On Monday, we will discuss our ACTION PLANS for our culminating assessment of our “Tread Lightly” PBL-look for a letter going home with ideas and a pledge. We will also be reading articles about eco-friendly inventions to practice paraphrasing, summarizing, and presenting. Furthermore, we will have our very own Socratic Seminar in the Loggers v. Environmentalist logging debate using our research!

ELA/Writing-In Writer’s Workshop, we are practicing how to make sentences more interesting by using commas. We will integrate these lessons with Social Studies as we continue writing a 5-paragraph essay to King George III about being a Patriot or a Loyalist.

Social Studies-Check out our class blog from the Boston Massacre crime scene!! This week, we will continue studying the causes of the American Revolution as we create a puzzle piece timeline of the major causes and practice for our test on Friday.

Science-We will continue our unit on light through inquiry through refraction stations, absorption hands-on activities, and a scavenger hunt to find transparent, translucent, and opaque objects in the classroom! We will test on the light unit next Friday.

News from the Beach:                        

Upcoming Events:  

·       Monday, Dec 1^st-PBL Action Plan Letter sent home

·       Saturday, Dec. 6^th Polar Express Pancake Breakfast@ Applebee’s! Order your ticket soon, and I can be your waitress!! J

·       Tuesday, December 16^th-PTA/4^th Grade Christmas Program @ 6:30

·       Dec. 18^th-Chickfila Spirit Night

·       Dec 19^th- ½ Day for students (*Class Christmas Party 9:15-10:30*)

Dec. 19^th-Jan. 4^th CHRISTMAS BREAK

Set Sail for…Upcoming Tests/Projects:

·       This Friday-Social Studies Test on the American Revolution

·       Next Wednesday-Socrates Vocabulary Test

·       Next Friday-LIGHT Unit Test (*Study Light Study guide and other light notes in Wonder Journal)

Homework for the Week:

(please refer to your child's agenda daily for more details-this is only an OUTLINE of what to expect):

·       Read 2 steps (30 minutes) for 100 BC and sign Reading Log *every* night

·       Return Signed Papers by Tuesday *sent home Monday*

·       Return Interims

·       Fractions Practice Sheets

Super Surfer of the Week

Emma Moroz is our star student this week for showing WONDER and the character traits of RESPONSIBILITY, RESPECT, and COOPERATION in the classroom!!

100 Book Challenge Goals

  Good: 165 steps

  Better: 300 steps

*BONUS-If your child writes the final score of the Clemson/USC game in their agenda or posts a comment of the score by this Tuesday, they will get a free homework pass! GOOO TIGERS!! :)