LITERATURE: HOMEWORK 8/30-9/3

I'm so proud of you, fourth graders! You know, there are very few adults who have read St. Augustine, and you have and seem to have understood him!

Now, we are diving into a pool of chocolate! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a story with some memorable characters, each of whom has a personality trait that gets them into trouble. We'll be discussing the plot, analyzing the characters, and doing some really delicious activities with this book! Please keep up with your reading. You need to be reading at least thirty minutes every night (or day, on the weekends) and filling out your reading log so your parents can sign it. You need to be answering those study questions which I will give you on Monday so that you are prepared for your daily quizzes. And, you need to be practicing your spelling and vocabulary words every day for Friday's test. But most of all, you need to be having fun reading this very quirky story by Roald Dahl!

HOMEWORK: Be studying your spelling/vocabulary words all week!

For Monday, you should have read pages 1-25 which we began in class. Answer your study questions.

For Tuesday, read pages 26-43 (Chapters 6-9) and answer study questions. PLEASE BRING A POSTAGE STAMP TO CLASS ON WEDNESDAY! You'll see why!

For Wednesday, read pages 43-58 (Chapters 10-12) and answer study questions.

For Thursday, read pages 58-77 (Chapters 13-16) and answer study questions.

For Friday, study your spelling and vocabulary words! BRING READING LOG TO SCHOOL!

For Tuesday, September 7, read pages 77-93 (Chapters 17-18) and answer study questions.

SPELLING WORDS FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 3, 2010 (all of these words are taken from your reading)

1. marvelous (also be able to write the definition)

2. enormous

3. tremendous

4. ravenous (also be able to write the definition)

5. dangerous

6. mischievous (also be able to write the definition)

7. mysterious

8. delicious

9. scrumptious (also be able to write the definition)

10. ferocious (also be able to write the definition)

11. gorgeous

Latin in Review

LATIN I

We had a fun week in Latin, talking about singular and plural and learning some new vocabulary words. We are also beginning to learn the Latin Table Blessing. We worked on memorizing the first two lines. I just love when students recognize words from Spanish or English that come from the orignal Latin word.

Vocabulary

via--road

Deus--God

luna--moon (lunar)

gloria--glory

caelum--heaven

vita—life

aqua—water

casa—house

stella—star (constellation)

regina—queen (regal)

silva—forrest

unda—wave (undulate)

Latin Table Blessing

Benedic, Domine, nos (Bless us, O Lord)

Et haec Tua dona (and these Thy gifts)

Quae de Tua largitate (which from they bounty)

Sumus sumpturi (we are about to receive)

Per Christum Dominum nostrum. (through Christ our Lord)

Amen.

LATIN II

This week in Latin II we have been reviewing sentence structure, grammar, verb conjugation and translating sentences. We reviewed the Lord's Prayer (Pater Noster) and next week we will begin learning Psalm 23 in Latin. Optime discipuli!

MATH: 8/30 - 9/3

Math lessons...

• Monday (8/30) Ls 8 pg 48 (2,4,6,7,8-20e,21-24,26,28,30)
• Tuesday (8/31) Ls 9 pg 53 (2-30e)
• Wednesday (9/1) Review for Test 1 (Ls 1-5)***Corrections for Ls 1-5 closed***
• Thursday (9/2) Ls 10 pg 57 (2-18e,20-22,24-30e...due Tuesday 9/7)
• Friday (9/3) - Test 1 (Ls 1-5); Power Up Test A (40 addition problems in 3 minutes); Test Day Activity (if time allows)

Thanks for the hard work this week!! Enjoy the weekend!

~Mrs. R~

HISTORY: The BARBARIANS are coming!!!

On Monday we will be reading about what the Barbarians would have encountered as they entered the Roman Empire. We'll be creating a map of Rome, writing a menu with Roman delicacies and putting together a daily schedule for a Roman businessman. Then we'll take all of this information and compare how the Roman lifestyle was so different from these invading tribes. 8/30

Alaric the Visigoth will be invading our classroom on Tuesday. We'll find out what Alaric's dream was all about and why the guy thought driving around in a golden chariot was cool. 8/31

Attila the Hun arrives on Wednesday and he's bringing his "Sword of Tiew" with him so look out. We'll be making face masks  from the description our reading gives us of what the Huns looked like. 9/1

Genseric the Vandal is going to plunder your desks and pencils on Thursday if you are not careful! Why would Genseric and his men go easy on you when they took 14 days to carry away anything and everything they wanted from the city of Rome? 9/2


Friday will be a "Catch Up" day to finish any of our projects from this week you have not been able to finish. 

Keep up the good work CCS Scholars, you are doing a fantastic job! - Ms. B 

LITERATURE: St. Augustine and Charlie

Hi, Students!

We begin our first leap into the world of literature this year with the writings of St. Augustine. His life was so interesting, and his relationship with God so varied, that his writings are inspirational. People for about the last 1,700 years have thought so! You will have a short biographical article to read about him as well as a selection of some of his famous prayers and quotes. In fact, besides the reading and the quizzes, you will have to memorize two of his quotations--one is in Latin and in English, so you can show off to Mrs. McCauley! By the weekend, you will have begun Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!

I will give you the article on Monday, with some questions that will guide your reading AND help you pass your reading quiz. Below are your reading assignments for this coming week and Monday, August 30. Your spelling words and vocabulary are also included in this post.

Parents, your child will be bringing home a Reading Log for you to sign each day. Each child needs to be reading at least 30 minutes every night, and on Saturday and Sunday, too--that's 210 minutes every week = 3 1/2 hours a week. Please sign this log on Thursday night so that it can be brought back to me on Friday for a grade that will be based on how many minutes a week he or she has spent reading AT HOME. If the assignment that I give them doesn't take that long, then your child can supplement his or her reading with a library book or a book from home.

Thank you!

Mrs. Horner

READING HOMEWORK for the week of August 23-27, 2010

2 page article on St. Augustine and study questions DUE on WEDNESDAY, August 25

2 pages of Selected Writings of St. Augustine and study questions DUE on THURSDAY,August 26. You must also memorize and be able to recite the 2 quotes that begin and end this handout. They are printed in purple and have an * by them. Latin, too!

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, pages 1-26 (middle of page) DUE on MONDAY, August 30. I will pass out this book and your study guide on Friday and we will begin reading in class.

SPELLING and VOCABULARY words for test on FRIDAY, August 27

1. St. Augustine

2. rebellious (also be able to write the definition)

3. faith

4. devout (also be able to write the definition)

5. absentminded

6. baptism

7. monastery (also be able to write the definition)

8. confession

9. conversion

10. hesitant (also be able to write the definition)

LITERATURE: The Mapmaker's Daughter and Tolstoy

Wow! What a great beginning we have had this week! You all have done a great job these past two days. Just think of what we have already learned! You have analyzed two stories for their plot and one for its characterization! You are collecting information from these two stories, The Mapmaker's Daughter and Tolstoy's "The Two Brothers" so that you can write summaries. All of you have finished your weekend homework in class today, so NO HOMEWORK this weekend! But, you will have a short quiz over "The Two Brothers" on Monday. Maybe you could tell that story to your parents or a brother or sister so that you can remember as many details as possible!

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Horner

Salvete! Greetings!

We are off to a great start in Latin, learning several words and a little background about the ancient language of Latin. We talked about the importance of Latin as the root for Indo-European (Romance) languages. During our first meeting even the students put together similarities between Latin and Spanish. I know learning Latin will prove to be a valuable background for these students. Once they really grasp some of the basics of the language, they will flourish with Spanish and the English language too. 

A few of the topics we will cover during this first year include:

Latin I

Pronounce, spell and translate Latin vocabulary

Learn practical Latin expressions and 2 prayers in full

Understand the concept of derivatives (words derived from Latin)

Learn basic grammar concepts (conjugating verbs, singular/plural, parts of speech)

Compete in a school-wide Latin Vocabulary Bee in the Spring

Latin II

Read and translate short stories from Latin Via Ovid and other original texts

Advanced grammar concepts (decline nouns, conjugate irregular verbs)

Vocabulary

Compete in a school-wide Latin Vocabulary Bee in the Spring

We will spend a good amount of time on grammar. Latin is a very grammar driven language with endings, conjugations, and noun declinsions. 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at any time. 

Amy McCauley

amymccauley@mac.com

254.231.5010

VOCABULARY

I will periodically include vocabulary we are studying. I will try to include English words the students may be familiar with to show the Latin root we are studying.

Latin I

salve/salvete         hello (sing/pl) salutations

vale/valete         goodbye (sing/pl)

magistra/magister teacher (fem.masc)

discipula/discipulus student (f/m) disciple

BIBLE: Elijah and the Prophets of Baal

Elijah repaired the altar of the Lord and put twelve stones around it. He placed the offering thereon and had several barrels of water poured on it, and a trench around the altar was also filled with water. When he called upon God, fire immediately came down and consumed the offering, the wood, and even the stones and water in the trench. "And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The Lord, he is the God; The Lord, he is the God." (1 Kings 18:39).

This friday's assignment is to read I Kings 18 about Elijah's victory over the Prophets of Baal. We'll then be answering questions on our Project 1-Bible Reading worksheet. Keep working on your picture of Elijah and the prophets. It will be posted on our bulletin board.

HISTORY: St. Augustine

Awesome job 4th graders!
You attacked our lesson on St. Augustine with a tenacity that any fearsome Barbarian would be proud of!

Homework: Read the extra reading provided you about Augustine's conversion to Christianity. Keep it filed behind today's worksheet in your binder.

Theologian: noun
- a specialist in the study of religious faith, practice, and experience; especially : the study of God and of God's relation to the world

Who can remember who is a theologian at our school?

Autobiography: noun
- the biography of a person narrated by himself or herself

This friday we'll be reading and discussing an excerpt from Augustine's "Confessions" and answering some questions. Don't forget to find the definitions for: invoke, infinite, mortality.

MATH: 8/19 and 8/20

What a great first day! Here are the assignments for the rest of the week: Thursday (8/19) - Ls 1 pg 10 (2-18e, 19-21, 24, 25)

Friday (8/20) - Ls 2 pg 14 (1-10, 12-24e, 25-30)

Have fun!

Mrs. R

Math: Welcome

Hooray! The count-down to the new school year has begun! I cannot WAIT to see you guys at Open House and then on the 1st Day of School!!


This year you will master basic algebra concepts, become fast-fact dynamos, excel as word problem wizards, and use the computer lab in math! There are SO many new things you are going to learn about, as well as many familiar concepts to re-visit!


So sharpen your pencils and refresh your multiplication tables! I can't wait to get started!

Mrs. Ratcliff

Céad Míle Failte! A Hundred Thousand Welcomes!

Greetings CCS Scholars! I am so excited to be teaching History and Bible to our 4th graders again this year. In our History class we'll be studying the fall of the Roman Empire up to the Reformation of the church.  Get ready for the Barbarians and discover how one group of these ruffians became the root for the word "Vandalism". 

Knights, castles, crusades, monks running away and going into hiding to translate the Bible.  Why did the "Black Death" kill off so many people? We'll find out in our class. 

In Bible we'll be studying the last half of the Old Testament and covering the major and minor prophets. You'll discover what Elijah did with those pesky prophets of Baal, so we'll be kicking it off with a big bang and lots of fire. 

I'm looking forward to another great year here at CCS! -Ms. Boyd

LITERATURE: HOMEWORK

Hi, Young'uns!

I just wanted to give you some reading HOMEWORK info! You will be having homework in READING every night. Yeppers! Are you hip-hip-hooraying? You should be! Getting to read every night is a huge treat for us old folks, and when we can read without falling asleep, we're really excited!

You will get to read every school night, and on the weekends, too! You will be given a calendar of reading assignments each time we have a new book. You will be asked to read for certain information: character development, settings, plot development. And you will also keep a list of all the words in the reading that you might not understand. Your spelling words will be taken from our reading, too!

We will start each class with a short quiz about what you were supposed to read the night before. So, be sure and READ!!! Remember, it's a delight. . . a thrill. . . FUN!!!

Mrs. Horner

LITERATURE: Welcome!

Hello, 4th Graders!

It's great to be back to school, and I'm really looking forward to the time we will get to spend together. We have a wonderful array of great books to read this year--all about the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Some of our books are historical fiction, some are primary source documents, and some are biographies and other non-fiction. We will get to write lots of creative responses to this literature, too.

See you in class!

Mrs. Horner

P.S. This lady was Queen Elizabeth I who was Queen of England during the Renaissance. Guess what? She LOVED to read! She really did!