Auburn Middle School



Today’s Date: Friday, May 17, 2013

|Spelling: |The children took the Unit 6 Week 1 Final Spelling Test with their clickers. NO SPELLING NEXT WEEK!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Conjunctions” again today. The children completed Daily Fix-It #7-10. I |

| |assigned ditto p. 104. |

|Writing: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |The children helped me with my library. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |The children played a math game. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We had our kindergarten buddy picnic today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Social Studies: |We had our kindergarten buddy picnic today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Thursday, May 16, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words with the Schwa sound again today. I assigned ditto p. 104 the children who |

| |did not pass their pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t forget to visit |

| |spelling city at The children will have their final Unit 6 Week 1 Spelling Test |

| |tomorrow. STUDY!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Conjunctions” again today. The children completed Daily Fix-It #7-8 and |

| |took their quiz over adverbs today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |The students turned in their “Tic Tac Toe” writing assignment today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |The children took the selection test over the story My Brother Martin. After they completed their |

| |selection test the children played a game/or did Study Island if time permitted. If you would like to |

| |look at your child’s selection test score on-line please go to and enter their |

| |user name and password. (You can either ask your child what it is or find the information in their |

| |binder under the reading section.) Then click on “Parents.” On the next screen you will need to change|

| |the choice in the “View Students Progress” box to Hemberger -Reading Success Tracker 2008 G4. All of |

| |the reading tests and results for every test can be found there. The children took the A.R. test on this|

| |story. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |The children were assigned a ditto as a review on prime and composite numbers. |

|Science: |We read over text pages D80-81 as a class today. I assigned ditto p. 233-234 #5-11. |

|Social Studies: |No “Wax Museum” at the elementary school today due to rain. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words with the Schwa sound today. I assigned ditto p. 10 for the children who did |

| |not pass there Unit 6 Week 1 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Conjunctions” again today. We completed Daily Fix-It #5-6. I assigned |

| |Ditto p. 102. STUDY for the quiz over this material!!! Remember to use the “Family Times” because it |

| |explains this concept!!! |

|Writing: |The students need to finish writing their final draft of their “Tic Tac Toe” writing assignment by |

| |tomorrow. |

|Reading: |I assigned the reading of textbook pages 650-654 and the children listened to the story today and we |

| |reviewed the material for the selection test. I went over the answers for the selection test today. You |

| |can view the power point presentation for My Brother Martin using this website |

| | Just click on the story My Brother Martin. Please |

| |have your child read the story My Brother Martin to you this evening and sign and date their Reading Log|

| |next to the corresponding story. The children need to study for their selection test which will be |

| |tomorrow over this story. STUDY!!! The children began working on an independent project about inventions|

| |using their iPads. |

|Math: |5-Minute Timed Test Corrections due tomorrow. The children were assigned a ditto as a review on making |

| |change. |

|Science: |We read over text pages D76-79 as a class today and we worked ditto p. 235 together as a class. I |

| |assigned ditto p. 233-234 #1-4. |

|Social Studies: |The children presented their “Wax Museum” person is today for their parents, other teachers, and the |

| |third and fifth grade students at the middle school from 1:45 – 2:45 p.m. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words with Schwa. I assigned ditto p. 102 for the children who did not pass there |

| |Unit 6 Week 1 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t forget to visit |

| |spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Conjunctions” again today. We completed Daily Fix-It #3-4. I assigned |

| |Ditto p. 101. |

|Writing: |The students need to finish writing their final draft of their “Tic Tac Toe” writing assignment by |

| |Thursday. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for My Brother Martin using this website |

| | Just click on the story My Brother Martin. We read |

| |text p. 640-641 together as a class and I read part of the story with the children. I assigned the |

| |reading of textbook pages 642-649. |

|Math: |5-Minute Timed Test Corrections due Thursday. The children were assigned two dittos as a review on |

| |place value. |

|Science: |We read over text pages D72-75 as a class today. I assigned ditto p. 227-216 #22-26 and ditto p. 231 & |

| |232. |

|Social Studies: |The children presented their “Wax Museum” person is today for a grade. The chidlren will be presenting |

| |tomorrow at the middle school from 1:45 – 2:45 p.m. Parents, please plan to attend. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Monday, May 13, 2013

|Spelling: |The children took their Unit 6 Week 1 Spelling Pretest on Spelling City today. Students who misspelled |

| |words will need to write them 7 times each. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at . Students who were absent will take their test |

| |tomorrow on the computers. |

|Language: |The children learned about “Conjunctions.” We completed Daily Fix-It #1-2. Students who were absent |

| |need to do the Grammar Transparency ditto p. 26 on “Conjunctions” as a practice. NO HOMEWORK for |

| |students who attended today!!! |

|Writing: |The students need to finish writing their final draft of their “Tic Tac Toe” writing assignment by |

| |Thursday. We also did the Writer’s Craft Ditto p. 26B together as a class. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for My Brother Martin this website |

| | Just click on the story My Brother Martin. We |

| |completed ditto p. 253 as a class on the Smartboard and we studied the vocabulary and I assigned ditto |

| |p. 254. |

|Math: |5-Minute Timed Test Corrections due Thursday. This week we will be reviewing concepts that I feel the |

| |children did not do as well in, as I would have like them to do, when they first were introduced to the |

| |concept. Today the children need to complete the two worksheets on elapsed time. |

|Science: |We read over text pages D68-71 as a class today. I assigned ditto p. 227-216 #12-18. |

|Social Studies: |The children spend their class time today presenting their information to other children in our |

| |classroom. The children will be presenting their “Wax Museum” project to me tomorrow. Please remember to|

| |bring your clothes to school with you tomorrow. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Friday, May 10, 2013

|Spelling: |The children took the Unit 5 Week 3 Final Spelling Test with their clickers. Don’t forget to study for |

| |your Unit 6 Week 1 Spelling Pretest on Monday. Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

| | |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Adverbs” again today. The children completed Daily Fix-It #9-10. I |

| |assigned ditto p. 92. |

|Writing: |The students need to begin rewriting their final draft of their “Tic Tac Toe” writing assignment for |

| |Monday. |

|Reading: |We had Pop-Your-Top and Read today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |The children were given two division pages today. One page was a crossword division page and the other |

| |one has division problems inside crabs. |

|Science: |We read over text pages D66-67 as a class today. I assigned ditto p. 227-228 #6-11. |

|Social Studies: |The children used their iPads to research their “Wax Museum” person is today. The children need to spend|

| |this weekend finalizing their outfit and memorize their information as they will be presenting their |

| |“Wax Museum” project to me on Tuesday, May 14th. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Thursday, May 9, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words with Greek word parts again today. I assigned ditto p. 92 the children who |

| |did not pass their pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t forget to visit |

| |spelling city at The children will have their final Unit 5 Week 3 Spelling Test |

| |tomorrow. STUDY!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Adverbs” again today. The children completed Daily Fix-It #7-8 and took |

| |their quiz over adverbs today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |The students need to edit or proofread their “Tic Tac Toe” writing assignment for tomorrow. |

|Reading: |The children took the selection test over the story Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride. After they |

| |completed their selection test the children played a game/or did Study Island if time permitted. If you|

| |would like to look at your child’s selection test score on-line please go to and |

| |enter their user name and password. (You can either ask your child what it is or find the information |

| |in their binder under the reading section.) Then click on “Parents.” On the next screen you will need |

| |to change the choice in the “View Students Progress” box to Hemberger -Reading Success Tracker 2008 G4. |

| |All of the reading tests and results for every test can be found there. The children took the A.R. test |

| |on this story. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 352-353 on “Problem Solving Strategy: Using Overestimation or |

| |Underestimation 15.6.” I assigned ditto p. 89. |

|Science: |We read over text pages D62-65 as a class today and worked ditto p. 229 & 230 together as a class. I |

| |assigned ditto p. 227-228 #1-5. |

|Social Studies: |The children used their iPads to research their “Wax Museum” person is today. They need to fill out all |

| |five of their index cards with information on their “Wax Museum” person. The children need to begin |

| |memorizing their information as they will be presenting their “Wax Museum” project to me on Tuesday, May|

| |14th. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words with Greek word parts again today. I assigned ditto p. 91 for the children |

| |who did not pass there Unit 5 Week 3 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) |

| |Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Adverbs” again today. We completed Daily Fix-It #5-6. I assigned Ditto p.|

| |90. STUDY for the quiz over this material!!! Remember to use the “Family Times” because it explains this|

| |concept!!! |

|Writing: |The students need to finish their rough draft of their “Tic Tac Toe” writing page that had a list of |

| |possible things to write about on the page. |

|Reading: |I assigned the reading of textbook pages 572-575 and the children listened to the story today and we |

| |reviewed the material for the selection test. I went over the answers for the selection test today. You |

| |can view the power point presentation for Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride using this website |

| | Just click on the story Amelia and Eleanor Go for |

| |a Ride Please have your child read the story Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride to you this evening and |

| |sign and date their Reading Log next to the corresponding story. The children need to study for their |

| |selection test which will be tomorrow over this story. STUDY!!! The children began working on an |

| |independent project about inventions using their iPads. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 348-351 on “Divide by 2-Digit Numbers 15.5.” I assigned ditto p. 88. |

|Science: |The chidlren took the Chapter 8 Science Test today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Social Studies: |The children used their iPads to research their “Wax Museum” person is today. They need to fill out all |

| |five of their index cards with information on their “Wax Museum” person. The children need to begin |

| |memorizing their information as they will be presenting their “Wax Museum” project to me on Tuesday, May|

| |14th. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words with Greek word parts. I assigned ditto p. 89 & 90 for the children who did |

| |not pass there Unit 5 Week 3 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Adverbs” again today. We completed Daily Fix-It #3-4. I assigned Ditto p.|

| |89. |

|Writing: |The students were given a “Tic Tac Toe” writing page that had a list of possible things to write about |

| |on the page. The children are to choose one of these ideas and begin writing their rough draft. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride using this website |

| | Just click on the story Amelia and Eleanor Go for a|

| |Ride. We read text p. 562-563 together as a class and I read part of the story with the children. I |

| |assigned the reading of textbook pages 564-571. |

|Math: |5-Minute Timed Test Corrections due Thursday. We worked through textbook pages 346-347 on “Explore |

| |Dividing by 2-Digit Numbers 15.4.” I assigned ditto p. 87. |

|Science: |We worked read text pages D56 -57 together as a class today. We took two Smart Responses today. One over|

| |Ditto p. 221 & 222 and the other over text p. D58-59. The children will have their Chapter 8 Test |

| |tomorrow. We went over the study guide for this chapter in class. STUDY!!! |

|Social Studies: |The children used their iPads to research their “Wax Museum” person is today. They need to fill out all |

| |five of their index cards with information on their “Wax Museum” person. We worked on a good closing |

| |sentence today. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Monday, May 6, 2013

|Spelling: |The children took their Unit 5 Week 3 Spelling Pretest on Spelling City today. Students who misspelled |

| |words will need to write them 7 times each. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at . Students who were absent will take their test |

| |tomorrow on the computers. |

|Language: |The children learned about “Adverbs.” We completed Daily Fix-It #1-2. Students who were absent need to |

| |do the Grammar Transparency ditto p. 23 on “Adverbs” as a practice. NO HOMEWORK for students who |

| |attended today!!! |

|Writing: |The students were assigned the Writer’s Craft Ditto p. 23B. The children only have to do the first half |

| |of the page. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride this website |

| | Just click on the story Amelia and Eleanor Go for a|

| |Ride. We completed ditto p. 223 as a class on the Smartboard and we studied the vocabulary and I |

| |assigned ditto p. 224. |

|Math: |5-Minute Timed Test Corrections due Thursday. We worked through textbook pages 344-345 on “Divide |

| |2-Digit Numbers by Mulitiples of 10” 15.3. I assigned ditto p. 86. |

|Science: |We read over text pages D52-55 as a class today and work ditto p. 218. I assigned ditto p. 215-216 |

| |#12-18 and Ditto p. 219-220. |

|Social Studies: |The children used their iPads to research their “Wax Museum” person is today. They need to fill out all |

| |five of their index cards with information on their “Wax Museum” person. We worked on a good |

| |introduction sentence today rather than just, “Hello, my name is….” |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Friday, May 3, 2013

|Spelling: |The children took the Unit 5 Week 1 Final Spelling Test with their clickers. Don’t forget to study for |

| |your Unit 5 Week 3 Spelling Pretest on Monday. Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

| | |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Adjectives and Articles” again today. The children completed Daily Fix-It |

| |#9-10. I assigned ditto p. 84. |

|Writing: |We worked on our exit D.R.A.’s today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We worked on our exit D.R.A.’s today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 342-343 on “Estimating Quotients 15.2. I assigned ditto p. 85. |

|Science: |We read over text pages D50-51 as a class today. I assigned ditto p. 215-216 #6-11. |

|Social Studies: |The children used their iPads to research their “Wax Museum” person is today. They need to fill out all |

| |five of their index cards with information on their “Wax Museum” person. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Thursday, May 2, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed multisyllabic spelling words again today. I assigned ditto p. 84 the children who did not |

| |pass their pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t forget to visit spelling city|

| |at The children will have their final Unit 5 Week 1 Spelling Test tomorrow. |

| |STUDY!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Adjectives and Articles” again today. The children completed Daily Fix-It|

| |#7-8 and took their quiz over possessive pronouns. |

|Writing: |We worked on our exit D.R.A.’s today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We worked on our exit D.R.A.’s today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |5-Minute Timed Test Corrections were due today. We worked through textbook pages 340-341 on “Algebra: |

| |Division Patterns 15.1.” I assigned ditto p. 84. |

|Science: |We read over text pages D46-49 as a class today and work ditto p. 217. I assigned ditto p. 215-216 #1-5.|

|Social Studies: |The children used their iPads to research their “Wax Museum” person is today. They need to fill out all |

| |five of their index cards with information on their “Wax Museum” person. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling multisyllabic words. I assigned ditto p. 83 for the children who did not pass |

| |there Unit 5 Week 1 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t forget to |

| |visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Adjectives and Articles” again today. We completed Daily Fix-It #5-6. I |

| |assigned Ditto p. 82. STUDY for the quiz over this material!!! Remember to use the “Family Times” |

| |because it explains this concept!!! |

|Writing: |We worked on our exit D.R.A.’s today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We worked on our exit D.R.A.’s today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |5-Minute Timed Test Corrections due Thursday. We worked through textbook pages 326 together as a class.|

| |I assigned text p. 327 #1-19 and we did #20 together as a class. The children will NOT have a Chapter 12|

| |Math Test tomorrow. |

|Science: |We read over text pages D42-45 as a class today and work ditto p. 207-208. I assigned ditto p. 207-208 |

| |#18-24 and ditto p. 213 & 214. |

|Social Studies: |The children used their iPads to research their “Wax Museum” person is today. They need to fill out all |

| |five of their index cards with information on their “Wax Museum” person. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling multisyllabic words. I assigned ditto p. 81 & 82 for the children who did not |

| |pass there Unit 5 Week 1 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t forget|

| |to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Adjectives and Articles” again today. We completed Daily Fix-It #3-4. I |

| |assigned Ditto p. 81. |

|Writing: |We worked on our exit D.R.A.’s today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We worked on our exit D.R.A.’s today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |5-Minute Timed Test Corrections due Thursday. We worked through textbook pages 322-325 on “Find the |

| |Mean 14.6.” I assigned ditto p. 83. |

|Science: |We read over text pages D40-41 as a class today and work ditto p. 207-208. I assigned ditto p. 207-208 |

| |#10-17 and ditto p. 210 & 211. |

|Social Studies: |The children used their iPads to research their “Wax Museum” person is today. They need to fill out all |

| |five of their index cards with information on their “Wax Museum” person. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Monday, April 29, 2013

|Spelling: |The children took their Unit 5 Week 1 Spelling Pretest on Spelling City today. Students who misspelled |

| |words will need to write them 7 times each. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at . Students who were absent will take their test |

| |tomorrow on the computers. |

|Language: |The children learned about “Adjectives and Articles.” We completed Daily Fix-It #1-2. Students who were|

| |absent need to do the Grammar Transparency ditto p. 21 on “Adjectives and Articles” as a practice. NO |

| |HOMEWORK for students who attended today!!! |

|Writing: |The students were assigned the Writer’s Craft Ditto p. 21B after I explained my expectations. |

|Reading: |D.R.A. testing today!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |5-Minute Timed Test Corrections due Thursday. We worked through textbook pages 318-319 on “Find a |

| |Better Buy” 14.4. I assigned ditto p. 81. |

|Science: |We read over text pages D36-39 as a class today and work ditto p. 209. I assigned ditto p. 207-208 #1-9.|

|Social Studies: |The children will learn who their “Wax Museum” person is today and they will learn how to fill out their|

| |index cards and begin working on their research with my guidance. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Friday, April 25, 2013

|Spelling: |The children took the Unit 4 Week 5 Final Spelling Test with their clickers. Don’t forget to study for |

| |your Unit 5 Week 1 Spelling Pretest on Monday. Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

| | |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Contractions and Negatives” again today. The children completed Daily |

| |Fix-It #9-10. I assigned ditto p. 80. |

|Writing: |The children’s final drafts of their songs were due today and they shared them in class. |

|Reading: |The children worked on their Leveled Reader that corresponded with our story for this week. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 320-321 on “Explore Finding the Mean” 14.5. I assigned ditto p. 82. |

|Science: |We read over text pages D32-35 as a class today. I assigned ditto p. 199-200 #15-24 and ditto p. 204 & |

| |205. |

|Social Studies: |Instead we read for A.R. points. All A.R. points are due Friday, May 3rd. Many students are very close |

| |to achieving their goal. The children were also given their “Wax Museum” information which includes a |

| |letter about the project, the rubric and a paper that they must fill out with their top choices for |

| |choosing a person in history who made a difference in for the better. This website is wonderful for |

| |looking up different people for this research project: |

| | |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Thursday, April 24, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words with prefixes un-, dis-, and in- again today. I assigned ditto p. 80 the |

| |children who did not pass their pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t forget |

| |to visit spelling city at The children will have their final Unit 4 Week 5 |

| |Spelling Test tomorrow. STUDY!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Contractions and Negatives” again today. The children completed Daily |

| |Fix-It #7-8 and took their quiz over possessive pronouns. |

|Writing: |The children need to publish their edited draft of their version of the song “Take Me Out To the |

| |Ballgame” and have it ready tomorrow. They need to write their song neatly in ink and draw a picture |

| |that goes along with song concept. |

|Reading: |The children took the selection test over the story Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery |

| |Salamander. After they completed their selection test the children played a game/or did Study Island if |

| |time permitted. If you would like to look at your child’s selection test score on-line please go to |

| | and enter their user name and password. (You can either ask your child what it |

| |is or find the information in their binder under the reading section.) Then click on “Parents.” On the|

| |next screen you will need to change the choice in the “View Students Progress” box to Hemberger -Reading|

| |Success Tracker 2008 G4. All of the reading tests and results for every test can be found there. The |

| |children took the A.R. test on this story. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 316-317 on “Problem Solving Strategy: Guess and Check 143.” I assigned |

| |ditto p. 80. |

|Science: |We read over text pages D30-31 as a class today and worked ditto p. 202 together as a class. I assigned |

| |ditto p. 199-200 #9-14. |

|Social Studies: |The children took the Chapter 5 Social Studies Test today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words with prefixes un-, dis-, and in-. I assigned ditto p. 79 for the children |

| |who did not pass there Unit 4 Week 3 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) |

| |Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Contractions and Negatives” again today. We completed Daily Fix-It #5-6. |

| |I assigned Ditto p. 78. STUDY for the quiz over this material!!! Remember to use the “Family Times” |

| |because it explains this concept!!! |

|Writing: |The children need to edit their rough draft of their version of the song “Take Me Out To the Ballgame” |

| |and have it ready tomorrow. |

|Reading: |I assigned the reading of textbook pages 498-500 and the children listened to the story today and we |

| |reviewed the material for the selection test. I went over the answers for the selection test today. You |

| |can view the power point presentation for Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander |

| |using this website Just click on the story |

| |Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander Please have your child read the story |

| |Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander to you this evening and sign and date their |

| |Reading Log next to the corresponding story. The children need to study for their selection test which |

| |will be tomorrow over this story. STUDY!!! The children began working on an independent project about |

| |inventions using their iPads. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 314-315 on “Choose a Computation Method 14.2.” I assigned ditto p. 79. |

|Science: |We read over text pages D26-29 as a class today and worked ditto p. 201 together as a class. I assigned |

| |ditto p. 199-200 #1-8. |

|Social Studies: |Today we reviewed for tomorrow’s Chapter 5 Social Studies Test by going over the Chapter 5 Social |

| |Studies Guide. Study for tomorrow’s Chapter 5 Social Studies Test. STUDY!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words with prefixes un-, dis-, and in-. I assigned ditto p. 77 & 78 for the |

| |children who did not pass there Unit 4 Week 5 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% |

| |scores.) Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Contractions and Negatives” again today. We completed Daily Fix-It #3-4. |

| |I assigned Ditto p. 77. |

|Writing: |We discussed how many syllables were in each line of the song “Take Me Out To the Ballgame.” The |

| |children are to write their own version of this song with the correct number of syllables in each line. |

| |I showed them three other examples of songs, written by former students, today. The children need to |

| |have their rough draft ready for me by tomorrow. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander|

| |using this website Just click on the story |

| |Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander. We read text p. 490-491 together as a class |

| |and I read part of the story with the children. I assigned the reading of textbook pages 492-497. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 310-313 on “Divide Greater Numbers 14.1.” I assigned ditto p. 78. |

|Science: |We read over text pages D22-25 as a class today. I assigned ditto p. 191-192 #23-26 and ditto p. 197 & |

| |198. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 194-195 today as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Monday, April 22, 2013

|Spelling: |The children took their Unit 4 Week 5 Spelling Pretest on Spelling City today. Students who misspelled |

| |words will need to write them 7 times each. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at . Students who were absent will take their test |

| |tomorrow on the computers. |

|Language: |The children learned about “Contractions & Negatives.” We completed Daily Fix-It #1-2. Students who |

| |were absent need to do the Grammar Transparency ditto p. 20 on “Pronouns and Antecedents” as a practice.|

| |NO HOMEWORK for students who attended today!!! |

|Writing: |The students were assigned the Writer’s Craft Ditto p. 20B after I explained my expectations. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander|

| |this website Just click on the story Encyclopedia |

| |Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander. We completed ditto p. 193 and 195 as a class on the |

| |Smartboard and we studied the vocabulary and I assigned ditto p. 194. |

|Math: |I assigned the Math Puzzle Picture worksheet on multiplication. 5-Minute Timed Test Corrections due |

| |Thursday. |

|Science: |We read over text pages D20-21 as a class today and we worked ditto p. 195. I assigned ditto p. 191-192 |

| |#16-22. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 192-194 today as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Friday, April 19, 2013

|Spelling: |The children took the Unit 4 Week 4 Final Spelling Test with their clickers. Don’t forget to study for |

| |your Unit 4 Week 5 Spelling Pretest on Monday. Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

| | |

|Language: |NO HOMEWORK!!! We are going to Sangamon Auditorium to see “Seuss on the Loose!” |

|Writing: |NO HOMEWORK!!! We are going to Sangamon Auditorium to see “Seuss on the Loose!” |

|Reading: |NO HOMEWORK!!! We are going to Sangamon Auditorium to see “Seuss on the Loose!” |

|Math: |Give the Chapter 12 Math Test today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages D18-19 as a class today. I assigned ditto p. 191-192 #10-15. |

|Social Studies: |NO HOMEWORK!!! Instead we read for A.R. points. All A.R. points are due Friday, May 3rd. Many students |

| |are very close to achieving their goal. |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due today. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Thursday, April 18, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words with consonants /j/, /ks/, and /kw/ again today. I assigned ditto p. 76 the |

| |children who did not pass their pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t forget |

| |to visit spelling city at The children will have their final Unit 4 Week 4 |

| |Spelling Test tomorrow. STUDY!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Possessive Pronouns” again today. The children completed Daily Fix-It |

| |#7-10 and took their quiz over possessive pronouns. I assigned Ditto p. 76. We did the rest of our |

| |“Daily Fix-Its” because we will be going to Sangamon Auditorium tomorrow. |

|Writing: |I explained what a “Pyramid Poem” is to the children and we looked at different examples of this type of|

| |poetry. The children are to write their own “Pyramid Poem” for tomorrow’s writing assignment. |

|Reading: |The children took the selection test over the story Seeker of Knowledge. After they completed their |

| |selection test the children played a game/or did Study Island if time permitted. If you would like to |

| |look at your child’s selection test score on-line please go to and enter their |

| |user name and password. (You can either ask your child what it is or find the information in their |

| |binder under the reading section.) Then click on “Parents.” On the next screen you will need to change|

| |the choice in the “View Students Progress” box to Hemberger -Reading Success Tracker 2008 G4. All of |

| |the reading tests and results for every test can be found there. The children took the A.R. test on this|

| |story. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 278 together as a class. I assigned text p. 279 #1-24 and we did #25 |

| |together as a class. The children will have their Chapter 12 Math Test tomorrow. STUDY!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages D14-17 as a class today and worked ditto p. 193 together as a class. I assigned |

| |ditto p. 191-192 #1-9. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 188-191 today as a class and I assigned ditto p. 10 in the Chapter 5 packet. |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due tomorrow, Friday, April 19th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words with consonants /j/, /ks/, and /kw/. I assigned ditto p. 75 for the |

| |children who did not pass there Unit 4 Week 3 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% |

| |scores.) Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Possessive Pronouns” again today. We completed Daily Fix-It #5-6. I |

| |assigned Ditto p. 74. STUDY for the quiz over this material!!! Remember to use the “Family Times” |

| |because it explains this concept!!! |

|Writing: |We discussed different examples of poems today and the children had to go to and |

| |click on read and rate. They then chose a poem and used it to fill out a sheet on poetry interpretation.|

|Reading: |I assigned the reading of textbook pages 478-481 and the children listened to the story today and we |

| |reviewed the material for the selection test. I went over the answers for the selection test today. You |

| |can view the power point presentation for Seeker of Knowledge using this website |

| | Just click on the story Seeker of Knowledge Please|

| |have your child read the story Seeker of Knowledge to you this evening and sign and date their Reading |

| |Log next to the corresponding story. The children need to study for their selection test which will be |

| |tomorrow over this story. STUDY!!! The children began working on an independent project about inventions|

| |using their iPads. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 276-277 on “Choose a Computation Method 12.5.” I assigned ditto p. 71. |

|Science: |We read over text pages D10-13 as a class today and worked ditto p. 186 together as a class. I assigned |

| |ditto p. 183-184 #12-21 and ditto p. 189-190. |

|Social Studies: |We discussed and read over text pages 186-188 today as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due Friday, April 19th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words with consonants /j/, /ks/, and /kw/. I assigned ditto p. 74 for the children|

| |who did not pass there Unit 4 Week 4 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) |

| |Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Possessive Pronouns” again today. We completed Daily Fix-It #3-4. I |

| |assigned Ditto p. 73. |

|Writing: |The children and I discussed characteristics of poetry and poetic terms. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for Seeker of Knowledge using this website |

| | Just click on the story Seeker of Knowledge. We |

| |read text p. 468-469 together as a class and I read part of the story with the children. I assigned the |

| |reading of textbook pages 470-477. The children also read a story about an invention. The story was |

| |called “Maine Winters Warm Ears.” They then took a quick Smart Response over eight comprehension |

| |questions. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 272-274 on “Multiply Using Mental Math 12.4.” I assigned ditto p. 70. |

|Science: |We read over text pages D8-9 as a class today. I assigned ditto p. 183-184 #6-11. |

|Social Studies: |I assigned ditto p. 11 which is the lesson 3 vocabulary in the Chapter 5 packet today. The children just|

| |need to look up the terms in the glossary and write them down. |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due Friday, April 19th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Monday, April 15, 2013

|Spelling: |The children took their Unit 4 Week 4 Spelling Pretest on Spelling City today. Students who misspelled |

| |words will need to write them 7 times each. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at . Students who were absent will take their test |

| |tomorrow on the computers. |

|Language: |The children learned about “Possessive Pronouns.” We completed Daily Fix-It #1-2. Students who were |

| |absent need to do the Grammar Transparency ditto p. 19 on “Pronouns and Antecedents” as a practice. NO |

| |HOMEWORK for students who attended today!!! |

|Writing: |The students were assigned the Writer’s Craft Ditto p. 19B after I explained my expectations. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for Seeker of Knowledge this website |

| | Just click on the story Seeker of Knowledge. We |

| |completed ditto p. 183 and 185 as a class on the Smartboard and we studied the vocabulary and I assigned|

| |ditto p. 184. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 270-271 on “Problem Solving: Making a Graph.” I assigned Ditto p. 69. |

| |5-Minute Timed Test Corrections due Thursday. |

|Science: |We read over text pages D2-7 as a class today and we worked ditto p. 185. I assigned ditto p. 183-184 |

| |#1-5. I passed out the study guide for Chapter 8. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 182-185 today as a class and I assigned ditto p. 8 in the Chapter 5 packet. |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due Friday, April 19th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Friday, April 12, 2013

|Spelling: |The children took the Unit 4 Week 3 Final Spelling Test with their clickers. Don’t forget to study for |

| |your Unit 4 Week 4 Spelling Pretest on Monday. Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

| | |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Pronouns and Antecedents” again today. The children completed Daily Fix-It|

| |#9-10. I assigned ditto p. 72. |

|Writing: |The children worked on their final draft of their newspapers. The final drafts were due before the end |

| |of school today. |

|Reading: |The children and I had fun reading The King in the Kitchen play today out loud for enjoyment. I have |

| |some pretty students who have some great voices for the characters in the story. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 266-268 on “Multiplying Greater Numbers 12.2. I assigned ditto p. 68. |

|Science: |We took two Smart Responses today. One over Ditto p. 349 & 350 and the other over text p. F100-101. The |

| |children will NOT have the Chapter 13 Test on Monday because our break broke up the chapter. |

|Social Studies: |NO HOMEWORK!!! Instead we read for A.R. points. All A.R. points are due Friday, May 3rd. Many students |

| |are very close to achieving their goal. |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due Friday, April 19th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Thursday, April 11, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words with final -er and -ar again today. I assigned ditto p. 72 the children who |

| |did not pass their pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t forget to visit |

| |spelling city at The children will have their final Unit 4 Week 3 Spelling Test |

| |tomorrow which they will take on Spelling City. STUDY!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Pronouns and Antecedents” again today. The children completed Daily |

| |Fix-It #7-10 and took their quiz over pronouns and antecedents. |

|Writing: |The children worked on their final draft of their newspapers. The final drafts are due before the end |

| |of school tomorrow. |

|Reading: |The children took the selection test over the story The King in the Kitchen After they completed their |

| |selection test the children played a game/or did Study Island if time permitted. If you would like to |

| |look at your child’s selection test score on-line please go to and enter their |

| |user name and password. (You can either ask your child what it is or find the information in their |

| |binder under the reading section.) Then click on “Parents.” On the next screen you will need to change|

| |the choice in the “View Students Progress” box to Hemberger -Reading Success Tracker 2008 G4. All of |

| |the reading tests and results for every test can be found there. |

|Math: |We went back to a chapter in our math books that we skipped in order to prepare for the I.S.A.T. test. |

| |We began Chapter 12 today. The children were given the Chapter 12 Study Guide today and they will have a|

| |test over this chapter. Today, we worked through textbook pages 264-265 on “Estimate Products.” I |

| |assigned ditto p. 67 for homework. |

|Science: |We read over text pages F96-99 as a class today. I assigned ditto p. 343-344 #17-20 and ditto p. |

| |347-348. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 180-181 today as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due Friday, April 19th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words with final -er and -ar. I assigned ditto p. 71 for the children who did not|

| |pass there Unit 4 Week 3 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t forget|

| |to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Pronouns and Antecedents” again today. We completed Daily Fix-It #5-6. I |

| |assigned Ditto p. 70. STUDY for the quiz over this material!!! Remember to use the “Family Times” |

| |because it explains this concept!!! |

|Writing: |The children worked on their final draft of their newspapers. The final drafts are due before the end |

| |of school on Friday. |

|Reading: |I assigned the reading of textbook pages 452-461 and the children listened to the story today and we |

| |reviewed the material for the selection test. I went over the answers for the selection test today. You |

| |can view the power point presentation for The King in the Kitchen using this website |

| | Just click on the story The King in the Kitchen |

| |Please have your child read the story The King in the Kitchen to you this evening and sign and date |

| |their Reading Log next to the corresponding story. The children need to study for their selection test |

| |which will be tomorrow over this story. STUDY!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 610 together as a class. I assigned text p. 611 #1-24. The children |

| |will NOT take the Chapter 26 Math Test due to the break interrupting the chapter. |

|Science: |We read over text pages F94-95 as a class today. We worked ditto p. 346 together as a class and I |

| |assigned ditto p. 343-344 #12-16. |

|Social Studies: |I assigned ditto p. 9 on the Lesson 2 Vocabulary in the Chapter 5 packet. |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due Friday, April 19th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words with final -er and -ar. I assigned ditto p. 69 & 70 for the children who did|

| |not pass there Unit 4 Week 3 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Pronouns and Antecedents” again today. We completed Daily Fix-It #3-4. I |

| |assigned Ditto p. 69. |

|Writing: |The children worked on their final draft of their newspapers. The final drafts are due before the end |

| |of school on Friday. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for The King in the Kitchen using this website |

| | Just click on the story The King in the Kitchen. We|

| |read text p. 442-443 together as a class and I read part of the story with the children. I assigned the |

| |reading of textbook pages 444-451. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 606-608 on “Round Decimals 26.4.” I assigned ditto p. 145. |

|Science: |We read over text pages F88-92 as a class today. We worked ditto p. 345 together as a class and I |

| |assigned ditto p. 343-344 #1-11. |

|Social Studies: |We read text pages 178-179 yesterday on “Read A Line Graph” and I assigned ditto p. 6 & 7 in the Chapter|

| |5 packet today. The children can use yesterday’s reading for help if need be. |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due Friday, April 19th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Monday, April 8, 2013

|Spelling: |The children took their Unit 4 Week 3 Spelling Pretest on Spelling City today. Students who misspelled |

| |words will need to write them 7 times each. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at . Students who were absent will take their test |

| |tomorrow on the computers. |

|Language: |The children learned about “Pronouns and Antecedents.” We completed Daily Fix-It #1-2. Students who |

| |were absent need to do the Grammar Transparency ditto p. 18 on “Pronouns and Antecedents” as a practice.|

| |NO HOMEWORK for students who attended today!!! |

|Writing: |I looked at the children’s newspaper layout today and gave them points if their project was complete and|

| |well thought out. The students were assigned the Writer’s Craft Ditto p. 18B. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for The King in the Kitchen this website |

| | Just click on the story The King in the Kitchen. We|

| |completed ditto p. 173 as a class on the Smartboard and we studied the vocabulary and I assigned ditto |

| |p. 174. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 600-602 on “Problem Solving: Drawing a Diagram.” We worked ditto p. 144|

| |together as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! 5-Minute Timed Test Corrections due Thursday. |

|Science: |We read over text pages F84-87 as a class today. I assigned ditto p. 337-338 #18-21 and ditto p. |

| |341-342. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 178-179 today as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due Friday, April 19th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Friday, April 5, 2013

|Spelling: |The children took the final spelling test over the short weeks spelling list on their clickers today. |

| |Don’t forget to study for your Unit 4 Week 3 Spelling Pretest on Monday. |

|Language: |The children completed pages 12-14 of their booklet on “Capitalization” packet. The children played a |

| |game about subject/verb agreement. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |The children worked on making their layout for their newspaper. Each group member will be giving |

| |participation points Monday based on the completion of their newspaper layout. |

|Reading: |Today for reading we discussed all of the information within the L section of our K-W-L Chart. The |

| |children were given participation points based on how many items they had listed that they learned. I |

| |assigned comprehension questions, which need to be answered in complete sentences, about the article for|

| |Monday. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 600-602 on “Compare and Order Decimals.” I assigned ditto p. 143. |

|Science: |We read over text pages F82-83 as a class today. We worked ditto p. 340 together as a class and I |

| |assigned ditto p. 337-338 #16-17. |

|Social Studies: | NO HOMEWORK!!! Instead we read for A.R. points. All A.R. points are due Friday, May 3rd. Many students|

| |are very close to achieving their goal. |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due Friday, April 19th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Thursday, April 4, 2013

|Spelling: |The children are to complete the ditto where they need to write this week’s spelling words in complete |

| |sentences and use them correctly. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) The children will take|

| |the spelling test over these words tomorrow on their clickers. |

|Language: |The children completed pages 9-11 of their booklet on “Capitalization” and they complete Word Ladder |

| |Ditto p. 33. We checked these pages as a class. I assigned a ditto on “Subject Verb Agreement” that is |

| |due tomorrow. |

|Writing: |The children are working in groups to proofread their two main articles for their newspaper. |

|Reading: |Today for reading we filled out the “Learn about the Leaning Tower of Pisa” on our K-W-L Chart after we |

| |read the non-fiction text entitled Stopping the Toppling Tower. Due tomorrow are 10 new things the |

| |children learned from this article which the children will write in the L section of their K-W-L Chart. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 598-599 on “Decimals Greater Than 1.” I assigned ditto p. 142. |

|Science: |We read over text pages F80-81 as a class today. I assigned ditto p. 337-338 #10-15. |

|Social Studies: |We read text pages 173-175 and I assigned ditto p. 3 & 4 in the Chapter 5 packet. |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due Friday, April 19th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2013

|Spelling: |The children who misspelled words need to complete the crossword on the Short Week Crossword page. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) |

|Language: |The children completed pages 5-8 of their booklet on “Capitalization” and they complete Word Ladder |

| |Ditto p. 33. We checked these pages as a class. I assigned a ditto on “Subject Verb Agreement” that is |

| |due tomorrow. |

|Writing: |The children are working in groups to write the two main articles for their newspaper. Each group will |

| |need to turn in their rough draft of each article tomorrow. |

|Reading: |Today for reading we filled out a K-W-L Chart on what we “Know about the Leaning Tower of Pisa” and |

| |“What we Want to learn about the Leaning Tower of Pisa.” Tomorrow we will fill in the “L” Section of the|

| |K-W-L Chart when we “Learn about the Leaning Tower of Pisa.” Due tomorrow is the “Prereading Organizer” |

| |over the non-fiction text entitled Stopping the Toppling Tower. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 598-599 on “Decimals Greater Than 1.” I assigned the Reteach ditto p. |

| |154. The children were given the Chapter 26 Study Guide today. |

|Science: |We read over text pages F76-79 as a class today. We worked ditto p. 339 together as a class and I |

| |assigned ditto p. 337-338 #1-9. |

|Social Studies: |We read text pages 168-172 and I assigned ditto p. 2 in the Chapter 5 packet. The children can find the |

| |New England States on page 100, the Middle Atlantic States on p. 126, and the Atlantic Coast and |

| |Appalachian States on page 170. |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due Friday, April 19th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, April 2, 2013

|Spelling: |The children took their Short Week Spelling Pretest today on the clickers. Students who misspelled |

| |words will need to write them 7 times each except for the following words, which need to be written in |

| |three different sentences, to, too, two, know, no, their, they’re, there, does and dose. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

| |(For students with 100% scores.) |

|Language: |The children completed the first four pages of a booklet on “Capitalization” today. We checked the pages|

| |as a class. I assigned a ditto on “Subject Verb Agreement” that is due tomorrow. |

|Writing: |The children are working in groups to write a newspaper. Tomorrow their groups brainstorming ideas are |

| |due. |

|Reading: |We discussed comparisons and contrasts between a non-fiction and a fiction piece of work today. The |

| |children are to use their Science textbook to complete a ditto entitled, “Non-fiction Scavenger Hunt.” |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 592-593 on “Thousandths.” I assigned ditto p. 141. There will be no |

| |Chapter 25 Test because the break interrupted the chapter. |

|Science: |We read over text pages F72-75 as a class today. We worked ditto p. 334 together as a class and I |

| |assigned ditto p. 331-332 #11-20 and ditto p. 335-336. |

|Social Studies: |I assigned ditto p. 5 in the Chapter 5 packet. |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due Friday, April 19th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Friday, March 22, 2013

|Spelling: |The children took the Unit 4 Week 2 Final Spelling Test with their clickers. Don’t forget to study for |

| |your Short Week Spelling Pretest on Monday. STUDY!!! |

|Language: |NO HOMEWORK!!! We had Pop-Your-Top and Read. Hopefully, everyone is well aware of how many A.R. points |

| |they need to attend the upcoming A.R. award. |

|Writing: |The children are to write their final draft of their Cinquain poem. They were given a rubric explaining |

| |the requirements for the Cinquain Poem. The final Cinquain poem is due after break. |

|Reading: |NO HOMEWORK!!! We had Pop-Your-Top and Read. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 592-593 on “Thousandths.” I assigned ditto p. 153. |

|Science: |We read over text pages F66-71 as a class today. We worked ditto p. 333 together as a class and I |

| |assigned ditto p. 331-332 #1-10. |

|Social Studies: |The students were given a new textbook today that they will be reading out of and studying from for the |

| |next two weeks. The book is entitled The ILLI NOIS Adventure. We read text pages 96-106 today. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due tomorrow, Friday, March 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Thursday, March 21, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words with final le, al, and en again today. I assigned ditto p. 68 the children |

| |who did not pass their pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t forget to visit |

| |spelling city at The children will have their final Unit 4 Week 2 Spelling Test |

| |tomorrow which they will take on Spelling City. STUDY!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Subject and Object Pronouns” again today. The children completed Daily |

| |Fix-It #7-10 and took a quiz over subject and object pronouns. I assigned ditto p. 68. |

|Writing: |The children are to write their rough draft of their Cinquain poem. They were given a sheet explaining |

| |what a Cinquain poem consists of and I explained it in class, as well as created my own Cinquain poem |

| |with them. Tomorrow they will get a rubric as to my expectations for the final Cinquain poem. |

|Reading: |The children took the selection test over the story Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon After they |

| |completed their selection test the children played a game/or did Study Island if time permitted. If you|

| |would like to look at your child’s selection test score on-line please go to and |

| |enter their user name and password. (You can either ask your child what it is or find the information |

| |in their binder under the reading section.) Then click on “Parents.” On the next screen you will need |

| |to change the choice in the “View Students Progress” box to Hemberger -Reading Success Tracker 2008 G4. |

| |All of the reading tests and results for every test can be found there. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 590-591 on “Problem Solving: Choose a Representation.” We worked ditto |

| |p. 140 together as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We watched part of a “Magic School Bus” movie on sound. More importantly….we played with our chicks |

| |today. Please look at the newsletter to see our pictures. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Social Studies: |The students were given a new textbook today that they will be reading out of and studying from for the |

| |next two weeks. The book is entitled The ILLI NOIS Adventure. We read text pages 82-92 today and I |

| |assigned ditto p. 80. |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due tomorrow, Friday, March 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words with final le, al, and en again today. I assigned ditto p. 67 for the |

| |children who did not pass there Unit 4 Week 2 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% |

| |scores.) Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Subject and Object Pronouns” again today. The children completed Daily |

| |Fix-It #5-6 and I assigned ditto p. 66 #1-8. The children are to omit the bottom section. STUDY for the |

| |quiz over this material!!! |

|Writing: |The children are to publish their 5W Poem. They were given a rubric explaining what criteria I will be |

| |grading on their final 5W Poem. The children are to write their poem in ink and color their illustration|

| |as well. |

|Reading: |I assigned the reading of textbook pages 430-433 and the children listened to the story today and we |

| |reviewed the material for the selection test. I went over the answers for the selection test today. You |

| |can view the power point presentation for Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon using this website |

| | Just click on the story Encantado: Pink Dolphin of|

| |the Amazon. Please have your child read the story Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon to you this |

| |evening and sign and date their Reading Log next to the corresponding story. The children need to study|

| |for their selection test which will be tomorrow over this story. STUDY!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 586-588 on “Tenths and Hundredth.” I assigned ditto p. 139 |

|Science: |We read over text pages F62-63 as a class today. We took two Smart Responses today. One over Ditto p. |

| |325 & 326 and the other over text p. F64-65. The children will NOT have the Chapter 12 Test tomorrow due|

| |to I.S.A.T. testing that broke up the chapter. |

|Social Studies: |The students were given a new textbook today that they will be reading out of and studying from for the |

| |next two weeks. The book is entitled The ILLI NOIS Adventure. We read text pages 67-79 today and I |

| |assigned ditto p. 65. |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due Friday, March 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words with final le, al, and en. I assigned ditto p. 66 for the children who did |

| |not pass there Unit 4 Week 2 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Subject and Object Pronouns” again today. We completed Daily Fix-It #3-4. |

| |I assigned Ditto p. 65. |

|Writing: |The children are to write their rough draft of their 5W Poem. They were given a sheet explaining what a |

| |5W Poem consists of and I explained it in class, as well as created my own 5W Poem with them. Tomorrow |

| |they will get a rubric as to my expectations for the final 5W Poem. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon using this website |

| | Just click on the story Encantado: Pink Dolphin of |

| |the Amazon. We read text p. 394-395 together as a class and I read part of the story with the children. |

| |I assigned the reading of textbook pages 420-429. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 584-585 on “Explore Fractions and Decimals 25.1.” I assigned ditto p. |

| |138. |

|Science: |We read over text pages F58-61 as a class today. We worked ditto p. 310 together as a class and I |

| |assigned ditto p. 319-320 #13-22 and ditto p. 323-324. |

|Social Studies: |The students were given a new textbook today that they will be reading out of and studying from for the |

| |next two weeks. The book is entitled The ILLI NOIS Adventure. We read text pages 58-69 today. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due Friday, March 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Monday, March 18, 2013

|Spelling: |The children took their Unit 4 Week 2 Spelling Pretest on Spelling City today. Students who misspelled |

| |words will need to write them 7 times each. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at . Students who were absent will take their test |

| |tomorrow on the computers. |

|Language: |The children learned about “Subject and Object Pronouns.” We completed Daily Fix-It #1-2. Students who |

| |were absent need to do the Grammar Transparency ditto p. 17 on “Singular and Plural Pronouns” as a |

| |practice. NO HOMEWORK for students who attended today!!! |

|Writing: |I assigned the ditto entitled “Writer’s Craft p. 17B. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon this website |

| | Just click on the story Encantado: Pink Dolphin of |

| |the Amazon. We completed ditto p. 153 as a class on the Smartboard and we studied the vocabulary and I |

| |assigned ditto p. 164. |

|Math: |The children took their Chapter 22 Math Test today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages F52-57 as a class today. We worked ditto p. 310 together as a class and I |

| |assigned ditto p. 319-320 #1-12 and we worked ditto p. 321-322 together as a class. |

|Social Studies: |The students were given a new textbook today that they will be reading out of and studying from for the |

| |next two weeks. The book is entitled The ILLI NOIS Adventure. We read text pages 53-56 today and I |

| |assigned ditto p. 47. |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due Friday, March 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Friday, March 15, 2013

|Spelling: |The children took the Unit 4 Week 1 Final Spelling Test with their clickers. Don’t forget to study for |

| |your Unit 4 Week 2 Spelling Pretest on Monday. Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

| | |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Singular and Plural Pronouns” again today. The children completed Daily |

| |Fix-It #9-10. I assigned ditto p. 64. |

|Writing: |The children are to edit and publish their final paragraph on their idea of how to catch a leprechaun. |

| |The children are to use “Time Order Words” such as; first, second, third, next, then, last, and finally,|

| |for example. |

|Reading: |The children worked on their Leveled Reader that corresponded with our story for this week. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 528 & 529 together as a class. The children will have their Chapter 22 |

| |Math Test on Monday, March 18th. STUDY!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages F48-51 as a class today. We worked ditto p. 316 together as a class and I |

| |assigned ditto p. 313-314 #20-25 and ditto p. 317-318. |

|Social Studies: |The students were given a new textbook today that they will be reading out of and studying from for the |

| |next two weeks. The book is entitled The ILLI NOIS Adventure. We read text pages 44-53 today and I |

| |assigned ditto p. 38 & 41. |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due Friday, March 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Thursday, March 14, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that are possessives again today. I assigned ditto p. 64 the children who |

| |did not pass their pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t forget to visit |

| |spelling city at The children will have their final Unit 4 Week 1 Spelling Test |

| |tomorrow which they will take on Spelling City. STUDY!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Singular and Plural Pronouns” again today. The children took a quiz over |

| |this information. The children completed Daily Fix-It #7-8. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |The children are to write a paragraph on their idea of how to catch a leprechaun. The children are to |

| |use “Time Order Words” such as; first, second, third, next, then, last, and finally, for example. |

|Reading: |I went over the test, The Houdini Box before the children took the selection test. After the review the |

| |children took the selection test over the story The Houdini Box. After they completed their selection |

| |test the children played a game/or did Study Island if time permitted. If you would like to look at |

| |your child’s selection test score on-line please go to and enter their user name |

| |and password. (You can either ask your child what it is or find the information in their binder under |

| |the reading section.) Then click on “Parents.” On the next screen you will need to change the choice |

| |in the “View Students Progress” box to Hemberger -Reading Success Tracker 2008 G4. All of the reading |

| |tests and results for every test can be found there. This is an A.R. Test and the children can receive |

| |A.R. points by taking this test. The test number is 5906. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 526-527 on “Explore Making Predictions.” I assigned ditto p. 128. |

|Science: |We read over text pages F46-47 as a class today. We worked ditto p. 316 together as a class and I |

| |assigned ditto p. 313-314 #13-19. |

|Social Studies: |The students were given a new textbook today that they will be reading out of and studying from for the |

| |next two weeks. The book is entitled The ILLI NOIS Adventure. We read text pages 35-42 today and I |

| |assigned ditto p. 28. |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due Friday, March 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that are homophones again today. I assigned ditto p. 63 for the children |

| |who did not pass there Unit 4 Week 1 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) |

| |Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Singular and Plural Pronouns” again today. The children took a quiz over |

| |this information by completing a Smart Response. The children completed Daily Fix-It #7-8. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |The children need to choose one of their ideas, from their brainstorming list, on how to catch a |

| |leprechaun and write clear directions, in order, on how to catch a leprechaun. |

|Reading: |I assigned the reading of textbook pages 404-407 and the children listened to the story today and we |

| |reviewed the material for the selection test. I went over the answers for the selection test today. You |

| |can view the power point presentation for The Houdini Box using this website |

| | Just click on the story The Houdini Box. Please |

| |have your child read the story The Houdini Box to you this evening and sign and date their Reading Log |

| |next to the corresponding story. The children need to study for their selection test which will be |

| |tomorrow over this story. STUDY!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 524-525 on “Problem Solving: Draw A Tree Diagram.” I assigned ditto p. |

| |127. |

|Science: |We read over text pages F44-45 as a class today. I assigned ditto p. 313-314 #5-12. |

|Social Studies: |The students were given a new textbook today that they will be reading out of and studying from for the |

| |next two weeks. The book is entitled The ILLI NOIS Adventure. We read text pages 18-36 today and I |

| |assigned ditto p. 18 and 23. |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due Friday, March 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that are possessives. I assigned ditto p. 62 for the children who did not |

| |pass there Unit 4 Week 1 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t forget|

| |to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Singular and Plural Pronouns” again today. We completed Daily Fix-It #3-4.|

| |I assigned Ditto p. 61. |

|Writing: |The children’s African American projects are due tomorrow morning. The children should have directions |

| |and a rubric to accompany this project. Also, the children need to brainstorm a list of ideas on how to |

| |catch a leprechaun for tomorrow’s writing activity. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for The Houdini Box using this website |

| | Just click on the story The Houdini Box. We read |

| |text p. 394-395 together as a class and I read part of the story with the children. I assigned the |

| |reading of textbook pages 396-403. |

|Math: |5-Minute Timed Test Corrections are due Thursday. We did our probability activity today with our M&M’s. |

|Science: |We read over text pages F40-43 as a class today. We worked ditto p. 310 together as a class and I |

| |assigned ditto p. 313-314#1-4 and we worked ditto p. 315 together as a class. |

|Social Studies: |The students were given a new textbook today that they will be reading out of and studying from for the |

| |next two weeks. The book is entitled The ILLI NOIS Adventure. We read text pages 12-23 today and I |

| |assigned ditto p. 18. |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due Friday, March 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Monday, March 11, 2013

|Spelling: |The children took their Unit 4 Week 1 Spelling Pretest on Spelling City today. Students who misspelled |

| |words will need to write them 7 times each. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at . Students who were absent will take their test |

| |tomorrow on the computers. |

|Language: |The children learned about “Singular and Plural Pronouns.” We completed Daily Fix-It #1-2. Students who|

| |were absent need to do the Grammar Transparency ditto p. 16 on “Singular and Plural Pronouns” as a |

| |practice. NO HOMEWORK for students who attended today!!! |

|Writing: |I assigned the ditto entitled “Writer’s Craft p. 16B. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for The Houdini Box this website |

| | Just click on the story The Houdini Box. We |

| |completed ditto p. 153 as a class on the Smartboard and we studied the vocabulary and I assigned ditto |

| |p. 154. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 518-520 on “Likely and Unlikely” and textbook pages 522-523 on “Explore|

| |Probability.” I assigned ditto pages 125 and 126 today. 5-Minute Timed Test Corrections due Thursday. |

|Science: |We read over text pages F36-39 as a class today. We worked ditto p. 310 together as a class and I |

| |assigned ditto p. 307-308 #16-25 and ditto p. 311-312. |

|Social Studies: |The students were given a new textbook today that they will be reading out of and studying from for the |

| |next two weeks. The book is entitled The ILLI NOIS Adventure. We read text pages 2-11 today and I |

| |assigned ditto p. 5. |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due Friday, March 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Friday, March 5, 2013

|Spelling: |Make-up I.S.A.T. Testing for students who were absent Monday through Thursday!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |Make-up I.S.A.T. Testing for students who were absent Monday through Thursday!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |Make-up I.S.A.T. Testing for students who were absent Monday through Thursday!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |Make-up I.S.A.T. Testing for students who were absent Monday through Thursday!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We watched video for enjoyment since we finished our I.S.A.T. Testing today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We watched video for enjoyment since we finished our I.S.A.T. Testing today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Social Studies: |We watched video for enjoyment since we finished our I.S.A.T. Testing today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due Friday, March 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Thursday, March 5, 2013

|Spelling: |I.S.A.T. Testing!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |I.S.A.T. Testing!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |I.S.A.T. Testing!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |I.S.A.T. Testing!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We watched video for enjoyment since we finished our I.S.A.T. Testing today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We watched video for enjoyment since we finished our I.S.A.T. Testing today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Social Studies: |We watched video for enjoyment since we finished our I.S.A.T. Testing today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due Friday, March 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2013

|Spelling: |I.S.A.T. Testing!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |I.S.A.T. Testing!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |I.S.A.T. Testing!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |I.S.A.T. Testing!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We watched a video on Science in preparation for our upcoming I.S.A.T. test in the area of Science. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We watched a video on Science in preparation for our upcoming I.S.A.T. test in the area of Science. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Social Studies: |We watched a video on Science in preparation for our upcoming I.S.A.T. test in the area of Science. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due Friday, March 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2013

|Spelling: |I.S.A.T. Testing!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |I.S.A.T. Testing!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |I.S.A.T. Testing!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |I.S.A.T. Testing!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We watched a video on Science in preparation for our upcoming I.S.A.T. test in the area of Science. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We watched a video on Science in preparation for our upcoming I.S.A.T. test in the area of Science. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Social Studies: |We watched a video on Science in preparation for our upcoming I.S.A.T. test in the area of Science. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due Friday, March 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Monday, March 4, 2013

|Spelling: |I.S.A.T. Testing!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |I.S.A.T. Testing!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |I.S.A.T. Testing!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |I.S.A.T. Testing!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We watched a video on Science in preparation for our upcoming I.S.A.T. test in the area of Science. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We candled an egg today and got to see a lot of movement. Our chick appears to be about ½” long. |

| |Wahoo!!! |

|Social Studies: |We watched a video on Science in preparation for our upcoming I.S.A.T. test in the area of Science. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due Friday, March 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Friday, March 1, 2013

|Spelling: |We did some I.S.A.T. practice on this website NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |I gave the children a rubric for a project on “Black History.” The children are to choose a famous black |

| |person in history and complete the project on their cereal box. Let the creative juices flow students. |

| |We will present our projects in class once we have completed them. |

|Writing: |The children need to redo the Extended Response to this story Treasure in the Field in the form of QUACK.|

| |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |The children did a reading I.S.A.T. prep test. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We learned how to subtracting fractions and I assigned ditto p. 102. |

|Science: |We read over text pages F32-35 as a class today. I assigned ditto p. 307 - 308 #1-15 and we worked ditto |

| |p. 309. |

|Geometry: |We learned how to subtracting fractions and I assigned ditto p. 103. |

|Social Studies: |I assigned ditto p. 43. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Thursday, February 28, 2013

|Spelling: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |I gave the children a “Word Ladder Ditto p. 27” and they completed it and we checked it together. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |We did some I.S.A.T. practice on this website |

|Reading: |The children went to Study Island to do some practicing for the upcoming I.S.A.T. |

|Math: |We learned how to add fractions and I assigned ditto p. 101. |

|Science: |We read over text pages F29-31 as a class today. I assigned ditto p. 299-300 #19-23 and ditto p. 305-306 |

|Geometry: |We worked through textbook pages 478-479 on “Volume.” I assigned the rest of ditto p. 117. |

|Social Studies: |I assigned ditto p. 40 and 41. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2013

|Spelling: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |I gave the children a “Word Ladder Ditto p. 26” and they completed it and we checked it together. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |We went over the answers to the Science problems in preparation for our upcoming I.S.A.T. Test. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We did some I.S.A.T. prep on the internet today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We learned how to add fractions and I assigned ditto p. 100. |

|Science: |We read over text pages F24-28 as a class today. I assigned ditto p. 299-300 #11-18. We worked ditto p. |

| |302 and 303 together as a class. |

| | |

| | |

|Geometry: |We worked through textbook pages 474-476 on “Area.” I assigned the rest of ditto p. 116. |

|Social Studies: |I assigned ditto p. 30 and 32. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2013

|Spelling: |Today we worked on prefixes in preparation for our upcoming I.S.A.T. Test. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |Today we worked on suffixes in preparation for our upcoming I.S.A.T. Test. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |The children answered several Science problems in preparation for our upcoming I.S.A.T. Test. We will go |

| |over them tomorrow. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 510-512 on “Mixed Numbers.” I assigned ditto p. 124. |

|Science: |We read over text pages F18-23 as a class today. I assigned ditto p. 299-300 #1-10. We worked ditto p. |

| |301 together as a class. |

|Geometry: |We worked through textbook pages 470-473 on “Circumference.” I assigned the rest of ditto p. 115. |

|Social Studies: |I assigned ditto p. 29. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Monday, February 25, 2013

|Spelling: |Today we worked on examples of alliteration and personification in preparation for our upcoming I.S.A.T. |

| |Test. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |The children completed “Word Ladder Ditto p. 25.” NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |Today we worked on examples of extended response Math problems in preparation for our upcoming I.S.A.T. |

| |Test. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We read from their novel unit today entitled The War with Grandpa. I read the first three chapters with |

| |the children and they are to finish Chapter 35-37 today. The children took an A.R. Test over the story. |

| |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 506-507 on “Problem Solving: Checking for Reasonableness.” I assigned |

| |the rest of ditto p. 122. We worked through textbook pages 508-509 on “Explore Finding Parts of a Group.”|

| |I assigned the rest of ditto p. 123. |

|Science: |We read over text pages F16-17 as a class today. I assigned ditto p. 293-294 #22-23 and ditto p. 297-298.|

|Geometry: |We worked through textbook pages 463-465 on “Solving Patterns.” We worked ditto p. 113 together as a |

| |class. We worked through textbook pages 466-469 on “Perimeter.” I assigned the rest of ditto p. 114. |

|Social Studies: |I assigned ditto p. 26. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Thursday, February 21, 2013

|Spelling: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |Today we worked on examples of extended response Math problems in preparation for our upcoming I.S.A.T. |

| |Test. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |Today we worked on examples of extended response Math problems in preparation for our upcoming I.S.A.T. |

| |Test. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We read from their novel unit today entitled The War with Grandpa. I read the first three chapters with |

| |the children and they are to finish Chapter 31-34 today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 502-504 on “Compare and Oder Fractions.” I assigned the rest of ditto p.|

| |121. |

|Science: |We read over text pages F14-15 as a class today and we completed ditto p. 296 together as a class. I |

| |assigned ditto p. 293-294 #19-21. |

|Geometry: |We are getting ready for the I.S.A.T. tests and in order to the necessary math taught in time for this |

| |test we are doing geometry during Social Studies time. Therefore, you will see this section entitled |

| |“Geometry” until the I.S.A.T is over. Today for Geometry we read over text pages 460-462 on |

| |“Transformations and Symmetry.” I assigned ditto p. 112. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Social Studies: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due tomorrow, Friday, February 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2013

|Spelling: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |Today we worked on examples of short response Math problems in preparation for our upcoming I.S.A.T. |

| |Test. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |Today we worked on examples of short response Math problems in preparation for our upcoming I.S.A.T. |

| |Test. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We read from their novel unit today entitled The War with Grandpa. I read the first three chapters with |

| |the children and they are to finish Chapter 25-30 today. I assigned ditto p. 35, 36, 37 & 38, and 39. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 498-501 on “Find Equivalent Fractions and Fractions in Simplest Forms.” |

| |I assigned the rest of ditto p. 120. |

|Science: |We read over text pages F10-13 as a class today. I assigned ditto p. 293-294 #8-18. We played with this |

| |website today on force: |

|Geometry: |We are getting ready for the I.S.A.T. tests and in order to the necessary math taught in time for this |

| |test we are doing geometry during Social Studies time. Therefore, you will see this section entitled |

| |“Geometry” until the I.S.A.T is over. Today for Geometry we read over text pages 456-459 on “Congruent |

| |and Similar.” I assigned ditto p. 111. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Social Studies: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due on Friday, February 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2013

|Spelling: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |Today we complete an I.S.A.T. prep Math Test. We will finish going over the answers on Tuesday. We |

| |started focusing on how to right short answers to our Math I.S.A.T. problems. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We read from their novel unit today entitled The War with Grandpa. I read the first three chapters with |

| |the children and they are to finish Chapter 19-24 today. I assigned ditto p. 29 & 30, 31 & 32, and 33. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 498-501 on “Find Equivalent Fractions and Fractions in Simplest Forms.” |

| |I assigned ditto p. 120 #1-15 and #28 & 29. |

|Science: |We read over text pages F2-9 as a class today and we completed ditto p. 295 together as a class. I |

| |assigned ditto p. 293-294 #1-8. |

|Geometry: |We are getting ready for the I.S.A.T. tests and in order to the necessary math taught in time for this |

| |test we are doing geometry during Social Studies time. Therefore, you will see this section entitled |

| |“Geometry” until the I.S.A.T is over. The children took their Chapter 19 Math Test today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Social Studies: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due on Friday, February 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Thursday, February 14, 2013

|Spelling: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |Today we complete an I.S.A.T. prep Math Test. We will finish going over the answers on Tuesday. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We read from their novel unit today entitled The War with Grandpa. I read the first three chapters with |

| |the children and they are to finish Chapter 16-18 today. I assigned ditto p. 27 & 28. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 494-497 on “Parts of a Whole” and “Parts of a group.” I assigned ditto |

| |p. 118 and 119. |

|Science: |The children took their Chapter 11 Test today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Geometry: |We are getting ready for the I.S.A.T. tests and in order to the necessary math taught in time for this |

| |test we are doing geometry during Social Studies time. Therefore, you will see this section entitled |

| |“Geometry” until the I.S.A.T is over. Today for Geometry we worked text page 452 as a class. I assigned |

| |text p. 453. The children will take their Chapter 19 Math Test on Tuesday, February 19th. STUDY!!! |

|Social Studies: |I assigned ditto p. 33 today. |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due on Friday, February 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2013

|Spelling: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |The children need to redo the Extended Response to this story Tracking the Elephants in the form of |

| |QUACK. The children were given a rubric as to what I will be looking for when I grade there Extended |

| |Response. |

|Reading: |We read from their novel unit today entitled The War with Grandpa. I read the first three chapters with |

| |the children and they are to finish Chapter 13-15 today. I assigned ditto p. 22, 23 & 24, and 25. |

|Math: |5-Minute Timed Test Corrections due tomorrow. We worked through textbook pages 414-415 on “Temperature.”|

| |I assigned ditto p. 103. |

|Science: |We worked together ditto p. 281 & 282 as a class today. We took two Smart Responses today. One over Ditto|

| |p. 285 & 286 and the other over text p. E60-61. The children will have their Chapter 11 Test tomorrow. We|

| |went over the study guide for this chapter in class. STUDY!!! |

|Geometry: |We are getting ready for the I.S.A.T. tests and in order to the necessary math taught in time for this |

| |test we are doing geometry during Social Studies time. Therefore, you will see this section entitled |

| |“Geometry” until the I.S.A.T is over. Today for Geometry we read over text pages 450-451 on “Parts of a |

| |Circle.” I assigned ditto p. 110. |

|Social Studies: |I assigned ditto p. 9 today. |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due on Friday, February 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2013

|Spelling: |The children also need to complete the reading of the story Tracking the Elephants and answer multiple |

| |questions 1-10. Also, the children need to complete the Extended Response to this story in the form of |

| |QUACK. The children were given a rubric as to what I will be looking for when I grade there Extended |

| |Response. |

|Language: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |During class today the children edited their opinion piece. For homework tomorrow, the children need to |

| |complete the final draft of their opinion piece paragraph. The children were given a rubric for this |

| |opinion piece. They need to attach their rubric to their final paper. |

|Reading: |We read from their novel unit today entitled The War with Grandpa. I read the first three chapters with |

| |the children and they are to finish Chapter 7-12 today. I assigned ditto p. 14 & 15, 16, 17, and 18 & 19.|

|Math: |5-Minute Timed Test Corrections due today Thursday. We worked through textbook pages 412-413 on “Problem|

| |Solving: Logical Reasoning.” I assigned ditto p. 102. |

|Science: |We read over text pages E54-57 as a class today and we completed ditto p. 282 together as a class. I |

| |assigned ditto p. 279-280 #9-21 and ditto p. 283-284. |

|Geometry: |We are getting ready for the I.S.A.T. tests and in order to the necessary math taught in time for this |

| |test we are doing geometry during Social Studies time. Therefore, you will see this section entitled |

| |“Geometry” until the I.S.A.T is over. Today for Geometry we read over text pages 448-449 on “Problem |

| |Solving: Using a Diagram.” I assigned ditto p. 109. |

|Social Studies: |I assigned ditto p. 8 today. The children had to listen carefully in class because there was an error |

| |found on one of the problems, but I told them where it was and how to fix it. Hopefully, all of the |

| |children were paying attention when I went over that problem. |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due on Friday, February 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Monday, February 11, 2013

|Spelling: |The children also need to complete the reading of the story Clementine and the Cage and answer multiple |

| |questions 1-10. The children need to complete the Extended Response to this story in the form of QUACK. |

| |The children were given a rubric as to what I will be looking for when I grade there Extended Response. |

|Language: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |The children need to complete the rough draft paragraph of their opinion piece of writing. The children |

| |will be given 5 participation points tomorrow if they have completed their rough draft. |

|Reading: |We read from their novel unit today entitled The War with Grandpa. I read the first three chapters with |

| |the children and they are to finish Chapter 4 -6 today. I assigned ditto p. 7, 8, 9 & 10, and 11. We |

| |worked ditto p. 12 & 13 together as a class. |

|Math: |5-Minute Timed Test Corrections due today Thursday. We worked through textbook pages 408-410 on |

| |“Algebra: Convert Metric Units.” I assigned ditto p. 101. |

|Science: |We read over text pages E50-53 as a class today. I assigned ditto p. 279-280 #1-8. |

|Geometry: |We are getting ready for the I.S.A.T. tests and in order to the necessary math taught in time for this |

| |test we are doing geometry during Social Studies time. Therefore, you will see this section entitled |

| |“Geometry” until the I.S.A.T is over. Today for Geometry we read over text pages 444-446 on “Triangles |

| |and Quadrilaterals.” I assigned ditto p. 108. |

|Social Studies: |I assigned ditto p. 7 today. The children had to listen carefully in class because there was an error |

| |found on one of the problems, but I told them where it was and how to fix it. Hopefully, all of the |

| |children were paying attention when I went over that problem. |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due on Friday, February 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Friday, February 8, 2013

|Spelling: |The children took the Unit 3 Week 5 Final Spelling Test with their clickers. The children will not have|

| |a Spelling Test next week due to the shortened week. We will be doing I.S.A.T. prep instead. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Irregular Verbs” again today. The children completed Daily Fix-It #9-10. |

| |I assigned ditto p. 60. |

|Writing: |I had the children get into small groups and check over their graphic organizer for their opinion piece |

| |of “The Best.” NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |The children were give time to read silently for Accelerated Reader points. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 404-406 on “Metric Capacity.” I assigned ditto p. 100. |

|Science: |We read over text pages E42-49 yesterday. Today we worked ditto p. 276 together as a class and I |

| |assigned ditto p. 277-278. We also had the other fourth grade classes come into our room for a |

| |demonstration on using temperature or heat energy to change matter into another state. |

|Geometry: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Social Studies: |The children are to complete ditto p. 6 for homework!!!! |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due on Friday, February 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Thursday, February 7, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that are possessives again today. I assigned ditto p. 60 the children who |

| |did not pass their pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t forget to visit |

| |spelling city at The children will have their final Unit 3 Week 5 Spelling Test |

| |tomorrow which they will take on Spelling City. STUDY!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Irregular Verbs” again today. The children took a quiz over this |

| |information. The children completed Daily Fix-It #7-8. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |We checked over our organizer today. For this next writing assignment the children must write an opinion|

| |piece about what they feel would be “The Best Gift.” The children received a participation grade for |

| |this assignment. They will use this organizer to complete their opinion piece. |

|Reading: |I went over the test, The Great Kapok Tree before the children took the selection test. After the review|

| |the children took the selection test over the story The Great Kapok Tree. After they completed their |

| |selection test the children played a game/or did Study Island if time permitted. If you would like to |

| |look at your child’s selection test score on-line please go to and enter their |

| |user name and password. (You can either ask your child what it is or find the information in their |

| |binder under the reading section.) Then click on “Parents.” On the next screen you will need to change|

| |the choice in the “View Students Progress” box to Hemberger -Reading Success Tracker 2008 G4. All of |

| |the reading tests and results for every test can be found there. This is an A.R. Test and the children |

| |can receive A.R. points by taking this test. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 402-403 on “Explore Metric Length.” I assigned ditto p. 99. The |

| |children did not get a Chapter 18 Study Guide because they will not have a Chapter 18 Math Test. |

|Science: |We read over text pages E42-49 as a class today. I assigned ditto p. 273-274 #1-7. |

|Geometry: |We are getting ready for the I.S.A.T. tests and in order to the necessary math taught in time for this |

| |test we are doing geometry during Social Studies time. Therefore, you will see this section entitled |

| |“Geometry” until the I.S.A.T is over. Today for Geometry we read over text pages 440-443 on “Angles.” I |

| |assigned ditto p. 107. |

|Social Studies: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due on Friday, February 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, February 6, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that are possessives again today. I assigned ditto p. 59 for the children |

| |who did not pass there Unit 3 Week 5 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) |

| |Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Irregular Verbs” again today. The children completed Daily Fix-It #5-6 and|

| |then we completed ditto p. 58 together as a class. STUDY for the quiz over this material!!! |

|Writing: |The children filled out an organizer. For this next writing assignment the children must write an |

| |opinion piece about what they feel would be “The Best Gift.” The children will receive a participation |

| |grade for this assignment. They will use this organizer to complete their opinion piece. |

|Reading: |I assigned the reading of textbook pages 372-377 and the children listened to the story today and we |

| |reviewed the material for the selection test. I went over the answers for the selection test today. You |

| |can view the power point presentation for The Great Kapok Tree using this website |

| | Just click on the story Eye of the Storm. Please |

| |have your child read the story The Great Kapok Tree to you this evening and sign and date their Reading |

| |Log next to the corresponding story. The children need to study for their selection test which will be |

| |tomorrow over this story. STUDY!!! As always, I went over all of the answers to this test in class |

| |today. If your child was paying attention they should know all of the answers. |

|Math: |5-Minute Timed Test Corrections due tomorrow. The children took their Chapter 17 Math Test today. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages E36-37 as a class today. I assigned ditto p. 267-268 #19-20 and ditto p. 271 - |

| |272. |

|Geometry: |We are getting ready for the I.S.A.T. tests and in order to the necessary math taught in time for this |

| |test we are doing geometry during Social Studies time. Therefore, you will see this section entitled |

| |“Geometry” until the I.S.A.T is over. Today for Geometry we read over text pages 438-439 on “Lines, Line|

| |Segments, and Rays.” I assigned ditto p. 106. |

|Social Studies: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due on Friday, February 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that are possessives. I assigned ditto p. 58 for the children who did not |

| |pass there Unit 3 Week 5 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t forget|

| |to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Irregular Verbs” again today. We completed Daily Fix-It #3-4. I assigned |

| |Ditto p. 557. |

|Writing: |We discussed opinions and I told that children that they will begin writing an opinion piece this week |

| |over a topic that I give them. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for The Great Kapok Tree using this website |

| | Just click on the story The Great Kapok Tree. We |

| |read text p. 362-363 together as a class and I read part of the story with the children. I assigned the |

| |reading of textbook pages 364-371. |

|Math: |5-Minute Timed Test Corrections are due Thursday. We worked through textbook pages 398 together as a |

| |class to help us review for our test and I assigned text p. 399 #1-19. The children will take their |

| |Chapter 17 Math Test tomorrow. |

|Science: |We read over text pages E36-37 as a class today and we complete ditto p. 270 together. I assigned ditto |

| |p. 267-268 #16-18. |

|Social Studies: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Geometry: |We are getting ready for the I.S.A.T. tests and in order to the necessary math taught in time for this |

| |test we are doing geometry during Social Studies time. Therefore, you will see this section entitled |

| |“Geometry” until the I.S.A.T is over. Today for Geometry we read over text pages 434-437 on |

| |“2-Dimensional Figures.” I assigned ditto p. 105. |

|Other: |I passed out a new book order from Scholastic Arrow today. The book orders are due on Friday, February |

| |22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Monday, February 4, 2013

|Spelling: |The children took their Unit 3 Week 5 Spelling Pretest on Spelling City today. Students who misspelled |

| |words will need to write them 7 times each. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at . Students who were absent will take their test |

| |tomorrow on the computers. |

|Language: |The children learned about “Irregular Verbs.” We completed Daily Fix-It #1-2. Students who were absent |

| |need to do the Grammar Transparency ditto p. 15 on “Irregular Verbs” as a practice. NO HOMEWORK for |

| |students who attended today!!! |

|Writing: |I assigned the ditto entitled “Writer’s Craft p. 15B. I worked number one with the children and told |

| |them exactly how to use punctuation marks when dealing with dialogue. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for The Great Kapok Tree this website |

| | Just click on the story The Great Kapok Tree. We |

| |completed ditto p. 143 as a class on the Smartboard and we studied the vocabulary and I assigned ditto |

| |p. 144. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 396-397 on “Problem Solving: Check for Reasonableness.” We worked ditto|

| |p. 98 together as a class. 5-Minute Timed Test Corrections due Thursday. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages E34-35 as a class today. I assigned ditto p. 267-268 #11-15. |

|Social Studies: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Geometry: |We are getting ready for the I.S.A.T. tests and in order to the necessary math taught in time for this |

| |test we are doing geometry during Social Studies time. Therefore, you will see this section entitled |

| |“Geometry” until the I.S.A.T is over. Today for Geometry we read over text pages 430-433 on |

| |“3-Dimensional Figures.” I passed out the Chapter 19 Study Guide and I assigned ditto p. 104. |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due on Friday, February 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Friday, February 1, 2013

|Spelling: |The children took the Unit 3 Week 4 Final Spelling Test with their clickers. Don’t forget to study for |

| |your Unit 3 Week 5 Spelling Pretest on Monday. Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

| | STUDY!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Past, Present, & Future Tense Verbs” again today. The children completed |

| |Daily Fix-It #9-10. I assigned ditto p. 56. |

|Writing: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |The children worked on their Leveled Reader that corresponded with our story for this week. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 392-394 on “Converting Customary Units.” I assigned ditto p. 97. |

|Science: |We read over text pages E30-33 as a class today and we worked ditto p. 269 together as a class. I |

| |assigned ditto p. 267-268 #1-10. |

|Social Studies: |The children took the Chapter 4 Social Studies Test today. Absent student will need to take this test |

| |when they return. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due on Friday, February 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Thursday, January 31, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that are compounds again today. I assigned ditto p. 56 the children who did |

| |not pass their pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t forget to visit spelling |

| |city at The children will have their final Unit 3 Week 4 Spelling Test tomorrow |

| |which they will take on Spelling City. STUDY!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Past, Present, & Future Tense Verbs” again today. The children took a |

| |quiz over this information. The children completed Daily Fix-It #7-8. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |The final draft of the narrative essay is due tomorrow. The final drafts need to be free from any |

| |spelling, capitalization, punctuation, or grammatical errors. The final draft should also be legible. |

|Reading: |I went over the test, Eye of the Storm before the children took the selection test. After the review the|

| |children took the selection test over the story Eye of the Storm. After they completed their selection |

| |test the children played a game/or did Study Island if time permitted. If you would like to look at |

| |your child’s selection test score on-line please go to and enter their user name |

| |and password. (You can either ask your child what it is or find the information in their binder under |

| |the reading section.) Then click on “Parents.” On the next screen you will need to change the choice |

| |in the “View Students Progress” box to Hemberger -Reading Success Tracker 2008 G4. All of the reading |

| |tests and results for every test can be found there. They need to have their “Natural Disaster |

| |Paragraphs” ready to be turned in tomorrow. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 388-391 on “Estimate Quotients.” I assigned ditto p. 96. |

|Science: |The children took the Chapter 10 Science Test today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Social Studies: |We orally reviewed for Chapter 4 Social Studies Test which will be tomorrow. The children need to study |

| |the Chapter 4 Social Studies Study Guides in preparation for tomorrow’s test!!! |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due on Friday, February 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that are compounds again today. I assigned ditto p. 55 for the children who|

| |did not pass there Unit 3 Week 4 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) |

| |Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Past, Present, & Future Tense Verbs” again today. The children completed |

| |Daily Fix-It #5-6 and then we completed ditto p. 54 together as a class. STUDY for the quiz over this |

| |material!!! |

|Writing: |The children are to begin writing their final draft of their narrative essay. The final draft is not due|

| |until Friday. The final drafts need to be free from any spelling, capitalization, punctuation, or |

| |grammatical errors. The final draft should also be legible. |

|Reading: |I assigned the reading of textbook pages 350-353 and the children listened to the story today and we |

| |reviewed the material for the selection test. I went over the answers for the selection test today. You |

| |can view the power point presentation for Eye of the Storm using this website |

| | Just click on the story Eye of the Storm. Please |

| |have your child read the story Eye of the Storm to you this evening and sign and date their Reading Log |

| |next to the corresponding story. The children need to study for their selection test which will be |

| |tomorrow over this story. STUDY!!! As always, I went over all of the answers to this test in class |

| |today. If your child was paying attention they should know all of the answers. |

|Math: |5-Minute Timed Test Corrections due tomorrow. We worked through textbook pages 292-293 on “Explore |

| |Customary Length to ¼ Inch.” I assigned ditto p. 95. The children can omit #1-9 and complete #10-19. |

|Science: |We took two Smart Responses today. One over Ditto p. 261 & 262 and the other over text p. E26-27. The |

| |children will have their Chapter 10 Test tomorrow. STUDY!!! |

|Social Studies: |We went over the entire Chapter 10 Study Guide in Science during this time. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Scholastic book orders are due on Friday, February 22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that are compound words. I assigned ditto p. 54 for the children who did not|

| |pass there Unit 3 Week 4 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t forget|

| |to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Past, Present, & Future Tense Verbs” again today. We completed Daily |

| |Fix-It #3-4. I assigned Ditto p. 53. |

|Writing: |The children editing and revision step on their narrative essays with partners. I asked them to bring |

| |their rough draft home so that you could check them over before they begin the process of publishing. |

| |The children were assigned the “Writer’s Craft” ditto p. 14B #1-8. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for Eye of the Storm using this website |

| | Just click on the story Eye of the Storm. We read |

| |text p. 340-341 together as a class and I read part of the story with the children. I assigned the |

| |reading of textbook pages 342-349. |

|Math: |5-Minute Timed Test Corrections due Thursday. The children were given the Chapter 17 Math Study Guide |

| |today. We worked through textbook pages 304-305 on “Explore Nonstandard Units for Length, Width, and |

| |Height.” I assigned ditto p. 94. |

|Science: |We read over text pages E22-23 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 255-256 #24-25 and 259-260. |

|Social Studies: |We read pages 145-1487 and I assigned ditto p. 10 in the Chapter 4 packet. |

|Other: |I passed out a new book order from Scholastic Arrow today. The book orders are due on Friday, February |

| |22nd. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Monday, January 28, 2013

|Spelling: |The children took their Unit 3 Week 4 Spelling Pretest on Spelling City today. Students who misspelled |

| |words will need to write them 7 times each. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at . Students who were absent will take their test |

| |tomorrow on the computers. |

|Language: |The children learned about “Past, Present, & Future Tense Verbs.” We completed Daily Fix-It #1-2. |

| |Students who were absent need to do the Grammar Transparency ditto p. 14 on “Past, Present, & Future |

| |Tense Verbs” as a practice. NO HOMEWORK for students who attended today!!! |

|Writing: |The children editing and revision step on their narrative essays with partners. They will continue this|

| |process tomorrow. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for Eye of the Storm this website |

| | Just click on the story Eye of the Storm. We |

| |completed ditto p. 133 as a class on the Smartboard and we studied the vocabulary and I assigned ditto |

| |p. 134. |

|Math: |The children took the Chapter 13 Math Test today. 5-Minute Timed Test Corrections due Thursday. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages E20-21 as a class today and we worked ditto p. 258 together as a class. I |

| |assigned ditto p. 255-256 #13-23. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 142-145 today as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |We held our 4th Grade Spelling Bee today. The children all did a wonderful job! |

Today’s Date: Friday, January 25, 2013

|Spelling: |We worked ditto p. 112-115 together as a class. The children completed ditto p. 111-113. We went over it |

| |as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |We worked ditto p. 154-157 together as a class. The children completed ditto p. 168-170. We went over it |

| |as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We worked ditto p. 120-124 together as a class. The children completed ditto p. 67-70. We went over it as|

| |a class. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook page 306 and I assigned text p. 307 # 1-19. The children will take their |

| |Chapter 13 Math Test on Monday. Study over the Chapter 13 Study Guide!!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages E18-19 as a class today. I assigned ditto p. 255-256 #8-12. |

|Social Studies: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, January 25th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Thursday, January 24, 2013

|Spelling: |We worked ditto p. 116-119 together as a class. The children completed ditto p. 55-58. We went over it as|

| |a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |We did “Word Ladder” ditto p. 21 and went over the answers. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |The children editing and revision step on their narrative essays with partners. They will continue this |

| |process tomorrow. |

|Reading: |The children also need to complete the reading of the story A Wonderland and answer multiple questions |

| |1-10. The children completed the Extended Response to this story by doing the C, K, and QU section of |

| |their writing. I then had them check over their QUACK against other Extended Responses and we evaluated |

| |how we did and compared our writing to other examples in preparation for the I.S.A.T. Tests that will be |

| |approaching very soon. |

|Math: |5-Minute Timed Test Corrections due today Thursday. We worked through textbook pages 304-305 on |

| |“Quotients with Zeros.” I assigned ditto p. 77. |

|Science: |We read over text pages E14-17 as a class today and we worked ditto p. 257 together as a class. I |

| |assigned ditto p. 255-256 #1-7. |

|Social Studies: |I assigned ditto p. 11 in the Chapter 4 packet. |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, January 25th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2013

|Spelling: |The children will not have a Spelling Test this week or next week due to our novel unit study. We |

| |completed another classroom Spelling Bee during this time. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |The children began the editing and revision step on their narrative essays. |

|Reading: |The children also need to complete the reading of the story A Wonderland and answer multiple questions |

| |1-10. They then were assigned the Extended Response to this story. They have to do the QU and A part of|

| |the Extended Response that goes along with what we call QUACK. This means that for the QU part the |

| |children just have to restate the questions in their own words. For the A part of the QUACK the children|

| |need to include examples from the article that answer what the question is asking. |

|Math: |5-Minute Timed Test Corrections due this Thursday. We worked through textbook pages 302-303 on “Problem|

| |Solving: Skill Interpret the Remainder.” I assigned ditto p. 76. |

|Science: |We read over text pages E10-13 as a class today and we worked ditto p. 252 together as a class. I |

| |assigned ditto p. 249-250 #13-22 and ditto p. 253-254. |

|Social Studies: |We read text p. 140-141 as a class and I taught them how to use a road map and a mileage table. I |

| |assigned ditto p. 8-9 in the Chapter 4 packet. |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, January 25th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2013

|Spelling: |The children will not have a Spelling Test this week or next week due to our novel unit study. We |

| |completed another classroom Spelling Bee during this time. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |We completed Word Ladder Ditto p. 20 together as a class. |

|Writing: |The children used their organizer to create their fifth paragraph which is the last paragraph for their |

| |personal narrative. These five sentences must be a summary of the events that happened. |

|Reading: |The children also need to complete the reading of the story Summer Palace and answer multiple questions |

| |1-4. |

|Math: |5-Minute Timed Test Corrections due this Thursday. We worked through textbook pages 298-300 on “Divide |

| |by 1-Digit Numbers.” I assigned ditto p. 75. |

|Science: |We read over text pages E8-9 as a class today and we worked ditto p. 251 together as a class. I assigned|

| |ditto p. 249-250 #5-12. |

|Social Studies: |I assigned ditto p. 6 in the Chapter 4 packet. |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, January 25th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Friday, January 18, 2013

|Spelling: |The children took the Unit 3 Week 2 Final Spelling Test with their clickers. The children will not have|

| |a Spelling Test next week due to the shortened week. We will be doing I.S.A.T. prep instead. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Helping and Linking Verbs” again today. The children completed Daily |

| |Fix-It #9-10. I assigned ditto p. 48. |

|Writing: |The children used their organizer to create the fourth paragraph that consists of at least five |

| |sentences. These five sentences created the third paragraph of what their narrative essay. |

|Reading: |We did a classroom “Spelling Bee” during this time. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 296-297 on “Explore Dividing By 1-digit Numbers.” I assigned ditto p. |

| |73. |

|Science: |We read over text pages E2-7 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 249-250 #1-4. The children |

| |received their Chapter 13 Study Guide today. |

|Social Studies: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, January 25th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Thursday, January 10, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that are homophones again today. I assigned ditto p. 46 the children who did|

| |not pass their pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t forget to visit spelling |

| |city at The children will have their final Unit 3 Week 2 Spelling Test tomorrow |

| |which they will take on Spelling City. STUDY!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Helping and Linking Verbs” again today. We completed ditto p. 47 together|

| |as a class. The children completed Daily Fix-It #7-8. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |I went over the test, Adelina’s Whales before the children took the selection test. After the review the|

| |children took the selection test over the story Adelina’s Whales. After they completed their selection |

| |test the children played a game/or did Study Island if time permitted. If you would like to look at |

| |your child’s selection test score on-line please go to and enter their user name |

| |and password. (You can either ask your child what it is or find the information in their binder under |

| |the reading section.) Then click on “Parents.” On the next screen you will need to change the choice |

| |in the “View Students Progress” box to Hemberger -Reading Success Tracker 2008 G4. All of the reading |

| |tests and results for every test can be found there. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 296-297 on “Estimate Quotients.” I assigned ditto p. 73. |

|Science: |We watched a few fabulous videos on the Solar System. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Social Studies: |Read text pages 134-136 on Chapter 4 Lesson 2. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, January 25th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. We also held our |

| |classroom “Spelling Bee.” We will have three more “bees” and they will determine the four people from |

| |our class who will compete in the AMS 4th Grade Spelling Bee. |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, January 16, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that are homophones again today. I assigned ditto p. 48 for the children |

| |who did not pass there Unit 3 Week 2 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) |

| |Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Helping and Linking Verbs” again today. The children took a quiz over |

| |this information by completing a Smart Response. The children completed Daily Fix-It #7-8. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |The children used their organizer to create the third paragraph that consists of at least five |

| |sentences. These five sentences created the third paragraph of what their narrative essay. |

|Reading: |I assigned the reading of textbook pages 304-307 and the children listened to the story today and we |

| |reviewed the material for the selection test. I went over the answers for the selection test today. You |

| |can view the power point presentation for Adelina’s Whales using this website |

| | Just click on the story Adelina’s Whales. Please |

| |have your child read the story Adelina’s Whales to you this evening and sign and date their Reading Log |

| |next to the corresponding story. The children need to study for their selection test which will be |

| |tomorrow over this story. STUDY!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 292-293 on “Division Patterns.” I assigned ditto p. 71. The children |

| |received their Chapter 13 Study Guides for Math today. |

|Science: |We read over text pages C90-91 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 173-174 and C92-93 as a Smart |

| |Notebook. NO HOMEWORK for students that were present today. Absent students need to complete Ditto p. |

| |173-174 and Text p. C92-93. |

|Social Studies: |Read text pages 134-136 on Chapter 4 Lesson 2. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, January 25th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. We also held our |

| |classroom “Spelling Bee.” We will have three more “bees” and they will determine the four people from |

| |our class who will compete in the AMS 4th Grade Spelling Bee. |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, January15, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that are homophones. I assigned ditto p. 47 for the children who did not |

| |pass there Unit 3 Week 2 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t forget|

| |to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Main and Helping Verbs” again today. We completed Daily Fix-It #3-4. I |

| |assigned Ditto p. 45. |

|Writing: |The children used their organizer to create a paragraph that consists of at least five sentences. These |

| |five sentences created the second paragraph of what their narrative essay. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for Adelina’s Whales using this website |

| | Just click on the story Adelina’s Whales. We read |

| |text p. 294-295 together as a class and I read part of the story with the children. I assigned the |

| |reading of textbook pages 296-303. |

|Math: |The children took the Chapter 11 Math Test today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages C86-89 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 167-168 #19-23. Here are some |

| |websites the children may be interested in that went along with today’s Science lesson: |

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|Social Studies: |I assigned ditto p. 7 in the Chapter 4 packet. |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, January 25th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. We also held our |

| |classroom “Spelling Bee.” We will have three more “bees” and they will determine the four people from |

| |our class who will compete in the AMS 4th Grade Spelling Bee. |

Today’s Date: Monday, January 14, 2013

|Spelling: |The children took their Unit 3 Week 2 Spelling Pretest on Spelling City today. Students who misspelled |

| |words will need to write them 7 times each. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at . Students who were absent will take their test |

| |tomorrow on the computers. |

|Language: |The children learned about “Main and Helping Verbs.” We completed Daily Fix-It #1-2. Students who were |

| |absent need to do the Grammar Transparency ditto p. 12 on “Singular Possessive Nouns” as a practice. NO |

| |HOMEWORK for students who attended today!!! |

|Writing: |I assigned Writer’s Craft p. 12B. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for Adelina’s Whales this website |

| | Just click on the story Adelina’s Whales. We |

| |completed ditto p. 113 as a class on the Smartboard and we studied the vocabulary and I assigned ditto |

| |p. 114. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 260 together as a class. I assigned text p. 261 #1-32. 5 Minute Timed |

| |Test Corrections are due by Thursday morning. The children will have their Chapter 9 Math Test tomorrow.|

| |STUDY!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages C84-85 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 167-168 #12-18. We worked ditto |

| |p. 171 together as a class. |

|Social Studies: |I assigned ditto p. 3 & 4 in the Chapter 4 packet. |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, January 25th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. We also held our |

| |classroom “Spelling Bee.” We will have three more “bees” and they will determine the four people from |

| |our class who will compete in the AMS 4th Grade Spelling Bee. |

Today’s Date: Friday, January 11, 2013

|Spelling: |The children took the Unit 3 Week 1 Final Spelling Test with their clickers. Don’t forget to study for |

| |your Unit 3 Week 2 Spelling Pretest on Monday. Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

| | |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Action and Linking Verbs” again today. The children completed Daily Fix-It|

| |#9-10. I assigned ditto p. 44. |

|Writing: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |The children worked on their Leveled Reader that corresponded with our story for this week. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 258-259 on “Expressions and Equations.” The children completed a Smart |

| |Response over this concept. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages C82-83 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 167-168 #7-11. We worked ditto |

| |p. 170 together as a class. |

|Social Studies: |We read text p. 129-132 together as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, January 25th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Thursday, January 10, 2013

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that end with –ing and –ed. I assigned ditto p. 44 the children who did not |

| |pass their pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t forget to visit spelling city|

| |at The children will have their final Unit 3 Week 1 Spelling Test tomorrow which |

| |they will take on Spelling City. STUDY!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Action and Linking Verbs” again today. The children took a quiz over this|

| |information by completing ditto p. 35. The children completed Daily Fix-It #7-8. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |The children need to use their organizer to create a paragraph that consists of at least five sentences.|

| |These five sentences must introduce their narrative essay and give a brief summary of what their |

| |narrative essay will consist of for their audience. I demonstrated this today for the students. |

|Reading: |I went over the test, The Stranger before the children took the selection test. After the review the |

| |children took the selection test over the story The Stranger. After they completed their selection test |

| |the children played a game/or did Study Island if time permitted. If you would like to look at your |

| |child’s selection test score on-line please go to and enter their user name and |

| |password. (You can either ask your child what it is or find the information in their binder under the |

| |reading section.) Then click on “Parents.” On the next screen you will need to change the choice in |

| |the “View Students Progress” box to Hemberger -Reading Success Tracker 2008 G4. All of the reading |

| |tests and results for every test can be found there. The children need to complete their Leveled Reader |

| |Ditto over Cause and Effect and the Vocabulary. This was assigned on Monday and is due tomorrow. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 254-255 on “Multiply by 2-digit Numbers.” I assigned ditto p. 65. |

|Science: |We read over text pages C78-81 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 167-168 #1-6. We worked ditto p.|

| |169 together as a class. |

|Social Studies: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, January 25th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2013

|Spelling: |The children took their Unit 3 Week 1 Spelling Pretest on Spelling City today. Students who misspelled |

| |words will need to write them 7 times each. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at . Students who were absent will take their test |

| |tomorrow on the computers. |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Action and Linking Verbs” again today. The children completed Daily Fix-It|

| |#5-6 and then we completed ditto p. 42 #1-6 together as a class. STUDY for the quiz over this |

| |material!!! |

|Writing: |The children were given time to choose their topic for their narrative essay. Once the children picked |

| |their topic for their personal narrative, they were to fill the organizer, that I gave to them, and put |

| |the events in the order that they occurred. |

|Reading: |I assigned the reading of textbook pages 280-255 and the children listened to the story today and we |

| |reviewed the material for the selection test. I went over the answers for the selection test today. You |

| |can view the power point presentation for The Stranger using this website |

| | Just click on the story The Stranger. Please have |

| |your child read the story The Stranger to you this evening and sign and date their Reading Log next to |

| |the corresponding story. The children need to study for their selection test which will be tomorrow |

| |over this story. STUDY!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 252-253 on “Explore Multiplying by 2-digit Numbers.” I assigned ditto |

| |p. 64. |

|Science: |We read over text pages C74-77 as a class today and I assigned p. 165 & 166. |

|Social Studies: |I assigned Chapter 4 Packet Ditto p. 2. |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, January 25th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, January 8, 2013

|Spelling: |I assigned ditto p. 43 for the entire class today. Tomorrow we will have our Unit 3 Week 1 Spelling |

| |Pretest. Don’t forget to visit spelling city at . Don’t forget to study for your |

| |Unit 3 Week 1 Spelling Pretest tomorrow. |

|Language: |The children learned about “Action and Linking Verbs.” We completed Daily Fix-It #3-4. I assigned ditto|

| |p. 41 for homework. |

|Writing: |I discussed personal narratives with the children today. I read the book Owl Moon to the children |

| |because it is a great example of a personal narrative. The children are to come up with three possible |

| |topics to write about for their personal narrative by tomorrow. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for The Stranger using this website |

| | Just click on the story The Stranger We read text |

| |p. 270-272 together as a class and I read part of the story with the children. I assigned the reading of|

| |textbook pages 273-276. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 250-251 on “Multiply by Multiples of 10.” I assigned ditto p. 63. |

|Science: |We read over text pages C72-73 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 161-162 #21-24. We worked ditto |

| |p. 164 together as a class. |

|Social Studies: |We read text p. 126-128 together as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, January 25th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Monday, January 7, 2013

|Spelling: |We worked ditto p. 41 together as a class. The children were assigned ditto p. 42. Don’t forget to visit|

| |spelling city at . |

|Language: |The children learned about “Action and Linking Verbs.” We completed Daily Fix-It #1-2. Students who |

| |were absent need to do the Grammar Transparency ditto p. 11 on “Action and Linking Verbs” as a practice.|

| |NO HOMEWORK for students who attended today!!! |

|Writing: |I assigned Writer’s Craft p. 11B. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for The Stranger this website |

| | Just click on the story The Stranger We completed |

| |ditto p. 103 as a class on the Smartboard and we studied the vocabulary and I assigned ditto p. 104. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 250-251 on “Algebra: Pattern s of Multiplication. The children did a |

| |Smart Response over Ch. 11 Lesson 1 in class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages C70-71 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 161-162 #11-20. |

|Social Studies: |The children were assigned Ditto p. 5 in their Chapter 4 Packet. |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, January 25th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Friday, December 21, 2012

|Spelling: |Don’t forget to study for your Unit 3 Week 1 Spelling Pretest on Monday. STUDY!!! |

|Language: |All of the 4th grade classes watched a movie today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |All of the 4th grade classes watched a movie today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |All of the 4th grade classes watched a movie today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We did a fun math activity called “The Twelve Multiplication Stories of Christmas.” NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We had our Holiday Party. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Social Studies: |We had our Holiday Party. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Thursday, December 20, 2012

|Spelling: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |Complete the ditto on the Antonyms and Synonyms. |

|Writing: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We read from their novel unit today entitled Sarah, Plain and Tall. I read several pages with the |

| |children and they are to finish Chapter 8 & 9 today. I assigned ditto over Chapter 8 and Chapter 9. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 228-230 on “Graphing Functions.” I assigned ditto p. 60. The children |

| |were given graph paper to graph their functions. |

|Science: |The children participated in Pop-Your-Top and Read. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Social Studies: |The children participated in Pop-Your-Top and Read. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, December 19, 2012

|Spelling: |The children will not have a Spelling Test this week or next week due to our novel unit study. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |We did “Word Ladder” ditto p. 19 together as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We read from their novel unit today entitled Sarah, Plain and Tall. I read several pages with the |

| |children and they are to finish Chapter 5,6, & 7 today. I assigned ditto over Chapter 5 and 6 and |

| |Chapter 7. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 226-227 on “Functions: Algebra.” I assigned ditto p. 59. |

|Science: |We read over text pages C68-69 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 161-162 #6-10 and we worked |

| |ditto p. 163 together as a class. |

|Social Studies: |The children took their Chapter 3 Test Social Studies Test today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, December 18, 2012

|Spelling: |The children will not have a Spelling Test this week or next week due to our novel unit study. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |The children took a quiz over some of the elements of writing today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We read from their novel unit today entitled Sarah, Plain and Tall. I read several pages with the |

| |children and they are to finish Chapter 3 & 4 today. I assigned ditto over Chapter 3 and4. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 224-225 on “Choose a Computation Method.” I assigned ditto p. 58. |

|Science: |We read over text pages C62-67 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 161-162 #1-5. |

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|Social Studies: |We orally reviewed for the Chapter 3 Test which is tomorrow. Know the information on the Chapter 3 Study|

| |Guide. The children will have their Chapter 3 Test Social Studies Test tomorrow. STUDY!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Monday, December 17, 2012

|Spelling: |The children will not have a Spelling Test this week or next week due to our novel unit study. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |We worked the “Word Ladder Ditto p. 18” together as a class. I assigned the ditto on Synonyms and |

| |Antonyms. |

|Writing: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We read from their novel unit today entitled Sarah, Plain and Tall. I read several pages with the |

| |children and they are to finish Chapter 1 & 2 today. I assigned dittos over Chapter 1 and 2. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 222-223 on “Multipy Using Mental Math.” I assigned ditto p. 57. |

|Science: |The children took their Chapter 6 Test today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Social Studies: |We read text p. 120-121 today as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Friday, December 14, 2012

|Spelling: |The children will not have a Spelling Test this week or next week due to our novel unit study. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |The children took a Language Quiz over Unit 1 and Unit 2. I did not tell them about this quiz. It was |

| |just a way for me to evaluate their retention of the material that we have been studying for the past |

| |two units. |

|Writing: |The children worked on proofreading their persuasive, friendly letter to Santa today. I put them in |

| |groups and they were to correct any mistakes that they found within their persuasive, friendly letter. |

| |Please check over their corrections. The children have an example of a friendly letter with them and |

| |list of three items they would like to persuade Santa to bring to them. The children are to have a neat |

| |final copy ready to be turned in to me on Monday. |

|Reading: |We read from their novel unit today entitled Stone Fox. I read several pages with the children and they |

| |are to finish Chapter 9 & 10 today. I assigned ditto p. 21, 22, 23, and 24. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 218-220 on “Multiplying Greater Numbers.” I assigned ditto p. 56. |

|Science: |The children will have their Chapter 6 Test on Monday, December 17th. STUDY!!! |

|Social Studies: |We read text p. 118-120 today as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Book orders were submitted today at 11:00 a.m. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Thursday, December 13, 2012

|Spelling: |The children will not have a Spelling Test this week due to our novel unit study. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |We did the “Word Ladder” ditto p. 17 as a class today and I assigned the ditto entitled “Homophones” for|

| |tomorrow. |

|Writing: |The children worked on their persuasive, friendly letter to Santa today. They need to have the |

| |following items done on their rough draft by tomorrow: third paragraph (this is the second item they |

| |would like for Christmas), and fourth paragraph (this is the third item they would like for Christmas), |

| |fifth paragraph and the closing. The children have an example of a friendly letter with them and list |

| |of three items they would like to persuade Santa to bring to them. |

|Reading: |We read from their novel unit today entitled Stone Fox. I read several pages with the children and they |

| |are to finish Chapter 7 & 8 today. I assigned ditto p. 21, 22, 23, and 24. |

|Math: |The children took their Chapter 9 Math Test today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We took two Smart Responses today. One over Ditto p. 155 & 156 and the other over text p. C60-61. The |

| |children will have their Chapter 6 Test on Monday, December 17th. STUDY!!! |

|Social Studies: |We read text p. 118-120 today as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, December 14th by 11:00 a.m. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2012

|Spelling: |The children will not have a Spelling Test this week due to our novel unit study. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |The children worked on their persuasive, friendly letter to Santa today. They need to have the |

| |following items done on their rough draft by tomorrow: return address, greeting, first paragraph (this |

| |is the introduction), and second paragraph (this is the first item). The children have an example of a |

| |friendly letter with them and list of three items they would like to persuade Santa to bring to them. |

|Reading: |We read from their novel unit today entitled Stone Fox. I read several pages with the children and they |

| |are to finish Chapter 5 & 6 today. I assigned ditto p. 16 & 17, 19, 20, and Chapter 5 Questions. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 214 together as a class. I assigned text p. 215 #1-19. 5 Minute Timed |

| |Test Corrections are due by Thursday morning. The children will have their Chapter 9 Math Test tomorrow.|

| |STUDY!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages C58-59 as a class today and we worked ditto p. 152 as a class and I assigned |

| |ditto p. 149-150 #13-19 and ditto p. 153 & 154. |

|Social Studies: |We read text p. 116-117 today as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, December 14th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, December 11, 2012

|Spelling: |The children will not have a Spelling Test this week due to our novel unit study. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |I assigned a ditto on “Homophones” today and the children did several exercises on their iPads. |

|Writing: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We read from their novel unit today entitled Stone Fox. I read several pages with the children and they |

| |are to finish Chapter 3 & 4 today. I assigned ditto p. 11, 13, 14 & 15, Chapter 3 Questions, and Chapter|

| |4 Questions. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 212-213 on “Problem Solving: Using an Overestimate or Underestimate.” |

| |We worked ditto p. 55 together as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages C52-57 as a class today and we worked ditto p. 151 as a class and I assigned |

| |ditto p. 149-150 #1-12. |

|Social Studies: |I assigned ditto p. 9 in the Chapter 3 packet. |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, December 14th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Monday, December 10, 2012

|Spelling: |The children will not have a Spelling Test this week due to our novel unit study. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |We worked “Word Ladder Ditto p. 16” together as a class to improve our vocabulary. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: | I read the book Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type to the children today in order to discuss persuasive |

| |writing. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We read from their novel unit today entitled Stone Fox. I read several pages with the children and they |

| |are to finish Chapter 1 & 2 today. I assigned ditto p. 7, 9, Chapter 1 Questions, and Chapter 2 |

| |Questions. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 210-211 on “Estimating Products.” The children worked a Smart Response |

| |in class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages C50-51 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 143-144 #18 and ditto p. 147 & |

| |148. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 112-114 today as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, December 14th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Friday, December 7, 2012

|Spelling: |The children took the Unit 2 Week 5 Final Spelling Test with their clickers. No Spelling next week. We|

| |will be doing a novel unit!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Plural Possessive Nouns” again today. The children completed Daily Fix-It |

| |#9-10. I assigned ditto p. 40. |

|Writing: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We went over to the elementary school and helped our buddies write their letters to Santa. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 206-208 on “Multiplying by 1-Digit Numbers.” I assigned ditto p. 53. |

|Science: |We read over text pages C46-49 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 143-144 #11-17. |

|Social Studies: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, December 14th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Thursday, December 6, 2012

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words with ear, ir, our, and ur again today. I assigned ditto p. 40 for the |

| |children who did not pass there Unit 2 Week 4 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% |

| |scores.) Don’t forget to visit spelling city at The children will have their |

| |final Unit 2 Week 5 Spelling Test tomorrow which they will take on Spelling City. STUDY!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Plural Possessive Nouns” again today. The children took a quiz over this |

| |information by completing a Smart Response. The children completed Daily Fix-It #7-8. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |I went over the test, So You Want to be President? before the children took the selection test. After |

| |the review the children took the selection test over the story So You Want to be President? After they |

| |completed their selection test the children played a game/or did Study Island if time permitted. If you|

| |would like to look at your child’s selection test score on-line please go to and |

| |enter their user name and password. (You can either ask your child what it is or find the information |

| |in their binder under the reading section.) Then click on “Parents.” On the next screen you will need |

| |to change the choice in the “View Students Progress” box to Hemberger -Reading Success Tracker 2008 G4. |

| |All of the reading tests and results for every test can be found there. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 206-208 on “Multiplying by 1-Digit Numbers.” I assigned ditto p. 52. |

|Science: |We read over text pages C42-45 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 143-144 #1-10 and we worked |

| |ditto p. 145-146 as a class. |

|Social Studies: |I assigned ditto p. 10 in the Chapter 3 packet. |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, December 14th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2012

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words with ear, ir, our, and ur in them today. I assigned ditto p. 39 for the |

| |children who did not pass there Unit 2 Week 4 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% |

| |scores.) Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Plural Possessive Nouns” again today. The children completed Daily Fix-It |

| |#5-6 and then we completed ditto p. 38 #1-5 together as a class. STUDY for the quiz over this |

| |material!!! |

|Writing: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |I assigned the reading of textbook pages 252-255 and the children listened to the story today and we |

| |reviewed the material for the selection test. I went over the answers for the selection test today. You |

| |can view the power point presentation for So You Want to be President? using this website |

| | Just click on the story So You Want to be |

| |President?. Please have your child read the story So You Want to be President? to you this evening and |

| |sign and date their Reading Log next to the corresponding story. The children need to study for their |

| |selection test which will be tomorrow over this story. STUDY!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 202-203 on “Algebra: Patterns and Properties.” I assigned ditto p. 51. |

|Science: |We read over text pages C37-41 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 137-138 #16-24 and ditto p. 141 |

| |& 142. |

|Social Studies: |I assigned Chapter 3 Packet Ditto p. 7 & 8. |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, December 14th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, December 4, 2012

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words with ear, ir, our, and ur in them. I assigned ditto p. 37 & 38 for the |

| |children who did not pass there Unit 2 Week 5 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% |

| |scores.) Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Plural Possessive Nouns” again today. We completed Daily Fix-It #3-4. I |

| |gave the children a Smart Response to do today and right before I gave it to the children we went over |

| |all of the answers. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for So You Want to be President? using this website |

| | Just click on the story So You Want to be |

| |President? We read text p. 242-243 together as a class and I read part of the story with the children. I|

| |assigned the reading of textbook pages 244-225. |

|Math: |The children took the Chapter 8 Math Test today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages C30-35 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 137-138 #1-15. |

|Social Studies: |We read pages 108-111 today in class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, December 14th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Monday, December 3, 2012

|Spelling: |The children took their Unit 2 Week 5 Spelling Pretest on Spelling City today. Students who misspelled |

| |words will need to write them 7 times each. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at . Students who were absent will take their test |

| |tomorrow on the computers. |

|Language: |The children learned about “Plural Possessive Nouns.” We completed Daily Fix-It #1-2. Students who were|

| |absent need to do the Grammar Transparency ditto p. 10 on “Singular Possessive Nouns” as a practice. NO |

| |HOMEWORK for students who attended today!!! |

|Writing: |I assigned Writer’s Craft p. 10B. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for So You Want to be President? this website |

| | Just click on the story So You Want to be |

| |President? We completed ditto p. 93 as a class on the Smartboard and we studied the vocabulary and I |

| |assigned ditto p. 94. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 188 together as a class. I assigned text p. 189 #1-24. 5 Minute Timed |

| |Test Corrections are due by Thursday morning. The children will have their Chapter 8 Math Test tomorrow.|

| |STUDY!!! |

|Science: |The children took the Chapter 5 Science Test today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Social Studies: |Read text pages 106-107 on Read a Timeline. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, December 14th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Friday, November 30, 2012

|Spelling: |The children took the Unit 2 Week 4 Final Spelling Test with their clickers. Don’t forget to study for |

| |your Unit 2 Week 5 Spelling Pretest on Monday. |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Singular Possessive Nouns” again today. The children completed Daily |

| |Fix-It #9-10. I assigned ditto p. 36. |

|Writing: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |The children worked on their Leveled Reader that corresponded with our story for this week. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 184-186 on “Expressions and Equations.” I assigned ditto p. 50. The |

| |students need to use the order of operations sheet that I gave them for this assignment. |

|Science: |We took two Smart Responses today. One over Ditto p. 131 & 132 and the other over text p. C28-29. The |

| |children will have their Chapter 5 Test Monday. STUDY!!! |

|Social Studies: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Book orders were due on today by noon. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Thursday, November 29, 2012

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that are consonant pairs ng, nk, ph, and wh again today. I assigned ditto |

| |p. 36 for the children who did not pass there Unit 2 Week 4 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For |

| |students with 100% scores.) Don’t forget to visit spelling city at The children |

| |will have their final Unit 2 Week 4 Spelling Test tomorrow which they will take on Spelling City. |

| |STUDY!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Singular Possessive Nouns” again today. The children took a quiz over |

| |this information by completing ditto p. 35. The children completed Daily Fix-It #7-8. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |I went over the test, Marvin of the Great North Woods before the children took the selection test. After|

| |the review the children took the selection test over the story Marvin of the Great North Woods. After |

| |they completed their selection test the children played a game/or did Study Island if time permitted. |

| |If you would like to look at your child’s selection test score on-line please go to |

| | and enter their user name and password. (You can either ask your child what it |

| |is or find the information in their binder under the reading section.) Then click on “Parents.” On the|

| |next screen you will need to change the choice in the “View Students Progress” box to Hemberger -Reading|

| |Success Tracker 2008 G4. All of the reading tests and results for every test can be found there. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 182-183 on “Problem Solving: Working Backwards.” I assigned ditto p. |

| |49. |

|Science: |We read over text pages C22-24 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 125-126 #12-19 and ditto p. |

| |129-130. We worked ditto p. 128 together as a class. (DO NOT DO #9 on Ditto p. 129.) |

|Social Studies: |I assigned ditto p. 3 & 4 in the Chapter 3 packet. |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, November 30th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2012

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that have consonant pairs ng, nk, ph, and wh in them today. I assigned |

| |ditto p. 35 for the children who did not pass there Unit 2 Week 4 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For |

| |students with 100% scores.) Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Singular Possessive Nouns” again today. The children completed Daily |

| |Fix-It #5-6 and then we completed ditto p. 34 together as a class. STUDY for the quiz over this |

| |material!!! |

|Writing: |I assigned Writer’s Craft p. 9B. |

|Reading: |I assigned the reading of textbook pages 224-232 and the children listened to the story today and we |

| |reviewed the material for the selection test. I went over the answers for the selection test today. You |

| |can view the power point presentation for Marvin of the Great North Woods using this website |

| | Just click on the story Marvin of the Great North |

| |Woods. Please have your child read the story Marvin of the Great North Woods to you this evening and |

| |sign and date their Reading Log next to the corresponding story. The children need to study for their |

| |selection test which will be tomorrow over this story. STUDY!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 178-181 on “Missing Factors.” I assigned ditto p. 48. |

|Science: |We read over text pages C20-21 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 125-126 #7-11. We worked ditto |

| |p. 127 together as a class. |

|Social Studies: |Read text pages 103-105 on Chapter 3 Lesson 1. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, November 30th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2012

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that have consonant pairs ng, nk, ph, and wh in them. I assigned ditto p. 34|

| |for the children who did not pass there Unit 2 Week 4 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students |

| |with 100% scores.) Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Singular Possessive Nouns” again today. We completed Daily Fix-It #3-4. I|

| |assigned Ditto p. 33. |

|Writing: |I assigned ditto p. 10 on finding the main idea and details that support the main idea. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for Marvin of the Great North Woods using this website |

| | Just click on the story Marvin of the Great North |

| |Woods. We read text p. 214-215 together as a class and I read part of the story with the children. I |

| |assigned the reading of textbook pages 216-223. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 172-176 on “Relate Multiplication and Division.” I assigned ditto p. 46|

| |& 47. |

|Science: |We read over text pages C16-19 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 125-126 #1-6. |

|Social Studies: |We read pages 100-102 and I assigned ditto p. 2 in the Chapter 3 packet. |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, November 30th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Monday, November 26, 2012

|Spelling: |The children took their Unit 2 Week 4 Spelling Pretest on Spelling City today. Students who misspelled |

| |words will need to write them 7 times each. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at . Students who were absent will take their test |

| |tomorrow on the computers. |

|Language: |The children learned about “Singular Possessive Nouns.” We completed Daily Fix-It #1-2. Students who |

| |were absent need to do the Grammar Transparency ditto p. 9 on “Singular Possessive Nouns” as a practice.|

| |NO HOMEWORK for students who attended today!!! |

|Writing: |I assigned ditto p. 9 on finding details. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for Marvin of the Great North Woods this website |

| | Just click on the story Marvin of the Great North |

| |Woods. We completed ditto p. 83 as a class on the Smartboard and we studied the vocabulary and I |

| |assigned ditto p. 84. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 170-171 on “Explore the Meaning of Division.” I assigned ditto p. 45. 5|

| |Minute Timed Test Corrections are due by Thursday morning. |

|Science: |We read over text pages C12-15 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 119-120 #17-21 and ditto p. |

| |123-124. We worked ditto p. 121-123 together as a class. |

|Social Studies: |I assigned ditto p. 5 in the Chapter 3 packet. |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, November 30th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, November 21, 2012

|Spelling: |We did Study Island today in preparation for I.S.A.T. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |We played a game using suffixes today as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We silently read to earn A.R. points for our reward. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |The children are to complete the ditto with the picture of the turkey on it for homework. |

|Science: |We read over text pages C12-13as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 119-120 #17-20. |

|Social Studies: |We watched an educational video on the first Thanksgiving. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, November 20, 2012

|Spelling: |We did Study Island today in preparation for I.S.A.T. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |The children are to complete the ditto entitled “Artistic Style.” The need to pick a paragraph and add |

| |more details to the paragraph. |

|Reading: |We silently read to earn A.R. points for our reward. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |The children took their Chapter 7 Test today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages C10-11 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 119-120 #13-16. |

|Social Studies: |We meet with our Kindergarten Reading Buddies today and made a book about what we were thankful for this|

| |holiday season. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Monday, November 19, 2012

|Spelling: |We did Study Island today in preparation for I.S.A.T. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |I assigned a sheet on prefixes and suffixes. We went over the concept of needing root words for prefixes|

| |and suffixes. |

|Writing: |The children wrote a paragraph about what they were thankful for this holiday season. They first had to|

| |organize their thoughts, proofread their work, and then publish the final paragraph. We will be reading |

| |their paragraphs tomorrow. |

|Reading: |We silently read to earn A.R. points for our reward. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through the Chapter 7 Study Guide. The children will have their Chapter 7 Math Test on |

| |tomorrow. STUDY!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages C8-9 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 119-120 #6-12. |

|Social Studies: |The children took an “Open Book Test” over Chapter 2 today. This grade counts only as a single grade. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2012

|Spelling: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |The children read their completed page entitled “Make an Impression” to the class. The children |

| |presented their “Timelines" to the class today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We went over more information on the “Extended Response.” I had a page that discussed what students |

| |should include within their extended response and how to organize and extended response. We spent a |

| |great deal of time on this concept. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook page 166 on the Chapter 7 Review.” I assigned textbook p. 167 # 1-19. The |

| |children will have their Chapter 7 Math Test on Tuesday, November 20th. |

|Science: |We read over text pages C2-7as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 119-120 #1-5. The children received|

| |their Chapter 5 Study Guide today. |

|Social Studies: |The children presented their “Timelines" to the class today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2012

|Spelling: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |The children were to complete the page on Prefixes and Suffixes. The children are to write down a word |

| |with the given prefix or suffix and then give the words meaning. They used their iPads and a dictionary |

| |app to check their answers. |

|Writing: |The children are to complete the ditto page entitled “Make an Impression.” They are to add details to |

| |the already existing information to make it clearer to the reader. |

|Reading: |We completed the “Extended Response.” I am hopeful the children will remember what QUACKQU represents |

| |when they are doing an expended response. We will be practicing more next week. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 164-165 on “Algebra: Multiplication Tables and Patterns.” I assigned |

| |ditto p. 44. |

|Science: |The children took their Chapter 4 Science Test today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Social Studies: | We read text pages 81-83 as a class and I assigned ditto p. 10 in the Chapter 2 packet. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2012

|Spelling: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |The children played a game using prefixes today on the Smart Board. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We completed the question on the I.S.A.T. practice reading test and started our “Extended Response.” |

| |Absent students, please just read the article “Swimming with the Pod” and do the multiple choice |

| |questions. I will help you with the “Extended Response” when you return to school. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 162-163 on “Explore Square Numbers.” I assigned ditto p. 43. |

|Science: |We took the Smart Response over Text p. B76 & & 77. The children will have their Chapter 4 Test |

| |tomorrow. Please study the Chapter 4 Study Guide tonight with our child. |

|Social Studies: |The children presented their “Timelines" to the class today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Friday, November 9, 2012

|Spelling: |The children took the Unit 2 Week 3 Final Spelling Test with their clickers. We won’t have a Spelling |

| |Test next week due to the short week. |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Irregular Plural Nouns” again today. The children completed Daily Fix-It |

| |#9-10. I assigned ditto p. 32. |

|Writing: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We had our Veteran’s Day celebration today. Very moving!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 160-161 on “Problem Solving: Skill Choose an Operation.” I assigned |

| |ditto p. 41. |

|Science: |We took the Smart Response over Ditto p. 111 & 112. The children will have their Chapter 4 Test next |

| |Tuesday. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Social Studies: |NO HOMEWORK!!! Time for silent reading. NO HOMEWORK!!! The children need to complete a “Timeline” of |

| |their life. The children have until Tuesday, November 13th to complete this assignment. |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, November 30th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. We will have the |

| |Scholastic Book Fair on Tuesday, November 13th and Thursday, November 15th from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. in the |

| |middle school library. |

Today’s Date: Thursday, November 8, 2012

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that are irregular plurals again today. I assigned ditto p. 32 for the |

| |children who did not pass there Unit 2 Week 3 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% |

| |scores.) Don’t forget to visit spelling city at The children will have their |

| |final Unit 2 Week 3 Spelling Test tomorrow which they will take on Spelling City. STUDY!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Irregular Plural Nouns” again today. The children took a quiz over this |

| |information by completing ditto p. 31. The children completed Daily Fix-It #7-8. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |I went over the test, Coyote School News before the children took the selection test. After the review |

| |the children took the selection test over the story Coyote School News. After they completed their |

| |selection test the children played a game/or did Study Island if time permitted. If you would like to |

| |look at your child’s selection test score on-line please go to and enter their |

| |user name and password. (You can either ask your child what it is or find the information in their |

| |binder under the reading section.) Then click on “Parents.” On the next screen you will need to change|

| |the choice in the “View Students Progress” box to Hemberger -Reading Success Tracker 2008 G4. All of |

| |the reading tests and results for every test can be found there. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 156-158 on “Multiply by 5, 7, 8, 9, and 10.” I assigned ditto p. 41. |

|Science: |We read over text pages B72-75 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 105-106 #21-22 and ditto p. 108 |

| |& 109. We worked ditto p. 108 together as a class. |

|Social Studies: |NO HOMEWORK!!! The children need to complete a “Timeline” of their life. The children have until |

| |Tuesday, November 13th to complete this assignment. |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, November 30th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. We will have the |

| |Scholastic Book Fair on Tuesday, November 13th and Thursday, November 15th from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. in the |

| |middle school library. |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, November 7, 2012

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that have ar or or in them today. I assigned ditto p. 31 for the children |

| |who did not pass there Unit 2 Week 1 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) |

| |Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Irregular Plural Nouns” again today. The children completed Daily Fix-It |

| |#5-6 and then I assigned ditto p. 30 #1-5 only. I changed the directions on #1-5 so hopefully students |

| |were attentive during that explanation. The children must follow the ditto’s directions, but also |

| |underline the nouns that they changed to irregular plural nouns. STUDY for the quiz over this |

| |material!!! |

|Writing: |The children are to use their Venn Diagram to write two paragraphs. One paragraph must contain all of |

| |the similarities and the other paragraph must contain the contrasts. I do not care which paragraph |

| |comes first, but the children must tell me in the first sentence what the paragraph will include, either|

| |the comparisons or the contrasts. |

|Reading: |I assigned the reading of textbook pages 202-207 and the children listened to the story today and we |

| |reviewed the material for the selection test. I went over the answers for the selection test today. You |

| |can view the power point presentation for Grace and the Time Machine using this website |

| | Just click on the story Grace and the Time |

| |Machine. Please have your child read the story Grace and the Time Machine to you this evening and sign |

| |and date their Reading Log next to the corresponding story. The children need to study for their |

| |selection test which will be tomorrow over this story. STUDY!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 152-155 on “Multiply by 2,3,4, and 6.” I assigned ditto p. 40. |

|Science: |We read over text pages B68-71 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 105-106 #10-20. |

|Social Studies: |Read text pages 79-81 on Chapter 2 Lesson 4 Regions Around the World. NO HOMEWORK!!! The children need |

| |to complete a “Timeline” of their life. The children have until Tuesday, November 13th to complete this|

| |assignment. |

|Other: |Book orders are due on Friday, November 30th. My “Class Activity Code” is L7GDY. We will have the |

| |Scholastic Book Fair on Tuesday, November 13th and Thursday, November 15th from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. in the |

| |middle school library. |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2012

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that have ar or or in them. I assigned ditto p. 30 for the children who did |

| |not pass there Unit 2 Week 1 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Irregular Plural Nouns” again today. We completed Daily Fix-It #3-4. I |

| |assigned Ditto p. 29. |

|Writing: |The children were given a Venn Diagram and asked to comparisons and contrasts of two stuffed animals. |

| |They were given a rubric with my requirements for completing the Venn Diagram. I assigned the |

| |completion of a Venn Diagram. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for Grace and the Time Machine using this website |

| | Just click on the story Grace and the Time Machine.|

| |We read text p. 190-191 together as a class and I read part of the story with the children. I assigned |

| |the reading of textbook pages 192-201. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 150-151 on “Algebra: Properties of Multiplication.” I assigned ditto p.|

| |39. |

|Science: |We read over text pages B64-67 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 105-106 #1-9 and we worked ditto|

| |p. 107 together as a class. |

|Social Studies: |NO HOMEWORK!!! We worked on multiplication on our iPads. |

|Other: |We voted for the President of the United States today in school. |

Today’s Date: Monday, November 5, 2012

|Spelling: |The children took their Unit 2 Week 3 Spelling Pretest on Spelling City today. Students who misspelled |

| |words will need to write them 7 times each. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at . Students who were absent will take their test |

| |tomorrow on the computers. |

|Language: |The children learned about “Irregular Plural Nouns.” We completed Daily Fix-It #1-2. Students who were |

| |absent need to do the Grammar Transparency ditto p. 8 on “Irregular Plural Nouns” as a practice. NO |

| |HOMEWORK for students who attended today!!! |

|Writing: |I assigned Writer’s Craft p. 8B. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for Grace and the Time Machine this website |

| | Just click on the story Grace and the Time Machine.|

| |We completed ditto p. 73 as a class on the Smartboard and we studied the vocabulary and I assigned ditto|

| |p. 74. |

|Math: |We took the Chapter 6 Math Test today. NO HOMEWORK!!! 5 Minute Timed Test Corrections are due by |

| |Thursday morning. |

|Science: |We read over text pages B60-63 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 97-98 #15-25, ditto p. 103-104, |

| |and we worked ditto p. 101 together as a class. |

|Social Studies: |I assigned ditto p. 11 in the Chapter 2 packet. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, October 31, 2012

|Spelling: |Don’t forget to study for your Unit 2 Week 3 Spelling Pretest on Monday. |

|Language: |The children completed 2 pages in their book of “Idioms” today and did a page on metaphors titled |

| |“Mighty Metaphors.” |

|Writing: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We studied poetic devices. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 148-149 on “Multiplication.” I assigned ditto p. 38 and the children |

| |did a Smart Response over this lesson. The children will take their Chapter 6 Math Test on Monday, |

| |November 5th. STUDY!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages B58-59 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 97-98 #10-14 and we worked |

| |together ditto p. 100. |

|Social Studies: |We are learning a little be about the presidential candidates during Social Studies so that we can cast |

| |our ballots on election day. The children will be voting for president here at school. We will be having|

| |a mock election. It should be a great experience for the children. |

|Other: |The children need to complete a “Timeline” of their life. I gave ton Monday, October 29th with a rubric|

| |which explains how I will be grading this project. The children have until Tuesday, November 13th to |

| |complete this assignment. |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2012

|Spelling: |No Spelling this week. The children filled out a Student Questionnaire for Parent/Teacher Conferences. |

|Language: |The children completed 2 pages in their book of “Idioms” today. |

|Writing: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |NO HOMEWORK!!! Pop-Your-Top and Read today! |

|Math: |I assigned text p. 135 #1-10. The children will take their Chapter 6 Math Test on Monday, November 5th. |

| |STUDY!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages B54-57 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 97-98 #1-9 and we worked |

| |together ditto p. 99. |

|Social Studies: |We are learning a little be about the presidential candidates during Social Studies so that we can cast |

| |our ballots on election day. The children will be voting for president here at school. We will be having|

| |a mock election. It should be a great experience for the children. |

|Other: |The children need to complete a “Timeline” of their life. I gave ton Monday, October 29th with a rubric|

| |which explains how I will be grading this project. The children have until Tuesday, November 13th to |

| |complete this assignment. |

Today’s Date: Monday, October 29, 2012

|Spelling: |No Spelling this week. |

|Language: |We went over three forms of figurative language today. The children will begin a book on “Idioms” |

| |tomorrow. |

|Writing: |The children are to complete their final draft of their paragraph. I gave each of them a rubric so that |

| |they are aware of my expectations for this final draft. |

|Reading: |The children were to complete a page about their own thoughts concerning their reading. You will see |

| |them at our conference. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 133-133 on “Choose the Best Graph.” We also completed text p. 134 |

| |together in class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages B52-53 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 91-92 #21-23 and ditto p. 95-96.|

|Social Studies: |The children need to complete a “Timeline” of their life. I gave them a detailed description of the |

| |requirements for this timeline along with a rubric which explains how I will be grading this project. |

| |The children have until Tuesday, November 13th to complete this assignment. |

|Other: |POP-YOUR-TOP and READ tomorrow. Don’t forget your book, snack and drink. |

Today’s Date: Friday, October 26, 2012

|Spelling: |The children took the Unit 2 Week 2 Final Spelling Test with their clickers. We won’t have a Spelling |

| |Test next week due to Parent/Teacher Conferences. |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Regular Plural Nouns” again today. The children completed Daily Fix-It |

| |#9-10. I assigned ditto p. 28. |

|Writing: |The children were to use their “Hamburger” organizer page to complete the rough draft of their |

| |paragraph. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |The children worked on their Leveled Reader that corresponded with our story for this week. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 130-131 on “Interpreting Line Graphs.” I assigned ditto p. 36 #1-5. |

|Science: |We read over text pages B50-51 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 91-92 #17-20. |

|Social Studies: |NO HOMEWORK!!! Time for silent reading. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Thursday, October 25, 2012

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that are irregular plurals again today. I assigned ditto p. 28 for the |

| |children who did not pass there Unit 2 Week 2 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% |

| |scores.) Don’t forget to visit spelling city at The children will have their |

| |final Unit 2 Week 2 Spelling Test tomorrow which they will take on Spelling City. STUDY!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Regular Plural Nouns” again today. The children took a quiz over this |

| |information and completed ditto p. 27. The children completed Daily Fix-It #7-8. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |I went over the test, Coyote School News before the children took the selection test. After the review |

| |the children took the selection test over the story Coyote School News. After they completed their |

| |selection test the children played a game/or did Study Island if time permitted. If you would like to |

| |look at your child’s selection test score on-line please go to and enter their |

| |user name and password. (You can either ask your child what it is or find the information in their |

| |binder under the reading section.) Then click on “Parents.” On the next screen you will need to change|

| |the choice in the “View Students Progress” box to Hemberger -Reading Success Tracker 2008 G4. All of |

| |the reading tests and results for every test can be found there. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 128-129 on “Exploring Making Line Graphs.” The children did a Smart |

| |Response today over this lesson. NO HOMEWORK!!! Absent students will need to complete this assignment |

| |when they return to school. |

|Science: |We read over text pages B48-49 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 91-92 #14-16. Frog dissection |

| |website |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 75-77 as a class. I assigned ditto p. 8 in the Chapter 2 packet. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2012

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that are irregular plurals again today. I assigned ditto p. 27 for the |

| |children who did not pass there Unit 2 Week 2 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% |

| |scores.) Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Regular Plural Nouns” again today. The children completed Daily Fix-It |

| |#5-6 and then I assigned ditto p. 26 #1-5 only. I worked the first one with the students. Therefore, |

| |they should have that one correct. STUDY for the quiz over this material!!! |

|Writing: |The students are to complete the “Hamburger” graphic organizer in preparation for writing a paragraph |

| |later this week. |

|Reading: |I assigned the reading of textbook pages 176-183 and the children listened to the story today and we |

| |reviewed the material for the selection test. You can view the power point presentation for Coyote |

| |School News using this website Just click on the |

| |story Coyote School News. Please have your child read the story Coyote School News to you this evening |

| |and sign and date their Reading Log next to the corresponding story. The children need to study for |

| |their selection test which will be tomorrow over this story. STUDY!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 126-127 on “Coordinate Graphing.” I assigned ditto p. 34. |

|Science: |We read over text pages B44-47 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 91-92 #1-13. |

|Social Studies: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: |Parents, please sign and return the A.R. note that was given to your child today about how many A.R. |

| |points your child needs to earn to qualify for the A.R. award. These points are based on each child’s |

| |individual reading ability. All A.R. points need to be earned by the end of the day on Friday, May 3, |

| |2012. |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2012

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that are irregular plurals. I assigned ditto p. 26 for the children who did |

| |not pass there Unit 2 Week 2 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Regular Plural Nouns” again today. We completed Daily Fix-It #3-4. I |

| |assigned Ditto p. 25. |

|Writing: |I assigned Writer’s Craft ditto p. 7B. |

|Reading: |We completed ditto p. 63 as a class on the Smartboard and we studied the vocabulary and I assigned ditto|

| |p. 64. You can view the power point presentation for Coyote School News using this website |

| | Just click on the story Coyote School News. I |

| |assigned the reading of textbook pages 164-175. |

|Math: |We reworked through textbook pages 120-121 on “Bar Graphs.” I reassigned ditto p. 32. This lesson was |

| |taught by my substitute teacher last Friday and the children did a very poor job on this page. I made |

| |the children redo the paper and turn it in for a grade. The grades were much better. We worked through |

| |textbook pages 124-125 on “Problem Solving: Use Logical Reasoning.” I assigned ditto p. 33. |

|Science: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Social Studies: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Monday, October 22, 2012

|Spelling: |The children took their Unit 2 Week 2 Spelling Pretest on Spelling City today. Students who misspelled |

| |words will need to write them 7 times each. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at . Students who were absent will take their test |

| |tomorrow on the computers. |

|Language: |The children learned about “Regular Plural Nouns.” We completed Daily Fix-It #1-2. Students who were |

| |absent need to do the Grammar Transparency ditto p. 7 on “Regular Plural Nouns” as a practice. NO |

| |HOMEWORK for students who attended today!!! |

|Writing: |NO HOMEWORK!!! Power outage! 11:30 Dismissal!! |

|Reading: |NO HOMEWORK!!! Power outage! 11:30 Dismissal!! |

|Math: |NO HOMEWORK!!! Power outage! 11:30 Dismissal!! |

|Science: |NO HOMEWORK!!! Power outage! 11:30 Dismissal!! |

|Social Studies: |NO HOMEWORK!!! Power outage! 11:30 Dismissal!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Friday, October 19, 2012

|Spelling: |The children took the Unit 2 Week 1 Final Spelling Test with their clickers. Don’t forget to study for |

| |your Unit 2 Week 2 Spelling Pretest on Monday. |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Common and Proper Nouns” again today. The children completed Daily Fix-It |

| |#9-10. I assigned ditto p. 24. |

|Writing: |We read our SPOOKY stories to the class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |The children worked on their Leveled Reader that corresponded with our story for this week. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 120-121 on “Bar Graphs.” I assigned ditto p. 32. |

|Science: |The children took their Chapter 3 Science Test today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Social Studies: |NO HOMEWORK!!! Time for silent reading. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Thursday, October 18, 2012

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that add – s and – es to base words again today. I assigned ditto p. 24 for|

| |the children who did not pass there Unit 2 Week 1 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with |

| |100% scores.) Don’t forget to visit spelling city at The children will have their|

| |final Unit 1 Week 3 Spelling Test tomorrow which they will take on Spelling City. STUDY!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Common and Proper Nouns” again today. The children took a quiz over this |

| |information today as a Smart Response today. The children completed Daily Fix-It #7-8. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |I went over the test, What Jo Did before the children took the selection test. After the review the |

| |children took the selection test over the story What Jo Did. After they completed their selection test |

| |the children played a game/or did Study Island if time permitted. If you would like to look at your |

| |child’s selection test score on-line please go to and enter their user name and |

| |password. (You can either ask your child what it is or find the information in their binder under the |

| |reading section.) Then click on “Parents.” On the next screen you will need to change the choice in |

| |the “View Students Progress” box to Hemberger -Reading Success Tracker 2008 G4. All of the reading |

| |tests and results for every test can be found there. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 118-119 on “Pictographs.” I assigned ditto p. 31. The children |

| |received their Chapter 6 Study Guide today. |

|Science: |We read text p. B38-39 as a class. The children did a Smart Response over Ditto p. 85 & 86 and one over |

| |Text p. B40-41. The children will take their Chapter 3 Science Test tomorrow. STUDY!!! |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 72-74 as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2012

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that add – s and – es to base words again today. I assigned ditto p. 23 for|

| |the children who did not pass there Unit 2 Week 1 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with |

| |100% scores.) Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Common and Proper Nouns” again today. The children completed Daily Fix-It |

| |#5-6 and then I assigned ditto p. 22 #1-5 only. I changed the directions on #1-5 so hopefully students |

| |were attentive during that explanation. STUDY for the quiz over this material!!! |

|Writing: |I assigned ditto p. 24. The children need to fill in the blanks and finish the story. |

|Reading: |I assigned the reading of textbook pages 152-156 and the children listened to the story today and we |

| |reviewed the material for the selection test. You can view the power point presentation for What Jo Did |

| |using this website Just click on the story What Jo|

| |Did. Please have your child read the story What Jo Did to you this evening and sign and date their |

| |Reading Log next to the corresponding story. The children need to study for their selection test which |

| |will be tomorrow over this story. STUDY!!! |

|Math: |The children took the Chapter 5 Math Test today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages B34-37 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 78-79 #15-17 and ditto p. 83 & |

| |84. |

|Social Studies: |I assigned ditto p. 9 in the Chapter 2 packet. |

|Other: |Parents, please sign and return the parent/teacher conference note that was distributed yesterday. I |

| |want to make sure you get the conference time that works best for you. |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, October 16, 2012

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that add – s and – es to words. I assigned ditto p. 22 for the children who |

| |did not pass there Unit 2 Week 1 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) |

| |Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Common and Proper Nouns” again today. We completed Daily Fix-It #3-4. I |

| |assigned Ditto p. 21. |

|Writing: |No writing assignment for today. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for What Jo Did using this website |

| | Just click on the story What Jo Did. We read text |

| |p. 146-148 together as a class and I read part of the story with the children. I assigned the reading of|

| |textbook pages 149-151. |

|Math: |We worked through and discussed textbook page 114 on “Chapter 5 Review.” I assigned text p. 115 #1-9. |

| |The children need to study for the Chapter 5 Math Test tomorrow. Use the Chapter 5 Study Guide!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages B38-39 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 78-79 #7-14. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 70-71 as a class. I assigned ditto p. 6 in the Chapter 2 packet. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Monday, October 15, 2012

|Spelling: |The children took their Unit 2 Week 1 Spelling Pretest on Spelling City today. Students who misspelled |

| |words will need to write them 7 times each. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at . Students who were absent will take their test |

| |tomorrow on the computers. |

|Language: |The children learned about “Common and Proper Nouns.” We completed Daily Fix-It #1-2. Students who were|

| |absent need to do the Grammar Transparency ditto p. 6 on “Common and Proper Nouns” as a practice. NO |

| |HOMEWORK for students who attended today!!! |

|Writing: |I taught the children about four different forms of figurative language today and I assigned ditto p. 6B|

| |as homework. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for What Jo Did this website |

| | Just click on the story What Jo Did. We completed |

| |ditto p. 53 as a class on the Smartboard and we studied the vocabulary and I assigned ditto p. 54. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 112-113 on “Elapsed Time.” We worked together ditto p. 30. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! 5 Minute Timed Test Corrections are due by Thursday morning. |

|Science: |We read over text pages B26-29 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 78-79 #1-6 and we worked ditto |

| |p. 81 and 82 together as a class. |

|Social Studies: |I assigned ditto p. 5 in the Chapter 2 packet. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Friday, October 12, 2012

|Spelling: |The children took the Unit 1 Week 5 Final Spelling Test with their clickers. Don’t forget to study for |

| |your Unit 2 Week 1 Spelling Pretest on Monday. |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Clauses and Complex Sentences” again today. The children took a quiz over|

| |this information today as a Smart Response today. The children completed Daily Fix-It #9-10. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |We completed Writers Craft ditto p. 5B as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |The children took the selection test over the story Letters Home From Yosemite. After they completed |

| |their selection test the children played a game/or did Study Island on their iPads if time permitted. |

| |If you would like to look at your child’s selection test score on-line please go to |

| | and enter their user name and password. (You can either ask your child what it |

| |is or find the information in their binder under the reading section.) Then click on “Parents.” On the|

| |next screen you will need to change the choice in the “View Students Progress” box to Hemberger -Reading|

| |Success Tracker 2008 G4. All of the reading tests and results for every test can be found there. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 108-110 on “Collect and Organize Data.” I assigned ditto p. 29. The |

| |children have a stem and leaf plot page to help them complete this assignment. |

|Science: |We read over text pages B22-25 as a class today. I assigned ditto p. 73-74 #19-22 and ditto p. 78. We |

| |did a Smart Response in class on ditto p. 77. |

|Social Studies: |No reading out of the book today, but I did assign ditto p. 11 in the Chapter 1 packet. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Thursday, October 11, 2012

|Spelling: |I assigned ditto p. 19. Don’t forget to visit spelling city at The children will |

| |have their final Unit 1 Week 5 Spelling Test tomorrow which they will take on Spelling City. STUDY!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Clauses and Complex Sentences” again today. The children completed Daily |

| |Fix-It #5-6. We worked ditto p. 18 together as a class and I assigned ditto p. 20. STUDY for the quiz |

| |over this material!!! |

|Writing: |The children are to write captions for a comic strip. They have a front and back page to complete. A |

| |BIG problem for children, in the area of writing, is that they don’t know where to begin. This exercise|

| |uses pictures to help the children determine what they need to express. It is my hope that through |

| |exercises, like this one, the children will formulate enough experiences to find things to write about |

| |once I ask them to write on their own. |

|Reading: |I assigned the reading of textbook pages 124-127 and the children listened to the story today. We |

| |reviewed the material for the selection test. You can view the power point presentation for Letters Home|

| |From Yosemite using this website Just click on the |

| |story Letters Home From Yosemite. Please have your child read the story Letters Home From Yosemite to |

| |you this evening and sign and date their Reading Log next to the corresponding story. The children need|

| |to study for their selection test which will be tomorrow over this story. STUDY!!! |

|Math: | We worked through textbook pages 106-107 on “Range, Median, and Mode.” The children completed a Smart |

| |Response in class over Chapter 5 Lesson 4. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages B20-21 as a class today and we worked ditto p. 75 together as a class. I |

| |assigned ditto p. 73-74 #13-18. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 67-69 as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2012

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that have the long u spelling. We worked ditto p. 17 together as a class and|

| |I assigned ditto p. 18 for the children who did not pass there Unit 1 Week 5 Spelling Pretest. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

| | |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Clauses and Complex Sentences” again today. We completed Daily Fix-It |

| |#5-6. We worked together problems 1and 6 on Ditto p. 17 together as a class then I assigned the rest |

| |of Ditto p. 17. |

|Writing: |The children used the words of adjectives, people or animals, action words, and nouns, that they |

| |generated yesterday, to create a “Wacky Headline” that we you see in a newspaper. The children then |

| |generated a story from their “Wacky Headline.” We will read the stories in class tomorrow. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for Letters Home From Yosemite using this website |

| | Just click on the story Letters Home From Yosemite |

| |We read text p. 90-91 together as a class and I read part of the story with the children. I assigned the|

| |reading of textbook pages 116-123. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 104-105 on “Calendar.” I assigned ditto p. 27. |

|Science: |We read over text pages B18-19 as a class today and we worked ditto p. 76 together as a class. I |

| |assigned ditto p. 73-74 #7-12. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 65-66 as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, October 9, 2012

|Spelling: |The children took their Unit 1 Week 5 Spelling Pretest on Spelling City today. Students who misspelled |

| |words will need to write them 7 times each. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at . Students who were absent will take their test |

| |tomorrow on the computers. |

|Language: |The children learned about “Clauses and Complex Sentences.” We completed Daily Fix-It #1-4. Students |

| |who were absent need to do the Grammar Transparency ditto p. on Subjects and Predicates as a practice. |

| |NO HOMEWORK for students who attended today!!! |

|Writing: |The children helped me generate a list of adjectives, people or animals, action words, and nouns. |

| |Tomorrow we will use these words to create a “Wacky Headline” that we might see in a newspaper. The |

| |children will then generate a story from their “Wacky Headline” and read it to their group. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for Letters Home From Yosemite this website |

| | Just click on the story Letters Home From. We |

| |completed ditto p. 43 as a class on the Smartboard and we studied the vocabulary and I assigned ditto p.|

| |44. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 102-103 on “Elapsed Time.” I assigned ditto p. 26. |

|Science: |We read over text pages B14-17 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 73-74 #1-6 and we worked ditto |

| |p. 75 together as a class. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 62-64 as a class and I assigned ditto p. 2 and 3 in the Chapter 2 packet. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Friday, October 5, 2012

|Spelling: |The children will not have a Spelling Test this week due to D.R.A. Testing. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Writing: |The students are to write and extended response about the question from the novel How to Eat Fried |

| |Worms. I showed the children how to use QUACK to write this paragraph. The QU – means that the |

| |children are to use words from the Question in their answer. A – Include examples from the Article |

| |(reading section) in your answer. C- Link your ideas to the story. Connect to your own life, the world |

| |around you or to other text you have read. K – Reread to make sure you Kept your answer focused on the |

| |question asked. QU – Restate your question to emphasis why you answered the question this way. |

|Reading: |We read from their novel unit today entitled How to Eat Fried Worms. I read several pages with the |

| |children and they are to have read pages 105-114 today. The children then took an A.R. Test over the |

| |story How to Eat Fried Worms. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 98-100 on “Tell Time.” I assigned ditto p. 25. I passed out the Chapter|

| |5 Study Guide today. |

|Science: |We read over text pages B8-13 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 67-68 #13-20. |

|Social Studies: |We read text p. 60-61 together as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Thursday, October 4, 2012

|Spelling: |The children will not have a Spelling Test this week due to D.R.A. Testing. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |I assigned Word Ladder Ditto p. 11. |

|Reading: |We read from their novel unit today entitled How to Eat Fried Worms. I read several pages with the |

| |children and they are to have read pages 98-104 today and I assigned ditto p. 42 & 43. |

|Math: |The children took their Chapter 4 Math Test today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages B4-7 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 67-68 #1-12. |

|Social Studies: |I assigned ditto p. 4 in the Chapter 2 Packet. The children just need to copy the definitions out of |

| |their glossary in their Social Studies Text. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, October 3, 2012

|Spelling: |The children will not have a Spelling Test this week due to D.R.A. Testing. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |We went to the elementary school to see our “Reading Buddies.” NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We read from their novel unit today entitled How to Eat Fried Worms. I read several pages with the |

| |children and they are to have read pages 90-97 today and I assigned ditto p. 39 & 40 and 41. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 72-74 on “Chapter 4 Review.” I assigned a Smart Response. The children |

| |need to study for the Chapter 4 Math Test tomorrow. Use the Chapter 4 Study Guide!!! |

|Science: |The children took their Chapter 2 Science Test today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Social Studies: |We read text p. 54-55 together as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! The children received their Chapter 2 Social |

| |Studies Study Guide today. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2012

|Spelling: |The children will not have a Spelling Test this week due to D.R.A. Testing. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |No Language today due to D.R.A.’s. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We read from their novel unit today entitled How to Eat Fried Worms. I read several pages with the |

| |children and they are to have read pages 83-89 today and I assigned ditto p. 36, 37, and 38. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 82-83 on “Choose a Computation Method.” I assigned ditto p. 24. |

|Science: |I assigned text p. A92-93 and the children did a Smart Response over Ditto p. 59 & 60. The children will|

| |take their Chapter 1 Science Test tomorrow. |

|Social Studies: |The children took the Chapter 1 Social Studies Test today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Monday, October 1, 2012

|Spelling: |The children will not have a Spelling Test this week due to D.R.A. Testing. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |No Language today due to D.R.A.’s. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We read from their novel unit today entitled How to Eat Fried Worms. I read several pages with the |

| |children and they are to have read pages 77-82 today and I assigned ditto p. 33, 34, and 35. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 80-81 on “Estimate Differences.” I assigned ditto p. 23. |

|Science: |We read over text pages A88-91 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 53-54 #14-20 and ditto p. 57 & |

| |58. |

|Social Studies: |Tomorrow the children will have their Chapter 1 Social Studies Test. Please have them study from their |

| |Chapter 1 Study Guide. If they know that material then they should be fine. STUDY!!! Chapter 1 Test |

| |tomorrow!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Friday, September 28, 2012

|Spelling: |The children will not have a Spelling Test this week due to D.R.A. Testing. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |The children completed a writing quiz today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We read from their novel unit today entitled How to Eat Fried Worms. I read several pages with the |

| |children and they are to have read pages 60-75 today and I assigned ditto p. 29, 30 & 31. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 76-77 on “Problem Solving: Writing an Equation.” I assigned ditto p. |

| |21. |

|Science: |We read over text pages A84-85 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 53-54 #6-13. The children |

| |checked on their seed today to examine for progress in germination. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 49-50 as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Thursday, September 27, 2012

|Spelling: |The children will not have a Spelling Test this week due to D.R.A. Testing. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |The children and discussed writing today and they were assigned ditto p. 4B for homework. |

|Reading: |We read from their novel unit today entitled How to Eat Fried Worms. I read several pages with the |

| |children and they are to have read pages 50-59 today and I assigned ditto p. 24 & 25 and 26. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 76-77 on “Problem Solving: Writing an Equation.” I assigned ditto p. |

| |21. |

|Science: |We read over text pages A84-85 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 53-54 #6-13. The children |

| |checked on their seed today to examine for progress in germination. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 49-50 as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2012

|Spelling: |The children will not have a Spelling Test this week due to D.R.A. Testing. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |The children and discussed writing today and they were assigned ditto p. 2B and ditto p. 3B for |

| |homework. |

|Reading: |We read from their novel unit today entitled How to Eat Fried Worms. I read several pages with the |

| |children and they are to have read pages 42-49 today and I assigned ditto p. 21 & 22. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 72-74 on “Subtract Whole Numbers and Money.” I assigned ditto p. 20. |

|Science: |We read over text pages A80-83 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 53-54 #1-5. The children |

| |dissected a peanut seed today and we are germinating a seed in class. |

|Social Studies: |I assigned ditto p. 13 in the Chapter 1 Packet. The children just need to copy the definitions out of |

| |their glossary in their Social Studies Text. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2012

|Spelling: |The children will not have a Spelling Test this week due to D.R.A. Testing. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |The children and discussed writing today and they were assigned ditto p. 4 and ditto p. 1B for homework.|

|Reading: |We read from their novel unit today entitled How to Eat Fried Worms. I read several pages with the |

| |children and they are to have read pages 22-41 today and I assigned ditto p. 13 & 14, 16 & 17, 18, and |

| |19 & 20. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 70-71 on “Subtraction Patterns.” I assigned ditto p. 19. |

|Science: |We read over text pages A74-79 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 45-46 #16-24 and ditto p. 51 & |

| |52. We worked ditto p. 49 together as a class. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 47-48 as a class and I assigned ditto p.10 in the Chapter 1 Packet. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Monday, September 24, 2012

|Spelling: |The children will not have a Spelling Test this week due to D.R.A. Testing. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |The children and discussed writing today and they were assigned ditto p. 161 for homework. |

|Reading: |We began our novel unit today entitled How to Eat Fried Worms. I read several pages with the children |

| |and they are to have read pages 1-21 today and I assigned ditto p. 7, 9 & 10, and 12. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 68-69 on “Explore Addition and |

| |Subtraction Equations: Algebra.” We did Smart Response Chapter 4 Lesson 1 today. NO HOMEWORK for |

| |students who were present today. Absent students will do the Smart Response tomorrow. I passed out the |

| |Chapter 4 Study Guides for Math today. |

|Science: |We read over text pages A72-73 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 45-46 #8-15 and we worked ditto |

| |p. 47 & 48 together as a class. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 44-46 as a class. NO HOMEWORK for students who were present. Absent students |

| |will need to read these pages. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Friday, September 21, 2012

|Spelling: |The children took the Unit 1 Week 4 Final Spelling Test with their clickers. No Spelling next week due |

| |to D.R. A. Testing. |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Compound Sentences” again today. The children completed Daily Fix-It |

| |#9-10 and I assigned ditto p. 16 #1-10. |

|Reading: |The children worked on their Leveled Reader that corresponded with our story for this week. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |The children took the Chapter 3 Math Test today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages A66-71 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 45 & 46 #1-7. |

|Social Studies: |NO HOMEWORK!!! 2:00 Dismissal |

|Other: |Don’t forget to sign your child’s “Friday Folder” after you look at their work for the week and please |

| |sign their “September Behavior Chart” on the Week 3 line. Have a terrific weekend!!!! |

Today’s Date: Thursday, September 20, 2012

|Spelling: |I assigned ditto p. 16. Don’t forget to visit spelling city at The children will |

| |have their final Unit 1 Week 3 Spelling Test tomorrow which they will take on Spelling City. STUDY!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Compound Sentences” again today. The children took a quiz over this |

| |information today as a Smart Response today. The children completed Daily Fix-It #7-8. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |I went over the test, The Horned Toad Prince before the children took the selection test. After the |

| |review the children took the selection test over the story The Horned Toad Prince. . After they |

| |completed their selection test the children played a game/or did Study Island if time permitted. If you|

| |would like to look at your child’s selection test score on-line please go to and |

| |enter their user name and password. (You can either ask your child what it is or find the information |

| |in their binder under the reading section.) Then click on “Parents.” On the next screen you will need |

| |to change the choice in the “View Students Progress” box to Hemberger -Reading Success Tracker 2008 G4. |

| |All of the reading tests and results for every test can be found there. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: | We worked through textbook page 64 which was the Chapter 3 Review in preparation for tomorrow’s Chapter|

| |3 Math Test. I assigned Text p. 65 #1-20. The children need to study their Chapter 3 Study Guides. |

| |There will be a Chapter 3 Math Test tomorrow. |

|Science: |The children took the Chapter 1 Science Test today. NO HOMEWORK!!! The children were given the Chapter 2|

| |Science Test Study Guide today. |

|Social Studies: |No reading out of the book today, but I did assign ditto p. 11 in the Chapter 1 packet. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, September 12, 201

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words with long e and o spelling again today. I assigned ditto p. 15 for the |

| |children who did not pass there Unit 1 Week 4 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% |

| |scores.) Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Compound Sentences” again today. The children completed Daily Fix-It #5-6 |

| |and then we worked together ditto p. 14. STUDY for the quiz over this material!!! |

|Reading: |I assigned the reading of textbook pages 106-111 and the children listened to the story today and we |

| |reviewed the material for the selection test. You can view the power point presentation for The Horned |

| |Toad Prince using this website Just click on the |

| |story The Horned Toad Prince. Please have your child read the story The Horned Toad Prince to you this |

| |evening and sign and date their Reading Log next to the corresponding story. The children need to study|

| |for their selection test which will be tomorrow over this story. STUDY!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 62-63 on “Problem Solving: Estimate or Exact Answer.” We worked ditto |

| |p. 17 together as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We orally reviewed for the Chapter 1 Test tomorrow. I assigned a Smart Response for text p. A64-65. |

| |The children will take their Chapter 1 Science Test tomorrow. STUDY!!! |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 41-43 as a class and I assigned ditto p. 8 in the Chapter 1 packet. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2012

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that have the long e and o spelling. I assigned ditto p. 14 for the children|

| |who did not pass there Unit 1 Week 4 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) |

| |Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Compound Sentences” again today. We completed Daily Fix-It #3-4. We |

| |worked together problems 1,2, and 6 on Ditto p. 13 together as a class then I assigned the rest of |

| |Ditto p. 13. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for The Horned Toad Prince using this website |

| | Just click on the story The Horned Toad Prince. We |

| |read text p. 90-91 together as a class and I read part of the story with the children. I assigned the |

| |reading of textbook pages 92-105. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 60-61 on “Estimate Sums.” I assigned ditto p. 16. |

|Science: |We read over text pages A60-63 as a class today and we worked ditto p. 36 together as a class. I |

| |assigned ditto p. 33-34 #11-15 and ditto p. 37 & 38. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 38-40 as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Monday, September 17, 2012

|Spelling: |The children took their Unit 1 Week 4 Spelling Pretest on Spelling City today. Students who misspelled |

| |words will need to write them 7 times each. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at . Students who were absent will take their test |

| |tomorrow on the computers. |

|Language: |The children learned about “Compound Sentences.” We completed Daily Fix-It #1-2. Students who were |

| |absent need to do the Grammar Transparency ditto p. 4 on Subjects and Predicates as a practice. NO |

| |HOMEWORK for students who attended today!!! |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for The Horned Toad Prince this website |

| | Just click on the story The Horned Toad Prince. We |

| |completed ditto p. 33 as a class on the Smartboard and we studied the vocabulary and I assigned ditto p.|

| |34. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 58-59 on “Use Mental Math to Add.” I assigned ditto p. 15. |

|Science: |We read over text pages A58-59 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 33-34 #15-10. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 36-37 as a class and I assigned ditto p. 9 in the Chapter 1 packet. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Friday, September 14, 2012

|Spelling: |The children took the Unit 1 Week 3 Final Spelling Test with their clickers. Don’t forget to study for |

| |your Unit 1 Week 4 Spelling Pretest on Monday. |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Subjects and Predicates” again today. The children completed Daily Fix-It|

| |#9-10 and I assigned ditto p. 12 #1-10. |

|Reading: |The children worked on their Leveled Reader that corresponded with our story for this week. NO |

| |HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 54-56 on “Add Whole Numbers and Money.” I assigned ditto p. 14. |

|Science: |We read over text pages A54-57 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 33 & 34 #1-4 and we worked ditto|

| |p. 35 together as a class. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 34-35 as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Thursday, September 13, 2012

|Spelling: |I assigned ditto p. 12. Don’t forget to visit spelling city at The children will |

| |have their final Unit 1 Week 3 Spelling Test tomorrow which they will take on Spelling City. STUDY!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Subjects and Predicates” again today. The children took a quiz over this |

| |information today as a Smart Response today. The children completed Daily Fix-It #7-8. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |I went over the test, Grandfather’s Journey today, before the children took the selection test. After |

| |the review the children took the selection test over the story Grandfather’s Journey. After they |

| |completed their selection test the children played a game/or did Study Island if time permitted. If you|

| |would like to look at your child’s selection test score on-line please go to and |

| |enter their user name and password. (You can either ask your child what it is or find the information |

| |in their binder under the reading section.) Then click on “Parents.” On the next screen you will need |

| |to change the choice in the “View Students Progress” box to Hemberger -Reading Success Tracker 2008 G4. |

| |All of the reading tests and results for every test can be found there. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: | We worked through textbook pages 52-53 on “Addition Patterns.” The children completed a Smart Response|

| |in class over Chapter 3 Lesson 3. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages A52-53 as a class today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 30-33 as a class and I assigned ditto p. 5 and 6 in the Chapter 1 packet. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, September 12, 2012

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words with long e and o spelling again today. I assigned ditto p. 11 for the |

| |children who did not pass there Unit 1 Week 1 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% |

| |scores.) Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Subjects and Predicates” again today. The children completed Daily Fix-It |

| |#5-6 and then I assigned ditto p. 10 #4-10. We worked #1-3 together as a class. STUDY for the quiz over |

| |this material!!! |

|Reading: |I assigned the reading of textbook pages 78-81 and the children listened to the story today and we |

| |reviewed the material for the selection test. You can view the power point presentation for |

| |Grandfather’s Journey using this website Just click|

| |on the story Grandfather’s Journey. Please have your child read the story Grandfather’s Journey to you |

| |this evening and sign and date their Reading Log next to the corresponding story. The children need to |

| |study for their selection test which will be tomorrow over this story. STUDY!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 48-50 on “Properties of Addition.” I assigned ditto p. 12. |

|Science: |We went outside to place the popcorn game and make our own food web. The children learned how energy |

| |gets lost as it travels up the food chain and why organisms higher up the food chain must eat more |

| |organisms in order to survive. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 26-27 as a class and I assigned ditto p. 7 in the Chapter 1 packet. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, September 11, 2012

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that have the long e and o spelling. I assigned ditto p. 10 for the children|

| |who did not pass there Unit 1 Week 3 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) |

| |Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Subjects and Predicates” again today. We completed Daily Fix-It #3-4. We |

| |worked together ditto p. 9 and then I gave the children a Smart Response over the same material that I |

| |went over in class. Children who were paying attention in class should have known all of the answers. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for Grandfather’s Journey using this website |

| | Just click on the story Grandfather’s Journey. I |

| |assigned the reading of textbook pages 68-77. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 46-47 on “Addition and Subtraction Expressions.” The children |

| |completed a Smart Response in class over Chapter 3 Lesson 1. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages A25-26 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 25-26 #18-23 and ditto p. 31 & |

| |32. The children also need to complete at least 5 index cards for their food chain. The children were |

| |given a rubic with my requirements on it as well as an example of how they are to complete their food |

| |chain. |

|Social Studies: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Monday, September 10, 2012

|Spelling: |The children took their Unit 1 Week 3 Spelling Pretest on Spelling City today. Students who misspelled |

| |words will need to write them 7 times each. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at . Students who were absent will take their test |

| |tomorrow on the computers. |

|Language: |The children learned about “Subjects and Predicates.” We completed Daily Fix-It #1-2. Students who were|

| |absent need to do the Grammar Transparency ditto p. 3 on Subjects and Predicates as a practice. NO |

| |HOMEWORK for students who attended today!!! |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for Grandfather’s Journey this website |

| | Just click on the story Grandfather’s Journey. We |

| |completed ditto p. 23 as a class on the Smartboard and we studied the vocabulary and I assigned ditto p.|

| |24. |

|Math: |We took the Chapter 2 Math Test today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages A46-47 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 25-26 #11-17 and we worked |

| |together ditto p. 29. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 24-25 as a class and we worked ditto p. 3 together. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Friday, September 7, 2012

|Spelling: |The children took the Unit 1 Week 2 Final Spelling Test with their clickers. Don’t forget to study for |

| |your Unit 1 Week 3 Spelling Pretest on Monday. |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Imperative and Exclamatory Sentences again today. The children completed |

| |Daily Fix-It #9-10 and we worked ditto p. 8. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |We had to complete three assessment pieces today and the children who did not have late homework this |

| |week went out for a free recess. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through the Chapter 2 Review on textbook page 32. I assigned textbook p. 33 #1-19. The |

| |children will have their Chapter 2 Math Test on Monday. STUDY!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages A42-45 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 19 & 20 #7-10 and we worked |

| |ditto p. 28 together as a class. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 20-23 as a class and I assigned page 3 in the Chapter 1 packet. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Thursday, September 6, 2012

|Spelling: |I assigned ditto p. 8. Don’t forget to visit spelling city at The children will |

| |have their final Unit 1 Week 2 Spelling Test tomorrow which they will take on Spelling City. STUDY!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Imperative and Exclamatory Sentences” again today. The children took a |

| |quiz over this information today as a Smart Response today. The children completed Daily Fix-It #5-8. |

| |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |I went over the test, Lewis and Clark and Me today, before the children took the selection test. After |

| |the review the children took the selection test over the story Lewis and Clark and Me. After they |

| |completed their selection test the children played a game/or did Study Island if time permitted. If you|

| |would like to look at your child’s selection test score on-line please go to and |

| |enter their user name and password. (You can either ask your child what it is or find the information |

| |in their binder under the reading section.) Then click on “Parents.” On the next screen you will need |

| |to change the choice in the “View Students Progress” box to Hemberger -Reading Success Tracker 2008 G4. |

| |All of the reading tests and results for every test can be found there. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: | We worked through textbook pages 30-31 on “Making A Table.” We worked ditto p. 10 together as a class. |

| |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages A38-41 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 25-26 #1-6 and we worked ditto |

| |p. 27 together as a class. |

|Social Studies: |The children need to put together their Global Address Project and have it ready to turn in tomorrow. |

| |We did page 2 of the Chapter 1 packet together as a class. I assigned page 4 of the packet. The |

| |children just need to copy the definitions out of the glossary to complete this page. I just want them |

| |to know what these terms mean. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, September 5, 2012

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that have the “Long a and i” spelling today. I assigned ditto p. 6 for the |

| |children who did not pass there Unit 1 Week 2 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK for students with 100% |

| |scores. Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Imperative and Exclamatory Sentences” again today. The children completed |

| |Daily Fix-It #3-4 and then we worked ditto p. 6 together as a class. I then gave them a Smart Response |

| |over the exact answers on ditto p. 6 we just went over in class. The children are to complete a writer’s|

| |profile sheet for tomorrow. |

|Reading: |I assigned the reading of textbook pages 44-60 and the children listened to the story today and we |

| |reviewed the material for the selection test. You can view the power point presentation for Lewis and |

| |Clark and Me this website Just click on the story |

| |Lewis and Clark and Me. Please have your child read the story Lewis and Clark and Me to you this evening|

| |and sign and date their Reading Log next to the corresponding story. The children need to study for |

| |their selection test which will be tomorrow over this story. STUDY!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 26-28 on “Rounding Number and Money.” I assigned ditto p. 9. |

|Science: |We read over text pages A34-37 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 19-20 #13-19 and ditto p. 23 & |

| |24. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 14-19 as a class and students need to enter their information on their seven |

| |rectangles for a project tomorrow. They also need to color the Earth and cut it out by tomorrow. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2012

|Spelling: |The children took their Unit 1 Week 2 Spelling Pretest on Spelling City today. Students who misspelled |

| |words will need to write them 7 times each. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at . Students who were absent will take their test |

| |tomorrow on the computers. |

|Language: |The children learned about “Imperative and Exclamatory Sentences.” We completed Daily Fix-It #1-2. |

| |Students who were absent need to do the Grammar Transparency ditto p. 2 on Imperative and Exclamatory |

| |Sentences as a practice. NO HOMEWORK for students who attended today!!! |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for Lewis and Clark and Me this website |

| | Just click on the story Lewis and Clark and Me. We |

| |completed ditto p. 3 as a class on the Smartboard and we studied the vocabulary and I assigned ditto p. |

| |14 #1-10. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 10-10 on “Compare and Order Money.” We did a Smart Response today in |

| |class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages A32-33 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 19-20 #7-12 and we worked |

| |together ditto p. 22. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 11-13 as a class and students need to cut out their seven rectangles for a |

| |project tomorrow. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Friday, August 31, 2012

|Spelling: |The children took the Unit 1 Week 1 Final Spelling Test with their clickers. Don’t forget to study for |

| |your Unit 1 Week 2 Spelling Pretest on Monday. |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Declarative and Interrogative Sentences” again today. The children |

| |completed Daily Fix-It #9-10 and I assigned ditto p. 4. |

|Reading: |We watched Because of Winn-Dixie today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 20-22 on “Count Money and Make Change.” I assigned ditto p. 7. |

|Science: |We read over text pages A28-31 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 19 & 20 #1-6 and we worked ditto|

| |p. 21 together as a class. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 10 as a class and we discussed ditto p. 7 that the children filled out at home |

| |last night. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Thursday, August 30, 2012

|Spelling: |I assigned ditto p. 4. Don’t forget to visit spelling city at The children will |

| |have their final Unit 1 Week 1 Spelling Test tomorrow which they will take on Spelling City. STUDY!!! |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Declarative and Interrogative Sentences” again today. The children took a|

| |quiz over this information today as a Smart Response today. The children completed Daily Fix-It #7-8. |

| |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |I went over the test, Because of Winn-Dixie today, before the children took the selection test. After |

| |the review the children took the selection test over the story Because of Winn-Dixie. After they |

| |completed their selection test the children played a game/or did Study Island if time permitted. If you|

| |would like to look at your child’s selection test score on-line please go to and |

| |enter their user name and password. (You can either ask your child what it is or find the information |

| |in their binder under the reading section.) Then click on “Parents.” On the next screen you will need |

| |to change the choice in the “View Students Progress” box to Hemberger -Reading Success Tracker 2008 G4. |

| |All of the reading tests and results for every test can be found there. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: | The children took the Chapter 1 Math Test today. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages A24-27 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 13-14 #14-20 and ditto p. 17-18.|

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 9 as a class and we worked ditto p. 6 together. The students will need to have |

| |your help to complete ditto p. 7 for tomorrow. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2012

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that are contractions again today. I assigned ditto p. 3 for the children |

| |who did not pass there Unit 1 Week 1 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) |

| |Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Declarative and Interrogative Sentences” again today. The children |

| |completed Daily Fix-It #5-6 and then we worked ditto p. 2 together as a class. STUDY for the quiz over |

| |this material!!! |

|Reading: |I assigned the reading of textbook pages 28-33 and the children listened to the story today and we |

| |reviewed the material for the selection test. You can view the power point presentation for Because of |

| |Winn-Dixie using this website Just click on the |

| |story Because of Winn-Dixie. Please have your child read the story Because of Winn-Dixie to you this |

| |evening and sign and date their Reading Log next to the corresponding story. The children need to study|

| |for their selection test which will be tomorrow over this story. STUDY!!! |

|Math: |We did text pages 16 together as a class. I assigned text p. 17. The students need to study the Chapter|

| |1 Study Guide in preparation for tomorrow’s test. Chapter 1 Test tomorrow!!! STUDY!!! |

|Science: |We read over text pages A22-23 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 13 & 14 #12-13 and we worked |

| |together ditto p. 16. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 8 as a class and I assigned ditto p. 5. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, August 28, 2012

|Spelling: |We discussed spelling words that have Short Vowel pattern VCCV. I assigned ditto p. 2 for the children |

| |who did not pass there Unit 1 Week 1 Spelling Pretest. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) |

| |Don’t forget to visit spelling city at |

|Language: |The children and I discussed “Declarative and Interrogative Sentences” again today. We completed Daily |

| |Fix-It #3-4. I assigned ditto p. 1 #1-3 and we worked #4-5 together. |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for Because of Winn-Dixie using this website |

| | Just click on the story Because of Winn-Dixie. I |

| |assigned the reading of textbook pages 22-27. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 14-15 on “Problem Solving: Using the Four Step Process.” I assigned |

| |ditto p. 6. |

|Science: |We read over text pages A18-21 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 13-147 #1-11. We worked ditto p.|

| |15 together as a class. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 6-7 as a class and we worked ditto p. 4 together. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Monday, August 27, 2012

|Spelling: |The children took their Unit 1 Week 1 Spelling Pretest on Spelling City today. Students who misspelled |

| |words will need to write them 7 times each. NO HOMEWORK!!! (For students with 100% scores.) Don’t |

| |forget to visit spelling city at . Students who were absent will take their test |

| |tomorrow on the computers. |

|Language: |The children learned about “Declarative and Interrogative Sentences.” We completed Daily Fix-It #1-2. |

| |Students who were absent need to do the Grammar Transparency ditto p. 1 on Declarative and Interrogative|

| |Sentences as a practice. NO HOMEWORK for students who attended today!!! |

|Reading: |You can view the power point presentation for Because of Winn-Dixie this website |

| | Just click on the story Because of Winn-Dixie. We |

| |completed ditto p. 3 as a class on the Smartboard and we studied the vocabulary and I assigned ditto p. |

| |4. |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 10-10 on “Compare and Order Numbers ,=.” I assigned the ditto p. 5.|

|Science: |We read over text pages A18-21 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 5-6 #21-22 and we worked |

| |together ditto p. 11 & 12. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 4-5 as a class and we worked ditto p. 3 together. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Friday, August 24, 2012

|Spelling: |No Spelling this week!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |No Language this week!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |No Reading this week!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 8-9 on “Place Value Through Millions.” We did a Smart Response in |

| |class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Science: |We had our “Cell Lab” today where we examined different types of plant and animal cells. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages 1-3 as a class and I assigned ditto p. 3. |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Thursday, August 23, 2012

|Spelling: |No Spelling this week!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Language: |No Language this week!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Reading: |No Reading this week!!! NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 6-7 on “How Big is a Million?” I assigned ditto p. 3. |

|Science: |We read over text pages A12-15 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 5 #12-20 and we did ditto p.8 |

| |together. |

|Social Studies: |We read over text pages A2-21 as a class. We worked ditto p. 1 together as a class. NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2012

|Spelling: |No Spelling this week!!! |

|Language: |No Language this week!!! |

|Reading: |No Reading this week!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 4-5 on “Place Value through 100,000.” I assigned ditto p. 2. |

|Science: |We read over text pages A8-11 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 5 #6-11 and we did ditto p.8 |

| |together. |

|Social Studies: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

Today’s Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2012

|Spelling: |No Spelling this week!!! |

|Language: |No Language this week!!! |

|Reading: |No Reading this week!!! |

|Math: |We worked through textbook pages 1-3 on “Benchmark Numbers and Estimation.” I assigned ditto p. 1. |

|Science: |We read over text pages A1-7 as a class today and I assigned ditto p. 5 #1-5 and we did ditto p.7 |

| |together. |

|Social Studies: |NO HOMEWORK!!! |

|Other: | |

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