Hello! I hope everyone had a terrific weekend and is ready
for Sandy! Looks like a terrible system and I know we all pray for our friends
up north and along the coast as they weather the storm. As many of you know, I was supposed to be in
New York over the weekend. However, I got that nasty bug that was going around
on Thursday, left school early and, with the storm coming and feeling like I’d
been run over by a semi, decided to postpone my trip. I was very disappointed,
but think it was best. The last thing I wanted was to be stranded in
Washington, DC Sunday afternoon, where I was scheduled for a 2 hour layover,
sick and in the middle of a major storm system!
Report cards went home on Friday, please make sure you ask
your student for theirs and discuss the progress they are making. If they are doing well, and I consider an “A”
and a “B” doing well, praise them. The Common Core curriculum has added a layer
of difficulty for students this year. Grades should be tied, at least in part,
to EOG test scores. This is Neuse Charter School policy. If your child struggled
with end of grade testing last year, they will need extra support this year. I
am following closely the new curriculum in an effort to stave off any surprises
and make sure students will emerge successful, but this is uncharted water; the
curriculum is much more challenging and the tests are new. So far, I have been very impressed by how
hard students in 4th grade work (for the most partJ) and how much progress
has been made. Bravo! (Awards ceremony
Friday at 10:00 a.m.)
Halloween in Wednesday and we have our chip reward
celebration in the cafeteria! Students may wear costumes (remember, no gore or
masks) Sadly, I pulled the short straw this time and will miss the party! Students
who failed to earn the requisite number of chips will come to my room and work
and I will supervise them. Congrats to
all who earned the party and for those who didn’t, you’ll earn it next time!
We will finish up Harriet the Spy this week and begin a new
unit about animals next week. Unit 2:
Animals as Characters. There is a voluminous amount of writing for young
readers focusing on animals as characters. We will examine how animals are
portrayed in writing. Why are wolves big and bad? Why are dogs always in sad
stories? What does our portrayal of animals say about us? We will focus on
personification, character development, elements of a narrative, and comparing
and contrasting. We will work in Literature Circles reading a variety of
fiction and non-fiction books. The guiding question for this unit is: “How do
we portray animals in writing?” This unit will last about 4 weeks. The unit test for Harriet the Spy will be on
Thursday.
Vocabulary will take a new turn this week. We will begin
Greek and Latin roots and affixes. This week we will focus on the Latin roots:
sens or sent: meaning to feel, to think, and grad, gress: meaning steps, to go
or to walk. Also this week we will learn about the suffixes: tion and sion meaning:
act of, state of or result of.
Vocabulary Week of Oct. 28
4A
This week we will
focus on the Latin roots: sens or sent: meaning to feel, to think, and grad,
gress: meaning steps, to go or to walk. Also this week we will learn about the
suffixes: tion and sion meaning: act of, state of or result of. Students must know the Latin or suffix
meanings in addition to definitions. Students will write 14 compound sentences that
indicate they understand the word’s definition.
sens, sent: meaning
to feel, to think
sentiment
consent
sensory
resent
sensible
grad, gress: meaning
steps, to go or to walk
gradual
graduate
progress
tion: meaning:
act of, state of or result of
limitation
formation
reflection
separation
sion: meaning:
act of, state of or result of
suspension
expression
discussion
decision
conclusion
Vocabulary Week of Oct. 28
4B
This week we will
focus on the Latin roots: sens or sent: meaning to feel, to think, and grad,
gress: meaning steps, to go or to walk. Also this week we will learn about the
suffixes: tion and sion meaning: act of, state of or result of. Students must know the Latin or suffix
meanings in addition to definitions. Students will write 15 compound sentences that
indicate they understand the word’s definition.
sens, sent: meaning
to feel, to think
sentiment
consent
sensory
resent
sensible
grad, gress: meaning
steps, to go or to walk
gradual
graduated
progress
tion: meaning:
act of, state of or result of
limitation
formation
reflection
separation
sion: meaning:
act of, state of or result of
suspension
expression
discussion
decision
conclusion
Vocabulary Week of Oct. 28
4C
This week we will
focus on the Latin roots: sens or sent: meaning to feel, to think, and grad,
gress: meaning steps, to go or to walk. Also this week we will learn about the
suffixes: tion and sion meaning: act of, state of or result of. Students must know the Latin or suffix
meanings in addition to definitions. Students will write compound sentences that
indicate they understand the word’s definition. All words
sens, sent: meaning
to feel, to think
sensational
dissension
consent
sensory
resent
grad, gress: meaning
steps, to go or to walk
gradual
graduated
progress
egress
tion: meaning:
act of, state of or result of
limitation
formation
reflection
separation
sion: meaning:
act of, state of or result of
suspension
expression
discussion
decision
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