September 19-23

Miss Rickabaugh’s 4^th grade

Weekly News

September 19-23

Language Arts: The week's focus is on asking questions. This week's reading story is "The Astronaut and the Onion".  The students have begun our novel studies "Island of the Blue Dolphin". We will be taking our first quiz this week. We are focusing our writing on how to plan and edit a narrative writing piece.

Math: We are in Chapter 2. Chapter 2 includes adding and subtracting whole numbers and money. The students are enjoying this chapter and learning quickly.

Bible: Daily we do a devotional, take prayer requests and pray. 

Second lesson of the year is God's promises coming true.

1 Cor 13:4-5 ⁴ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵ It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

History/Social Studies: The lesson is how is Earth divided and how are the areas of California different.

Science:  Our unit consists of classifying living things.

Spelling: Spelling List #4

Long I

1.    filed

2.    shiny

3.    tightly

4.    remind

5.    die

6.    wipe

7.    lightning

8.    height

9.    pride

10. spy

11. sigh

12. likely

13. prime

14. slyly

15. pry

16. climb

17. minding

18. frightened

19. twice

20. slightly

bonus:

21. highway

Dates to remember:

September 22: Chapel at 2:25-3pm. Everyone is welcome and invited to attend.

September 30: Minimum Day: Dismissal is at noon. Crosswalk is open till 6pm. Teacher In-service day.