December 12-16th

Dear Parents,

We got our party! We were so happy that last week we finally got our party and got to watch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We finished reading this book a while ago and now we got to compare it to the movie. We are also now working towards earning a party day with no school work for the day before Christmas Break. Wish us luck with this one!

Here is what we are doing in class this week:

Reading: This week we will be reading biographies. We will figure out the author’s point of view about the person we are reading about, and we will write our own opinions about the person. We will start writing opinion essays with these by typing our draft instead of writing it out.  Our spelling is list #13 with soft c and g sounds. Students should be spending 20 minutes studying their words this week. They should also be reading 20 minutes a night and filling out their reading logs.

Math: This week we will be finishing our Decomposing Fractions unit and taking our test on Tuesday. Look for a pre-test to be sent home on Monday to study from. Then we will begin learning about equivalent fractions. We will learn how to find equivalent fractions, and how to see if 2 fractions are equivalent or not. In Target Time we will be doing a STEAM activity and then we will practice our Christmas Sing Songs.

Writing: This week we will keep working on our Author Reports. Last week students should have completed their research about their author. If the have not done so, they need to finish at home. They should be finishing their rough draft this week, editing and revising it, and then begin typing it. They should be mostly done with typing it by the end of this week.

Science: This week we will be doing a Reader’s Theater about rocks and soil. We will learn about specific examples of igneous and metamorphic rocks. We will also take a quiz about the 3 rock types and examples of each.

Social Studies: This week in social studies we will be taking our final counties quiz on Tuesday and Wednesday. Again, students are welcome to use the study guides/answer keys on my blog to help them study: http://mrswheatleysfourthgrade.blogspot.com/2016/11/county-study-guides.html. Our final test will be next week. We will then start a Road Trip STEAM project where students have to use Google Maps to plan out a road trip to see at least 5 places in Utah within a certain amount of time and with so much gas money.

This week’s homework:

Read 20 mins each day and fill out a pink reading log

Spelling #13– 20 minutes of study and list signed by parent

Lesson 3.2-P53, 4.5-P77, 2.9-P39, 7.1-P133

Study Counties and County Seats – Quiz 3 is Tuesday

*Math, reading, and spelling are due on Friday

**Don’t forget about our Christmas Sing next week! It will be on Wednesday December 21^st at 9:30 and 1:00. The morning session is usually the fullest session, so if possible, please come to the 1:00 session. Students should wear a green or white shirt on that day and if they want, they are welcome to wear a Santa Hat. Here are some links that students can practice our songs with at home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejveVZw1UDw and http://www.schooltube.com/video/830af6f78354934c762b/Housetop%20Carol

Thanks!

Mrs. Wheatley