Many of you know this is my first year at Archway Chandler. I have an Education background, with 6 years in the classroom and many years homeschooling my own children. I have three children, including a fourth grader in 4C. My two older kids are at CPA in 9th and 7th grades. To say my life is full and busy is quite an understatement. Between school, sports and our other family activities, there seems to be very little down time. I am sure this is true for your families as well. Some weeks fly by and some weeks suddenly your seventh grader says she has a scale-model project due on Friday and also needs multiple practices for talent show auditions.
In January and February our whole family participates every Saturday in a flag football league run by a friend of ours. Our kids play on teams with kids from a local children's home and this year I was asked to coach in an all girls' division. "Oh, she must know a lot about flag football," you might be thinking. No, absolutely nothing. This was one of those opportunities I felt I should say yes to, well because I like to help and I love the idea of challenging myself (aka to suffer). Both of my daughters are on my team as well as some of their friends (who know a lot about flag football). We've had some wins and losses and a lot of fun and I still know very little about flag football.
Saturday, February 12th is the Fourth Grade's volunteer opportunity to help at Feed My Starving Children. I will not be there due to football, but I hope you all enjoy the experience! It is a fun way to do a service project together!
Thank you to all of you who have welcomed me into this community. It is an absolute joy to work alongside Mr. Smith, who pursues excellence daily for the entire fourth grade. I am also so grateful for our parent liaisons that keep all of our activities happening and our community fun! Archway Chandler also has an awesome PSO who makes sure the teachers always feel appreciated!
This coming Wednesday, we will have a very fun Science experiement. In order to make it possible, the grade level needs about 20 wide mouthed bottles and 15 poster boards. If you are able to send any in for our grade level, we appreciate it very much!
Q3 Week 6 Learning
Math: Monday is our Unit 6 math test, Tuesday we begin Unit 7, adding and subtracting decimals with tenths and hundredths places, textbook pages 34-42.
ELA: Idiom- Haste Makes Waste, Analogy- ______________:Appalacians::western:eastern
Literature: Prince Caspian (chapters 5-8)- discuss sequential order.
Composition: Reading Skills AASA practice.
Grammar: Comma rules, contractions, prepositions, proper nouns, verbs, subject-verb agreement and adverbs.
Latin and Greek Roots:
Mon
skopeo – look at, inspect, examine
scope (n) all that the eye can see
mi cro scope (n) – device to look at small objects (mickros=small)
tel e scope (n) device for seeing distant objects. (tele = distant)
per i scope (n) device for seeing around obstacles (peri=around)
ka lei do scope (n) device for seeing changing beautiful forms or arrangements of small fragments of glass, etc. (kalos=beautiful; eidos=form)
Tues
video/visum – see
tel e vi sion (n) machine for seeing things that are far away (tele=far away)
ev i dence (n) out of what one can see (e, ex=out)
ad vise (v) offer suggestions about the best choice to someone
in vi si ble (adj) unable to be seen; not visible to the eye
Wed
dico/dictum – speak, say
dic tion (n) – the choice of words in speech or writing
con tra dict (v) to say against
pre dict (v) to say before something happens
dic ta tor (n) a ruler with total power over a country by force
ver dict (n) announcement of the truth
dic tate (v) to say something for another person to write down
History: Missions and Presidios, review for Age of Exploration Comprehension Check (Tuesday), and Mexico's fight for independence.
Science: Classifying volcanoes, volcanic simulation, geothermal heat including geysers and hot springs.
Week 6 Homework
All Week: Stanza 6 of "Paul Revere's Ride" due 2/11, Practicing roots definitions, practicing math facts for SPEED.
Monday: Roots 3x, study for Age of Exploration Comprehension Check on Tuesday
Tuesday: Math workbook Ex 1 and 2 (pg 46-49) odd problems, Roots 3x, Lesson 58 Comma Practice
Wednesday: Math workbook Ex 3 and 4 (pg 50-52), Roots 3x, Unit 6 Math Test Corrections on a separate sheet of paper
Thursday: Math workbook Ex 5 and 6 (pg. 53-56), Roots practice test corrections, Geysers worksheet
Friday: Math workbook Ex 7 and 8 (pg 57-59)
Learning Links
All About Volcanoes for Children