1. Graded papers will go home on Wednesday of this week.
2. Any of you that have books on Virginia history, historical figures of Virginia, places to visit, books on the counties of New Kent, Henrico, or Charles City, we would love to borrow those for a few weeks for our unit on Virginia history for the fourth graders.
3. Fourth graders should have 15 of the final 20 pages completed for their project by Wednesday.
4. We will be starting history again this Monday for the last nine weeks of school. We will not begin grades until the quarter has started.
5. There will be no help class on Monday, March 8 due to a staff meeting.
6. We will begin reading book report books for both classes. Please pick out a book for your child that has appropriate material and send it to school for final approval by Monday, March 15. I am looking for good literary material. Fourth graders should have a book about 125-150 pages with 1-5 pictures throughout the entire book. Third grade books should be 100 pages with only 5 pictures throughout the entire book. They should be reading about 10-15 pages each night to get their book completed on time.
This week in class:
Bible: Test on Tuesday. Working on Matthew 27:45-27.
Reading Third: We will be finishing up Better Bridges and beginning Secrets in the Maple Tree. As your child brings home homework reading, be sure to have them sound out unfamiliar words. There should be no more guessing. Don't just give them the word. Make them work to analyze the word.
Phonics: Change the y to i before adding suffixes starting with vowels. We will be learning chart 13.
Language Third: Working on proper verb usage. Memorize the helping verbs. am is are was were be being been have has had do does did shall will should would may might must can could
Language Fourth: Beginning
Adverbs. Have your child practice the adverb and adjective questions
for their units. They must study the rules in the blue boxes in their
books.
History 4th: Start history class Monday
Spelling: Test List 23 on Wednesday for both classes
Arithmetic: Both classes are working on the 9 division and multiplication facts. We are also going to be learning the 11 subtraction family and the 12 addition family.
Science: Finishing our chapter on oceanography. Quiz on Monday. Test on Wednesday.
Penmanship: Focusing on consistency in letter size. Small letters should come to the middle of the line, and the tall letters should come to the top of the line.
Mrs. Johnson
