4th Grade News and Notes
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Social Studies (Mrs. Cecil)
Next week will be working more in Chapter 3. We have been discussing culture and geography and how to recognize and distinguish elements of both. We will be discussing the regions of Kentucky and using maps to locate geographic landforms in our state. We will also being looking at the different types of culture that exists in Kentucky (ex: Appalachian).
Language Arts
Next week will be reading the story Tanya’s Reunion. We will be
working on identifying main ideas and supporting details when we read. We will
also be working on prefixes and suffixes. In writing, we will continue with our
letter unit and work on language usage, topic development, and elaborating.
Math (Mr. Calmes)
In math next week we will be working on number patterns. We will be
describing rules for patterns, comparing simple patterns, and extending patterns
from real-world and mathematical situations. Students will be having a Chapter 2
test on Tuesday.
Science (Mrs. Ison)
In science this week we wrapped up our germ investigation. Our
conclusion was that Neosporin fights bacteria very well. We also concluded that
we all need to clean our phones and computer keyboards more! We are also doing
other investigations including germinating bird seed, growing grass seed in the
dark and in the light, and testing different liquids on bush bean seed growth.
We will have a test next Thursday over plants. We will also begin learning
about food chains. The microscope papers are still being graded. I'll get them
back to the kids as soon as I can.
Dates to Remember
- Halloween Happening Oct.24th
- Halloween Happening Basket Items Due by Oct. 10th
