Bisclavret- A Short Medieval Play

The 4th graders have successfully completed their curriculum for this year in History and Bible. So we have decided to put on another puppet show.

Bisclavret (The Werewolf) is adapted from one of the twelve short romances and tales in the twelfth-century Lais of Marie de France. The story uses the folklore of werewolves, a subject of deep fascination of Europeans in the Middle Ages, as a backdrop for a morality tale. Video will be posted next week.

Here are a few photo's today after our rehearsal.

Math: 5/9 - 5/13

Can you believe we are down to the last 3 weeks of school? What a year...fractions, decimals, multiplication, and division! Congrats on learning so much!

Monday 5/9 - Ls 107 pg 706 (1-29 odd)

Tuesday 5/10 - Ls 108 pg 713 (2-30 even)

Wednesday 5/11 - Ls 109 pg 719 (1-29 odd)

Thursday 5/12 - Ls 110 pg 724 (a-k)

Friday 5/13 - Test 21A

I can't believe I am posting this...The last math test will be on Wedenesday, May 18!

Keep working hard and have a great week!

~Mrs. R~

History & Bible: May 9-13

Greetings 4th graders! We had to do some rearranging of assignments last week due to Cinco de Mayo celebrations and Muffins for Moms. So we'll be catching up and finishing up our lessons this week. Next week is all for review for our final exams. We might jazz up our review time with some History and Bible Jeopardy!

Monday
History: Retake our "Council of Trent" Test, I hope you have prepared yourselves
Bible: We will be reviewing our lessons over Malachi and the "watershed" he prophesied about in preparation for our test on Tuesday.

Tuesday
History: We will begin our lesson over "John Knox, Scottish Reformer" by reading our cards and completing the corresponding worksheet.
Bible: "Malachi Prophesies to the Jews" Test

Wednesday
History: We will have a reading packet about John Knox, then illustrate 5 scenes of events Knox helped to orchestrate.
Bible: "Trials of Job" reading cards and worksheet

Thursday
History: Read through Knox's "Thirty-Nine Articles" on the Christian Faith and discuss as a class
Bible: Using our Bibles, we will read Job 1 & 2, then draw 4 scenes showing how Satan attacked Job.

Friday
History: Review over our lessons on John Knox
Bible: We will learn the hymn "Whate'er God Ordains Is Right" then we will discuss the words and answer some questions.

Math: 5/2 - 5/6

Monday 5/2 - Ls 104 pg 683 (1-29 odd)
Tuesday 5/3 - Ls 105 pg 693 (a-g)
Wednesday 5/4 - Ls 106 (1-29 odd)
Thursday 5/5 - Ls 106 (2-30 even)
Friday 5/6 - Test #20 and TDA 10

Have a great week!

Mrs. R

LITERATURE: Week of May 2-6

Hello, 4th Graders,

This week, you will continue working on your research into the life of a great artist. You should be finished with your book by this Tuesday, May 3. I will have to approve the notes you have taken before you are able to start working on your PowerPoint. PowerPoints will be due next Tuesday, May 10. As soon as you finish your PowerPoint, you can begin working on your art piece in the style of your artist.

Be sure that you are following your rubric as you take notes about your artist, because I will use that rubric when I grade you. You might want to bring your own flash drive from home so that you can take it back and forth from the computer lab to the room to your house and work on your project in all three places!

Your spelling words this week come from a list of words every 4th/5th grader should know. If the word has a definition, you must be able to spell and define it.

See you tomorrow!

Mrs. H

SPELLING WORDS for Test on Friday, May 6

1. accident

2. bathe

3. cough

4. drawer

5. neither

6. potatoes

7. stomach

8. umbrella

9. weather

10. whether

11. Impressionism = the most important art movement of 19th century, begun by Monet

12. medium = the art material that is used in a work of art, such as paint, clay, etc.

13. media = the plural of medium

History and Bible: May 2nd-6th

Council of Trent

Monday: 

History- Council of Trent, reading cards and worksheet
Bible- Malachi Prophesies to the Jews, reading cards and worksheet

Tuesday:

History- Using our resources (reading cards, bibles, extra reading) we will write a paragraph discussing whether the Council of Trent erred in its view. We'll use biblical support to discuss sola fida, sola scriptura, and sola gratia.
Bible- Read the book of Malachi from our Bibles, then summarize how God answer the questions on our worksheet.

Wednesday:

History- Review over our Council of Trent materials in preparation for our test on Thursday
Bible-We will be drawing and creating a "Watershed" to picture to explain what Malachi was really trying to tell the Jews

Thursday:

History-Council of Trent Test
Bible- Review over our Malachi materials in preparation for our test on Friday

Friday:

History- John Knox, reading cards and worksheet
Bible- Malachi Prophesies to the Jews Test