Month: March 2020

Here are some resources to explore Pi Day!

I highly recommend starting with BrainPop. The kids love this site, it is fun, educational, and they can take a quiz at the end to test their knowledge.

BrainPop is offering free membership right now, this is a wonderful resource for kids to explore and have access to.

I hope you have a great Pi Day and enjoy some Pi or even some pie!

https://www.brainpop.com/math/geometryandmeasurement/pi/

https://wv.pbslearningmedia.org/search/?q=pi&selected_facet=grades:4

http://www.piday.org/learn-about-pi/

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/exploring-pi/

Keep up with Mrs. Webber’s music class here: https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/mrswebbermusic/

Please follow this link to Mrs. Flemming’s page. Keep up on your weekly science enrichment here: https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/flemink/

https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/cares/

You will need to enter the code he provides to join.

Since school will be closed tomorrow I will provide a list of learning activities students should be engaging in while not in class.

1. March is reading month – read 30 minutes everyday, fill out calendar. This will be turned in at the end of the month and entered into a schoolwide drawing for prizes.
2. Practice reading the books in your book bag (you should have 2 books)
3. Complete math homework
4. Complete Bingo homework – 3 spelling activities + 4 reading logs
5. Complete spelling activities:
   • Word work assignment
   • Spelling slide show – use all 15 words
   • iLearn vocabulary match
   • Study for spelling test
6. Log onto Zearn – Goal is to complete one lesson each day not in school. Student log in information is glued into the front of planners.
7. M-Step practice with Prepdog: http://www.prepdog.org/4th-grade.htm
8. Google Classroom: Complete Readworks assignments (new Social Studies assignment).
9. Google Classroom: Mystery Science assignment
10. Newsela: Log in with Google (must use district log in) complete assignments in binder (new science assignment).
11. Tuesdays packets: Students had a variety of packets to work on while I was out at a training on Tuesday. These need to be completed and turned in for grading.

More to come. I will be checking student activity throughout the day. I will add and update regularly.

Please be in touch if you have questions or need help accessing any of the assignments. I can be reached via Remind or email.

Mrs. Bennett

bennetr@dearbornschools.org

Spelling – 4th Grade

Unit 8 (2 weeks)

Week 23: Prefixes

1.  prefix
2. decrease
3. proceed
4. nonsense
5. unusual
6. introduce
7. nonfiction
8. decompose
9. impossible
10. mistake

Content Area Words:

1. degrees – Units used to measure temperature. 
2. temperature – A measure of how hot or cold something is.
3. thermometer – An instrument used to measure temperature.
4. Fahrenheit – Customary unit for measuring temperature in which the freezing point is 32 degrees and the boiling point is 212 degrees.
5. Celsius – Metric unit for measuring temperature in which zero degrees is the freezing point and 100 degrees is the boiling point.

Here is the assignment for your reference. The second page is the checklist I use during the talk and write feedback for the kids.

Mrs. DuChene is organizing another fundraiser for our kids. The more funds raised this year, the less out of pocket expense to send the kids to camp next year. Please see the sign up below to donate baked goods or volunteer your time.

Thank you!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0949aeaa2caaf85-super

Week 22: Prefixes 

1. disappear
2. improper
3. miscommunication
4. antisocial
5. import
6. export
7. invisible
8. distrust
9. mislead
10. disagree

Content Area Words:

1. fraction – A number expressed as some number of equal parts of a whole. Ex. ½, ⅓, ¾ 
2. numerator – The top number in a fraction, which shows how many equal parts are to be counted; also, the dividend. Ex. in the fraction ¾, 3 is the numerator. 
3. denominator – The bottom number in a fraction, which shows into how many equal parts the whole is divided; also, the divisor. Ex. in the fraction ¾, 4 is the denominator. 
4. improper fraction – A fraction greater than 1 that is not expressed as a mixed number. A fraction in which the numerator is larger than the denominator. Ex. 3/2, 5/4, 25/7 
5. equivalent – Two or more different fractions that represent the same quantity. Ex. ½ = 2/4 or ¾ = 9/12