Week of October 2nd

Important Dates:
October 5 -Box Top turn in
October 9-- No School Columbus Day


Reading: We will continue our Courage theme. There will be a  vocabulary QUIZ on the words from Happy Birthday Dr. King on Thursday 10/5. The resources for preparing for the quiz are found in Reading section of Google Classroom and include a Quizlet and their word work pages. Then, we will be digging into an excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream Speech".

English: In English, we will work on paragraph writing.

Spelling: Unit 6 - "Suffixes "-ed" and "-ing"
This week's spelling/vocabulary list will include words with the suffixes -ed and -ing.  We will study how adding these suffixes to base words changes their spelling. The final test is scheduled for Friday, 10/6.

Social Studies:    We will complete chapter 5 lesson one. We will read and learn how the Narragansett lived in the Northeast region before European settlers came to North America. We will learn key events that affected the Narragansett way of life once the European settlers arrived. We will celebrate our study of the Northeast with a Resource Day on Thursday.  We will be having waffles with maple syrup along with cranberry and grape juice. 

Science:  We will begin a unit in Life Science. We will learn that animals are grouped into different categories. We will also read and learn which animals are vertebrates and which animals are invertebrates,

Mrs. Bucklin's Math Class: In math this week we will begin Module 4 in Unit One. This module provides hands-on experience with measurement as students explore linear measurement, mass, weight, and liquid volume. They will review the definitions and units of measure for each category.

Week of September 25th

Important Dates:
Sept 27- Early Dismissal

Reading:  This week we will continue the fourth grade Courage unit. We are working with a story called Happy Birthday, Dr. King written by Kathryn D. Jones.  This text will help us work on answering text-dependent questions as well as understand cause and effect.  The students will also be doing vocabulary assignments in Google Classroom.

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English: In English, we will complete  Unit One. The Sentence. There will be a chapter test on Wednesday. The students have a review assignment in Google Classroom that is due on Tuesday. They will also be bringing their English book home to help review for the test.

Spelling: Unit 5  - "Greek Roots"
This week's spelling/vocabulary list will include words with the Greek roots "graph", "auto", "photo", "tele", and "rupt".  We will study the meanings of these roots and how to use them correctly. The final TEST is scheduled for Friday, 9/29.

Social Studies:    The chapter 4 test will be given on Friday, September 29th. The students should review their notes and worksheets from class. They should be able to explain how Niagara Falls was formed and how the Niagara River is important to the people in the Northeast region. We will review for the test on Thursday.

Science:   The students will complete a group activity using the Scientific Method. They will need to figure out how to make the longest chain from one piece of paper.

Mrs. Bucklin's Math Class: In math this week we will take a closer look at multiplicative comparisons, working to understand what it really means when we say something is twice as big, three times as tall or four times as much. The students will make a comparison statement to match a multiplication equation. They will solve story problems involving multiplicative comparisons. There will be a test on Unit 1 Modules 1-3 on Thursday.  The students will be given a practice test to complete for homework on Friday. It will be due on Tuesday. Please look over your child's checkpoint quiz that will come home on Monday.  These concepts will be covered again on the test.  We will also review for the test on Tuesday.

Week of Sept.18th

Important Dates:
Sept 27- Early Dismissal

Reading:  This week we will begin the fourth grade Courage unit. The unit revolves around the essential questions of "What does it mean to show courage?", "Can courage be shown in more than one way?" and "How can one person make a difference?" We will also focus on how to determine the theme of a story.

English: In English, we will continue  Unit one. The Sentence. We will focus on finding the subject and  predicate along with run-on sentences.

Spelling: Unit 4 - "Frequently Confused Words"
This week's spelling/vocabulary list will include homophones such as to, too and two & their, there and they're. We will study the meanings of these words and how to use them correctly. The final test is scheduled for Friday, 9/22.

Social Studies:   This week we will continue chapter 4, The Northeast.  In Lesson 3  we will read and learn how Chesapeake Bay and other bays in the Northeast provide seafood for millions. The students have an assignment in Google Classroom which is due on Tuesday. The chapter 4 test is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, September 28th.

Science:   We will continue the introduction chapter of "Getting Ready for Science".  We will learn how the scientific method helps scientist gain knowledge. We will complete several experiments this week to learn how the Scientific method works.  There will be an open book quiz on lessons two and three on Thursday. 

Mrs. Bucklin's Math Class: This week, we will begin Unit 1, Module 3 on multiplication comparisons and equations.  There will be a checkpoint quiz on Friday. I will send home a study guide on Wednesday. The students should know how to list factors and multiples of a given number, They also need to be able to determine whether a number is prime or composite.
 The Home Connection and Student book can now be found in your child's  Math Google Classroom under the About section.  This can be used if your child  forgets to bring home their workbook.The pages may be printed out from this file. 

Week of September 11th

Dear Parents,
 Just a reminder our Brookfield Zoo  trip is Wednesday. The students will  need to bring a disposable sack lunch and dress for the weather.

Important Dates:
Sept. 13- Brookfield Zoo Trip
Sept. 15 Scholastic Book Orders due

Reading:  In reading this week we will continue with the close reading of Casey At the Bat. This week the students will compare and contrast two texts: the song Mighty Jackie the Home-run Queen and the poem Casey at the Bat.  We will also understand perspective and point of view.

English:-In English, we will continue  Unit one. The Sentence. We will review the four types of sentences and later in the week  focus on the subject and predicate of the sentence. 

Spelling:  This week's spelling/vocabulary list will include words with the sounds "ou", "aw", "au" and "ow". We will study the word pattern and review antonyms as they are related to the vocabulary words.  The final test is scheduled for Friday, 9/15.

Social Studies:  We will continue our study of the Northeast.  We will read and learn about the different resources.  Grapes and cranberries are two important products grown in the Northeast. We will also learn that Vermont is a leading producer of maple syrup.

Science:   We will  learn about different inquiry skills this week. The students will be constructing a model of a building using paper clips and straws.  They will find out how scientists use models to better understand how parts work together. 

Mrs. Bucklin's Math Class:  The students will investigate factors and factor pairs for numbers between 1 and 100. They will multiply using the commutative property.They will determine whether a whole number between 1-100 is a prime or composite number.  The students will also review the strategies they used to solve basic multiplication facts.

Have a great week!

Week of September 4th

Dear Parents,
I am looking for a parent volunteer who may be interested in coming in every other Tuesday from 8-9 to make copies. Please email me if you are interested.

Important Dates:
Sept. 4--Labor Day. No School
Sept. 13- Brookfield Zoo Trip

Reading:  In reading this week we will continue with the close reading of Casey At the Bat.  We will work through the vocabulary by sorting the words into categories based on the context of the sentence.  We will also write the story from a different character's perspective.

English:- What is a Sentence?
We will begin a short unit on writing sentences. Students will review the rules for writing a complete sentence and study the four different types of sentences this week.
 The students will also continue to work on their  "Summer Memory"  writing assignment.

Spelling:  Words that End in Suffixes "-ible" and "-able"
This week's spelling/vocabulary list will include words with the suffixes -ible & -able. We will study the word pattern and how the suffix impacts the meaning of the base word.  The final test is scheduled for Friday, 9/8.

Social Studies:  We will continue our study of the Northeast.  We will read and learn about  Niagara Falls, and the three main mountain ranges in the Appalachian Mountains. 

Mrs. Bucklin's Math Class:   In math, the students investigate the relationship between multiplication and division using a number line, ratio table, and the area model.  We will then focus on finding factors from 1-36. A quiz over module one is tentatively scheduled for Friday.  The students will have a review sheet to help prepare for the quiz.

Have a great week!