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Hi all! Hope you're enjoying your Labor Day weekend! I'm still super excited for the upcoming week. Here's what we have to look forward to:
In Cougar's Call we will read and discuss our new read aloud, "The Lemonade War." This book introduces students to business terms to gear them up for our first IB Unit, "How We Organize Ourselves." On Friday we will change gears for a fun science experiment where we will learn how water move through a plant. Math skills this week include identifying and comparing numbers to the millions place value. We will also work on rounding numbers. Some students struggle with this skill. I highly recommend reinforcing these skills at home. I am glad to send home extra practice and/or you can use Khan Academy. Here is a link to good videos and practice problems: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-fourth-grade-math/cc-4th-place-value-rounding In Literacy this week we will begin rotations. -The first rotation of the week is Vocabulary. At the beginning of each month students will receive a vocabulary packet called Wordly Wise. While we will complete most of the first packet together this month, in the future it will be the students' responsibility. Students will receive a new Wordly Wise packet each month. It will be collected at the end of the month for a completion grade. -The second rotation is Spelling. Students will also receive a list of 8-10 spelling words each month. Students are to practice the words for homework. We will have a spelling test at the end of the month. -The third rotation is read to self. While students read to self in class, I will pull small groups to work on fluency and targeted reading instruction. In Writing this week we will set up a writing journal. We will talk about the writing process and begin our first piece of work by the end of the week. On Fridays we will have a picture of the week activity where students view a picture and describe what they see or write a story about what the picture could be about. In Integrated Studies we are beginning to look into the 3 regions of North Carolina - the Mountain, Piedmont, and Coastal regions. We will then take a closer look into the natural, human and capital resources of those regions. HOMEWORK: -Read two and a half hours and log it in agenda -Review Spelling Words ANNOUNCEMENTS: -9/4 - No School -9/5 - Reading Rocks Log Due -9/8 - Panthers Spirit Day! -9/14 - Curriculum Night 6:45-7:45 WISH LIST: -Money towards Time for Kids Newspaper. For 24 copies it costs about $140. Pricey I know, but I would really love to instill a fun way to read nonfiction to these students. Time for Kids are informative, interesting and great conversation starters. Any donations towards the paper would be helpful! -Anyone willing to organize Cougar Folders for 15-20 minutes on Mondays Sorry for the lengthy update. We have a lot to look forward to! Thank you for all of your donations and time already! -Tomi
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