In school, 4th graders typically face new challenges and expectations. For example, 4th graders are expected to have made the shift from "learning to read" to "reading to learn." ~Mike Anderson (Educational Leadership: Vol. 68, issue 7)

Monday, February 22, 2010

Homework 2/22/10

There will be no homework today because I have not had the chance to finish scoring all the Number Corner books or the Daybooks. We will have homework the rest of the week though.

Mrs. Jagla

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Homework 2/17-2/19

Daybook:
Wednesday: pp.104-107. Students are studying how a character's reaction helps the reader to understand the character better. They will need to underline the character's reactions to events that create a strong picture in the reader's mind. Then they will sketch or write about the image.

I want 3 responses per page.

Thursday: pp. 108-111. Today students will be studying Point of View~the character's way of looking at things. They will need to underline Carlos' point of view. Next, they need to write about what they have learned about Carlos in the response notes. Again, I want at least 3 responses per page.

Both assignments are due on Friday.


Math
Wednesday: No homework. I am still reviewing the Number Corner books for last week's assignments.

Thursday: Students will receive a problem-solving worksheet, front and back, in Spanish today. Connection 36~students will need to find as many combinations of clothes Rafael can wear if he has 3 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. Connection 37~students will need to show how many different combinations of food can be made for a picnic. They will need one plate (plato) of food and one drink (bebida).

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Homework 2/16/10

There will be no homework for the Daybook or the Number Corner book today. Last Thursday, my substitute did not collect either book so I need them to get scores.

Additionally, the MAPS quiz has been reschedule from this Wednesday to the Wednesday of next week. That means students have one more week to study.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Homework 2/8-2/11

Daybook Assignments
Monday: pp. 94-97 We are working on sensory images-words that help us make a picture by triggering sensory details (sight, sound, smell, taste & touch). Sensory images help readers visualize or "see" what's happening in a story or informational text. Students are to underline phrases, in their reading, that create strong sensory images and then write about them in the note section of their Daybook.

Tuesday: pp. 98-the top of 101. Today students will read an excerpt from the book How to Eat Fried Worms. Again, they are to notice sensory details and underline phrases that create a strong mental image. They can write or draw about these images in the response column.

Wednesday: pp. 101 (bottom half)-103. Answer all questions based on the reading.

The Daybook assignments are due on Thursday, February 11, 2010.

Math Homework
This is a fairly easy week in math. We are working on Probability: the chance something will happen, from (0% chance) impossible...unlikely...equally likely/equally unlikely...likely...to certain (100% chance). The best way to learn and make observations about probability it through games (lucky us). There is not much homework this week.

Monday: The Trading Station Math worksheet due 2/9/10
Tuesday: No homework
Wednesday: Number Corner book pp.64-67 due 2/11/10

Monday, February 1, 2010

Homeroom Homework: Daybooks

Here is the schedule for Homeroom homework in the Daybooks this week. Students are responsible for the following pages in their Daybooks:

Monday: pp.84-the top half of 87. Students will underline new facts and respond to them with questions of comments.

Tuesday: pp. 87-88. Students will answer questions regarding the article on bats.

Wednesday: pp. 89-91. Students will underline important facts in a poem and answer
questions.

Thursday: p. 91. Students will synthesize information from the story and poem of the week, and also other stories we have read about animals, in the Daybook. The question asks about "maintaining balance" in the animal world. This is not about whether the animals can keep their balance, but refers to how the animal world works to maintain a balance between predator/prey, good/bad, or whatever the students can think of.

Jaguar Math Homework

Here is the schedule for the Jaguar Group's math homework. They will be responsible to complete the following pages in their Number Corner book:
Monday: pp. 43-46
Tuesday: pp. 55 & 56
Wednesday: pp. 57 & 58
Thursday: pp. 60-62

The Number Corner books will be due during Jaguar Math on Friday, February 5th.