This Week @ 4B: October 19
SPELLING: This week’s words are plural nouns ending with s, es or ies. You can visit www.mrbrownsroom for the weekly spelling list and ideas for different ways to study spelling words.
READING: This week we get to read another one of my favorite stories from our textbook. It’s called Marven of the Great North. It’s about a young boy who spends the winter in a logging camp in order to avoid the Great 1918 Flu Epidemic.
MATH: Timed tests on multiplication facts will continue through most of this coming week. As kids pass their 12s, they’ll work on a mixed problem test with 100 problems so they will continue to be challenged and continue to increase their fluency. However, instead of the practice games we’ve been playing, students will learn about the properties of multiplication and division as well as how to decide whether to choose these opperations in problem solving situations.
Our test on this unit is scheduled for this coming Friday. The actual day though will depend on how well prepared students are at the end of the week.
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SOCIAL STUDIES: As our Kansas unit draws to a close, kids will learn about famous Kansans and write short research reports about one or two of them. This unit also scheduled for testing at the end of this week.
WRITING: Students will choose a book to review in a well constructed paragraph.
NOTE: Due to the rise in fuel costs, USD 343 schools will keep their thermostadts relatively low this winter. Please see that your children dress accordingly as temperatures begin to drop so they can be comfortable during the learning process.
