March 15-18

LA: Spelling Words - since it is a short week, spelling tic tac toe will be due Thursday. We will also take our Spelling Test Thursday.
1. additional
2. beautifully
3. blissfully
4. boastfully
5. carefully
6. cheerfully
7. colorfully
8. educational
9. effortlessly
10. endlessly
11. guiltlessly
12. joyfully
13. meaningfully
14. playfully
15. restfully
16. respectfully
17. childishly
18. truthfully
19. usefully
20. powerfully
*occasionally
*blamelessness
*sentimentally
*gleefulness
*motionless

Reading:

The AR deadline is Tuesday, March 16th. In Reading this week we will finish our Historical Fiction book: Hope's Revolutionary War Diary

LA:

We will review dictionary skills and work on fairy tale presentations. The students will be performing these Friday for their Kindergarten Book Buddies.
Science:
We are currently working on a project here at school that involves simple machines. It is hands on, student driven, and technology based. Our class is excited about the opportunity to use digital video cameras and interview others working in the building as they use simple machines in the real world. Each child has been given a rubric of expectations and how they will be graded. The rubric and the standards have been reviewed with each child here, and we have discussed behavior in the halls, care of the technology, and manners during the interviews they will be conducting. Please take a moment to discuss this with your child as well. If doing the project causes the disruption of others who are learning, the student causing the disruption will not be allowed to continue and will be given an alternate assignment. Also, please review the standards below so that you are aware of the goals your child is striving to reach.

S4P3 Students will demonstrate the relationship between the application of a force and the resulting change in position and motion on an object.a. Identify simple machines and explain their uses (lever, pulley, wedge, inclined plane, screw, wheel and axle).b. Using different size objects, observe how force affects speed and motion.c. Explain what happens to the speed or direction of an object when a greater force than the initial one is applied.d. Demonstrate the effect of gravitational force on the motion of an object.Teacher note: The use of mathematical formulas is not recommended in S4P3. Fourth grade students should carry out investigations to provide a foundation of concrete experience for the abstract understandings of physical science in upper grades.

S4CS8 Students will understand important features of the process of scientific inquiry. Students will apply the following to inquiry learning practices:a. Scientific investigations may take many different forms, including observing what things are like or what is happening somewhere, collecting specimens for analysis, and doing experiments.b. Clear and active communication is an essential part of doing science. It enables scientists to inform others about their work, expose their ideas to criticism by other scientists, and stay informed about scientific discoveries around the world.c. Scientists use technology to increase their power to observe things and to measure and compare things accurately.d. Science involves many different kinds of work and engages men and women of all ages and backgrounds

Math: In Math we will begin a unit on graphing. We will talk about Coordinate Planes. Also, Monday is the Math Benchmark so make sure your child gets a good nights rest and eats a good breakfast!

This Weeks Happenings - March 8-12

We have many exciting/important events this week:

We will take the LA Benchmark tomorrow, March 11th. Please make sure that your child is well rested and eats a good breakfast!

This Thursday from 6:00 PM-8:00 PM we will have a Moving On Up Night. If you attend you will recieve free hands-on activities for your children to use over the summer to help prepare them for 5th grade. You will go to 5th grade hall for this event. Also, free childcare and refreshments will be provided. Hope to see you there.

Friday, March 12th is Blaze O Rama. This is for students earning 16 or more scouts during the quarter.