Mrs. Stone's 4th and 5th Grade Weekly Update
January 5 - 9, 2009
"Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." Philippians 1:6
What was your New Year's resolution? May God help us all to grow in grace this new year! I am trying to remember that God isn't finished with us yet...we are all a work in progress, and God won't give up on us as He works His plan in each of us. As we reflect on the past of 2008, let's determine that all we say and do in 2009 will glorify our God and Savior! May God bless you and your family in 2009!
tstone@newbridgeacademy.org
LESSON DETAILS FOR THIS WEEK
Bible - the story of Ruth; review Bible characters learned this school year
Bible memory verse: Psalm 119:1-2 "Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord. Blessed are they who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart."
Math 4 - sums containing improper fractions; dry measures; equivalent fractions; least common multiples
Math 5 - algebraic equations; review of equations; 3-digit divisors; review of division
4th Language (grammar & writing work-text), Reading, and Spelling/Vocabulary
Language: writing rough draft and completing report on George Washington Carver; begin unit 7 on "Verbs: the Doers of the Sentence"; learning how to give an oral book report assignment
Reading: Charlotte's Web; first book report assignment
Spelling/Vocabulary Lesson 13
picture various noticed athlete librarian laundry visible significant assembly cautious
Indiana (IN) orchard career auditorium greatness disguise vegetable qualified attendance
launch develop autograph meant
Vocabulary: authentic - genuine
dilemma - a difficult choice
republic - a government run by representatives of the people
acquaintance - a person one knows only slightly
beneficial - helpful; producing good
extravagant - wasteful
atmosphere - the layer of air surrounding the earth
5th Language (grammar & writing work-text), Reading, and Spelling/Vocabulary
Language: adjective review; begin unit on adverbs
Reading: Charlotte's Web; first book report assignment
Spelling/Vocabulary Lesson 13 (Health and Medicine)
disease medicine physician pharmacy surgeon ambulance patient physical prescription
stomachache pneumonia fracture appendicitis sanitary tonsillitis virus laboratory therapy
remedy improvement hospital infection clinic Ezekiel (Ezek.) Daniel (Dan.)
Vocabulary: pediatrician - a children's doctor
orthopedics - the branch of medicine dealing with the treatment of the bones, joints, and muscles
orthodontist - a dentist who straightens teeth
optometrist - a doctor who examines eyes and prescribes glasses
hygiene - the rules of health
vaccination - an injection that produces a mild form of a disease in order to help build up an
immunity to it
epidemic - the rapid spread of disease to many people
convalesce - to recover health and strength after an illness
Antonyms: contagious - catching noncommunicable - cannot be passed along to others
Science: continue Chapter 6; work and energy; water, ice and steam; power of steam
History & Geography: review chapter 8 "Africa Long Ago" for test; begin chapter 9 "Africa in Modern Times"
TEST / QUIZ DATES
Wednesday, January 7 History test, chapter 8 (review study skill sheet 24; pgs. 26, 41-43 in text; know bold
terms in chapter 8 and the answers to the chapter 8 check-up)
Friday, January 9 Bible lesson 16 test and test on Psm. 119:1-2
Spelling test lesson 13 (grades 4 and 5)
Monday, January 12 Book Report choice due (details by Thursday)
OTHER DATES TO REMEMBER
Jan. 8 PTF Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Jan. 16 end of 2nd nine weeks
PTF Family Night Out 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Jan. 19 No School - Staff Development Day
Jan. 22 Report Cards go home
...for the Christmas gifts I received from many of my class families!
(Drop Everything And Read)