Homework, Wednesday, 31st October

Maths: Review Topic 5 - Test Thursday. Practice Test and Reteaching exercises pp.120-125  (answers below)

Reading: Achieve 3000 - Read "A Mess at Sea", and answer thought question. Due Friday.

Practice Test 5 Answers

1. C     2. D     3. A     4. C     5. D     6. B     7. A     8. C     9. B     10. B   11. A   12. A   13. C   14. D   15. D

Topic 5 Extra Practice Answer Key

Set A 1. 8 × 6 = 48; 480 2. 3 × 4 = 12; 120 3. 6 × 5 =30 ;300 4. 5 × 3 = 15; 1,500 5. 7 × 4 = 28; 2,800 6. 2 × 9 = 18; 1,800 7. 3 × 7 = 21; 2,100 8.  8 × 8 = 64; 640 9. 1 × 4 = 4; 400 10. 3 × 6 = 18; 180 11. 2 × 9 = 18; 180 12. 9 × 8 = 72; 7,200 13.  5 × 7 = 35; 350 14.  2 × 7 = 14; 140 15.  3 × 3 = 9; 900 16.  4 × 9 = 36; 360 17.  7 × 7 = 49; 490 18.  5 × 4 = 20; 2,000			Set B 1. 78 2. 138 3. 441 4. 216 5. 435 6. 84 7. 144 8. 168 9. 549 10. 196 11. 282 12. 648 13. 360 14. 304	Set C 1. 640 2. 1,500 3. 500 4. 4,200 5. 2,800 6. 360 7. 450 8. 6,300 9. 1,500 10. 600 11. 1,000 12. 900	Set D 1. Mitchell will make 80 dollars 2. $36
SET E 1. 168 2. 84 3. 375 4. 212 5. 176 6. 126 7. 96 8. 225 9. 294 10. 111		SET F 1. 36 2. 240 3. 198 4. 679 5. 248 6. 200 7. 360 8. 352 9. 432 10. 378		SET G 1. 956 2. 740 3. 1,398 4. 6,3491 5. 1,044 6. 2,000	SET H 1. 168 hours 2. 648 pounds 3. $10

Homework, Tuesday, 30th October

Performance begins at 9:00 am tomorrow.

Maths: Practice 5-7; Enrichment 5-7

Spelling: Review List 8    Click here for Quizlet quiz and activities  Click here for Spelling City

List 8 – Short and Long Vowels

Core Words

shake	roast	speed	flock
desk	prune	drain	cone
block	spray	fist	crew
fright	plant	pride	blade
neat	bread	truck	dead

Challenge Words

proceed

cocoa

imitate

erase

polish

Homework, Monday, 29th October

Maths: Practice 5-6 Multiplying 2-Digit Numbers by 1-Digit Numbers; Enrichment 5-6 Mathematical Marlena
Reading: Listen to Tomás and the Library Lady. You might choose to read it, too.
Spelling: Review List 10  Click here for list and quiz links
Social Studies: Prepare your presentation for tomorrow.

Week 9

Dear Parents and Students,

Everyone is getting excited about our upcoming Dress-up Day and performance next week. It will be fun to see everybody’s costumes, and I hope many parents are able to come and join us on Wednesday morning. In class this week, we were busy as usual.

In Maths, we have been working on Topic 5, which revisits multiplication. We will continue next week, with a topic test scheduled for Thursday, before we begin Topic 6 on Friday.

In our Literacy Workshop we all enjoyed listening to one another’s Personal Narratives. We have continued with our study of nouns, and we read an interesting account of one girl’s experiences on the Titanic, and one crew’s search for the famous ship 75 years later. The audio version of the story can be found in Thursday’s blog post, along with links to pictures and interactive pages. We will begin a new theme in Reading next week, beginning with a book called Tomas and the Library Lady.

Our studies Earth Science came to a close with our unit test on Friday. We will begin our Physical Science unit next week.

 We have started a new chapter in Social Studies, and we are all researching for our upcoming presentation about patriotism. Everyone has chosen a country to represent, and we will all enjoy learning from one another when we take turns to present next Tuesday and Thursday.

As you know, our mid-semester break will be on Monday and Tuesday, 5^th-6^th November. Please check below for other important dates, and I hope to see everyone at our Halloween / Fancy Dress day on Wednesday.

Students, I’ll see you all on Monday!

Dates to remember:

Tue-Wed. Oct 30-31:  Patriotic Symbols presentation

Wed.    Oct 31:            Fancy Dress Day – Parents welcome!

Thu.    Nov 1:             Math test – Topic 5

Mon-Tue, Nov 5-6:    Midterm break. School closed.

Mon-Fri, Nov 12-16:  Parent/Teacher Interviews

Students of the Week:

Leo, Rady, Sohyun, Sara.

Well done, everyone!

Student of the week

Congratulations to Soushi!

Soushi is always putting in his best efforts and is a very conscientious student. This week, he gave a very impressive oral presentation, and has been showing great initiative in solving problems. Keep up the excellent work, Soushi!

Homework, Thursday, 25th October

Maths: Practice 5-4 Reasonableness; Practice 5-8 Problem Solving - Draw a Picture...  NO Enrichment.  We will do it in class.

Reading: If you would like to listen to a narration of Finding the Titanic, click on the link below.

 
Click here for pictures of the sunken Titanic  from National Geographic.

Click here for more pictures.

Check out this interactive timeline of the building of the Titanic. Very cool!
Building the Titanic - An Interactive Display   (Needs Adobe)

Homework, Wednesday, 24th October

Maths: Practice 5-3 Using Rounding to Estimate; Enrichment 5-3 Who's Here?
Social Studies: Gather resources for your Patriotism poster
Science: Chapter Review Quiz  Due Friday
               Chapter 6 Lesson Check 5; Lesson Check 6 worksheet due Friday

Homework, Tuesday, 23rd October

Maths: Practice 5-2 Using Mental Math to Multiply; Enrichment 5-2 Block Party
Spelling: Review List 10  Click here for Spelling City or Click here for Quizlet  
List 10 – (ou and ô sounds)

Core Words

pound	howl	jaw	bounce
cause	always	shout	aloud
south	couple	drawn	scout
false	proud	frown	sauce
gown	couch	dawn	mount

Challenge Words    

gnaw

prowl

pounce

doubt

scrawny 

Homework, Monday, 22nd October

Maths: Practice 5-1 Multiplying by Multiples of 10 and 100; Enrichment 5-1 In the Blink of an Eye
Literacy: Practise reading your Personal Narrative aloud.  Presentation tomorrow.

Week 8

Dear Parents and Students,

It seems that autumn has finally arrived, and we can enjoy some cooler weather. It has been a busy week in Grade 4, as we have had a number of tests and assessments throughout the week.

In Maths, we have completed Topic 4, and in addition to the topic test, we have also completed our first round of cumulative and benchmark tests. Next week, we will return to our regular lessons, beginning with Topic 5 and multiplication.

In our Literacy Workshop we have spent most of our time working in our Personal Narrative stories. We have pushed our publishing date back a little, and we now plan to be ready to present our stories next Tuesday. In grammar, we are continuing with nouns, and our current spelling list is review of the previous lists.

We have completed our studies Earth Science, and our unit test is scheduled for next Friday. We will spend some time next week reviewing the unit. Our next unit – Physical Science – will begin the following week.

 We had a chapter test in Social Studies, which brings our study of geography and climate to a close for the time being. We have moved our attention to citizenship, and everyone is excited about our upcoming minor presentation assignment about patriotism. More information about the assignment will be sent home next week.

We finished the week with an extra Performing Arts lesson to make up for the one we missed last Friday, due to the field trip. Everyone is working hard with Mrs. Johnson, and it looks like we will be enjoying a very impressive Halloween performance on the 31^st October!

Our Halloween / Fancy Dress day, along with other important dates are listed below, as usual. I hope you all enjoy a great weekend, and I’ll see you all on Monday!

Dates to remember:

Fri.      Oct 19:            Maths benchmark test – Topics 1-4

Fri.      Oct 26:            Science Test

                                    Monthly Assembly

Wed.    Oct 31:            Fancy Dress Day

Mon-Tue, Nov 5-6:    Midterm break. School closed.

Mon-Fri, Nov 12-16:  Parent/Teacher Interviews

Student of the Week, Week 8

Congratulations to Leo!

Leo has had a great attitude towards his work and general performance this week. He has put forth his best efforts in all areas, and has rewarded himself with some very good results. Well done, Leo. Keep it up!

Homework, Thursday, 18th October

 Literacy: Finish revising your Personal Narrative. Our goal is to proofread and begin publishing tomorrow.

Complete any outstanding unfinished work.

Homework, Wednesday, 17th October

As we have had a lot of tests this week, there is no assigned homework for tonight.
Please use the time to catch up on unfinished work.  If you have finished everything, enjoy your evening!

Homework, Tuesday, 16th October

Maths: Review Topic 4 - test tomorrow.  pp.90-91
Extra practice/Reteaching pp.92-93  Answers below.

Spelling: Review List 6 as necessary. Click here for Spelling City link.

List 6 – Review 1

Core Words

safe	kept	gray / grey	grown
wrote	blind	suit	crumb
wait	creak	steep	gain
still	gold	crime

Challenge Words:

descent

graceful

rigid

newscast

knead

Maths Answer Key:

Topic 4 Practice Test Answers

1. D     2. A      3. D     4. B      5. A      6. B      7. C      8. D     9. B      10. C   11. C   12. D   13. B   14. A

Topic 4 Extra Practice Answer Key

Set A 1. 5 chairs 2. 4 balls

Set B 1. 5 × 8 = 40    40 ÷ 5 = 8    8 × 5 = 40    40 ÷ 8 = 5 2. 7 × 9 = 63    63 ÷ 7 = 9    9 × 7 = 63    63 ÷ 9 = 7 3. 6 × 2 = 12    12 ÷ 6 = 2    2 × 6 = 12    12 ÷ 2 = 6

Set C 1. = 2. > 3. > 4.  = 5. > 6. <

Set D 1. 6 2. 9 3. 4 4. 9 5. 7 6. 6

Set F 1. 5 bookmarks