Curriculum Overview 2024-2025

Monday, November 20, 2023

Happy Monday!

Today, all 3/4 Students participated in a Native American presentation by Mr. Pettibone, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation. He presented a cultural lesson enriched with song, dance, music, and a 12' Tipi. Our students learned so much! Thank you, BEF!

P.E. is every Tuesday and Friday

For the yearly swim/Gym schedule, please click on/or copy-paste the link on the right-hand side of the blog

The following assignments should be written in your child's planner, which is inside their zipper binder.  Parents, please use this blog to 'cross-check' with your child's planner. They should be completing their planner every day in class.

Homework
Reading
3rd graders - Read 20 mins (minimum) each night
4th graders - Read 30 mins (minimum) each night
(Bring in a chapter book to read in class. You will keep your book inside your binder)

Word Study - Please Show your weekly spelling test scores to your parent by clicking on the results button on (click this link)  Powerspelling.com
No new list until after Thanksgiving break!

Writing 
Talk About:
Previous Talk About Topics: 
 Show your personal narrative to a parent (go to your Google Drive)
- Summarize your reading
 Explain how to punctuate dialogue in a story
- Tell a parent a vivid verb from your personal narrative
-Retell your Pumpkin Contest story to a parent
Summarize The Hundred Dresses (setting - the main character(s) Predict what might happen next)
- Explain one type of lead and one type of ending in your narrative writing
Show your Pixton Summary to a parent. Problems logging in? Use the class join code azu3t4
- Summarize what we read from our class novel, Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing
- Tell 3 facts about Constitution Day (use page 144 in your planner to help you)
Talk About - Summarize what we read from our class novel, Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing

Math
4th Grade - None
3rd Grade - The checkpoint B quiz was today! Please show your paper to your parent
No iReady until after Thanksgiving Break
Xtramath 3 times per week Complete 1 session (about 5-7 mins - Click "continue" until Mr. C says, "You're done!")
To access Xtramath:
Account setup directions were sent home on the XtraMath flyer.
- Type XtraMath into your browser (bookmark this site)
- Login with your 4-digit PIN (the last four numbers on your account number)
- Complete 1 session (about 5-7 mins - Click "continue" until Mr. C says, "You're done!"
Click the link to access Illustrative Math Family Support Materials 
Click the link to access Illustrative Math Family Videos

Social Studies
Talk About - None
Previous Talk About Topics:
Tell a fact about Veterans Day (Show your Remembrance Day poppy to your parent)
- What did Native Americans use from nature?
- What is Indigenous Peoples Day (Who was Christopher Columbus?)
Tell a parent about cardinal directions
- Tell a fact about a Michigan Lake

Science
Talk About 
Previous Talk About Topics:
 Explain the Hot/Cold water density experiment (Less dense = floats/ more dense = sinks)
- What were the temperatures of 3 different cups of water?
What surprised you when you tested water drops on rocks, leaves, and wood chips
- Explain what surface tension is
- How does water react to different surfaces?

If you would like to place a book order please click on the link on the right side of the blog. To place an order - Set up a username and password (of your own choice) and please link your account to our class using the following code: GKQKW  
Each $ spent earns our class points that I can use to purchase new books for our classroom library! Thank you!