This Week @ 4B: December 8
SPELLING: This week’s list features words that are easily confused with each other. I’ve sent home a list of sentences using these words, so students will be able to tie a meaning with each spelling. This is also posted with the weekly spelling list on my website. You might like to visit www.mrbrownsroom for the weekly spelling list and ideas for different ways to study spelling words.
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NG: Our story this week will be about baseball great, Lou Gehrig and how he heroically faced the disease that ended his life. Kids will get to hear a recording of the amazing speech he gave announcing his retirement.
MATH: Having successfully completed our algebra unit, we’re moving on to the study of statistics, including the concepts of mean, median, mode, and range. Ask how raisins helped your fourth grader learn about these topics.
SOCIAL STUDIES: Fourth graders have completed their study of the East Region of the U.S. and are heading down south where they will learn about the geography and history of the Southern Region. Most of them enjoy the U.S. map games at a site called Gamequarium.
SCIENCE: Mrs. Folks will be preparing kids to begin their science projects for the Douglas County Science Fair (PDF), held in February.
WRITING: Kids will get some more practice with adverbs this week, in hopes of helping them to spice up their writing.
NOTE: See you at the music program at PLHS around 6:45 this Wednesday evening.
