Week at a Glance-November 30th-December 4th

Welcome back!! I hope that all of you had a wonderful and restful Thanksgiving Break!

Here's a peek at my Thanksgiving break... :)

I had so much fun spending Thanksgiving Day with my wonderful, crazy family enjoying food and fellowship together!

My sweet husband, Jordan, and I picked out our Christmas tree and started decorating our house for Christmas!!

I loved cheering on the Tigers as they beat Carolina in the rivalry game and remain undefeated (12-0) and #1 in the nation!! Go Tigers!!

Now here's what we will up to in room 402 this week!

Ride the Weekly Wave:

Math-We will continue practicing strategies for long division  for 3 x 1 and 4 x 1 division problems through hands-on activities and guided math stations! We will test this week.

Reading-We will focus on story elements and introduce Greek/Latin roots ast, cycl, gram, meter, phon, photo, scop, them, act. We will explore these roots in Guided Reading stations! We will test this week.

ELA/Writing-In Writer’s Workshop, we will have mini-lessons on capitalization and learn how to write tall tales.  

Social Studies- We will be learning more about what caused the American Revolution and why the Declaration of Independence was written

Science- Phases of the moooooooon-We will be learning about what causes moon phases through hands-on activities! 

 Anchor Down for Upcoming Tests:

·       Thursday- Test on Story Elements *Be able to identify story elements in a new story

·       Friday- Test on Dividing 3 or 4 digit by 1 digit numbers with remainders

·       Friday-Greek/Latin Roots Test (-ast, -cycl, -gram, -meter, -phon, -photo, -scop, -them, -act) *Study TIPS chart and flash cards

·       Friday-Math 4 Today #19 Test *Study M4T #19 practice sheet  

Homework for the Week:

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

·       **Graded papers signed/returned by Tuesday!!**

·       Monday-Make Greek/Latin roots flashcards

·       Division HW Practice throughout the week

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

·       Study every night for tests!

AHOY…Announcements Ahead!

·       Saturday, December 5^th- Polar Express Pancake Breakfast

·       Friday, December 11^th-Doughnuts for Dad (4^th Grade) @ 7 AM

·       Tuesday, December 15^th- PTA/4^th Grade Christmas Program @ 6:30

·       Friday, December 18^th-1/2 Day and Christmas Parties **Christmas break begins!! J

Crew Member of the Week Check out Natalee Wall’s tweets! @mrsburns19girls

Natalee Wall is our star student this week for showing the character traits of KINDNESS, GENEROSITY, and COMPASSION in the classroom this week!! Natalee is a mighty girl role model because she is always kind and encouraging to others!! J

100 BC Goals

Good-300

Better-360