Week of December 9th – 13th!!!

Welcome to the second week of December!!! Here are some upcoming important dates for the week:

Monday: read 20 minutes, RL
Tuesday: read 20 minutes, RL
Wednesday: read 20 minutes, RL, PTA fundraiser Limo Ride
Thursday: read 20 minutes, RL, Wildcat Chorus concert
Friday: Reading logs due
Saturday: PTA Holiday Shop from 9-12

ELA: This week we are adding to our spelling list words with the suffix -ant/-ent meaning “one who”. The four words are immigrant, assistant, merchant, and servant. We are wrapping up our study of text features and beginning our study on text-to-text connections between two different similar texts. We are also taking our SRI assessment, so ask your child how they scored on the assessment. Scores from 751-900 are considered on a fourth grade level. Check out these practice activities:
1. Text-to-text Connections
2. Making Connections Activity
3. Rags to Riches game: text features

Science: We have reached the final learning target of our science unit: I can develop simple machines that combine to make up a compound machine. Students will be challenged to build a compound machine that includes at least 2 simple machines in it. Please send in any donated boxes, toilet paper tubes, etc to help make this project a success. Here are some practice activities:
1. Simple and Complex Machines
2. All About Machines Facts and Video
3. Work and Simple Machines Review Video

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