March 22-25

Language Arts: This week we will work on making our writing more interesting with sentence variety. We will also be writing in our journals and reflecting on the year so far, as well as setting goals for the final quarter of school.

Reading: We are reading "The Rain Player" and discussing the art style of the book. Students will create an original piece of art in the style of the illustrator.

Because there is no school on Friday, there is NO SPELLING this week.

Math: We are learning about decimals and preparing for the MCA test.

Reminder: There is no school on Friday.

Conferences are next Monday and Tuesday.

March 5-19

Language Arts: This week we will be working on journal writing and reviewing nouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives

Reading: This week we will be reading "Dinner at Aunt Connie's" by Faith Ringgold.

Spelling words:

1. there
2. their
3. use
4. through
5. because
6. does
7. again
8. always
9. it's
10. usually
11. true
12. perhaps
13. certain
14. past
15. instead
16. either
17. understand
18. moon
19. animals
20. mind
21. outside
22. they're

Math: We are devoting this week to the study of fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals.

Social Studies: We will continue our study of the regions of the United States.

iPhone App

If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch you can download this program to practice reading. Using the RAZ app will count as at home reading minutes!

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/raz-kids-books-and-songs/id268338646

Talent Show

The annual Rogers High School "Talent Show" will be held May 18th, 5:30-8:00 pm.

Kids who wants to try out can get a permission slip from the office and bring it back to the office by Monday, March 22nd.

The Audition Date is March 25th, Thursday.

This is a fun event for kids to show their talents in front of many people. Tickets will go on sale the week of May 3rd.

March 8-12

Language Arts: We are completing our poetry unit this week with couplets and raps. We will be writing and recording raps.

Reading: We will be reading "The Great Kapok Tree" and learning about the rain forest and the animals that live there. The spelling words this week are:

• all
• their
• would
• its
• write
• right
• because
• between
• show
• don't
• second
• it's
• example
• ready
• piece
• already
• warm
• gone
• finally
• summer
• you're

Math: We will finish chapter 8 this week. We will study perimeter, area, and volume. We will be taking the chapter 8 test at the end of this week.

Make sure to practice multiplication facts. A great way to practice is to play the card games we learned on Friday. If you keep a deck of cards by the TV you can press the mute button during commercial breaks and play a quick card game. It's a great way to practice and saves you from watching a bunch of advertisements.

Week of March 1-5

Can you believe March is here already?! The sunshine is a welcome change from the gray skies we've grown accostomed to over the past few months.

This week in Language Arts we will be wrapping up our poetry unit by writing and recording raps. The raps are written in an AA BB rhyme pattern and performed over a 4/4 drum beat. We will also continue to read "Horns & Wrinkles" and write in our journals.

In reading we will be reading "Swimming with Sea Lions" and poetry about animals. We will be completing an art project that ties to the animal poetry and we will be talking about diaries and journals. Our weekly reading goal is to complete 100 minutes of at home reading.

Spelling words this week are:

• there
• their
• then
• than
• people
• known
• another
• pictured
• English
• special
• hundred
• strong
• pieces
• road
• blue
• instead
• either
• held
• they're

In math we are continuing our study of geometry. We will learn about lines, line segments and rays; quadrilaterals; and symmetry.


This week Otsego will host a very special event. I hope to see a lot of 4th graders there!

Thursday, March 4th: Deal Me In........Fun Math Games To Build Fact Fluency!
Presenter: Mary Dank.
5:30 dinner, 6:00 math fun and games. All Otsego K-5 students and their families are invited!