NEWS
COLD WEATHER GEAR: Please wear your gloves, coats, and hats to school. We go outside for an exercise break almost every day.
DATA BINDERS: Data binders with your work and progress reports will be sent home on Friday, December 17. Show your data binders to your parents so that they can review your work and sign your progress report.
READING INCENTIVE PROGRAM: Beat Ms. Kleinman to be Captain Book. Record the minutes that you read on the reading incentive sheet. Then turn this sheet into the Media Center. Ms. Kleinman is on her third sheet.
ROMEO AND JULIET: This week we will continue rehearsing our next play. We will perform Romeo and Juliet at our Valentine's Day party on Monday, February 14.
MATH OLYMPIAD: The second Math Olympiad will be held on Thursday, December 16.
WINTER BREAK: The last day of school before Winter Break is Thursday, December 23. School reopens on Monday, January 3.
Poetry
During the month of December, you will recite your fourth poem. Find a poem with onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia refers to words that sound like what they mean, for example, sizzle, buzz, pop, rip, and clang. You may read or memorize your poem this month. Since onomatopoeia is more difficult to find, you may use poems by Jack Prelutsky or Shel Silverstein.
Set up your paper with the proper fourth-grade heading. (This was shown in class.) On your paper, write the line or lines with the onomatopoeia. Explain the sound that is heard in the poem. Be prepared to explain the onomatopoeia in your poem to the class.
The fourth group (Claire, Anna, Jacob, Francesca, Charlotte, David, Jennifer; make-up Agustin, Aaron) will recite their poems on Thursday, December 16.
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