Reading Skills 11/28 - 12/2



This week we are studying fact & opinion. Please take a few minutes each day to reinforce this skill at home. It can be as easy as allowing your scholars to give you facts and opinions about what they see throughout the car ride, school, family, food <supper>, etc. Have fun!!

myOnreader

We are very excited to announce that we gained a new & exciting reading resource for your scholars!



myON reader is a personalized literacy environment that engages students at all reading levels by providing the largest integrated library of digital books. The over 1000 enhanced digital books include reading supports, and are recommended to students based on individual interests and reading level! Giving students the opportunity to choose what they want to read, in a digital environment in which they are comfortable, motivates them to become better and more confident readers.

-Capstone Digital

*This is a glance of what your scholar will see while reading.*

Be on the lookout for your child's login information, which will be sent home soon! This is a wonderful resource for boosting reading skills! If you have any questions, please feel free to email your child's homeroom teacher.

Spelling this week.... 11/28 - 12/ 2

<>  This Week's Word Study: Homophones

 1.	piece	11.	thrown
2.	peace	12.	throne
3.	break	13.	aloud
4.	brake	14.	allowed
5.	threw	15.	past
6.	through	16.	passed
7.	by	17.	weight
8.	bye	18.	wait
9.	beat	19.	there
10.	beet	20.	their
	principal
	principle		stationary
	symbol cymbal		stationery

What we are learning this week in Math....

Our 4th graders will spend the next couple of weeks focusing on division. We will start out with the basic foundation for division, including areas such as using mental math and findng fact families within the division problems. We wll progress into dividing with multi-digit divideneds and divisors, as well as working with remainders. Please be sure to encourage your scholar to keep up their excellent work with memorizing and understanding basic multiplication facts! We are very proud and excited for all the success we have seen out of our 4th graders so far! Keep up the excellent work, and encourage your child to seek help when they are having trouble understanding! Have a wonderful week. *Listed below are helpful sites to reinforce division practice.

Step-by-step practice by clicking here.

Click here for a mini-lesson & a some fun division games!

*Finally, don't forget to check out Education City for TONS of practice with division!

*Steps for Long Division*

Does McDonald's Sell Burgers??

Divide, Multiply, Subtract, Bring Down

Math 10/31 - 11/4

This week, we are digging deeper into mutliplication! We will be able to multiply 2 digit numbers by the end of the week. Please encourage your child to continue working on memorizing their multiplication facts. By knowing there multiplication facts, it will make serve as a strong foundation for the rest of their learning career!



Marvin and the Great North Woods

This week we are reading "Marven of the Great North Woods" by Kathryn Lasky. We will focus on some vocabulary words in this story. It would be helpful if you will reinforce the meaning of these words at home with your child. Also, listed below are this weeks spelling words. Please practice these words at home as well. The words in italics are our challenge spelling words. Let’s have a great week!



Spelling Words

Vocabulary Word	Meaning
cord	measure of quantity for cut wood
dismay	sudden helpless fear of what is about to happen or what has happened
grizzly	a large, gray or brownish bear of western North America
immense	very large; huge; vast
payroll	list of persons to be paid and the amount that each one is to receive

: Thanksgiving, among, think, blank, graph, young, wheel, nephew, belong, whiskers, whispers, elephant, white, shrink, wharf, trunk, strong, blink, chunk, skunk, strengthen, bankrupt, phantom, whimsical, whatever

And the Countdown Begins...

We officially have 72 hours until our 1st Field Trip as 4th Graders!! We teacher's, couldn't be more excited! The Hermitage is overflowing with exploring, learning, and FUN. You may click here to check out some interesting information about The Hermitage. TN History for kids has lots of exciting activities that will give you a great foundation for our trip! Happy Exploring! : )