Reminders:
***Our ninth home challenge menu is due Friday. My email is aforino@reyn.org if you need to email me pictures or videos***
***Turkey Project is due 11/13. It cannot just be colored!***
***Math and Literacy Night is next Tuesday evening***
Reading: This week we working with me on identifying a character's motivation to do something. We will be really be taking deeper looks at characters and their actions/traits/motivations. We will also be starting an Achieve3000 contest for November and December. The class that passes the most lessons (the first try) will earn a beach party!
Writing: This week we will be researching traditions, decorations, and food associated with Christmas and countries around the world. We will be using this research to make a brochure by the end of the nine weeks. This is our first step. This will also give us practice with researching and finding information online.
Language: We are introducing metaphors and practicing writing similes
Science/Social Studies: This week we are starting our soil unit by investigating soil. We will be looking at soil to analyze what can be found in it. What is it? We will also be starting our geography unit by reviewing cardinal directions.
***Practice Ideas at Home :
1. Identify similes and metaphors online: https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-4/identify-similes-and-metaphors
2. Online geography and direction games: http://www.wartgames.com/themes/geography/compass-directions.html
No comments:
Post a Comment