4B Pond Notes
November 9-13, 2015
Email:[email protected]
School Website: www.sainttheresaschool.org
Mark Your Calendars
11/10 – Muffins with Mom
Altar Server Training Meeting – 6:00 p.m. at the
church (grades 4-12)
11/11 – Veteran’s Day DOUD $1 – Wear
red/white/blue
11/12 – Fall Picture Make-up Day
11/13 – Liturgy – 8:45 a.m.
Math – Chapter 4 – Divide by 1-Digit Numbers
Students will use multiples to estimate quotients, use models
to divide whole numbers that do not divide evenly, use
remainders to solve division problems, divide tens, hundreds,
and thousands by whole numbers through 10, use compatible
numbers to estimate quotients, us the distributive property to
find quotients, use repeated subtraction and multiples to find
quotients, use base-ten blocks to model division with
regrouping, use place value to determine where to place the
first digit of a quotient, divide multidigit numbers by 1 digit
divisors, and solve problems using the strategy draw a diagram.
**Additional resources are located on Think Central
Science – Light and Optics
Investigation 3 – Observing Reflection – Students will apply
the Law of Reflection in order to view the image of an object
that is hidden from direct view. Students will position several
mirrors to indirectly view the reflected image. By applying the
Law of Reflection, students will anticipate the multiple angles
of incidence and refraction and position the mirrors so the
image of the object can be viewed.
Next vocabulary quiz will be after Investigation 3. Make sure
your child studies their flashcards every night.
Coming Next: Investigation 4 – The Visible Spectrum
Reading – Unit 2 - Making A Difference
Priority Skills and Concepts
Theme: Courage
Main Selection: Mystic Horse
Priority Skills and Concepts
Comprehension:
Strategy: Analyze Story Structure;
Skills: Cause and Effect;
Genre: Poetry, Legend, Expository
Robust Vocabulary: sores, loosened, mysterious,
amazement, midst, responsibility
Phonics/Spelling: Suffixes
sickly, hardly, quickly, slowly, carefully, wonderful,
beautiful, graceful, spoonful, darkness, shapeless,
ageless, illness, goodness, spotless, painless,
weakness, darkest, clearest, thoughtful
Grammar: Plurals and Possessives
Reading & Spelling Assessment – 11/13/15
UNIT 2 TEST WILL BE NEXT Tuesday,
11/17/15
Additional resources can be located on Connect Ed.
Social Studies Chapter 4- “Colonial Pennsylvania”
In this chapter students will learn which Europeans
explored and settled in what is now Pennsylvania, how
William Penn built the colony of Pennsylvania, and
what life was like in colonial Pennsylvania. Study
Skills: Reading Time Lines; Geography Skills: Using
Map Scales.
Students should study their flashcards every night.
Religion –Chapter 5 –“Living in Community” - In this chapter students will learn what the love of neighbor has to
do with love of God, what it means to live a moral life, and how they should live as part of a community. Chapter
test will be Friday, 11/13/15