Thursday, April 30, 2009

Newsletter April 27th

4th Grade All-Stars
Monday, April 27, 2009 Mrs. Smith & Mrs. Vargo

Week At A Glance:

Math: How can we show change over time? What type of graph shows change? What is probability? What are the two major forms of measurement? How do we convert measurements in the U.S. Customary System?

Science: We are beginning our unit on animals and plants. What are the major groups of organisms and how do we classify them?

Language Arts: We will focus on poetry this week. We are very blessed to have Dr. Rebecca Moore our Literacy Coach join us for this fun and exciting unit!!! Welcome back to our classroom Dr. Moore! We will learn about stanza, rhyme scheme and repetition. We will also have fun writing some poetry of our own!

Social Studies: Chapter 11: The Young United States How did political parties form? How did the United States expand westward? What was the war of 1812?

Special Announcements:
· Any families willing to send a healthy snack to school during PASS Testing week, please let us know. Last year the school was able to provide snacks for this week, but due to budget cuts snacks will not be provided. Some ideas are cereal bars, fruit snacks, pretzels or chips, juice boxes or water bottles, etc…. We will be PASS Testing Tuesday, May 12 through Friday, May 15. We haven’t heard from anyone…we are still in need of some snacks.

Special Dates:

· April 30- Stone Mtn. Field Trip
· May 5- Progress Reports Come Home
· May 5- Spring Pictures or Money Due
· May 7- ACT Out Drama Presentation 6:00 p.m.

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