Mrs. Komarek's Busy Bees: December 2019

Merry Christmas to All My Fabulous Parents!

This week we hit the half way mark in our school year! It just seems like time is going by quickly with these hardworking, cute scholars!

Over half the class has passed off the poem, which is great! I know that I put Friday as the last day to pass off, but to be honest, that is a very hectic day. Please encourage your scholar to pass it off before Friday.

Friday we will be having a celebration for the hard work of memorizing the poem, we will be having a hot cocoa party. Some of the scholars have volunteered to bring in items for our party. Here is a list of what has been suggested.

Curriculum News:

Literacy - This week we will finish Unit 4 of CKLA and will wrap up any unfinished writing projects that we have been working on. We will finish the week with grammar practice, DIBELS testing, and an assessment on informational reading.
Math - Scholars did quite well on Chapter 5. We went over the test and graphed scores last week. This week we will be working in Chapter 6, FRACTIONS. Monday's lesson 6.2, equivalent fractions. Tuesday's lesson 6.3, simplest form. Wednesday's lesson 6.4, common denominators. Thursday, no lesson. Friday's lesson 6.5, problem solving. Over the break I just ask that in any free time to please practice times tables.
Science - We are learning all about the Water Cycle! This week we will focus on condensation, precipitation, and collection.

Important Dates:

December 16, Celebrate Joseph's 1/2 Birthday!🎂
December 16, Sing Around the 🎄
December 18, Sing Around the 🎄
December 18, All Late Work is Due!
December 20, Last day to pass of the poem
December 20, Sing Around the 🎄
December 20, End of 2nd Term
December 21-Janurary 5, Winter Break
December 25, Merry Christmas! 🎅
January 6, Welcome Back!
January 6, Celebrate Abbey's Birthday!🎂
January 7, Happy Birthday RyLee! 🎂
January 8, Celebrate Caroline's 1/2 Birthday! 🎂
January 8, I will be at trainings all day
January 9, Celebrate Aubri's 1/2 Birthday! 🎂
January 13, Celebrate Eppie's 1/2 Birthday! 🎂
January 13-17, School Community Workers

Home Extension:

Nightly reading, summarizing, finish up memorizing the poem.
Math videos/practice.
Monday: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-fourth-grade-math/comparing-fractions-and-equivalent-fractions/imp-equivalent-fractions-2/v/equivalent-fractions-with-models
Tuesday: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-fourth-grade-math/comparing-fractions-and-equivalent-fractions/imp-common-denominators/v/finding-common-denominators
Wednesday: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-fourth-grade-math/comparing-fractions-and-equivalent-fractions/imp-common-denominators/v/common-denominators-14-and-56
Thursday: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-fourth-grade-math/comparing-fractions-and-equivalent-fractions/imp-common-denominators/e/common-denominators

Dear Parents,

It's nice to be back after our wonderful Thanksgiving Break.

Last Tuesday I introduced our new December "Book Report". I sent home the rubrics of how it will be graded and the poem to be memorized. All poems will need to be passed off to me by December 20th (the last day before Christmas Break). We will work on this in class, but the majority of work will need to be done at home.

Progress Reports, new Word Study words, and a Reading Log will be coming home today. Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for the Reading Log, it will be due on Friday, 80 minutes minimum for the week.

Curriculum News:

Literacy - New word study words are going home, test will be in two weeks. During literacy time we will be working on T'was the Night Before Christmas and Unit 4, Middle Ages of the Middle East, and grammar practice.
Math - Monday's (12/2) lesson: 5.2 divisibility rules. Tuesday's (12/3) lesson: 5.3 factors. Wednesday's (12/4) lesson: Mid Chapter Review. Thursday's (12/5) lesson: 5.4 multiples. Friday's (12/6) lesson: 5.5 prime and composite numbers. Monday's (12/9) lesson: 5.6 patterns. Tuesday's (12/10) lesson: Chapter 5 review. Wednesday's (12/11) lesson: Chapter 5 Test or 4.AO.4. Thursday's (12/12) lesson: graph chapter 5 test, go over test, introduction to chapter 6. Friday's (12/13) lesson: 6.1 fractions.
Science - Scholars will finish up Standard 5 with Mammals. After mammals we will start Standard 1, the Water Cycle.