Social Studies Graph

Please also remember that we will be doing pottery tomorrow, so bring an old t-shirt to wear when doing the pottery.

Good Sports!

Dear Parents,

Congratulations to ALL GRADE 4 students on their fantastic spirit and achievements, during this year's Sports Day! I was so proud of each student for showing what a good sport they are, and not making winning a priority, but the enjoyment of being part of a team, and being able to participate, the key focus.

Secondly I wish to congratulate Angel Huang on her selection, by her classmates, as the "Outstanding Student" for Grade 4. Well done, Angel, your hard work and dedication, along with a great attitude has been noticed, by all of us around you!

As you know, the IOWA testing will be upon us soon. Please may I ask that students do not go to bed too late, as we have many tests to write. As per school policy, students will not be receiving homework during that specific week.

We have started working on Social Studies again, and will be completing our final two themes for the year. In Math we are working on Geometry, and I would like to request that you please make sure that your child has a ruler and protractor. These items were on the stationary list at the beginning of the year, but there are still some students who do not have all their stationary items.

Some upcoming dates:

Wednesday 5/5 Math: Chapter 16 Test: Class Test
Thursday 6/5 English: Unit 5 Tests: Homework Test
Friday 7/5 Social Studies Test: Chapter 13 and 14 Test : Open book Test
10 - 14 May : IOWA Tests

Spelling : Week 12
Copy and define the following words:
1. gig (job)
2. orchestra
3. jambalaya
4. improvise
5. ragtime
6. jazz
7. heritage
8. interdependent
9. network
10. commute
11. satellite
12. communications
13. economy
14. interstate highway
15. global

Regards,
Ms. Barry

Week 11: Vocabulary

Please use the following link to find definitions if you do not have the textbook at home. Copy and define each word in your Spelling and Dictation Book.
http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/schtemplate.cgi?template=/kids/hmm/eglossary/eg_popup.thtml&grade=4

1. fraction
2. range
3. graph
4. diameter
5. obtuse angle
6. perpendicular
7. parallel
8. consecutive
9. axis
10. angle
11. triangle
12. segment
13. radius
14. reflection
15. intersecting.

Spring: Week 9

Dear Parents,

Welcome back! By the sounds of it, all the students had a good break and are eager to work, as always!

As you may know, the school has informed us about a Story-telling Contest which will be taking place this month. I have briefly spoken to the students about this, but as the due date will soon be upon us, we will not be able to spend time on this during class. Please see the following links for more information.

Chinese: http://act.ic975.com/story2010/

English: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-TW&u=http://www.pups.hc.edu.tw/sfs3/school/board/board_show.php%3Fb_id%3D4712&ei=sjm8S8PDGcyLkAXRrbjjBw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CAwQ7gEwAQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://act.ic975.com/story2010/%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dgmail%26rls%3Dgm">

Upon returning I have found that some of the dates I posted previously will not be accurate, and so our tests that were scheduled for next week will need to be postponed. Please note the updates below.

16/4 Friday: Math Test: Chapter 15 (Homework Test)
17/4 Sports Day
20/4 Tuesday: Science Test: Chapter 11 (Open Book)
21/4 Wednesday: Science Test: Unit D: Chapter 10 & 11 (Class Test)
10-14/5 IOWA Testing
21/5 Field Trip

I look forward to seeing you at our Parent/Teacher conference coming up in the week ahead.

Regards,
Ms. Barry