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Fourth Nine Weeks 2016

Week of...

March 28 - Magnetic Interactions

April 4 - Electromagnets

April 11 - TCAP Review

April 18 - TCAP Review

April 25 - TCAP Review

May 2- TCAP

May 11 - Project

May 18 - Project
May 25 - Project

Third Nine Weeks 2016

Week of...

January 5 - Measuring Matter
January 11 - Physical Changes in Matter
January 18 - Heat, Radiant Energy, and Chemical Energy
January 25 - Light (Reflection, Refraction, and Absorption)
February 1 - Light (Translucent, Transparent, and Opaque)
February 8 - Light (Reflection, Refraction, Absorption, Translucent, Transparent, Opaque)
February 15 - Forces and Motion
February 22 - K'Nex Cars Project
March 2 - Electricity
March 7 - Electricity and Magnetism

Second Nine Weeks 2015

Week of...

October 19 - Sun and Earth

October 26 - Moon and Earth

November 2 - Moon Phases

November 9 - Moon Phases & Geological Features

November 16 - Geological Features & Erosion and Deposition

November 23 - Erosion and Deposition

November 30 - Water Cycle

December 7 - Water Cycle & Climate

December 14 -Climate 

First Nine Weeks 2015

Week of...
July 27 - Brain Study
August 3 - Plant and Animal Cells

August 10 - Energy from Ecosystem

August 17 - Environmental Interactions

August 24 - Energy Needs in Ecosystems (Food webs, food chains, food pyramids)

August 31 - Reproduction and Survival & Life Cycles and Metamorphosis
September 7 - Plant and Animal Adaptations
September 14 - Environmental Changes and Extinction
September 21 - Review of Ecosystems
September 28 - Ecosystems & The Zoo

Fourth Nine Weeks 2015

Week of...

March 23 - Electrical Charges & Electrical Circuits

March 30 - Magnetic Interactions

April 6 - TCAP Review

April 13 - TCAP Review

April 20 - TCAP Review

April 27 - TCAP

May 4 - Forces and Motion Project 

May 11 - Forces and Motion Project

May 18 - Forces and Motion Project

Third Nine Weeks 2015

Week of...

January 5 - Measuring Matter
January 12 - Physical Changes in Matter
January 19 - Heat, Radiant Energy, and Chemical Energy
January 26 - Light (Reflection, Refraction, and Absorption)
February 2 - Light (Translucent, Transparent, and Opaque)
February 9 - Light (Reflection, Refraction, Absorption, Translucent, Transparent, Opaque)
February 16 - Forces and Motion
February 23 - K'Nex Cars Project
March 2 - K'Nex Cars Project
March 22 - Forces and Motion

Second Nine Weeks 2014

Week of...

October 20 - Create Your Own Animal Project

October 27 - The Earth and the Sun

November 3 - The Earth and the Moon

November 10 - Geological Features

November 17 - Erosion and Deposition

November 24 - Earth Materials in TN

December 1 - Water Cycle

December 8 - Climate

December 15 - Climate

First Nine Weeks 2014

Week of...
July 28 - Brain Study
August 4 - Brain Study and Cells

August 11 - Cells

August 18 - Environmental Interactions

August 25 - Energy Needs in Ecosystems (Food webs, food chains, food pyramids)

September 2- Reproduction and Survival
September 8 - Reproduction and Survival & Animal Adaptations
September 15 - Animal & Plant Adaptations
September 22 - Environmental Changes and Extinction
September 29 - Create Your Own Animal Project

Week of March 24, 2014

Reading: Two Bad Ants

Focus: Plot and Theme

Selection Test on Friday

Math: Chapter 12 Fractions
Fraction Quiz on Friday


Grammar: Verbs and Time, Negatives, and Comparing Adjectives
Unit 4 Test


Unit Study: Review

Week of March 3, 2014

Reading: Goodbye 382, Shin Dang Dong
Focus: Sequence
Selection Test on Friday

Math: Chapter 12 Fractions
Fraction Quiz on Friday


Grammar: Verbs and Time, Negatives, and Comparing Adjectives
Unit 4 Test

Unit Study: Review

Week of February 24, 2014

Reading: Prudy's Problem and How She Solved It
Focus:Main Idea
Selection Test on Friday

Math: Chapter 12 Fractions
Fraction Quiz on Friday


Grammar: Subject/Verb Agreement and Forms of Be

Unit Study: Social Studies: Chapter 8: Government

Week of February 17, 2014

Reading: Story of Statue of Liberty
Focus:Main Idea
Selection Test on Friday

Math: Chapter 12 Fractions
Fraction Quiz on Friday


Grammar: I/Me and Avoiding Extra Pronouns


Unit Study: Social Studies: Chapter 8: Government

Week of February 10, 2014

Reading: Reading and Writing Based on Exemplar and Complex Texts

Math: Continue Chapter 20 Graphing/Data 
Graphing Project


Grammar: Subject and Object Pronouns

Unit Study: Review: Integrated with Exemplar and Complex Texts

Week of February 3, 2014

Reading: Reading and Writing Based on Exemplar and Complex Texts

Math: Chapter 20 Graphing/Data 
Constructed Response Assessment


Grammar: Give/Take and Eat/Sleep
Unit 3 Test


Unit Study: Review: Integrated with Exemplar and Complex Texts

Week of January 27, 2014

Reading: Wings!
Focus: Cause/Effect
Selection Test on Friday

Math: Continue Chapter 10 Geometry (Quadrilaterals and Problem Solving)
Chapter 10 Test on Friday


Grammar: More Irregular Verbs and Very/Real

Unit Study: Science: Chapter 6 Mixtures and Heat

Week of January 21, 2014

Reading: Me and Uncle Romie
Focus: Author's Point of View
Selection Test on Friday

Math: Continue Chapter 10 Geometry (Polygons, Triangles, and Classifying Polygons)
Quiz on Friday


Grammar: Better/Worse and Irregular Verbs


Unit Study: Science: Chapter 6 Physical Properties

Week of January 13, 2014

Reading: Novel Study Martin Luther King, Jr.

Focus: Text Features
Test on Friday

Math: Chapter 10 (Solid Figures, Shapes, Lines, and Line Segments)

 Quiz on Friday


Grammar: It/It's and A/An


Unit Study: Continue Social Studies: Active Citizens Chapter 7

Week of January 6, 2014

Reading: Gertrude Ederle
Focus: Fact/Opinion
Selection Test on Friday


Math: Chapter 17: Telling Time (Elapsed Time)

Chapter 17 Test on Friday


Grammar: Your/You're and Their/They're/There


Unit Study: Social Studies: Active Citizens Chapter 7

Week of December 16, 2013

Reading: Pushing Up the Sky
Focus: Summarizing
Selection Test on Friday


Math: Continue Chapter 16: Perimeter and Area

Chapter 16 Test on Friday


Grammar: Using and, but, or


Unit Study: Science: Solar System

Week of December 9, 2013

Reading: Boxcar Children: Outer Space Mystery

Final Test on Friday


Math: Chapter 16: Perimeter and Area

Quiz Test on Friday


Grammar: Adjectives


Unit Study: Science: Solar System

Week of December 2, 2013

Reading: Boxcar Children: Outer Space Mystery

Quiz on Friday


Math: Chapter 15: Metric Measurement

Chapter 15 Test on Friday


Grammar: Linking Verbs


Unit Study: Science: Solar System

Week of November 25, 2013

Math: Measurement Olympics

Grammar: Catch-up/Review


Unit Study: Social Studies: Regions and Trade

Week of November 18, 2013

Reading: Alexander Who Used to Be Rich
Focus: Sequence
Selection Test on Friday


Math: Chapter 14: Customary Measurement
Chapter 14Test on Friday


Grammar: Action Verbs  and Past Tense Verbs

Unit Study: Social Studies: Economics

Week of November 11, 2013

Reading: Rows and Piles of Coins
Focus: Character and Setting
Selection Test on Friday


Math: Chapter 8: Continue Fact Families of Division
Chapter 8 Test on Friday


Grammar: Pronouns for People and Things

Unit Study: Science: Continue Forces, Motion, and Sound

Week of November 4, 2013

Reading: William's House
Focus: Drawing Conclusions
Selection Test on Friday


Math: Chapter 8: Relating Multiplication & Division
Quiz on Friday


Grammar:Singular & Plural Nouns

Unit Study: Science: Forces, Motion, and Sound

Week of October 28, 2013

Reading: Jalapeno's Bagels
Focus: Drawing Conclusions
Selection Test on Friday


Math: Chapter 7: Division Concepts
Chapter Test on Friday


Grammar: Nouns & Proper Nouns

Unit Study: Social Studies: Looking at Regions

Week of October 21, 2013

Reading: Suki's Kimono
Focus: Compare/Contrast
Selection Test on Friday

Math: Chapter 6: Continue Multiplication
Chapter 6 Test on Friday


Grammar: Putting Sentences Together & Avoiding Run-ons

Unit Study: Social Studies: Features of Geography

Week of September 30, 2013

Reading: Night of the Twisters
Focus: Plot
Final Test on Friday

Math: Chapter 6: Multiplication
Quiz on Friday


Grammar: Putting Sentences Together &; Avoiding Run-ons


Unit Study: Science: Clouds and Weather

Week of September 23, 2013

Reading: Night of the Twisters
Focus: Sequence
Quiz on Friday

Math: Continue Chapter 5: Multiplication
Chapter 5 Test


Grammar: Complete Sentences and Making Sentences Say More


Unit Study: Science: Measuring Weather

Week of September 16, 2013

Reading: Volcano: Nature's Fireworks
Focus: Cause/Effect
Selection Test on Friday

Math: Chapter 5: Multiplication
Quiz on Friday


Grammar: Types of Sentences (Imperative and Exclamatory)


Unit Study: Science: Human Needs and Natural Resources
Chapter 4 Test on Friday

Week of September 9, 2013

Reading: Rocks in His Head
Focus: Generalizing
Selection Test on Friday

Math: Chapter 4: Subtraction
Quiz on Friday

Grammar: Types of Sentences (Imperative and Exclamatory)

Unit Study: Science: Minerals and Rocks

Week of September 2, 2013

Reading: Hottest, Coldest, Deepest
Focus: Cause/Effect
Selection Test on Friday

Math: Chapter 3: Subtraction, Rounding, Equations
Quiz on Friday

Grammar: Types of Sentences (Declarative and Interrogative)

Unit Study: Science: Landforms and Bodies of Water

Week of August 26, 2013

Reading: Novel Study Trouble According to Humphrey

Mon.: Chapter 10

Tues.: Chapter 11

Wed.: Chapter 12-13

Thurs.: Chapter 14

Friday: Quiz on Chapters 1-14

Vocabulary words that we are studying in class this week are: representative, petition, nuisance, inflammation, stethoscope, chinchilla, ecstatic, defective, conscience,

Math: Chapter 2 Adding 3 Digit Numbers
Quiz on Adding 2 and 3 Digit Numbers

Grammar: Types of Sentences


Unit Study: Continue Social Studies: Communities
Test on Friday

Week of August 19, 2013

Reading: Novel Study Trouble According to Humphrey

Mon.: Chapters 6

Tues.: Chapter 7

Wed.: Chapter 8

Thurs.: Chapter 9

Friday: Quiz on Chapters 6-9

Vocabulary words that we are studying in class this week are: protested, scamper, veer, extend, incline, abrupt, impression, masterpiece

Math: Chapter 2 Adding 2 and 3 Digit Numbers
Quiz on Adding 2 and 3 Digit Numbers

Grammar: Continue Subjects and Predicates
Quiz on Friday

Unit Study: Continue Social Studies: Communities

Week of August 12, 2013

Reading: Novel Study Trouble According to Humphrey

Mon.: Chapters 1 and 2

Tues.: Chapter 3

Wed.: Chapter 4

Thurs.: Chapter 5

Friday: Quiz on Chapters 1-5

Vocabulary words that we are studying in class this week are: nocturnal, uproariously, humble, dramatic, trapeze, accordion, relieved, contribute, consequence, required, disastrous

Math: Finish Place Value (Chapter 1) (Money Focus)
Chapter 1 Test on Friday

Grammar: Subjects and Predicates
Quiz on Friday

Unit Study: Social Studies: Communities

Week of August 6, 2013

Reading: Boom Town
Selection Test on Friday
Math: Continue Place Value (Topic 1)
Quiz on Friday
Grammar: Sentences vs. Fragments
Quiz on Friday 
Unit Study: The Brain

Week of July 29, 2013

Math: Place Value (Topic 1)
Quiz on Friday

Unit Study: The Brain

May 27-31, 2013 

Reading: Across the Lines

Focus: Main Idea and Supporting Details

Assessment: Test on Friday

Math: Math Games

Unit Study: Social Studies - Civil War

May 20-24, 2013

Reading: Across the Lines

Focus: Main Idea and Supporting Details

Assessment: Test on Friday

Math: Solids and Volume

Assessment: Test on Friday

Unit Study: Social Studies - Linking to Today

May 13-17, 2013

Reading: Across the Lines
Focus: Main Idea and Supporting Details
Assessment: Test on Friday

Math: Probability
Assessment: Test on Friday

Unit Study: Social Studies - Growing Sectionalism

May 6-10, 2013

Reading: Far Side of the Moon

Focus: Graphic Sources

Assessment: Test on Friday

Math: Data and Graphs

Assessment: Test on Friday

Unit Study: Social Studies - Growing Sectionalism

April 29-May 3, 2013

Reading: To Fly

Focus: Generalize

Assessment: Test on Friday

Math: Data and Graphs

Assessment: Test on Friday

Unit Study: Social Studies - A Growing Country

April 22-26, 2013

TCAP WEEK!

April 15-19, 2013

Reading: Tia Lola

Focus: Character and Theme
Assessment: Test on Friday

Math: Equations
Assessment: Test on Friday

Unit Study: Social Studies - Age of Exploration

April 8-12, 2013

Reading: Jim Thorpe's Bright Path

Focus: Fact & Opinion

Assessment: Test on Friday

Math: Perimeter and Symmetry

Assessment: Test on Friday

Unit Study: Science - Electricity and Magnetism

April 1-5, 2013

Reading: Moon Walk

Focus: Draw Conclusions

Assessment: Test on Friday

Math: Area

Assessment: Test on Friday

Unit Study: Science - Sun, Earth, and Moon

March 25-29, 2013

Reading: Antarctic Journal

Focus: Main Idea and Supporting Details

Assessment: Test on Friday

Math: Multiplying and Dividing Decimals

Assessment: Test on Friday

Unit Study: Social Studies - Practice speeches

March 18-21, 2013

Reading: Amelia and Eleanor
Focus: Sequencing
Assessment: Test on Friday

Math: Decimals

Assessment: Test on Friday

Unit Study: Social Studies - Early Republic

Week of February 25

Reading: Lost City

Focus: Compare/Contrast

Selection Test on Friday

Math: Measurement, Area/Perimeter, Line Plots

Quiz on Friday


Unit Study: Science: Chapter 7: Forces

Week of February 18

Reading: Sailing Home

Focus: Author's Purpose
Selection Test on Friday

Math: Continue Chapter 12: Fraction and Decimals

Chapter 12 Test on Friday


Unit Study: Science: Chapter 7: Position, Motion, and Speed

Week of February 11

Reading: Eye of the Storm

Focus: Graphic Sources

Selection Test on Friday

Math: Begin Chapter 12: Decimals

Quiz on Friday


Unit Study: Science: Chapter 5: Water Cycle and Climate

Week of February 4
Reading: The Great Kapok Tree

Focus: Generalizing

Selection Test on Friday

Math: Continue Chapter 11: Adding, Subtracting, and Multiplying Fractions and Mixed Numbers

Practice math CRA assessment


Unit Study: Science: Chapter 5: Geological Features, Impacts, and Materials

Week of January 28

Reading: How Night Became the Sea

Focus: Generalizing

Selection Test on Friday

Math: Continue Chapter 11: Adding and Subtracting Fractions and Mixed Numbers
Chapter 11 Test on Friday


Unit Study: Science: Chapter 3: Environmental Changes and Extinction

Week of January 22

Reading: Adelina's Whales

Focus: Fact/Opinion

Selection Test on Friday

Math: Begin Chapter 11: Adding & Subtracting Fractions
Quiz on Friday


Unit Study: Science: Chapter 3: Animal and Plant Adaptations

Week of January 14

Reading: George vs George Novel Study

Focus: Cause/Effect and Compare/Contrast

Final Test on Friday

Math: Continue Chapter 10: Comparing, Ordering, and Improper Fraction
Chapter 10 Test on Friday


Unit Study: Social Studies: Chapter 9: American Revolution

Week of January 7
Reading: Lewis and Clark and Me
Focus: Author's Purpose
Selection Test on Friday

Math: Continue Chapter 10: Estimating, Finding Equivalents, and Simplifying Fractions
Quiz on Friday

Unit Study: Social Studies: Chapter 8: Life in Early TN

Week of January 2
Reading: My Brother, Martin
Focus: Cause/Effect
Selection Test on Friday

Math: Begin Chapter 10 Fractions as Sets and Fractions and Division
Quiz on Friday

Week of December 10
Reading: King inthe Kitchen
Focus: Character/Setting
Selection Test on Friday

Math: Review of 2nd nine weeks
Test on Friday

Unit Study: European Colonization
Week of December 3
Reading: Night Journeys
Focus: Drawing Conclusions
Selection Test on Friday

Math: Introduction to Fractions
Test on Friday

Unit Study: European Colonization
 Week of November 26
Reading: Night Journeys
Focus: Reading a Timeline/Sequence
Selection Test on Friday

Math: Finish Chapter 9: Lines, Angles, and Shapes
Test on Friday

Unit Study: European Colonization
Week of November 19
Reading: Night Journeys
Focus: Main Idea and Details
Selection Test on Friday

Math: Multiplication and Division Review

Unit Study: European Colonization
Week of November 12
Reading: Night Journeys
Focus: Main Idea and Details
Selection Test on Friday

Math: Finish Chapter 8: Factors, Prime, and Composite Numbers
Test on Friday

Unit Study: European Colonization

Week of November 5
Reading: Graveyard Girl (Chapters 6-11)
Focus: Generalizing
Quiz on Friday

Math: Continue Chapter 8 : Dividing by 1-Digit Divisors
Test on Friday

Unit Study: Social Studies: European Explorers

Week of October 29
Reading: So You Want to Be President?
Focus: Main Idea/Details
Selection Test on Friday

Math: Chapter 8: Dividing by 1-Digit Divisors
Test on Friday

Unit Study: Government: Election

Week of October 22
Reading: Graveyard Girl Chapters 1-5
Focus: Cause/Effect
Selection Test on Friday

Math: Chapter 7: Multiplying by 2-Digit Numbers
Test on Friday

Unit Study: Chapter 2: Heredity and Reproduction
Week of October 1
Reading: Marven and the Great Big Woods
Focus: Fact/Opinion
Selection Test on Friday

Math: Review Multipliation
Test on Friday

Unit Study: Living Things and Cell Structure

Week of September 24
Reading: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamandar
Focus: Plot
Selection Test on Friday

Math: Review Place Value
Test on Friday

Unit Study: Living Things and Cell Structure

Week of September 17
Reading: Grace and the Time Machine
Focus: Drawing Conclusions
Selection Test on Friday

Math: Chapter 6: Algebra
Test on Friday

Unit Study: Living Things and Cell Structure

Week of September 10
Reading: Because of Winn-Dixie (Chapters 16-26)
Focus: Sequencing, Theme
Final Test on Friday

Math: Finish Chapter 5
Test on Friday

Unit Study: Living Things


Week of September 4
Reading: Because of Winn-Dixie (Chapters 18-26)
Focus: Sequencing, Suffixes, Prefixes, and Root Words

Test on Friday on Chapters 18-26

Math: Chapter 5: Multiplying by One Digit Numbers
Quiz on Friday

Unit Study: Matter and Its Properties

Week of August 27
Reading: Because of Winn-Dixie (Chapters 9-17)
Focus: Captions/Illustrations/Print Sources
Test on Friday on Chapters 9-17

Math: Chapter 4: Division Meanings and Facts
Chapter 4 Test on Friday

Unit Study: Continuing Native American Study

Week of August 20
Reading: Because of Winn-Dixie (Chapters 1-8)
Focus: Sequencing

Test on Friday on Chapters 1-8

Math: 

• Finishing Adding and Subtracting Whole Numbers
• Chapter 2 Test Monday (moved from Friday August 17)
• Starting Multiplication Meanings and Facts
• Chapter 3 Test Friday
  

Unit Study: Native Americans from North America

Week of August 13
Reading: Coyote School News
Focus: Drawing Conclusions

Test on Friday

Math: Adding and Subtracting Whole Numbers
Chapter 2 Test Friday (moved to Monday, August 20)

Unit Study: Native Americans


Week of August 6
Reading: The Letters of Yosemite
Focus: Main Idea

Test on Friday

Math: Place Value
Chapter 1 Test Friday

Unit Study:Communities

Week of July 30

Reading: The Horned Toad Prince
Focus: Author's Purpose
Test on Friday

Math: Place Value
Quiz Friday

Unit Study: Brain

Week of May 21
Reading: Symphony of Whales
Focus: Generalizing
Test on Friday

Math: More Fourth Grade Skills

Week of May 14
Reading: William's House
Focus: Drawing Conclusions
Test on Friday

Math: Chapter 13 Fractions and Decimals
Test on Friday

Week of May 7
Reading: Prudy's Problem
Focus: Main Idea
Test on Friday

Math: Long Division (Chapter 19)

Week of April 30
Reading: Elena's Serenade
Focus: Generalizing
Test on Friday

Math: 2 Digit Multiplication

Week of April 23
TCAP Week

Week of April 16
TCAP Review in all subjects

Week of April 9
Reading: Two Bad Ants
Focus: Plot/Theme
Test on Friday

Math: Perimeter (Chapter 16)
Quiz on Friday

Unit Study: Social Studies: Chapter 10 Development and Change

Week of April 2
Reading: Talking Walls
Focus: Fact/Opinion
Test on Thursday (Good Friday)

Math: Finish Geomtery (Chapter 11) Symmetry, Congruence
Chapter Test on Thursday (Good Friday)

Unit Study: Social Studies: Chapter 9: Heroes in History
Week of March 26
Reading: Happy Birthday, Mr. Kang
Focus: Cause/Effect
Test on Friday

Math: Continue Geomtery (Chapter 10)
Chapter Test on Friday

Unit Study: Social Studies: Map Skills

Week of March 19
Reading: The Story of the Statue of Liberty
Focus: Main Idea
Test on Friday

Math: Geometry (Chapter 10)
Quiz on Friday

Unit Study: Chapter 7 Science
Forces and Motion in Nature

Week of February 27
Reading: Me and Uncle Romie
Focus: Author's Purpose
Test on Friday

Grammar: Writing Quotations & Direct Quotations

Math: Catch-up/Review Week

Unit Study: Market Economics
Chapter 6 Test (Social Studies) on Friday

Week of February 20
Reading: Goodbye, 382, Shin Dang, Dong
Focus: Sequencing
Test on Friday

Grammar: Commas in a Series & Commas After Introductory Words

Math: Decimals
Chapter 13 Test

Unit Study: Plants and Their Environment
Chapter 3 Test on Friday

Week of February 13
Reading: Jalapeno Bagels
Focus: Drawing Conclusions
Test on Friday

Grammar: Book Titles &; Showing Ownership

Math: Metric Olympics!
Chapter 15 Test on Friday

Unit Study: Animals and Their Environment


Week of February 6
Reading: How My Family Lives in America
Focus: Fact/Opinion
Test on Friday

Grammar: Writing Sentences Correctly & Abbreviations

Math: Measurement! (Metric)


Unit Study: Life Cycles
Chapter 2 Test on Friday

Week of January 30, 2012
Reading: Suki's Kimono
Focus: Compare/Contrast
Test on Friday

Grammar: Negatives & Comparing Adjectives

Math: Measurement! (Customary Capacity & Weight)
Chapter 14 Test on Friday

Unit Study: Living Things and Their Needs
Chapter 1 Test on Friday

Week of January 23, 2012
Reading: Fly, Eagle, Fly
Focus: Plot/Theme
Test Friday

Grammar: Forms of Be & Verbs in Time

Math: Measurement! (Customary Length)
Quiz Friday

Unit Study: Matter (Mixtures & Heat Energy)
Chapter 6 Test on Friday

Week of January 17, 2012
Reading: Gertrude Ederle
Focus: Fact/Opinion
Test Friday

Grammar: Avoiding Extra Prounouns & Subject-Verb Agreement

Math: Fractions on a number line, Adding & Subtracting Fractions (like denominators)
Chapter 12 Test on Friday

Unit Study: Science: Matter


Week of January 9, 2012
Reading: Hottest, Coldest,Highest, Deepest
Focus: Compare/Contrast
Test Friday

Grammar: Choosing a Subject and Object Pronouns & Using I or me

Math: Fractions
Test Friday

Unit Study: Government & Civics
Chapter 8 Test on Friday

Week of January 3, 2012
Reading: Wings
Focus: Cause/Effect
Test Friday

Grammar: Subject and Object Pronouns

Math: Intro to Fraction Concepts
Test Friday

Unit Study: Government & Civics
Chpater 7 Test on Friday

Week of December 12, 2011
Reading: Christmas Stories
Focus: Compare/Contrast

Grammar: Review of Unit 2

Math: Patterns
Test Thursday

Unit Study: Space (Sun, Moon, & Stars)




Week of December 5, 2011
Reading: Boxcar Children Lost in Space (Chapters 6-10)
Focus: Drawing Conclusions
Test on Friday 

Grammar: Action/Linking Verbs & Pronouns

Math: Chapter 9 (Patterns)
Quiz on Friday

Unit Study: Space (Sun, Moon, Stars)

Week of November 28, 2011
Reading:  Boxcar Children Lost in Space
Focus: Characterization/Visualizing
Test on Friday Chapter 1-5

Grammar: Nouns
Math: Division Facts (Finish Chapter 8)
Quiz on Friday

Unit Study: Space (Sun, Moon, Stars)



Week of November 14, 2011
Reading: Rocks in His Heads
Focus: Generalizing
Test on Friday

Grammar: Finish up Unit 1

Math: Division Concepts (Begin Chapter 7)
Chapter Test on Friday

Unit Study: Geology/Rocks

Week of November 7, 2011
Reading: The Night of the Twisters
Focus: Main Ideas and Details
Test on Friday

Grammar: Commands and Exclamations
Quiz on Friday

Math: Multiplication Facts (Chapter 6)
Test on Friday

Unit Study: Geology/Rocks

Week of October 31, 2011
Reading: The Night of the Twisters
Focus: Characters and Setting
Test on Friday

Grammar: Subjects and Predicates
Quiz on Friday

Math: Multiplication Facts
Chapter 5 Test on Friday

Unit Study: Forecasting Weather

Week of October 24, 2011
Reading: The Night of the Twisters

Focus: Compare/Contrast
Test on Friday

Grammar: What is a sentence?

Math: Multiplication Concepts
Quiz on Friday

Unit Study: Weather Tools

 
Week of September 12, 2011
Reading: PW Cracker Sees the World
Focus: Predicting
Test on Friday

Math: Subtraction with Regrouping
Test on Friday

Unit Study: Geography

Week of September 6, 2011
Reading: Volcanos: Nature's Fireworks
Focus: Compare/Contrast
Selection Test on Friday

Math: Subtraction (Chapter 5)
Quiz on Friday

Unit Study: Geography

Week of August 29, 2011
Reading: Trouble According to Humphrey's (Novel Study)
Focus: Main Idea

Math:  Column Addition, Guess & Check, Adding Greater Numbers (Chapter 4)
Chapter 4 Test on Friday

Unit Study: Magnets

Week of August 22, 2011
Reading: Trouble According to Humphrey's (Novel Study)
Focus: Cause/Effect

Math: Addition Properties, Estimating Sums, Regrouping Ones & Tens  (Chapter 4)
Math Quiz on Friday

Unit Study: Force & Motion
Week of August 15, 2011
Reading: Trouble According to Humphrey's (Novel Study)
Focus: Setting, Character, Plot

Math: Money (Chapter 3)
Test on Friday

Unit Study: Communities


Week of August 8, 2011
Reading: Boom Town
Math: Compare, Ordering, and Rounding numbers (Chapter 2)
Unit Study: Communities
Spelling will start next week

Week of August 1, 2011
Math: Place Value to 100,000 (Chapter 1)
Unit Study: Learning How We Learn (Brain)



Week of April 25 - 29, 2011
Week of April 11-15, 2011
TCAP
No Homefun!


Week of April 4 - 8, 2011
Math: Probability, Range, Median, Mode, & TCAP Review
Test on Friday

Reading: TCAP Review

Grammar/Writing: TCAP Review

Unit Study: Force & Motion & TCAP Review

Social Studies Homefun: Pages 44-64

Week of March 28 - April 1, 2011
Math: Continue Chapter 12 (Measurement)
Chapter Test on Friday

Reading: TCAP Review
TCAP Practice Test on Friday

Grammar: Object and Subject Pronouns

Unit Study: Matter
Test on Friday

Social Studies Homefun: 36, 37, 38, & 39

Week of February 28 - March 4, 2011
Math: Chapter 18 (Perimeter, Area, & Volume)
Test on Friday

Reading: Adelina's Whales
Focus: Fact and Opinion
Test on Friday

Grammar: Review Unit 3
Test on Friday

Unit Study: Reproduction and Survival
Test on Friday

No Spelling

Spring Break Begins!

Week of February 21-25, 2011
Monday: No School

Math: Begin Chapter 22 (Rounding, Adding, Subtracting Decimals)
Chapter Test on Friday

Reading: Kapok Tree
Focus: Generalizing
Test on Friday

Grammar: To, Too, Two & Irregular Verbs: Throw and Catch

Spelling: No Spelling from here until TCAP.
(Students will be taking home a Social Studies TCAP Prep workbook and textbook and complete a page in the workbook each night. They can use their textbook!)

Unit Study: Environmental Interactions with Plants and Animals

Week of February 14-18, 2011
Math: Continue Chapter 21 (Decimals)
Test on Friday

Reading: Moon Walk
Focus: Drawing Conclusions
Test on Friday

Grammar: Articles (a, an, the)

Spelling: List
Test on Friday

Unit Study: Sun, Moon, Stars
Quiz on Friday






Week of January 24-28, 2011
Math: Begin Chapter 20 (Adding and Subtracting Fractions and Mixed Numbers)
Quiz on Friday

Reading: Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride
Focus: Sequence and Story Structure
Test on Friday
Grammar: Forms of Be (Is, Are, Were, Has, Have)


Unit Study: Cells

Spelling: List



Week of January 17-21, 2011
No School On Monday for MLK, Jr.!Week of January 10-14, 2011

Math: Continue Chapter 19: Understand Fractions
Quiz on Friday

Reading: Continue George vs. George
Focus: Main Idea & Supporting Details
Test on Friday

Grammar: Uses of Its and It's

Unit Study: Continue our study of the American Revolution
Test on Friday

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Math: Chapter 19: Understand Fractions
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Reading: George vs. George
Focus: Main Idea & Supporting Details
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Grammar: Uses of Their, There, They're

Unit Study: American Revolution

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Math: Chapters 16 & 17: Geometry
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Reading: So You Wanna Be President
Focus: Main Idea & Supporting Details
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Unit Study: Government


Week of December 13-17, 2010

Math: Continue Chapter 8: Long Division
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Reading: Night Journeys by Avi
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Alternative Book Reports Due on Thursday

Grammar: Review of Unit 2
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Unit Study: Colonial America
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Week of December 6-10, 2010
Math: Continue Chapter 8: Long Division

Reading: Night Journeys by Avi
Focus: Compare and Contrast
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Grammar: Conjunctions

Unit Study: Colonial America

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Week of November 29 - December 3, 2010
Math - Begin Chapter 8 (Dividing---Long Division!)
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Reading - Sailing Home
Focus: Author's Purpose & Predicting
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Grammar - Prepositions that help tell where (above, below, in, of, on, through, etc.)

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Week of November 15 - 20, 2010 Math - Continue Chapter 7 (Multiplying up to 1,000 by a two-digit number)


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Reading - Explorers of North America
Focus: Compare and Contrast

Grammar - Adjectives and Adverbs

Unit Study - Friction/Motion

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Math - Begin Chapter 7 (Multiplying up to 1,000 by a two-digit number)
Quiz on Friday

Reading - Explorers of North America
Focus: Generalizing

Grammar - Main Verbs/Helping Verbs
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Writing - Narrative on Thanksgiving Colors

Unit Study - Friction/Motion
Racing of cars on Friday!

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Week of November 1 - 5, 2010

Math - Continue Chapter 6 (Multiplying up to 1,000 by a one-digit number)
Chapter Test on Friday

Reading - Encyclopedia Brown

Focus: Plot
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The novel study (Explorers of North America) had to be put off for one more week because we do not have enough books to even share. Please obtain a copy for your child, or let me know any difficulties you are having in finding the book.
Grammar - Pronouns that Ask Question (Who? What? Which?)

Writing - Narrative on Thanksgiving Colors

Unit Study - Tennessee History and Settlement
Continue reading The Graveyard Girl
Elmwood Field Trip

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Week of October 25 - 29, 2010

Math - Chapter 6
We will begin our Multiplication unit (multi-digit multiplication).
Quiz on Friday

Reading - The King in the Kitchen
Focus: Character and Setting
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Grammar - Direct Objects and Prepositional Phrases
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Writing - Descriptive Writing

Unit Study - Tennessee History and Settlement
Continue reading The Graveyard Girl

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Newsletter Week of October 4-8
Math: Review of all concepts from the first nine weeks

Reading: Graveyard Girl
Focus: Review of all concepts from first nine weeks

Grammar: Review of all concepts from first nine weeks using Graveyard Girl

Unit Study: Continue our study on TN Geography

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Newsletter Week of Sept. 26-October 1
Math: Finish Chapter 5 (Algebraic Reasoning) Making equations and variables
Quiz on Wednesday for Chapter 5
Begin Reviewing first nine weeks concepts

Reading: Begin our novel Study on Starring Grace
Focus: Main Idea
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Grammar: Review Subjects and Predicates
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Unit Study: Begin our study on Geography (specifically focusing on TN).

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Newsletter Week of Sept. 20-24
Math: Continue Chapter 5 (Algebraic Reasoning) Order of Operations
Quiz on Friday for 5.3 & 5.4

Reading: We will finish Because of Winn-Dixie!!! Test on Wednesday
We will begin our next novel study on  Starring Grace
Focus: Cause and Effect

Grammar: Compound Sentences and Avoiding Run-ons
Quiz on Friday

Unit Study: We will begin our study of magnets.

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Newsletter Week of Sept. 13-17
Math: Begin Chapter 5 (Algebraic Reasoning) Order of Operations
Quiz on Friday

Reading: We will continue Because of Winn-Dixie.
Focus: Compare and Contrast
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Grammar: Personal Possessive Nouns
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Unit Study: We will continue to study energy.

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Newsletter Week of Sept. 7-10
Math: Continue Chapter 4 (Multiplying three factors and dividing with remainders)
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Reading: Continue novel study of Because of Winn Dixie
Focus: Drawing Conclusions
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Grammar: Regular Plural Nouns
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Unit Study: We will begin to explore how light travels.

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Newsletter Week of August 30-September 3
Math: Begin Chapter 4: (Multiplication and Division Concepts)
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Reading: Continue novel study of Because of Winn Dixie
Focus: Sequencing
Test on Chapters 5-9 on Friday

Grammar: Common and Proper Nouns
Test on Thursday

Unit Study: We will continue and finalize our study on Native Americans.

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Newsletter Week of August 23-27
Math: Begin Chapter 3: (Add and Subtract Whole Numbers)
Test on Friday

Reading: Begin novel study of Because of Winn-Dixie
Focus: Summarizing
Test on Chapters 1-6 on Friday

Grammar: Declarative and Imperative Sentences
Test on Thursday

Unit Study: We will begin our study on Native Americans (The study of Light has been pushed back because we were able to get a 'suitcase' from the Pink Palace that focuses on Native Americans, but we can only keep it for two weeks.)

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Newsletter Week of August 15-20
Math: Finish Chapter 2: Compare, Order, and Round Whole Numbers and Money (through the hundred millions) The main focus this week will be making change with money and rounding.
Test on Friday.


Reading: Lewis and Clark and Me
Focus: Cause and Effect & Author's Purpose.
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Grammar: Subjects and Predicates
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Unit Study: Lewis and Clark's Exploration timeline- Students will complete their timeline of their adventure and important events/discoveries through research and we will begin light.

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August 9-16
Math: Chapter 2: Compare, Order, and Round Whole Numbers and Money (through the hundred millions)Test scheduled for this Friday.

Reading: Lewis and Clark and Me
Focus: Cause and Effect & Author's Purpose.
Test scheduled for next Friday (August 20)

Grammar: Exclamatory & Imperative Sentences

Unit Study: Lewis and Clark's Exploration- We will create a timeline of their adventure and important events/discoveries through research.

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Reading: My Brother, Martin

Focus: Cause and Effect

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Grammar: The uses of good and well

Unit Study: Cells

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Math: Finish Chapter 20 (Adding and Subtracting Fractions and Mixed Numbers)

Chapter Test on Friday

Week of August 1, 2011
Unit Study: This week 3rd graders will study the brain. They will participate in activities relating to identifying various learning styles.

Math: Place Value

Fourth Grade Newsletters:

Math: Review of Factors and Multiplies Chapter 10

Reading: Coyote School News
Focus: Drawing Conclusions
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Grammar: Subject & Object Pronouns, Using I or Me, & Demonstrative Adjectives

Unit Study: Review of Matter

Social Studies Homefun: Pages


Week of April 18 - 22, 2011

Math: Review of 2 and 3 digit multiplication

Quiz on Thursday

Reading: How Tia Lola Came to Visit Stay

Focus: Cause/Effect

Selection Test on Wednesday

Writing: Point of View

Unit Study: Review of Force/Motion

Spring Fling on Thursday!

No School on Friday (Good Friday)