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Fourth Grade ELA
Announcements for 5/20-5/24
- The week of May 20-24 is Spirit Week and also the week of Nine Weeks Exams. Monday - decade day; Tuesday - hat day; Wednesday - occupation day; Thursday - crazy socks; Friday - red, white & blue.
- Nine Weeks Exams will be on Thursday, 5/23 - Reading; and Friday, 5/25 - Language
- On 5/22, we will head to Fireman's Park for the day! Please send lunch with your child that day.
- Please check with your child to make sure s/he has functioning earbuds/headphones at school. We use them every day.
- Please feel free to contact me at any time at jshy@cleveland.k12.ms.us. To sign up for Remind, text @d8364h to 81010.
Announcements for 5/13-5/17
- Thank you so much for all the teacher appreciation gifts! I appreciate you right back!
- We will have our final assessments on iReady on Tuesday, 5/14, and Wednesday, 5/15.
- May Day Play Day (Patriot Palooza) will be on Friday, May 17.
- The week of May 20-24 is Spirit Week and also the week of Nine Weeks Exams. Monday - decade day; Tuesday - hat day; Wednesday - occupation day; Thursday - crazy socks; Friday - red, white & blue.
- Nine Weeks Exams will be on Wednesday, 5/22 - Math; Thursday, 5/23 - Reading; and Friday, 5/25 - Language
- After the Math Exam on 5/22, we will head to Fireman's Park for the day! Please send lunch with your child that day.
- Please check with your child to make sure s/he has functioning earbuds/headphones at school. We use them every day.
- Please feel free to contact me at any time at jshy@cleveland.k12.ms.us. To sign up for Remind, text @d8364h to 81010.
Reading for 5/13-5/17
We did not quite make it to the end of The Mouse and the Motorcycle last week, so we will finish it this week. It's a fun novel to end the year with.
The deadline for AR for this nine weeks is May 24.
No Spelling for 5/13-5/17
English for 5/13-5/17
I would really like to introduce one more sentence pattern before the end of the year, so we will learn about predicate adjectives this week. Students are already using them in their own sentences.
Vocabulary Workshop for 5/13-5/17
Unit 16 will be our last Vocabulary Workshop unit for the year. We review the Vocabulary Workshop words every day in class, and students should review them at home, too. Unit 16 words are adorn, appropriate, assemble, colossal, effective, frail, hostage, landslide, rampage, scamper, symptom, and warrant.
- Completing the Sentence (G1) will be on WEDNESDAY, May 15.
- The Unit 16 Test (G2) will be on Thursday, May 16.
Announcements for 5/6-5/10
- I am late updating the website since I was out for my dad's surgery (he did well), but there are a lot of announcements! We have one more state test tomorrow, 5/9, in Math.
- May Day Play Day (Patriot Palooza) will be on Friday, May 17.
- The week of May 20-24 is Spirit Week and also the week of Nine Weeks Exams. Monday - decade day; Tuesday - hat day; Wednesday - occupation day; Thursday - crazy socks; Friday - red, white & blue.
- Nine Weeks Exams will be on Wednesday, 5/22 - Math; Thursday, 5/23 - Reading; and Friday, 5/25 - Language
- After the Math Exam on 5/22, we will head to Fireman's Park for the day! Please send lunch with your child that day.
- Please check with your child to make sure s/he has functioning earbuds/headphones at school. We use them every day.
- Please feel free to contact me at any time at jshy@cleveland.k12.ms.us. To sign up for Remind, text @d8364h to 81010.
Reading for 5/6-5/10
We will finish reading The Mouse and the Motorcycle, by Beverly Cleary, this week. We have enjoyed this story of a mouse who is able to make a toy motorcycle work. He has fun and dangerous adventures in the hotel where he lives.
Students will have questions to answer about the chapters we read.
No new vocabulary this week!
The deadline for AR for this nine weeks is May 24.
Spelling for 5/6-5/10
This week's words have unusual spellings, and we only have 11 of them. They are though, through, thought, thorough, there, their, recycle, material, ready, heavy, guest.
The only homework for this week was to write the words three times each in cursive on Monday. The rest will be classwork. We will have the dictation test on Thursday and the word test on Friday.
English for 5/6-5/10
We have completed Chapter 15 in the Shurley English book. We have been working with predicate nouns (example: He is a clown), and learning how to use comparative adjectives (nice, nicer, nicest). We have begun classifying sentences with all the patterns we have learned so far (1-4), and we have learned vocabulary words stationary and meter. Our G2 Test on Chapter 15 will be on Friday, May 10.
Vocabulary Workshop for 5/6-5/17
Unit 16 will be our last Vocabulary Workshop unit for the year. We review the Vocabulary Workshop words every day in class, and students should review them at home, too. Unit 16 words are adorn, appropriate, assemble, colossal, effective, frail, hostage, landslide, rampage, scamper, symptom, and warrant.
- Synonyms/Antonyms (G1) will be on Friday, May 10
- Completing the Sentence (G1) will be on WEDNESDAY, May 15.
- The Unit 16 Test (G2) will be on Thursday, May 16.
Announcements for 4/29-5/3
- We completed the state reading test! The state test in Writing will be on Tuesday, April 30, and in Math, on May 8 and 9. Students are well-prepared; just send them to school well-rested, please!
- I will be out from Thursday, 5/2, through Tuesday, 5/7, because my father is having surgery. We have an excellent substitute scheduled, and the students will continue working and learning while I am out.
- Please check with your child to make sure s/he has functioning earbuds/headphones at school. We use them every day.
- Please feel free to contact me at any time at jshy@cleveland.k12.ms.us. To sign up for Remind, text @d8364h to 81010.
Reading for 4/29-5/3
We are enjoying The Mouse and the Motorcycle, by Beverly Cleary. It is the story of a mouse who is able to make a toy motorcycle work. He has fun and dangerous adventures in the hotel where he lives.
We will continue reading as we can this week. We have the state writing test on Tuesday and a modified schedule to accomodate other classes who will be testing. Students will have questions to answer about the chapters we read.
No new vocabulary this week!
The deadline for AR for this nine weeks is May 24.
Spelling for 4/29-5/3
This week's words have unusual spellings. They are meant, routine, style, flood, month, pleasant, guess, women, either, against, diguise, sweat, magazine, guard, receive, wonder, league, type, ceiling, money.
Here's the homework for the week:
Monday: Write the spelling words three times each, in cursive, in alphabetical order.
Tuesday: Complete the Spelling Word Sort in the Journeys workbook.
Wednesday: Write ten sentences with a spelling word in each, making sure the spelling word is used correctly (endings may be changed). Each sentence should have at least six words in it. Sentence 1 should have a compound subject; Sentence 2 should have a compound verb; Sentence 3 should be complex; and Sentence 4 should be compound.
Thursday: Dictation test.
Friday: Spelling test.
English for 4/29-5/3
We are making our way through Chapter 15 in the Shurley English book. We have been working with predicate nouns (example: He is a clown), and learning how to use comparative adjectives (nice, nicer, nicest). We have begun classifying sentences with all the patterns we have learned so far (1-4), and we have learned vocabulary words stationary and meter. Our G2 Test on Chapter 15 will be next week, on Friday, May 10.
Vocabulary Workshop for 4/15-5/3
We will take three weeks on Unit 15 since we have quite a few interruptions during April. We review the Vocabulary Workshop words every day in class, and students should review them at home, too. Unit 15 words are adopt, agile, analyze, assist, babble, captivity, drab, fatal, generosity, genuine, illegal, merit.
- Completing the Sentence (G1) will be on Thursday, May 2.
- The Unit 15 Test (G2) will be on Friday, May 3.
Announcements for 4/22-4/26
- The state test in Reading is on Wednesday, April 24. Students are well-prepared; just send them to school well-rested, please! The state test in Writing will be on Tuesday, April 30, and in Math, on May 8 and 9.
- NO SCHOOL on Friday, April 19, or Monday, April 22.
- Please check with your child to make sure s/he has functioning earbuds/headphones at school. We use them every day.
- Please feel free to contact me at any time at jshy@cleveland.k12.ms.us. To sign up for Remind, text @d8364h to 81010.
Reading for 4/22-4/26
We are enjoying The Mouse and the Motorcycle, by Beverly Cleary. It is the story of a mouse who is able to make a toy motorcycle work. He has fun and dangerous adventures in the hotel where he lives.
We will continue reading as we can this week. We only got through chapter 7 last week; we'll try to do chapters 8-9 this week, and we'll have a quiz on Friday on chapters 6-9.
No new vocabulary this week!
The deadline for AR for this nine weeks is May 24.
Spelling for 4/22-4/26
No spelling this week! Enjoy the break.
English for 4/22-4/26
We will continue to make our way through Chapter 15 in the Shurley English book. This chapter introduces predicate nouns. (Example: He is a clown.) We are reviewing pronouns and also introducing comparative adjectives (nice, nicer, nicest). We may begin classifying sentences with all the patterns we have learned so far (1-4).
Vocabulary Workshop for 4/15-5/3
We will take three weeks on Unit 15 since we have quite a few interruptions during April. We review the Vocabulary Workshop words every day in class, and students should review them at home, too. Unit 15 words are adopt, agile, analyze, assist, babble, captivity, drab, fatal, generosity, genuine, illegal, merit.
- Synonyms/Antonyms (G1) will be on Friday, April 26.
- Completing the Sentence (G1) will be on Thursday, May 2.
- The Unit 15 Test (G2) will be on Friday, May 3.
Announcements for 4/15-4/18
- The state test in Reading is on Wednesday, April 24. Students are well-prepared; just send them to school well-rested, please! The state test in Writing will be on Tuesday, April 30, and in Math, on May 8 and 9.
- NO SCHOOL on Friday, April 19, or Monday, April 22.
- Please check with your child to make sure s/he has functioning earbuds/headphones at school. We use them every day.
- Please feel free to contact me at any time at jshy@cleveland.k12.ms.us. To sign up for Remind, text @d8364h to 81010.
Reading for 4/15-4/18
We are enjoying The Mouse and the Motorcycle, by Beverly Cleary. It is the story of a mouse who is able to make a toy motorcycle work. He has fun and dangerous adventures in the hotel where he lives.
We have a short week this week so will not have a quiz/test on Friday. We will read chapters 6-8, continuing to think about cause/effect and characterization. Students will respond to questions about the novel as usual.
Vocabulary: chastened, incredulous, devour, oblivious, pit, dismounted, abandon, pilfering, tactless, foolhardy
The deadline for AR for this nine weeks is May 24.
Spelling for 4/15-4/18
This week's words have a silent consonant. They are half, comb, martgage, honor, fasten, kneel, wreath, calm, answer, handsome, wrinkle, listen, fetch, yolk, climb, honest, knuckle, plumber, limb, folktale.
Here's the homework for the week:
Monday: Write the spelling words three times each, in cursive, in alphabetical order.
Tuesday: Complete the Spelling Word Sort in the Journeys workbook.
Wednesday: Write ten sentences with a spelling word in each, making sure the spelling word is used correctly (endings may be changed). Each sentence should have at least six words in it. Sentence 1 should have a compound subject; Sentence 2 should have a compound verb; Sentence 3 should be complex; and Sentence 4 should be compound.
Thursday: Spelling word test.
Friday: No school.
English for 4/15-4/18
This week, we'll begin Chapter 15 in the Shurley English book. This chapter introduces predicate nouns. (Example: He is a clown.)
Vocabulary Workshop for 4/15-5/3
We will take three weeks on Unit 15 since we have quite a few interruptions during April. We review the Vocabulary Workshop words every day in class, and students should review them at home, too. Unit 15 words are adopt, agile, analyze, assist, babble, captivity, drab, fatal, generosity, genuine, illegal, merit.
- Synonyms/Antonyms (G1) will be on Friday, April 26.
- Completing the Sentence (G1) will be on Thursday, May 2.
- The Unit 15 Test (G2) will be on Friday, May 3.
Announcements for 4/8-4/12
- Please check with your child to make sure s/he has functioning earbuds/headphones at school. We use them every day.
- Please feel free to contact me at any time at jshy@cleveland.k12.ms.us. To sign up for Remind, text @d8364h to 81010.
Reading for 4/8-4/12
We are enjoying The Mouse and the Motorcycle, by Beverly Cleary. It is the story of a mouse who is able to make a toy motorcycle work. He has fun and dangerous adventures in the hotel where he lives.
This week, we'll read through chapter 5 (this book has long chapters) and will focus on cause and effect and characterization as we read and discuss the novel.
Vocabulary: rumpled, prevented, quaint, relenting, perplexed, apt, chromium, momentum, intact, venturing
The deadline for AR for this nine weeks is May 24.
Spelling for 4/8-4/12
This week's words have three syllables. They are library, another, hospital, example, deliver, history, however, several, vacation, important, victory, imagine, camera, potato, remember, together, memory, favorite, continue, president.
Here's the homework for the week:
Monday: Write the spelling words three times each, in cursive, in alphabetical order.
Tuesday: Complete the Spelling Word Sort in the Journeys workbook.
Wednesday: Write ten sentences with a spelling word in each, making sure the spelling word is used correctly (endings may be changed). Each sentence should have at least six words in it. Sentence 1 should have a compound subject; Sentence 2 should have a compound verb; Sentence 3 should be complex; and Sentence 4 should be compound.
Thursday: Dictation test.
Friday: Spelling word test.
English for 4/8-4/12
We will complete Chapter 14 this week and will have our G2 test on Thursday, April 11. (sorry that I had the wrong date before!) The chapter includes includes sentences with and without direct and indirect objects; verb tenses; and vocabulary words mystery and climate.
Vocabulary Workshop for 4/1-4/12
We review the Vocabulary Workshop words every day in class, and students should review them at home, too. Unit 14 words are absolute, arena, compliment, deliberate, dense, dominant, hazardous, huddle, necessity, offend, regain, thorough.
- Completing the Sentence (G1) will be on Thursday, 4/11.
- The Unit 14 Test (G2) will be on Friday, April 12.
Announcements for 4/1-4/5
- Sorry I am late updating the website! Also, the Tuesday folders may be a bit "thin" this week because I was out and am still getting makeup work from students who went to the district science fair. Thanks for your patience.
- Please check with your child to make sure s/he has functioning earbuds/headphones at school. We use them every day.
- Please feel free to contact me at any time at jshy@cleveland.k12.ms.us. To sign up for Remind, text @d8364h to 81010.
Reading for 4/1-4/5
This week, we wil do the timed writing we didn't get to do last week. Students will revise and edite their work.
Then, we will begin our last novel of fourth grade. The Mouse and the Motorcycle, by Beverly Cleary, is the story of a mouse who is able to make a toy motorcycle work. He has fun and dangerous adventures in the hotel where he lives.
Students have taken the STAR reading test and set new goals for Accelerated Reader for this nine weeks. The deadline for AR for this nine weeks is May 24.
Spelling for 4/1-4/5
This week's words have final schwa + /l/ sounds. They are title, towel, battle, pedal, metal, simple, eagle, special, total, trouble, nickel, gentle, barrel, model, tangle, ankle, marvel, juggle, squirrel, riddle.
Here's the homework for the week:
Monday: Write the spelling words three times each, in cursive, in alphabetical order.
Tuesday: Complete the Spelling Word Sort in the Journeys workbook.
Wednesday: Write ten sentences with a spelling word in each, making sure the spelling word is used correctly (endings may be changed). Each sentence should have at least six words in it. Sentence 1 should have a compound subject; Sentence 2 should have a compound verb; Sentence 3 should be complex; and Sentence 4 should be compound.
Thursday: Dictation test.
Friday: Spelling word test.
English for 4/1-4/5
We are approaching the end of Chapter 14, which includes sentences with and without direct and indirect objects; verb tenses; and vocabulary words mystery and climate. We'll be ready for the G2 test next week (date TBA).
Vocabulary Workshop for 4/1-4/5
We review the Vocabulary Workshop words every day in class, and students should review them at home, too. Unit 14 words are absolute, arena, compliment, deliberate, dense, dominant, hazardous, huddle, necessity, offend, regain, thorough.
- Synonyms/Antonyms (G1) will be on Friday, 4/5
- Completing the Sentence (G1) will be on Thursday, 4/11.
- The Unit 14 Test (G2) will be on Friday, April 12.
Announcements for 3/25-3/29
- Please check with your child to make sure s/he has functioning earbuds/headphones at school. We use them every day.
- Please feel free to contact me at any time at jshy@cleveland.k12.ms.us. To sign up for Remind, text @d8364h to 81010.
Reading for 3/25-3/29
This week, we will read an informational selection from the Journeys reading book, called "The Ever-Living Tree: The Life and Times of a Coast Redwood." It tells about the life of a redwood tree but also includes some world and US history.
Target Vocabulary: resources, dense, evaporate, shallow, moisture, civilized, continent, opportunities, customs, independent
Target Skill: Text and Graphic Features
We'll have a G1 vocabulary and comprehension quiz on Friday, March 22.
We'll be doing some more writing this week, too. Students will write a story to enter in the Crosstie writing contest, and we'll do another timed writing in preparation for the state test.
Students have taken the STAR reading test and set new goals for Accelerated Reader for this nine weeks. I am so proud of their growth! Information about goals and reading levels will go home in Tuesday folders. The deadline for AR for this nine weeks is May 24.
Spelling for 3/25-3/29
This week's words have final schwa + /r/ sounds. They are enter, banner, sugar, shower, motor, collar, labor, finger, mirror, beggar, favor, bother, fever, doctor, temper, actor, polar, sweater, traitor, whenever.
Here's the homework for the week:
Monday: Write the spelling words three times each, in cursive, in alphabetical order.
Tuesday: Complete the Spelling Word Sort in the Journeys workbook.
Wednesday: Write ten sentences with a spelling word in each, making sure the spelling word is used correctly (endings may be changed). Each sentence should have at least six words in it. Sentence 1 should have a compound subject; Sentence 2 should have a compound verb; Sentence 3 should be complex; and Sentence 4 should be compound.
Thursday: Dictation test.
Friday: Spelling word test.
English for 3/25-3/29
We will continue classifying sentences with indirect objects (Pattern 3 sentences) this week and will also introduce mixed patterns (1, 2, and 3). We'll continue reviewing the simple, perfect, and progressive verb tenses, and we will work on maintaining consistent verb tenses within a paragraph. Students will continue to identify Pattern 1, 2, and 3 sentences by sight.
The vocabulary words for this chapter are mystery and climate.
Vocabulary Workshop for 3/25-3/29
We review the Vocabulary Workshop words every day in class, and students should review them at home, too. Unit 13 words are abstract, ally, appoint, attentive, bonus, carefree, courtesy, manufacture, mistrust, noticeable, overthrow, peculiar.
- Completing the Sentence (G1) will be on Thursday, 3/28.
- The Unit 13 Test (G2) will be on Friday, March 29.
Announcements for 3/18-3/22
- Welcome to the last nine weeks grading period! No School on Monday, 3/18.
- Please check with your child to make sure s/he has functioning earbuds/headphones at school. We use them every day.
- Please feel free to contact me at any time at jshy@cleveland.k12.ms.us. To sign up for Remind, text @d8364h to 81010.
Reading for 3/18-3/22
This week, we will read the biographical story of suffragist Esther Morris in the Journeys reading book. It is called "I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote.
Target Vocabulary: politics, intelligent, disorderly, approve, polls, legislature, amendment, candidates, informed, denied
Target Skill: Cause/Effect
We'll have a G1 vocabulary and comprehension quiz on Friday, March 22.
Spelling for 3/18-3/22
This week's words follow the vowel, vowel pattern. They are idea, lion, usual, radio, liar, poem, India, piano, January, quiet, poet, science, diary, violin, period, February, cereal, video, meteor, rodeo.
Here's the homework for the week:
Tuesday: Write the spelling words three times each, in cursive, in alphabetical order.
Wednesday: Write ten sentences with a spelling word in each, making sure the spelling word is used correctly (endings may be changed). Each sentence should have at least six words in it. Sentence 1 should have a compound subject; Sentence 2 should have a compound verb; Sentence 3 should be complex; and Sentence 4 should be compound.
Thursday: Dictation test.
Friday: Spelling word test.
English for 3/18-3/22
We have begun to study sentences with indirect objects (Pattern 3 sentences). We'll continue reviewing the simple, perfect, and progressive verb tenses, and we will work on maintaining consistent verb tenses within a paragraph. Students will learn to identify Pattern 1, 2, and 3 sentences by sight.
The vocabulary words for this chapter are mystery and climate.
Vocabulary Workshop for 3/18-3/22
We review the Vocabulary Workshop words every day in class, and students should review them at home, too. Unit 13 words are abstract, ally, appoint, attentive, bonus, carefree, courtesy, manufacture, mistrust, noticeable, overthrow, peculiar.
- Synonyms/Antonyms (G1) will be on Friday, 3/22.
- Completing the Sentence (G1) will be on Thursday, 3/28.
- The Unit 13 Test (G2) will be on Friday, March 29.
