THE NEXT BOOK REPORT IS THIS FRIDAY, DEC. 1, 2008 DUE TO THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY!
The week's work is as follows:
NOVEMBER 17, 2008
SCIENCE- WE ARE FINISHING CHAPTER 3 IN SCIENCE ABOUT ECOSYSTEMS. THE CHILDREN WERE EACH GIVEN A STUDY GUIDE FOR THE CHAPTER ON THURSDAY, 10-30-08. WE WILL COVER PP. 100-101 AND CHECK OVER THE COMPLETED STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS BY WEDNESDAY. OUR TEST ON THIS CHAPTER WILL BE ON THURSDAY 11-20-08. THE CHILDREN HAVE A CHANCE TO EARN AN EXTRA 100 POINTS BY DOING THE EXPERIMENT AT HOME THAT APPEARS ON PAGES 96-97 AND BRING IT TO SHARE WITH THE CLASS ON MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY OF THIS WEEK. GRADES MAY BE GIVEN ON COMPLETION OF CHECK POINTS, STUDY GUIDES ON A DAILY BASIS! A quiz will be given on Friday on the material covered.
LANGUAGE-SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT-We will complete Practice Book pages 49-52 and PAGES 168-169 IN THE HARDBACK LANGUAGE BOOK. Two grade will be taken this week on these pages.
MATH- Children must master their multiplication facts in order to be successful during fourth grade math sessions. ALL MULTIPLES WILL BE ON THIS FRIDAY'S QUIZ AND we will be UTILIZING OUR NEW MATH BOOKS. We hope to cover pages 34-39 this week. Three grades will be taken throughout the week.
READING-"HOW NIGHT CAME FROM THE SEA" is the story that we will read. We will complete Practice Book pages 121-130 as well as read the story as a class and discuss it from Author's Purpose, CAUSE AND EFFECT, Sequence, FACT AND OPINION AND GENERALIZATION as well as Context Clues. A Westest like quiz will be given on Friday.
SPELLING- We will work on Practice Book pages 49-52 this week and WILL write 25 sentences as well as take a Pretest (Thursdays) and Post Test (Fridays)SPELLING LIST: YOUR CHILD HAS THE SPELLING LIST PASTED INSIDE THE LEAF OF THIS WEEK'S PLANNER. CHALLENGE WORDS ARE FOR EXTRA POINTS AFTER GETTING THE FIRST 20 LIST WORDS CORRECT. LIST WORDS-HOWEVER, MOUNTAIN, MOUND, SCOUT, SHOUT, COUCH, TOWEL, OUNCE, COWARD, OUTDOORS, FLOWERPOT, SCOWL, BROWSE, ANNOUNCE, HOUND, TROUT, DROWSY, GROUCH, EYEBROW, BOUNDARY, CHALLENGE WORDS-CAULIFLOWER, FOUNDATION, SURROUND, ALLOWANCE, COUNSELOR
HEALTH- A NEW PRACTICE BOOKLET WILL BE PASSED OUT ON MONDAY. We will read and discuss pages A62-67 in our text then complete and check pages 20-25 in our Practice Booklet.
HANDWRITING- We will practice forming the Cursive Alphabet and all work is required to be completed in Cursive this year. A grade will be given at the end of each nine week period.
SOCIAL STUDIES-We have finished map study of the countries of AFRICA and we have begun to study the various countries of the world in a sectional format. WE WILL WORK ON SPELLING THESE COUNTRIES CORRECTLY THIS WEEK.
Reading
Name Date
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My Book Report
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The title of my book is (The name of the book must be underlined.) It was written by (fill in the author’s name). The story is about (briefly summarize the story with one sentence.)
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First, (tell how the story began in a paragraph that contains at least five sentences)
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Next, (tell how the story developed into the problem that needs to be solved using at least five sentences.)
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Finally, (tell how the story’s problem is finally solved in the last chapters of the book. Use at least five sentences. I count all spelling, punctuation and grammar as well as plot development in your book report.)
Larry Prater
West Teays Elementary
3676 Teays Valley Rd.
Hurricane, West Virginia 25526
Dear Parents: BOOK REPORT EVERY OTHER WEEK!
In order to help insure that your fourth grade child reads some books of quality this academic year, the fourth grade teachers have collaborated on developing a reading list from our Accelerated Reading Program administered through our school library. Your child may count a report given on any of these books as one of the required library books assigned by their teacher. In Mr. Prater’s class, these ten books will count toward the book report due every other week that is required. Since there are approximately thirty-six weeks of school, you child will only need an additional 8 library books and reports to fulfill their required outside reading. Books must be from the Accelerated Reader Program and must be at least a third grade level book. I may permit exceptions on an individual student basis.
Students will develop a broader vocabulary and improve their comprehension skills tremendously throughout the school year. Writing a book report every other week will also teach them to organize their thoughts and the events in a story in chronological order. Their writing skills will improve with each completed book report. The first few books and written reports will be more challenging since students are learning new skills. By the second nine weeks most students are able to complete the written assignment off the top of their heads while in class. The rough draft should always be edited with a parent’s assistance and the complete report recopied neatly and correctly before handing in on Friday mornings.
The Accelerated Reading List is as follows:
Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls (This one should be read over the spring break.)
Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry (This one may require additional time also.)
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
Help, I’m a Prisoner In the Library by Eth Clifford
My Side of the Mountain Jean Craighead George
Little House In The Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Night Flyers by Elizabeth McDavid Jones
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Superfudge by Judy Blume
I suggest that your child read these books first and get the required list finished.
Sincerely,
Larry Prater
** Your book report is due each Friday morning and the grade will count as both a reading and language grade. You should have your rough draft completed by Thursday night and your parents should help you edit it and then the whole report should be copied over neatly and correctly. Be sure to get the required list completed as soon as possible. Each report should be at least a page long and no longer than one and one half pages total. You will be asked to do it over if it is longer than that.
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