Tuesday, November 27th

Reminder: Tomorrow school ends at the regular Wednesday time. Also, if it is raining, several students will be needed to help out in the lower grade classrooms. These students know who they are and are supposed to be checking in with their parents so they are not picked up before 12:45 tomorrow. Thanks for your flexibility!

All homework is due Thursday.

Language Arts: Simile pages 8 and 9; Garfield cartoon response, 'Tall Tales'.

Math: Study Links 5-3 and 5-4

Monday, November 26th

Conference week is here! I've posted the conference times outside the classroom in case someone needs to check their time. I'm looking forward to meeting with you soon.

Language Arts: Flex groups will not meet again until January because we will be working on a special project in December. In class, we are beginning our study of Figurative Language and you will see these papers coming home for Homework for several weeks.

Tonight's ELA HW: Simile page 7

Math: Family Letter came home. Complete Study Link 5-2

Thursday, November 15th

We had 6 excellent speeches today and two more students will speak tomorrow. I will announce the class winners tomorrow. Thanks for supporting your children in their presentations.

Language Arts:
P - Finish the "Jokester Genius" worksheet if you didn't finish it in class.
Q - Complete the "Articles and Prepositions" worksheet.
T - No HW
W - Tuesday's HW is due tomorrow
F - No HW

Other: Word Ladders pages 18 and 19

Math: Multiplication Designs page 16

Tuesday, November 13th

What a wonderful 4 day weekend it was. Now, back to work! A few announcements:
First, I will let you know what time I've scheduled your conference via a note in your child's Wednesday Envelope. Please remember to look for it.
Second, A packet of book orders is coming home tomorrow. It has several fliers because it is the last one we will place before the winter holidays. Plan on ordering those gifts now. If you would like us to not deliver a part of your order to your child when it comes in, let us know and we'll get that portion to you another way :)
Third, the timing is tight, but we'll take our test on Unit 4 this Thursday. I think this may be the last day I can be assured all the students will be at school since a few families are leaving town early (I think we have all enjoyed the full week off at Thanksgiving time the last two years!).
Fourth, counter to what we have done the past two years, there is school next Monday and Tuesday. I will be here and hope to see many students, too.
Finally, BRING IN FOOD!. Friday, 11/16, is the last day to do so.

Homework
Language Arts:
P - No HW
Q - Finish your poster
T - No HW
W - PB 181-182 and 185-186
F - No HW

Math: Finish Study Links 4-7 and 4-9. Begin studying for the Unit 4 test.

Tuesday, November 6th

Our fabulous new 4th grade t-shirts went home today. The youth sizes seem big to me...a lot of room for growth! Try washing it in hot water and drying in a hot dryer if your child's is way too big. We will all be wearing these tomorrow!
The beautiful artwork went home today, also. Thank you, Dawn Tsaio for coordinating this effort. What lovely items I saw!

Language Arts:
P - Finish the Eponym, Palindrome, Oxymoron worksheet if you did not finish it in class.
Q - Coordinating Conjunctions worksheet
T- Prepare for your next meeting
W - Finish your Reciprocal Reading work, if you did not do so in class.
F - No HW

Math: Study Links 4-6 and 4-8. Also, complete the Math Test Reflection cover sheet for your Unit 3 math test. All this work is due Thursday.

Monday, November 5th

Language Arts:
P - No HW
Q - Identifying Adverbs
T - Finish your job
W - PB 132-133
F - No HW

Math: Study Links 4-5