This Week @ 4B September 28, 2008
SPELLING: This week’s words are homophones (sound the same, spelled differently). I’ve sent home spelling sentences to help kids learn the meanings of each spelling. You can visit www.mrbrownsroom for the weekly spelling list and ideas for different ways to study spelling words.
READING: An excerpt from the Little House novel, On the Banks of Plum Creek. The main skill we’ll work on this week is helping students learn to identify the theme of a story. The theme of this story is a parent’s favorite, Do what your parents tell you. We’re using some of Aesop’s Fables to help us learn about theme.
MATH: We are completing unit on addition and subtraction of larger numbers and the properties of addition. Next up: multiplication facts songs with ukulele accompaniment.
SOCIAL STUDIES: We have begun our unit on Kansas geography and history.
WRITING: We’ve begun working on writing a good paragraph. The vehicle for this project will be paragraph long book reviews.
NOTE: Just a reminder to send a sack lunch for our Thursday field trip to the Topeka Zoo. Check back later this week to see photos and an article about this trip. They’re sure looking forward to it.
