Mrs. Stemm's 4th Grade ELA/SS

Announcements:  October 3: 2-hour delay October 12: End of Quarter 1 October 12: NO CLASSES Homework: There are some changes so please read! Reading 20 minutes each night Monday-Thursday Friday: NO READING  My students and I have an agreement that if I am not doing anything over the weekend, they will not have any homework. They know if I expect them to read 20 minutes, I am doing the same at home. Due to a family wedding, I am following through with our agreement and have given them the weekend off of reading. I will not be doing any work this weekend so I am not requiring it of them either. You are more than welcome to have them read on your own but I am not requiring their reading log to be signed.  Social Studies:  Next week we will be having a quiz on map skills, directions, and human versus natural features. Students have completed and corrected a study guide during E&I so please have them study it. They will be bringing it home to study Thursday evening.

Announcements:  Tuesday, September 18th: Bus Fire Drill is rescheduled for today pending weather conditions. Friday, September 21st: Students will participate in Hands-only CPR! Homework:  Reading 20 minutes each night.  If E&I activities were not finished, all students will be responsible for completing these assignments over the weekend. Each child will be given notice on Friday what assignments they are missing and they will be given extra copies if needed.  ELA:  This week we will be continuing our study of the literal great heart. We have been focusing on identifying main ideas and details in the pages of our book, The Circulatory Story . We have also been identifying the figurative language (similes and metaphors) within the book. Each student will complete their figurative language booklet this week explaining how the similes or metaphors have helped them understand the text. Writing:  This week we will continue to work on constructing a "painted par

Announcements:  Wednesday, September 5: 2 Hour Delay for students Wednesday, September 12: First Tiger Team Meeting  Scholastic Book orders are due Friday, September 7th. If you or your child would like to place an order, please have that turned in either online or bring the form to me. I will be placing the order Friday afternoon.  Language Arts:  In Language Arts, we are continuing our exploration of a "painted paragraph." As a class, we complete an outline of how Clara Barton showed great heart and now we are practicing our typing skills by creating a google doc of the paragraph. The link listed below is the source we used in order to construct our paragraph. We are including quotations, making sure to focus on proper punctuation within our paragraph.  Clara Barton Biography We will also be starting to define the literal meaning of the word heart by studying the circulatory system through specific literature titled The Circulatory Story . Watch for pict