Mrs. Haen
Mrs. Becky Haen
Grade 4
Email: [email protected]
Oct. 18th, 2020
Grade 4, Room 11
Special Points of Interest:
- Wednesday – Middle East quiz 2
- Thursday – Junior Achievement *
- Thursday – Spelling test
- Friday – Plains quiz and possible Middle East test
- Friday – Trunk or Treat
Language Arts
We will be finishing our book, “Cricket in Times Square”. Our quiz and test on the book will be the week of Oct 25th. We will be writing our final draft for IEW (Institute for Excellence in Writing) this week. We will also be working on adjectives in Grammar
Our spelling unit is working with the vowel pairs ee and ea.
Spelling Lesson 8
agreement
breathe
creature
feather
healthy
keeping
leather
meadows
needles
northeast
pleasure
preacher
speech
steady
succeed
sweater
sweeter
treasure
underneath
wealth
Challenge
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Tehran
Riyadh
Review
tomorrow
borrow
poach
swallows
Science and Geography
We will be working on animal adaptions.
We will be reviewing the United States geography, the Plain states. . We will start reviewing the Middle East. The second quiz will be Wednesday. The test might be on Friday for all of the Middle East. We will be learning about Wisconsin’s early explorers.
MATH
We will be starting to capacity.
Religion
We will be going to Adoration on Monday. We will be learning about Jacob (Israel) and Esau. Our saint this week is Saint Matthew.
Sept. 20th, 2020
Grade 4, Room 11
Special Points of Interest:
- Wednesday – Literature quiz on ch. 1-7
- Thursday – spelling test
- Thursday – Grammar quiz on adverbs
- Friday – Mid- Atlantic quiz
- Friday – math test???
Language Arts
We will be reviewing for our Literature quiz, which will be on Wednesday. Then we will be reading chapter 8 from our book, “Cricket in Times Square”. We will be learning about reviewing adverbs in grammar. Our quiz on adverbs will be on Thursday.
Our spelling unit is on kn, gn, wr, and rr. Some children will be review and some will be challenge. Please see their list in their assignment notebooks.
Spelling week 4
arrow
assign
campaign
cologne
correct
designed
foreign
knead
knotted
known
knuckles
mirror
resign
surround
typewriters
wrapper
wreath
wrestler
wrinkled
written
Challenge words
predicate
pollination
Redeemer
fertilization
Review words
frightened
physical
telephone
photography
Science and Geography
We will be starting our next unit on animal classification. We will be working on a group project for this chapter.
We will be reviewing the United States geography, starting with the Great Lakes states. . We will also learn a little about the Middle East, especially Iran and Iraq. We will be learning about Wisconsin’s Native Americans.
MATH
We will be reviewing length, the metric and the standard. We have our test planned for Friday. That will be the earliest that it is.
Religion
We will be going to Adoration on Monday. We will be learning about Noah. Our saint this week is Saint Henry II.
Sept. 13th, 2020
Grade 4, Room 11
Special Points of Interest:
- Thursday – spelling test
- Thursday – science test
- Friday – Mid- Atlantic quiz
Language Arts
We will be reading chapters 5, 6, and 7 from our book, “Cricket in Times Square”. We will be learning about adverbs in grammar.
Our spelling unit is on the /f/ sounds. Some children will be review and some will be challenge. Please see their list in their assignment notebooks.
Spelling week 3
atmosphere
autographs
*dolphins
*effort
enough
*flawless
frightened
*geography
hyphen
*laughter
paragraph
photography
*physical
*suffer
symphony
*telephone
*tough
*triumph
typhoid
typhoon
Review words
gadget
graduate
certain
coupon
Challenge words
stamen
Haen
pistil
sepal
Science and Geography
We will be reviewing for our test, which will probably be on Thursday.
We will be reviewing the United States geography from last year, starting with the Mid-Atlantic states. . We will also learn a little about the Middle East, especially Syria and Lebanon. We will be learning about Wisconsin’s lakes and forests.
MATH
We will be reviewing length, the metric and the standard. We have been adding and subtracting different lengths. We will be having our test the week of Sept. 20th.
Religion
We will be going to Adoration on Monday. We will be learning about Adam and Eve, and Cain and Abel. Our saint this week is Saint Richard of Chinchester.
Sept. 6th, 2020
Grade 4, Room 11
Special Points of Interest:
- Monday- no school
- Thursday – spelling test
- Friday – New England quiz
- Friday – Grammar quiz
Language Arts
We will be reading chapters 3 and 4 from our book, “Cricket in Times Square”. We will be reviewing the four types of sentences in grammar, subjects and predicates. I am also introducing sentence diagramming.
Our spelling unit is on the soft g and c sounds. Some children will be review and some will be challenge. Please see their list in their assignment notebooks.
Spelling Week 2
celebrate
certain
circus
concert
couple
coupon
credit
dangerous
gadget
garage
generous
gesture
graduate
grateful
icicles
license
regular
sausage
shortage
village
Review words
character
quarrel
earthquake
mechanic
Challenge words
interrogative
declarative
imperative
exclamatory
Science and Geography
We will be learning about pollination and the life cycle of the flower. We will start to get ready for our test, which will be the week of Sept. 13th.
We will be reviewing the United States geography from last year, starting with the New England states. Our first quiz will be on Friday, Sept. 10th. We will also learn a little about the Middle East, especially Israel and Jordan. We will be learning about Wisconsin’s regions.
MATH
We will be reviewing length, the metric and the standard. We have been adding and subtracting different lengths.
Religion
We will be learning about the stories of creation. Our saint this week is Saint Rose of Lima.
Aug. 30th, 2020
Grade 4, Room 11
Special Points of Interest:
- Thursday – spelling test
Language Arts
We will be starting to read our book, “Cricket in Times Square”. I will also be reading “The Sign of the Beaver” throughout this quarter/semester. I will be giving out the monthly book report on Wednesday. If you want to sneak peak, it is on Google Classroom. We will be reviewing the four types of sentences in grammar, subjects and predicates.
Our spelling unit is on /k/ and /n/ sounds.
Spelling Week 1
aches
character
earthquake
inquire
jacket
kneeling
knocked
knothole
knowing
mechanic
orchestra
quarrel
quarter
questions
quickly
quiet
require
sequence
shake
speaker
Science and Geography
We will be learning about classifying plants.
We will be reviewing the United States geography from last year, starting with the New England states. We will also learn a little about the Middle East, especially Israel and Jordan. We will be learning where Wisconsin is located in the world. We will also be learning about Wisconsin’s regions.
MATH
We will be reviewing length, which they were working on at the end of last year. We will start reviewing the metric and then the standard. We will be starting timed tests for multiplication, so start practicing those facts.
Religion
We will be learning about the stories of creation. We will be using our Bibles. Adoration is on Mondays.