October 4- October 8

Get ready for a full week!

Social Studies: We are starting to learn about Native Americans: how they got to the Americas, what they did when they got here, and how their arrival has impacted the world.

Language Arts: Our grammar focus this week will be on compound sentences, and our reading focus will be on the "Understanding Sequence" strategy.  We will be reading and discussing the fourth section of Rules and we will begin our first book report (completely in class assignment).

Math: Division is our huge focus this week, and we will have a quick quiz over division facts on Friday.  Some great websites for at-home practice are Soft Schools, AAA Math, and Gamequarium.

Next week there will be a vocabulary quiz on Wednesday, a grammar quiz on Thursday, and a math test on Friday.  The States Project is due October 18th.

Enjoy the rest of the long weekend!  See you on Monday!

Lunch in the Sukkah

We had a great time in the Sukkah this afternoon for lunch. We couldn't have asked for a better day to spend outdoors. Special thanks to all of the parents who came for lunch and to Rabbi Micah for creating an awesome opportunity for our students and their parents!

Short Answer Rubric

 For our short answer questions, the fourth grade teachers all use the following rubric to grade the answers.  We use this rubric in Social Studies and Language Arts. 

3 points	Answer is written in complete sentences. All sentences have a subject and a predicate. There are no run-ons.
3 points	The student answers the question and uses examples from the text to justify his or her answer.
2 points	The sentences begin with a capital letter.
2 points	The sentences have end punctuation.

Leading the pledge and Hatikvah

These students pose for a picture in Mr. Weismark's office right before they go live on the intercom.

This week (and last week) our class is in charge of leading the school in the Pledge of Allegiance and the Israeli National Anthem, Hatikvah.

Here are the lyrics in English

As long as deep in the heart,

The soul of a Jew yearns,
And forward to the East
To Zion, an eye looks
Our hope will not be lost,
The hope of two thousand years,
To be a free nation in our land,
The land of Zion and Jerusalem.

When in doubt, act it out!

Today the students each took a part of the novel Rules and adapted their scene to the stage. We had actors and actresses really get in touch with the characters in the book.  We have a class full of future thespians! 

Sukkah Lunch rescheduled

Due to the rain, lunch in the Sukkah is rescheduled for Tuesday.
	Lunch in Sukkah		Recess
	Start	End	Start	End
First	11:15	11:45	11:00	11:15
Third	12:10	12:40	11:55	12:10
Fourth	12:45	1:15	1:15	1:30

Who built this?

NYC - Metropolitan Museum of Art - Maya Monumental Figure
Originally uploaded by wallyg
Check out this figure that is now housed in the NYC Metropolitan Museum of Art. Who built it? Where did it come from? Why is this in a museum?

Post your comments. Remember to use complete sentences!