February 8^th – 11th

We will have SPELLING tests on Wednesday and Thursday. For some fun practice, go to spellingcity.com

In LANGUAGE ARTS, we are continuing unit 5; relationships. Our mini theme for this week is “Explorations” The story in our reader is “Exploring the Undersea Territory ”. Reread this story on pg 596-599 with your child for extra practice. The leveled readers we will be reading are:

·        So Many Fish                ·        The Really Great Barrier Reef                    ·        Marco Polo

In WRITING we are going to be researching some famous African Americans. The fourth graders will learn how to cite their sources and write a report. We are doing this report because February is Black History Month.

In MATH  we will continue to learn about division and word problems. Some of the lessons we will be doing this week are about:

• Rate Word Problems        ·        Multiplying 3-digit Numbers        ·        Estimating Arithmetic        ·        We will also continue to practice dividing with a remainder.

For some fun math practice go to www.factmonster.com

For SOCIAL STUDIES, we are continuing with our South Dakota unit. We will be concluding Unit 2, which was all about Lewis and Clark. Some of the things we learned in this unit are:

• Where they went on their expedition
• What tribes they met, and what these tribes were like
• The different plants and animals Lewis and Clark found
• Where they went after South Dakota , and what that journey was like

We will be watching a documentary on Lewis and Clark on Monday and on Wednesday we will start Unit 3. Unit 3 is all about the Buffalo in South Dakota . Please feel free to reread lessons 1 with your child. They can be found at www.sd4history.com. For our Road trip we will be traveling to Rapid City and Hot Springs . Ask your child what they learned at these two towns.

 In SCIENCE, we concluded chapter 5 with a test on Wednesday. Chapter 6 is all about the weather and the water cycle.

 REMINDERS:

• All fourth graders will need a combined January/February score of 8 ACR points. Encourage your child to read for 15-20 minutes each evening.
• Valentines Party will be at 3:00 on Thursday.
• Make up snow days: Friday, February 19^th and 26.

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