Announcements:

• The science fair is Friday. Please join us in the fourth grade classrooms from 2:00-2:50!
• Friday is spirit day! Please join us for the morning assembly at 8:15.
• Spring Fling is March 3rd! Thank you for volunteering to help at our booth. We look forward to seeing you then.

Academics:

• In Spalding, we are entering list 24 and being tested on list 23. We will take our monthly phonogram and spelling assessments.
• In language, we will take AZ Merit practice tests. We will complete grammar lessons 78 and 79. We will write a first person narrative.
• In reading, we will continue our study of text structures by focusing on cause and effect. We will read If you McBroom and the Big Wind. We will also learn about the problem/solution text structure on Friday. 
• In math, we will have test 15 on Monday and benchmark 4 on Tueday. We will complete an AZ Merit practice test.
• In science, we will finish the scientific method. We will then begin a study of electricity. 

- Reminders -

• No tutoring this week with conferences.
• Science - Documentation Form is due on Tuesday, Feb. 13.
• 1/2 day on Friday, Feb. 16,  for conferences. Party in 4th grade classrooms at 10:30. Early release at 12:15.

Spalding - Enter words for list 22. Test on list 21 on Friday. Focus on abbreviations, suffixes, and word roots. 
Language - Grammar lessons 72, 73, 74, and 75 in class. Test 14 on Friday.  
Writing - persuasive essay introduction
Reading - Read 'Medicine Past and Present' and focus on chronological order/sequencing. Book study on Thursday.
Math - Daily timed tests. Saxon 14 study guide and test. Lessons include 3 digit answers and mass/weight. 
Science - How Do Scientists Measure?
​Social Studies - Continue reading on British influence in colonies. 

Announcements:
The Reference page is due Monday along with the Biography.
We have tutoring still going. Please be sure to notify the teacher weekly on the days you will be going.
Science fair documentation form is due next week the 13th. This is pages 13-14 on the science packet.

Academics:
Spalding- We are entering list 21 in our books, and will have a test on list 20 on Friday. There will be a 70 phonogram test on Thursday, along with a Morrison and McCall 50 word test on Wednesday.
Language Arts- We will be discussing suffixes "ition, ity" prefixes "dia", root words and apostrophes. We will also be doing grammar lessons 69 Objective pronoun, 70 personal pronoun case, grammar test 13 and lesson 71 which is diagraming pronouns. In writing we will finish our Compare and contrast poems, and start with our persuasive papers.
Reading- We will be giving a study guide for our Main idea test on Monday. The test will be on Tuesday.  The students will be introduced to text structure on Wednesday, and then work on chronological order. We will finish the week with our book studies.
Math- The students will be doing their board timed tests this week. WE are working on lessons 71 Division answers ending in zero, 72 finding information to solve problems, 75 Measuring turns, and circumference of circles.
Science- we will be reading about density this week and doing an investigation on Tuesday. If you have cereal and or raisins you would like to donate, please send them in on Tuesday. We will also be working with matter and energy before we start our "How do scientists measure" worksheet.
Social Studies- We will finish reading lesson 3 and have a quiz on lesson 3 on Thursday. We will start reading lesson 4 which is westward expansion.