Classroom News for the Week of October 27th

News and Upcoming Events: 

* Wednesday night HW link:     Inuit Bears

• Scroll through the statues of dancing bears. Choose three of your favorites and sketch them. Include as much detail as you can. Look carefully. Pay close attention to the bears' poses and try to get the sense of movement of the bears dancing.

10/30 Book Orders due 

10/30 Wear Red to Support Red Ribbon Week

10/31 Grade 4 Learning Fair 8:11-12:00

This will be a fun morning filled with lots of hands-on activities for the children, but we are in need of more volunteers and supplies to make our Learning Fair a success. Please use the link below to sign -up. Thank you!!! 

Sign-up: Halloween/Day of the Dead Festivities

10/31 Halloween Parade 1:30 p.m.

Students should bring their costumes to school in bags with their names clearly marked on them. They will change after lunch. Fake weapons are not allowed at school.

11/12 Field Trip to Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Chaperones:

• Belina David
• Charles Keagle
• Kai Ti Wang Olsen
• Rachel Livingston
• Gina Kwon

Reminders:

* Tardies - Please make sure your child is at school and in line by the 8:06 bell. We try to start the school day at 8:11 promptly. Thank you for your help!

* Please check your child's Homework Log nightly and sign or initial after the work has been completed. Remind your child that completed homework and the HW log are due in class daily. 

What's Going On This Week In Class:

Second Step:

Lesson Focus: No lesson this week.

Math: 

Multiplying Greater Numbers Using the Standard Algorithm

Multiplication Madness (Fact Practice) 

Language Arts:

This week we will continue reading Katherine Patterson's Newbery Award winning novel, Bridge to Terabithia; Identifying Simile and Metaphor in writing; Analyzing Cause and Effect

Writer's Workshop: Unit 2 Writing Opinion Pieces

Greek and Latin Roots:

Please study the meanings and spellings of these ten words. You will have a quiz on Friday. 

magn, magni, maxi = great, large & gen = origin, birth

1. generation
2. genuine
3. generic
4. generous
5. generate
6. magnate
7. magnificent
8. maximum
9. maximize
10. magnification

Social Studies/Science:

Earth Science- Rocks and Minerals

Social Studies: Native Californians' Use of Natural Resources

Arts:

Theater: We have started to work on our play with Ms. Beret.

Visual Arts: Paper mache mask making