Week of Sept. 10

Hey all! Hope everyone is having a great weekend, it certainly is a beautiful Sunday afternoon.

 Last week, students wrote wonderful metaphor poems, comparing themselves to something in nature or just something they feel represents them. We painted and used oil pastels to create a master work of art to accompany the poems. Many students even went the extra mile and typed their poems! I plan to hang them around the room and in the hall for all the enjoy in the next week, so be sure and stop by to check them out. We have some excellent poets in 4th grade!

I got this deal e-mailed to me and I wanted to share: We will be studying the Revolutionary War era next spring and this just sounds like a lot of fun at a great discount: Tickets must be purchased in the next 2 days!
Camp Flintlock Colonial Faire Admission for a Family of Four ($17), Admission for Two Children ($7), or Admission for Two Adults ($10)
Description: Your child has made great use of that history textbook -- as a means of raising the computer monitor on his desk, that is. Inject more life into his lessons and cultivate a true appreciation for days gone by with a trip to the Colonial Faire at Camp Flintlock. For $17 (regularly $34), score tickets for a family of four -- two adults and two children -- to this Four Oaks location. Or, pay $7 (regularly $14) for two children's admissions for ages 12 and younger, or $10 (regularly $20) for two adult tickets. On Saturday, September 22, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., you and your crew will be transported hundreds of years back in time to the 18th century. You'll get to experience writing with a quill and ink, throwing a tomahawk, listening to period music, viewing black powder firearms demonstrations, sampling early American cuisine, and shopping in a colonial store -- something that textbook can never bring to life.
website: http://www.livingsocial.com/cities/45/deals/456706-colonial-faire-admission-for-a-family-of-four

This week we begin the listen aloud (on ipod) to Harriet The Spy. This was one of my favorite books when I was young and is the recommended first read-aloud novel for the new Common Core curriculum. The book follows the antics of a young girl who makes mistakes, follows her heart, loses her friends and regains them and grows up a bit through the process. Harriet isn't your typical hero! Students may or may not find themselves liking her. We will discuss the book in class daily and there will be quizzes and a unit test. (I'll give dates for that when I see how fast we're going to go through it.) I hope students enjoy reading this book. Fair warning: the vocabulary in the book is advanced, as you will see reflected in the spelling/vocabulary words for the week. The words I selected for this week are taken from the 1st chapter. We will work on these words in class this week, but students will need to work on them at home too. I recommend trying to use them as often as is natural in their homework reading summaries. The format for the vocab test will be: students are expected to learn how to spell each word correctly and use 12 words out of the 17 in a compound sentence in 4a, 13 words in a compound sentence for 4b and 14 words in a compound sentence for 4c.

Spelling/Vocabulary Words   week of Sept. 10
4A
satisfied
intently
petrified
anxiety
discarded
twinge
briskly
interspersed
stern
abruptly
relentless
bellowed
loomed
motionless
timidly
contented
extraordinary

Spelling/Vocabulary Words   week of Sept. 10
4B
satisfied
intently
petrified
anxiety
discarded
twinge
briskly
interspersed
stern
abruptly
relentless
bellowed
loomed
motionless
timidly
contented
extraordinary

Spelling/Vocabulary Words   week of Sept. 10
4C

intently
petrified
anxiety
discarded
dubiously
twinge
exasperated
interspersed
sedately
abruptly
relentlessly
bellowed
loomed
motionless
timidly
contentedly
extraordinary