Spring BoxTops Drive

It's time to start turning in BoxTops 

for our spring BoxTops drive. 

The contest is now underway and will conclude next Thursday, March 10. The class with the most BoxTops will earn an out of uniform day on Friday, March 11! Woo hoo!

Math: 2/28 - 3/4

We are rapidly approaching the end of the quarter...All corrections and assignments are due by Wednesday, March 9.

Monday 2/28 - Ls 84 pg 549 (1-29 odd)

Tuesday 3/1- Ls 85 pg 555 (2-30 even)

Wednesday 3/2 - Ls 86 pg 561 (1-29 odd)

Thursday 3/3 - Ls 87 pf 568 (2-30 even)

Friday 3/4 - Quiz (Ls 70 - 80...1 problem from each section)

Enjoy the nice weather this week!!

~Mrs. R~

Latin I & II Vocabulary Test THURSDAY 3-3

Just a reminder that both Latin sections will have a vocabulary test this Thursday, March 3. Both sections will have the same vocabulary list however Latin II will have a few sentences in addition to their quiz!

familia family
mater mother
pater father
sorores sister
frater brother
avus grandfather
avia grandmother

anamalia animal

porcus pig

canis dog

feles cat

leo lion

serpens snake

araneus spider

equus horse

avis bird

casa house

domus house

arbor tree

bibliotheca library

hortus garden

urbs city

cibus food

flumen river

ianua door

navis ship

LITERATURE: February 28-March 4

Hello, Students,

I am really enjoying reading Adam of the Road and hope you are, too! If you can tell me tomorrow what king and what charter the old man at the Inn told Adam a story about, I'll give you 5 points extra credit on your spelling test this week!

The picture above is what St. Giles's Fair in Oxford looks like these days

Your homework assignments for the next week are below. Be sure that you are doing all of your reading carefully. This week, you will also need to choose your favorite scene setting for your set design, and your favorite character for your costume design so that you can begin working on those in class on Wednesday. You should also choose the scene that you will be writing for your script--this needs to be at least one and 1/2 pages of dialogue or one page of monologue. You will probably have to work on this script at home, but bring it on a flash drive and you can also work on it in class or in the computer lab when time allows.

The 9 weeks is almost over, so please bring in those reading logs. You can count your reading at school for your 30 minutes each day--just write it down!

Your spelling list and homework is below:

For MONDAY: You should be reading Chapters 7-9 of Adam of the Road, and filling out your "Following the Story" chart.

For TUESDAY: Read Chapters 10 (Here Nick) and 11(Adam Swims the Wey) for discussion. Fill out your “Following the Story” charts as you read.

For WEDNESDAY: Read Chapters 12 (The Ferryman’s House) and 13 (Arrows in the King’s Forest) for discussion. Fill out your “Following the Story” charts as you read.

For THURSDAY: Read Chapters 14 (Adam to the Rescue) and Chapter 15 (St. Gile’s Fair) for discussion. Fill out your “Following the Story” charts as you read.

For FRIDAY: Read Chapters 16 (The Fall of Adam) and Chapter 17 (Adam Meets Some Minstrels) for discussion. Fill out your “Following the Story” charts as you read.

For MONDAY, March 7: Read Chapters 18 (Hue and Cry), Chapter 19 (News of Roger) and Chapter 20 (What Have You Done With Him?) Fill out your “Following the Story” charts as you read.

SPELLING WORDS for Test on Friday: (you can match the words to their meanings for Extra Credit)

1. daunting = intimidating

2. pottage = meat and vegetable stew

3. plaintive = sorrowful

4. heath = wasteland

5. foul = offensively filthy

6. fowl = a bird that can be eaten as food

7. gesticulate = gesture

8. grieving = sorrowing

9. heraldry = the art or science of coats of arms

10. substantial = real, actual

BIBLE: Esther Becomes Queen

February 28th - March 4th

Monday: We started our lesson on Esther last week, we will pick up where we left off and read Esther 1 & 2 from our Bibles. After reading, you will find out the servant who especially helped Esther and list two ways  in which he gave Esther special treatment.

Tuesday: We know from our reading cards, that Esther and the other virgins had to go through one year of beautification before they could be presented to the King. We will read 1 Peter 3:1-6 and see what the bible had to say about "beauty". You will then create your own beauty product. Your product must not only improve physical beauty, but it must improve something about their character as well.

Wednesday: We will finish any work on our beauty products.

Thursday: You guys will present and pitch your beauty product to your classmates. We will review for our test over this lesson.

Friday: Esther Becomes Queen Test

Thursday and Friday we will be watching our Veggie Tales movie about the story of Esther.

HISTORY: John Wycliffe and John Huss

February 28th - March 4th

This weeks lesson will be short and we will move on to something else by Friday, but don't erase this file from your 4th grade brains after we are done. We will use this information later in the school year!



John Wycliffe


 Monday: We will use our reading cards to read and discuss the introduction to the first reformers to the Latin church, John Wycliffe and John Huss.

Tuesday: During study hall you will receive a reading packet, read through it to find information to fill in a chart that tells you Wycliffe and Huss's: birth year, place of birth, profession, view of condition on the Church, view of condition on the clergy, view of scripture, name of followers and type of death.

John Huss

Wednesday: Review our materials over Wycliffe and Huss for a test on Thursday.

Thursday: John Wycliffe and John Huss Test

Friday: Using our reading cards, we will read the introduction to the lesson over "Fall of Constantinople to Mohammed II". We will then complete the worksheet that goes along with it.

Spanish II Homework for Thursday

Spanish II students are to write a paragraph in Spanish about your favorite foods and restaurants. Include the verbs Comer (to eat), Ir (to go), Querer (to like) and Quiero (I like).

Remember to return the Spanish dictionaries to the classroom Thursday.

Gracias!

Vocabulary: Latin I and II

The following vocabulary list is for both Latin I and II students. We have been working on all these words in sentences and puzzles in class for the past couple weeks. A vocabulary test will be coming in the next few weeks. 

familia family
mater mother
pater father
sorores sister
frater brother
avus grandfather
avia grandmother

anamalia animal

porcus pig

canis dog

feles cat

leo lion

serpens snake

araneus spider

equus horse

avis bird

casa house

domus house

arbor tree

bibliotheca library

hortus garden

urbs city

cibus food

flumen river

ianua door

navis ship

A Rare Friend

These kids are smart. Latin II students worked on translating this passage from Cicero last week. I'm amazed by you every day. Optime!

Pauci viri veros amicos habent, et pauci sunt digni. Amicitia vera est praeclara, et omnia praeclara sunt rara. Multi viri stulti de pecunia semper cogitant, pauci de amicis; sed errant: possumus valere sine multa pecunia, sed sine amicitia non valemus et vita est nihil.
-Cicero, De Amicitia

vocabulary
pauci, paucae few
verus, -a, -um true, real
dignus, -a, -um worthy, deserving
amicitia friendship
praeclarus, -a, -um splendid, remarkable
rarus, -a, -um rare
possumus we are able

LITERATURE: February 21-25

Happy President's Day (almost)!

On Monday, your parent(s) and I will be having a nice chat about YOU, and your work. You can sleep in and be lazy all day if you want to!

Since this is a short week, you will not have any spelling words and there will be no test on Friday.

We are starting a new novel, though, and I'm excited about it--it's one of my favorite books of historical fiction about the Middle Ages. And it takes place in one of my favorite countries of the word--England! (Part of it is even in Oxford, Olivia--where you'll go to school some day!)

I'll be giving you your copy of the book on Tuesday during class, and your reading assignments will begin right away. I want you to slow down as you read, though, and read for COMPREHENSION. You should be able to remember details about the setting, the plot, and the characters, and to make this easier, you will be asked to fill out a short chart each time you read a chapter. Your reading assignments are below:

HOMEWORK

On Tuesday, for Wednesday: Read Chapters 1 and 2, Adam and Nick for discussion. You will also fill out the "Following the Story" chart for a grade.

On Wednesday for Thursday: Read Chapters 3 and 4, Roger and The Road for discussion. Fill out your “Following the Story” charts as you read.

On Thursday for Friday: Read Chapters 5 and 6, Going to London and A Blush of Boys for discussion. Fill out your “Following the Story” charts as you read.

On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for Monday, Feb 28: Read Chapters 7, 8, 9 Jankin, Red in the Morning, and Night in Westhumble Lane for discussion Monday. Fill out your “Following the Story” charts as you read.

HISTORY: Great Papal Schism

February 21st-25th

Monday: Parent/Teacher Conferences

Tuesday: During study hall time, we will present our Power Points to our classmates. Afterwards we will use our reading cards and read about "The Great Papal Schism" and complete the worksheet that corresponds with it.

More than one Pope? 

Vocabulary Homework for Tuesday night:

• Papacy
• Cardinal (in reference to the church)
• Compromise
• Claimant
• Pope
• Monarch
• Schism

Wednesday: Using our Papal Schism: Proj. 3 Reading Packet, we will be creating a timeline to show the rise and fall of papal power from 1073-1417. 


Thursday: We will finish any work not done on our timeline then review for our test over this lesson.


Friday: The Great Papal Schism TEST!

BIBLE: Esther Becomes Queen

February 21st-25th

Monday: Parent/Teacher Conferences

Queen Esther

Tuesday: We will be combining our lessons over Zerubbabel, Haggia and Zechariah and review all of our material for a test on Wednesday.

Wednesday: Rebuilding of the Temple under Zerubabbel, Haggai and Zechariah TEST!

Thursday: We begin our lesson Esther, a Jew,  and how she became queen to a Persian king.

Friday: Using our Bibles, we will be reading Esther 1 & 2, and discovering who gave Esther the extra help she needed and see God's hand in her life.

Math: 2/21 - 2/25

Monday 2/21 - Holiday

Tuesday 2/22 – Investigation 8

Wednesday 2/23 – Ls 82 pg 536 (a-i odd; 1-29 odd)

Thursday 2/24 – Ls 83 pg 543 (2-30 even)

Friday 2/25 – Ls 83 pg 543 (1-29 off)

Have a great week! Make it count...

~Mrs. R~

Math: 2/14 - 2/18

Monday 2/14 - Ls 79 (2-30 even)
Tuesday 2/15 - Ls 80 (2-30 even)
Wednesday 2/16 - Ls 80 (1-29 odd)
Thursday 2/17 - Ls 81 (2-30 even)
Friday 2/18 - TEST (Ls 75)

Have a great week!

~Mrs. R~

LITERATURE: February 14-18

It's a beautiful day! Hope you're having a good weekend, and getting your Valentines ready for tomorrow's party!

This week, you will be summarizing your legend from King Arthur for the class. Make sure you can TELL the story in an organized way, and that you have your summary paper filled out. You may use that as you relate your story to us.

We will finish King Arthur on Wednesday by watching a very good A&E Biography of King Arthur--it is filmed on location in England and has some beautiful castle scenes!

Your homework for this week is below, as well as your spelling words for Friday's test. The spelling comes from our new book, St. Francis: A Life of Joy.

HOMEWORK: On Monday you will receive:

1. Your new spelling words for a test on Friday

2. A study guide for a test over the Folklore genres of Myth, Legend, Fable, Fairy Tale, and Epic on THURSDAY this week. You will also have some questions over the St. Francis book and what genre you feel it best fits into.

3. The book, St. Francis: A Life of Joy which you need to have read by this Friday for a discussion after your spelling test. The book is only 31 pages long and 13 of those pages are full- page illustrations!

SPELLING LIST for test on Friday, February 18 (learn the definitions for extra credit)

1. boisterous = rowdy

2. troubadour = a wandering singer or storyteller

3. beggar = a poor person who lives on charity

4. valiant = brave

5. lonely = solitary or isolated

6. derelict = a person viewed as worthless

7. piazza = a courtyard in Italy

8. patriarch = father of a family

9. enveloped = surrounded or covered completely

10. ferocity = fierceness

11. mortar = a mixture of sand and lime that holds bricks together

12. guidance = leadership or direction

History and Bible: TESTS

I hope you all enjoyed your snow day! Wasn't that great? Its too bad it melted the next day. 

Just a reminder, the tests you were supposed to take this past Friday, you will have this coming Monday.

Be prepared for Marco Polo and Daniel in the Lions Den.

Make sure to study the Daniel Timeline, you've got to fill those in, so prepare by doing the brain training Mrs. Ratcliff and I mentioned to you. 10 minutes every two hours and you will cement information into your 4th grader brains!  -Ms. B

LITERATURE: Week of February 7-11

This is a picture of Tintagel Castle in Cornwall, England, where King Arthur was supposed to have built Camelot! Wanna go on a field trip?

Hi! Did you enjoy your long weekend? I hope you had fun in the snow! Today, you're probably in your shorts outside--by Wednesday, we may have snow again. Texas is crazy in February!

This week in literature, we will be finishing our fairy tale unit, and discussing and reading a little more in King Arthur. Reading this book has reminded me how much I love these. . . legends? myths? fairy tales? epic stories? In which genre does this book belong? We'll be discussing that, too! On Tuesday, you will have a very short basic information quiz over the first 4 chapters of King Arthur.

We will make up last week's spelling test tomorrow, Monday, February 7. Last week's reading logs are also due tomorrow. We will have another spelling test this Friday, but it will be spelling only and have fewer words on it. See details below.

Your reading assignment for the week will be to choose (in class) the one legend or story from the remainder of the King Arthur that you would like to read. You will write a summary of it, and share it with the class on Thursday this week. So, you will have Monday through Wednesday during class and in the evenings to work on this.

SPELLING WORDS for Test on Friday, February 11: (I am putting the definition so that you can understand the meaning--you will not need to memorize those--but if you do, it's extra credit!)

1. purge = to cleanse or rid of something undesirable

2. hart = a male deer

3. bulwark = a defensive wall

4. comfortable = at ease

5. dungeon = an underground prison in a castle

6. miserable = full of misery or discomfort

7. quarrel = a disagreement

8. conquered = defeated

Math: 1/31 - 2/4

Monday 1/29 - Ls 74 (1-29 odd)

Tuesday 2/1 - Ls 75 (2-30 even) **Review is assigned and due Thursday.**

Wednesday 2/2 - Ls 76 (1-29 odd)

Thursday 2/3 - TEST (Ls 70)

Friday 2/4 - Ls 77 (1-29 odd)

Stay warm this week!

~Mrs. R~