Fourth Grade Update – September 18, 2015 Topics for the Week: Reading – Two Tickets to Freedom, Storyworks magazine Writing – paper bag essays, types of sentences Vocabulary/Spelling – WW lesson 3, spelling: inflectional endings Math – estimation Science – How do scientists answer questions? Social Studies – absolute location, latitude & longitude Read Aloud – There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom by Louis Sachar Important Dates: 9/21 (M) – Student Council election 3:15 PM – Help Session 9/23 (W) – No School: Yom Kippur 9/25 (F) – Spelling test 2:15 PM – School Assembly 9/28 (M) – 3:15 PM – Help Session 9/29 (T) – Science quiz (Ch. 1 – The Nature of Science) 9/30 (W) – Wordly Wise test 3 (regular test, no book) 10/2 (F) – Spelling test 1:30 PM – Talent Show 10/5 (M) – 3:15 PM – Help Session 10/9 (F) – Spelling test