Homework for the Week of October 3rd

Important Reminders:  Summaries include important things from their story.  They must not include opinions, such as I love this book.  Students take a vocabulary quiz once a week.  There are 20 words and they must know their definitions.  I recommend that the students take home their vocabulary notebooks nightly to study for their quiz.  Notebooks must come back to school the next day.  Progress reports come home on Monday.  

Mission Report packets and books have been sent home.  Students have one month to complete their paper and project.  It is all due October 31st.  Please remember that plagiarism is not allowed.  All students who are plagiarizing will be subject to a failing grade on their assignment.

Monday:  Do a fluency read for 1 minute with an adult and mark on fluency paper, read from a book of your choice for 15 minutes then write a 5 (or more if you choose) sentence summary about what you read, complete the math page for Chapter 5 Lesson 5, and write all 25 spelling words 3 times each.

Tuesday:  Do a fluency read for 1 minute with an adult and mark on fluency paper, read from a book of your choice for 15 minutes then write a 5 (or more if you choose) sentence summary about what you read, complete the math page for Chapter 6 Lesson 1, and write all 25 spelling word in a sentence (please underline the spelling word).

Wednesday:  Do a fluency read for 1 minute with an adult and mark on fluency paper, read from a book of your choice for 15 minutes then write a 5 (or more if you choose) sentence summary about what you read, complete the math page for Chapter 6 Lesson 2, and write all 25 spelling words in alphabetical order.

Thursday:  Do a fluency read for 1 minute with an adult and mark on fluency paper, read from a book of your choice for 15 minutes then write a 5 (or more if you choose) sentence summary about what you read, complete the comprehension page, and study for the spelling test tomorrow!

*Papers that should be turned in on Friday are:  all reading log pages, the fluency paper, and the homework from Thursday night.

Have a great week!

Upcoming Test

Our 4th graders will be taking the Chapter 7 Test on Monday.  If you would like your child to study, they may take their books home.  The lessons are on pages 142, 144, 148, and 152.

Good luck!

Homework for the Week of September 26th

 Important Reminders:  Summaries include important things from their story.  They must not include opinions, such as I love this book.  Students take a vocabulary quiz once a week.  There are 20 words and they must know their definitions.  I recommend that the students take home their vocabulary notebooks nightly to study for their quiz.  Notebooks must come back to school the next day.  Progress reports come home on Monday.

Monday:  Do a fluency read for 1 minute with an adult and mark on fluency paper, read from a book of your choice for 15 minutes then write a 5 (or more if you choose) sentence summary about what you read, complete the math page for Chapter 5 Lesson 2, and write all 25 spelling words 3 times each.

Tuesday:  Do a fluency read for 1 minute with an adult and mark on fluency paper, read from a book of your choice for 15 minutes then write a 5 (or more if you choose) sentence summary about what you read, complete the math page for Chapter 5 Lesson 3, and write all 25 spelling word in a sentence (please underline the spelling word).

Wednesday:  Do a fluency read for 1 minute with an adult and mark on fluency paper, read from a book of your choice for 15 minutes then write a 5 (or more if you choose) sentence summary about what you read, complete the math page for Chapter 5 Lesson 4, and write all 25 spelling words in alphabetical order.

Thursday:  Do a fluency read for 1 minute with an adult and mark on fluency paper, read from a book of your choice for 15 minutes then write a 5 (or more if you choose) sentence summary about what you read, complete the comprehension page, and study for the spelling test tomorrow!

*Papers that should be turned in on Friday are:  all reading log pages, the fluency paper, and the homework from Thursday night.

Have a great week!

Homework for the Week of September 19th

 Hello Families,

Important notices:  Progress reports will be coming home soon!  We have complete MUTA testing for Theme 1, so we will be moving on to Theme 2.  Tomas and the Library Lady is the story for the week.  I recommend that students bring home their vocabulary notebooks nightly to practice their 20 words for their test on Friday!  Also, we will taking the Chapter 6 Math test this week.  Please go over the concepts with your child to make sure they understand them.  I do have the Math book website on my blog under Favorite Links so you can check it out.  There are lessons and games for the concepts we are working on.

Monday:  Do a fluency read for 1 minute with an adult and mark on fluency paper, read from a book of your choice for 15 minutes then write a 5 (or more if you choose) sentence summary about what you read, complete the math page for Chapter 4 Lesson 3, and write all 25 spelling words 3 times each.

Tuesday:  Do a fluency read for 1 minute with an adult and mark on fluency paper, read from a book of your choice for 15 minutes then write a 5 (or more if you choose) sentence summary about what you read, complete the math page for Chapter 4 Lesson 4, and write all 25 spelling word in a sentence (please underline the spelling word).

Wednesday:  Do a fluency read for 1 minute with an adult and mark on fluency paper, read from a book of your choice for 15 minutes then write a 5 (or more if you choose) sentence summary about what you read, complete the math page for Chapter 4 Lesson 5, and write all 25 spelling words in alphabetical order.

Thursday:  Do a fluency read for 1 minute with an adult and mark on fluency paper, read from a book of your choice for 15 minutes then write a 5 (or more if you choose) sentence summary about what you read, complete the math page for Chapter 5 Lesson 1, and study for the spelling test tomorrow!

*Papers that should be turned in on Friday are:  all reading log pages, the fluency paper, and the homework from Thursday night.

Have a great week!

Homework for the Week of September 12th

Hello Families,

This week is MUTA testing week.  Students will be tested on comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, and writing skills.  We will be using By the Shores of Silver Lake spelling words for their spelling test this week because of Spell-a-thon last week.  Spell-a-thon donations are due on Friday!! 

A reminder on a book summary:  the writer's job is to tell the important parts of the story they read in a paragraph.  It is not a list of things.  Sentences should not include opinions like "I like this book." or "Nothing really happened."

Here is the homework for this week:

Monday:  Do a fluency read for 1 minute with an adult and mark on fluency paper, read from a book of your choice for 15 minutes then write a 5 (or more if you choose) sentence summary about what you read, complete the math page for Chapter 3 Lesson 5, and write all 25 spelling words 3 times each.

Tuesday:  Do a fluency read for 1 minute with an adult and mark on fluency paper, read from a book of your choice for 15 minutes then write a 5 (or more if you choose) sentence summary about what you read, complete the reading comprehension page, and write all 25 spelling word in a sentence (please underline the spelling word).

Wednesday:  Do a fluency read for 1 minute with an adult and mark on fluency paper, read from a book of your choice for 15 minutes then write a 5 (or more if you choose) sentence summary about what you read, complete the math page for Chapter 4 Lesson 1, and write all 25 spelling words in alphabetical order.

Thursday:  Do a fluency read for 1 minute with an adult and mark on fluency paper, read from a book of your choice for 15 minutes then write a 5 (or more if you choose) sentence summary about what you read, complete the math page for Chapter 4 Lesson 2, and study for the spelling test tomorrow!

*Papers that should be turned in on Friday are:  all reading log pages, the fluency paper, and the homework from Thursday night.

Have a great week!

Homework for the Week of September 6th

Hello Families,

I hope you all enjoyed your 3-day weekend! This week is a short week so there is no homework to do for Monday night.  We are taking our Spell-a-Thon spelling test on Wednesday, so students should be prepared to take it.  Hopefully your quest for donations are going well!  This is money that comes directly back to our classroom for field trips and extra activities.

If your child's homework requires more than 1 piece of paper to turn in, can you please make sure they are stapled or paper clipped together with their name on each paper.  Here is the homework for this week:


Tuesday:  Do a fluency read for 1 minute with an adult and mark on fluency paper, read from a book of your choice for 15 minutes then write a 5 (or more if you choose) sentence summary about what you read, complete the math page for Chapter 3 Lesson 1, and study for Spell-a-Thon spelling test.  (List of words was given last week.)

Wednesday:  Do a fluency read for 1 minute with an adult and mark on fluency paper, read from a book of your choice for 15 minutes then write a 5 (or more if you choose) sentence summary about what you read, and complete the math page for Chapter 3 Lesson 2.

Thursday:  Do a fluency read for 1 minute with an adult and mark on fluency paper, read from a book of your choice for 15 minutes then write a 5 (or more if you choose) sentence summary about what you read, and complete the math page for Chapter 3 Lesson 3.  There will not be a spelling test on Friday due to the Spell-a-Thon test on Wednesday.

*Papers that should be turned in on Friday are:  all reading log pages, the fluency paper, and the math homework from Thursday night.

Have a great week!