Mrs. Bookwalter's Class

Review from last five weeks

Homophones

to

two

too

their

there

they're

Vowel sounds in "oo" and "u"; "ow" and "ou"

stood

cushion

power

crowd

cloud

mountain

Miscellaneous Words

often

island

really

swimming

December

might

Compound Words

baseball

myself

classroom

sometimes

weekend

newspaper

Vowels with r

storm

morning

pour

fourteen

nerve

thirsty

Please see blog page for past weeks' information.

See the Tests tab above for this week's test schedule.

Election Day Nov. 4--School Closed

Report Cards go home this week. Please sign report card envelope and return to Mrs. Bookwalter by Friday, Nov. 7. Also, Parent-Teacher Conference forms go home this week. Please return form by Friday, Nov. 7 to confirm your attendance. Parent-Teacher conferences are scheduled for next Tuesday, Nov. 11.

Spelling Words

r controlled vowels

storm

morning

forest

Florida

form

pour

fourteen

court

fourth

course

serve

herself

certain

nerve

perfect

dirty

first

girlfriend

thirsty

skirt

Reading Vocabulary

armor

prey

fierce

reptiles

harshest

lizards

roam

Religion Terms to Know

penitent

penance

reconciliation

reconcile

absolution

contrition

repent

Social Studies Chapter 2

Paleo-Indians

Archaic Indians

Woodland Indians

girdling

wampum

fertilize

weir

archaeologist

artifact

atlatl

"three sisters"

Spelling Words

Homophones

wood

would

peace

piece

too

to

two

there

their

they're

your

you're

beat

beet

break

brake

clothes

close

thrown

throne

Reading Vocabulary

bristled

dugout

jointed

naughty

punish

rushes

shallow

Religion Terms to Know

conscience

examination of conscience

Math and Science Vocabulary

Math Chapter 2

Review: difference, estimate, round, sum, and word form

New:

Associative Property of Addition

Commutative Property of Addition

Identity Property of

Addition

equation

minuend

subtrahend

unknown

variable

Science Chapter 2

photosynthesis

chlorophyll

sepals

pistil

stamens

ovary

fertilization

dormant

Spelling Words

Homophones

wood

would

peace

piece

too

to

two

there

their

they're

your

you're

beat

beet

break

brake

clothes

close

thrown

throne

sow

gnawing

boars

fond

varieties

Spelling Words

baseball

basketball

upstairs

myself

highway

classroom

anyway

newspaper

something

sometimes

chalkboard

earrings

nighttime

motorcycle

downstairs

softball

weekend

classmate

doorbell

driveway

Thursday, Oct. 23 Out of Uniform Day Fundraiser for Vocations

$3 - - - $5 to wear jeans

Tests this week:

Wednesday - Religion Chapter 4 Our Conscience, Our Guide

--Study guide will go home tomorrow (See below)

Thursday - Reading Selection Test on "I Love Guinea Pigs"

Friday - Spelling Test on Compound Words

Religion Study Guide for Chapter 4 Test

Directions: Fill in the blanks.

1. Forming a good conscience is _______________responsibility.

the Holy Spirit our Jesus’

2. God is _____________ready to welcome us back to him.

always sometimes never

3. A good conscience calls us to turn away from _______________.

peace God sin

4. A good conscience leads us to be _________________________.

sinful dishonest truthful

Answer each question in a complete sentence.

5. What did Jesus teach us in the story about the father and son (The Lost Son)? (Pg. 57) _______________________________________

_______________________________________

6. How does our conscience help us before we make a decision? (Pg. 58)

_______________________________________

_______________________________________

True or False. If the answer is false, rewrite the statement to make it true.

7. _____The Holy Spirit can help us to form our conscience.

_______________________________________

8. _____Forming our conscience involves listening to trusted adults.

_______________________________________

9. _____We can examine our conscience only once a year.

_______________________________________

10. _____The ability to know the difference between good and evil, right and wrong, is called our communion. ______________________________________________________________________________

This Week in Fourth Grade . . .

Words to Know . . .

October 12, 2014

No School on Monday, October 13 in observance of Columbus Day.

Winter Uniform begins on Wednesday, October 15. Please see handbook for uniform policy.

Tests this Week include the following:

Math - Chapter 1 Place Value on Wednesday

Reading - "A Big-City Dream" on Thursday

Spelling - Friday (See list to the right side of this screen)

Remember to visit www.ixl.com to practice the following math skills:

Under Number Sense: A.3 Word names for numbers

A.6 Rounding

A.9 Compare numbers up to billions

 Spelling Words

 often

might

known

they

remember

surprised

caught

island

finally

really

several

everyone

everybody

interesting

swimming

camera

December

evening

beginning

February

Reading Vocabulary

blisters

catalog

celebrate

impressed

padlock

Religion Terms to Know

conscience

examination of conscience

Math and Science Vocabulary

Math Chapter 1

digits

Is greater than (>

Is less than (<

Is equal to (=)

expanded form

standard form

word form

number line

place value

period

Science Chapter 2

photosynthesis

chlorophyll

sepals

pistil

stamens

ovary

fertilization

dormant