Spelling and Vocabulary Week 5-6

As both this week and next week are short weeks, our spelling test will be carried over to Friday, 9 October.

Please copy and define the following words in your Spelling and Dictation books.

1. bewildered
2. surrounded
3. reminded
4. homeland
5. longed
6. marveled
7. homesick
8.environment
9. stimulus
10. internal
11. external
12. response
13. behavior
14. instinct
15. learned behavior

Tests:

Please note that the Math test scheduled for Tuesday 28/9 Math Test (Chapter 3) (Class Test), will be carried over to a later date. Please see below.

Thursday 1/10 Math Test (Chapter 3) (Class Test)

Tuesday 6/10 Science Test (Chapter 4) (Homework)

Thursday 8/10 Science Test (Unit A) (Open-book)

PLEASE NOTE!

A reminder that students may NOT use text books to complete homework tests. This is for parents to see how students are doing and see how students perform in a less stressful environment, than the classroom.

Vocabulary and Spelling: Week 4

1. embryo
2. germinate
3. life cycle
4. life span
5. larva
6. metamorphosis
7. nymph
8. inherit
9. trait
10. seed
11. egg
12.pollen
13. stamen
14. pistil
15. petal

Week 3 Updates

Dear Parents,

Thank you to those of you who were able to attend our Introductory Evening, last Thursday. It was wonderful seeing some familiar faces and meeting others for the first time.

Tests:
Please note the following important information about tests:

1. Tests can take on one of three possible formats.
a.) Class Test: Students are expected to study content at home and produce answers from memory. This will be a timed test (40 Minutes per test).
b.) Open-book Test: Students may use the relevant text book to complete the test, in class. This will be a timed test (40 minutes per tests).
c.) Homework Test: The test is given to students to complete at home, under parents supervision.

2. We will have a Spelling/Vocabulary/Dictation test weekly on a Friday.

3. Other tests and important dates will be published on the blog, with as much notice as is possible.

Upcoming Tests:
Friday 18/9 Math Test: (Chapter 2) and Math Test: Unit 1 (Chapter 1 + 2) (Homework)
Monday 21/9 Science Test (Chapter 2) (Homework)
Thursday 24/9 English Test (Unit 1) (Class Test)
Friday 25/9 Science Test (Chapter 3) (Open-book Test)
Tuesday 28/9 Math Test (Chapter 3) (Class Test)

Oral Presentations:
Students will have their first oral presentation on Monday, September 21st. This presentation is based on one of two possible topics:
1. Any self chosen topic from Chapter 1 of Science.
2. Any book students may have read during the summer break.

The presentation may be supported with a poster. However, this is not a must for the first presentation. The duration for the first presentation is 2 to 4 minutes. In the future, presentations should be a minimum of 3 minutes and no longer than 5 minutes at a time.

Students will be graded according to these criteria:
1. Preparation – (The use of notes or cue cards)
2. Content – (Is the content suitable for grade 4 students? is it relevant and appropriate?)
3. Expression – (intonation)
4. Clarity – (clear, audible pronunciation)

Each presentation will count a total of 20 points, 5 points per criterion.

Take care!

Miss Barry

Vocabulary and Spelling: Week 3

Please copy and then define the following words in your spelling and dictation books.

1. photosynthesis
2. artery
3. large intestine
4. blood
5. muscular system
6. capillary
7. respiratory system
8. circulatory system
9. skeletal system
10. digestive system
11. small intestine
12. esophagus
13. stomach
14. heart
15. vein

Important Dates

Please note there will be three tests this week. Note there are some changes to what was originally published.

Tuesday 8 September - Math - Unit 1: Chapter 1: Lessons 1 - 5
Thursday 10 September - Science - Unit A: Chapter 1: Lessons 1 and 2
Friday 11 September - Vocabulary - Science Vocabulary (Students will be given the definition with a blank space to fill in the appropriate word)

Science Vocabulary

Please copy, and then define, the following words in your spelling/ dictation books.

1. cell
2. vacuole
3. cell wall
4. chloroplast
5. nucleus
6. chromosomes
7. mitochondria
8. cell membrane
9. cytoplasm
10. life process
11. organ
12. organism
13. organ system
14. reproduce
15. tissue

Welcome to Grade 4!

Dear Parents and 4th Graders,

A warm and familiar welcome to all the parents and students in the Grade 4 class! I trust that you have all had a wonderful summer and that you are looking forward to the new school year. With many new exciting challenges and experiences ahead, I know that we will have another fruitful year. Teamwork is a great way to learn and I am confident that this Grade 4 class is one that will work happily together.

Please find my email address below, and do not hesitate to contact me if there are any queries. All students will have a homework/assignment book which needs to be signed on a daily basis. If you need to communicate with me, you are more than welcome to write a note in this book. All homework will be indicated in the assignment book, making it easier for you as a parent to assist in making certain that homework is done.

I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible at our Parent – Teacher Introductory Evening, which will be held soon.

Please consult this blog on a regular basis, to see what your child has been doing in class. The blog will be updated as often as possible. All vocabulary or spelling words will be placed on the blog, to save on paper and to allow students easy access to it at all times.

I wish you all a pleasant weekend.

Miss Erma Barry
Email: barry.his@gmail.com