Thursday, April 23, 2009

Newsletter Apil 6th

4th Grade All-Stars
Tuesday, April 6, 2009 Mrs. Smith & Mrs. Vargo

Week At A Glance:

Math: What is the use of parentheses in number sentences? How do we solve for a pattern or function box? How do you solve for a variable? How can we show change over time? What is probability?

Science: What is the sun like? How does the sun affect the earth? What are the phases of the moon? What is the moon like?

Language Arts: Fire by Joy Masoff: How can headings, subheadings, print styles, white space, captions and chapter headings help me gain information? What are verbs? What are main and helping verbs?

Social Studies: Chapter 10: Forming a New Government What is the Constitutional Convention? What are the goals of the Constitution? What are the three branches of government and how do they function? Lesson 1 vocabulary & facts test Thursday.

Special Announcements:
· Due to our upcoming Spring Break, the length of vocabulary and amount of material needed to know for Chapter 10, there will be a quiz on Social Studies Lesson 1 vocabulary and facts on Thursday, April 9th. Flashcards were created Friday, April 3rd and study guides came home Friday. It is also posted on our class website (www.freewebs.com/vargo4thgrade).

Special Dates:

· April 9 – Social Studies Lesson 1 Quiz
· April 9 – Coupon Book Orders Due
· April 10 – School Closed
· April 13-17– Spring Break
· April 20 – School Resumes
· April 21 – Coupon Books Delivered to Students to be distributed

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