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   November Notes





Important Dates

Tues., Nov. 17 - Holiday Pictures Taken

Mon., Nov. 23 - Report on Notable North Carolinian due

Mon., Nov. 23 - Chapter 19 Math Test - Fractions!

 November 24: Early Release Day/AR Read-In and Thanksgiving Snack 9:00

 November 25: Annual Leave Day (No School)

 November 26-27: Thanksgiving Holiday

December 1 - Field Trip to Horizons

 December 9: 2nd Quarter Progress report

 December 23-January 1: Christmas/Winter Break

 January 4: Teacher Workday (No School)

January 5th:  Students return




Schedule

Lunch 11:50 - 12:20
Recess 1:00-1:30
Snack 1:30


Brain Games - Mon.  - 1:45 - 2:45
Activity Block - Tues. - Fri. 1:45 - 2:45
PE - Wednesday
(remember tennis shoes)
Music - Thursday
Art - Friday
Guidance (every other Wednesday)



Reading
Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride and
Duke Ellington
no AR test this week on these - just vocab. test!
Work on AR goals!!! 
         

Vocabulary Words
license - document showing that a person has legal permission to do something
elevations - heights
solo - alone
cockpit - the part of an airplane where the pilot sits
airstrip - a flat area where planes take off and land
ragtime - a type of jazz music with an irregular rhythm
melodies - pleasing tunes
jazz - a type of music with complex melodies that was started in the United States
orchestra - a large group of musicians who play different instruments together
improvise - to make up something as you go along
blues - sad feelings
heritage - something that is handed down from past generations

Go to http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr06/?grade=4 to practice matching your vocab. terms and definitions!


    

Study this list for test 
on Nov. 20
Monitoring Progress Unit

howl, false, sauce, put, roof, hardly, dairy, charge, dirty, world, bounce, couch, wood, push, pull, year, alarm, horse, curl, return, jaw, dawn, tool, full, gear, spare, cheer, chore, heard, search

Word Wall Words:
none this week
Challenge Words: (worth 1 pt. extra credit each)

pounce, pudding, cocoon, awareness, fortunate, scrawny, marooned, pioneer, marvel, earnest



Click the link below  to practice spelling your list! After getting to spelling city, click on the tab "find a list" and enter my name -
Dee Thompson and pick your current list! Have fun! Tons of learning games with your words and you can even print a list or take a spelling test!
Learn spelling and vocabulary






learning multiplication facts 0 through 12 - timed tests daily - Study!!!

 Fractions! Test on Chapter 19 next Monday!

To access your math book online - go to the website below
www.eduplace.com/eservices/
and enter rowans4 (user name) and password is (gokids) - please bookmark the site once you have it! :)


             

Nutrition



Social Studies
Report on Notable North Carolinian due Mon., Nov. 23



Class Wish List

Brain games every Monday!
 If you have any gently used games at home or could donate some like the following, we would really appreciate it! Thanks!
Uno,Clue, Battleship, Chess, Checkers,  Taboo Jr., Apples to ApplesJr.,Sequence, any educational games from a teacher store (Just theThing or Creative Teaching Aids for example in downtown Salisbury)

paper towels
playground equipment - kickballs, footballs, jump ropes, frisbees, etc.
treasure chest items
beanbag chairs
copy paper




Links to AR Books
Author A-G
Author H-P
Author Q-Z
Titles A-J
Titles K-S
Titles T-Z
 
Reading Level 0.1-2.9
Reading Level 3.0-3.9
Reading Level 4.0-4.9
  
Reading Level 5.0-5.9
Reading Level 6.0-12.0






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