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Mrs. McClure – Fourth Grade
Posted on March 11, 2010, by Alexis McClure, under Uncategorized.
English
During the month of March we will continue to work in English with our Shurley Method labeling. The students have come a long way. We will continue to label as well as hit key areas in our class English book. We are zipping through and the kids are loving every minute of it. Remember English tutoring is at 3:00pm on Wednesdays.
Reading
We are currently reading the novel The Watson’s Go to Birmingham. I have started keeping the students review questions in my classroom in individual folders so we do not misplace these papers when time comes to study for the test. I have recorded these grades and the children have the chance to look the papers over before they are placed in their safety folders. We should be completing this novel when we come back from break. We will then watch the movie that goes along with the story we have read and will have an assignment that will follow this activity. As always, I will send out a study guide when we complete the questions for the last chapter of the novel. If you have any questions, please let me know.
BOOK REPORTS ARE DUE ON MARCH 26, 2010
Social Studies
We will be completing Chapter 8 which is discussing the Civil War and the end of Slavery in America. We will begin our next chapter for the year which is the discussion of the Turn of the Century. Here we will be discussing Oil, the Depression, Ranching and much more in Texas History. We will have a test this Friday, March 12, over Chapter 8.
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Mrs. McClure – Fourth Grade
Posted on December 10, 2009, by Alexis McClure, under Fourth Grade.
ELA
We will continue to read Esperanza Rising. We will review when we come back from break. We will then pick up and continue to read the story. We will be working on vocabulary, comprehension, setting, and characters. In English we will continue to work on helping verbs as well as our recently learned direct and indirect objects. Our work will be both out of our English books as well as from the Shurley Method.
Social Studies
We are currently working on Colonization in Texas. We will have a quiz over sections 3 and 4 this Thursday and a chapter test over sections 1, 2, 3, & 4 on Thursday, December 17th, 2009. Please make sure that your students are studying nightly over ALL sections of their lap book. As you know, this is a nightly assignment and helps them bring the information into their long term memory. When we return in January we will begin discussing the Texas Revolution.
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Mrs. McClure – Fourth Grade
Posted on November 11, 2009, by Alexis McClure, under Fourth Grade.
English Literature Arts
We will continue working on the 3-point persuasive paragraphs in English as well as Shurley Method labeling. In Reading we will be finishing up our current novel Henry on the Paper Route. The upcoming test date for this novel will be coming home along with your student’s study guide. We will begin Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz-Ryan following the test. Please make sure you have a copy for your student. Please make sure your student is reading daily for 20 minutes and logging their times daily.
Social Studies
We will complete our lapbooks for the chapter “New Settlers in Texas” this week and we will be moving on to discuss “Colonies and Independence.” We will have a chapter test over the material in our lapbook. Students are asked to study this material as well as their quizzes for Chapter 4. This chapter test will be held next Tuesday, November 16, 2009. We do have weekly vocab and key concept quizzes at the end of each week. Please make sure your student is studying their lapbook nightly.
We are planning our trip to St. Joseph’s Nursing Home this year as a Corporal Work of Mercy. Please check with Mrs. Campos in the office to make sure you are up-to-date with your Safe Environment. We would love for all of you to attend. Have a very warm and blessed Thanksgiving filled with many colorful memories.
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Mrs. McClure – Fourth Grade
Posted on September 24, 2009, by Alexis McClure, under Fourth Grade.
Social Studies
We are closing out of our first chapter of the year!!! We have been discussing elevation, sea level, continents, landforms, plants and animals of Texas. For the month of October, we will begin to discuss People of Texas. We will read and learn about political region, population and look at line graphs, as well as economy, agriculture and land use. Following this chapter we will move on to the Earliest Texans beginning with Texas Indian Myths and legends.
English
We are currently wrapping up our re-cap session of basic grammar skills. We have reviewed the following: subject nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, object of the prepositions, prepositional phrases, possessive nouns, possessive pronouns, subject pronouns, synonyms, antonyms, correcting punctuation and capitalization, and beginning subject verb agreement. We will push on and begin to add in new pieces this month including the 3-point paragraph. WOOHOOO, we are ROCKING the Shurley Method out!
Reading
Ramona’s World has just been completed. What a great book to begin our 4th grade year. The children have seemed to love this classic. We will have a test over this class novel next Tuesday, September 29, 2009. We will do a review in class to help the students prepare for the test, which will be based on past chapter questions and vocabulary.Thank you to those who have sent a personal dictionary with your student; however there are still some students who have not done so. This is very important as the dictionaries I have do not always have the words that we are in search of. Remember ALL 4th grade students should be reading nightly. This is very important in keeping up their reading levels as well as their comprehension. Reading logs are due to me every other Friday. Your student’s next reading log will be due on October 2, 2009. We will begin our next class novel beginning next week. WOOOOHOOOOO!!!
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