Week of November 24
Happy Thanksgiving!
Wishing all our families a wonderful holiday weekend.
Murray has partnered with the YMCA to create an after school program. On Friday an enrollment packet was sent home outlining the program and enrollment procedures. Please visit the YMCA link to find out all the details: http://ymca.murrayblogs.org/ Here are a few important facts to know.
- There is no fee for participation in the program.
- Forms will be accepted and processed in the order received.
- Forms will be accepted NO EARLIER than 8:00am on Tuesday, November 25th.
- Megham will be stationed in the Gym to accept forms on Tuesday, November 25th, beginning at 8:00am. The line will form indoors on the Murray side of the gate.
- Students in Kindergarten through 6th grade are eligible to enroll.
- Space is limited! We have an enrollment cap of 80 students for each block (MWF, TuTh).
- We will maintain a waiting list after available slots are filled.
- The program will run M-F 2:30pm-6:00pm.
READING
The fourth graders will be helping the Kindergartners in Ms. Laws’ class with a weaving project on Monday and Tuesday. To compliment this activity, we have been reading Annie and the Old One by Miska Miles. In this Native American story, we learn about a young girls struggle to accept that her grandmother is near death. The art of weaving is threaded throughout the story.
We had a great first week of Guided Reading! The students were very focused and offered valuable insight into our group discussions. Students did a great job working independently on their reading assignments as well as their independent reading. Keep up the great work! Mrs. Hill, our literacy support teacher, has been coming in to meet with students one-on-one to discuss progress with independent reading and to help the children establish short-term reading goals.
Each student has been assigned to one reading group. We will continue work this week with the following stories:
26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie DePaola - Review and discuss chapter 2. Identify and clarify ideas from the time period (1938). Assignment: Read chapter 3 and complete activities.
Tales of the Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume - Review and discuss chapter 2. Identify strategies used to maintain understanding and record thinking for longer chapters. Begin a character analysis of Fudge. Assignment: Read chapter 3 and complete activities.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - Review and discuss chapters 1&2. Identify elements of fantasy. Redefine the genre of fantasy. Assignment: Read chapters 3&4 and complete activities.
WRITING
Thanksgiving Traditions: Students will use their new knowledge of the traditions of Thanksgiving to make personal connections to identify their own family traditions.
MATH
Unit 3 Review and Test on Wednesday. Monday and Tuesday will be review days. A study guide/review packet will come home on Monday for homework. Test on Wednesday.
Social Studies
Lesson 3: The Plentiful Sea - we will explore how pollution affects watermen and the Chesapeake Bay community. Identify similarities between watermen and lobstermen.
We are near the end of the chapter. There will be a chapter test the week of December 1.
Monday 24 Nov 2008 | ksfinke | Uncategorized