Dear Parents,
I hope you and your child had a super weekend despite the very gloomy weather Sunday. What a wonderful afternoon to catch up on reading! The students and I had a great time rotating through the Earth Day stations Friday afternoon....I hope you had a chance to talk with your child about these activities.
This week both classes will be reading Moonwalk by Ben Bova. Throughout this science fiction unit the students will be learning information about outer space and space travel. I know you will enjoy hearing about this science related weekly unit. These types of stories are always exciting and interesting!
Upcoming Events:
4-25 EOG practice test ( Wednesday)
4-27 Test on Moonwalk
4-30 Language Arts Test in on the EOG vocabulary words (students were given these)
5-01 Fourth Grade Musical Performance- (Arrive at 6:15pm)
5-02 Novel Study and test for Mrs. Smith's homeroom
Vocabulary
loomed- appeared dimly or vaguely as a large, threatening shape
rille- a long, narrow valley on the surface of the moon
runt- animal, person, or plant that is smaller than the usual size. If used about a person, runt is sometimes considered offensive.
staggered- became unsteady; wavered
summoning- stirring to action; rousing
taunted- jeered at; mocked; reproached
trench- any ditch; deep furrow
trudged-walked wearily or with effort
conscious-aware of what you are doing; awake
feebly- weakly: without strength
rift- a split; break; crack
Homework for Mrs Okey's Homeroom
Monday- Read pages 608-623 to an adult: Write a short summary on your readings
Tuesday- Write a sentence that contains context clues for each of your vocabulary words
Wednesday- Reread the story and answer the questions on page 624
Thursday- Read pages 626-629 to a adult and write a summary of your readings.
Homework for Mrs Smith's Homeroom
Monday-Thursday- Work on your vocabulary and novel study due next week
