Team Blakley and Seaton- 4th Grade

Southwind Elementary School

Week of April 9, 2018
Important Dates/Reminders Homework
Spelling: Assessment on 4-12-18 Read an AR book for 20 minutes
4-17 to 5/4: TN State Testing BEGINS-Please make sure
your child is at school on time each day and parents, nightly. Study & review everyday.
please continue to encourage your child to work hard Comprehension assessments can be any day of
every day. enter banner the week.
4/18: Progress Report for this 9 weeks will be sent home sugar shower
05/18: AR Points for the 4th 9 weeks ARE DUE: 28 points: Mon.: GB- pg. 220- (Do 1-8)
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extra credit points can be earned. Teacher will determine
labor finger S.S.- Answer the questions on the back of this
the amount of credit at the end of the nine weeks.
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If your child is absent on the day of an assessment, favor bother
it will be given the day the child returns to school.
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Tues.: GB-pg. 221- Do 1-6 ODD numbers ONLY
S.S.- Answer the questions on the back of this
Parents, your child’s dismissal temper actor
Newsletter.
cannot be changed at the last polar sweater
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Wed: STUDY for Assessments on tomorrow.
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(Spelling and Vocabulary)
** Please donate pencils, cap popular barrier
erasers, and Kleenex tissue for director Thurs: GB pg. 221 (Do 10 – 14)
the students.

I am a Top Reader. I have an Awesome Fri.: Please come to school prepared to

Vocabulary: Assessment on 4-5-18
Brain. I am Intelligent. I am do an outstanding job on your “State
Responsible for my own learning. I am Tests”- you can do it! Start date: 4/17/18
theme dialogue integrate infer
a Very Hard Worker and I am a Please check your child’s agenda book
BLAZING EAGLE. I BELIEVE! daily for any changes.
thinking explicit Informative Writing
By: Mrs. Blakley
Opinion Writing Narrative Writing

propaganda

Reading Vocabulary Grammar

See the words above Targeted Skills:
Novel: Poetry: Colonial America and Colonial Times Subjects, sentence types, quotations, comparative &
Targeted Skills: theme, character study, superlative adverbs & pronouns, nouns, adjectives, verb
Know the meaning & how to use tenses, progressive verb tenses, compound & complex
problem/solution, cause and effect, adages,
proverbs, use context to determine word meaning,
each word in a sentence. sentences, conjunctions, pronouns, adverbs,
prepositions, possessive nouns, participles, relative
comprehend reading passages, understanding
pronouns & relative adverbs
characters, point of view, hyperbole, cite evidence
from the text, use context to determine word
Language quiz on Wed., 04/11/18
meaning, comprehend reading passages Writing: Reading passages & responding to
the passages. Analyzing prompts –
Opinion/informative writing/narrative writing
Social Studies: Contact Information
Ancient America to 1850: Declaration of Independence,
Knowledge is Power!
Articles of Confederation, Constitution, Bill of Rights,
(KIP) blakleym@scsk12.org
Branches of Government, Tennessee Statehood, Louisiana
Purchase, War of 1812, Westward Expansion, Living Like a Get on the Computer: seatonal@scsk12.org
Pioneer, Abolitionists in Tennessee, Tennesseans in Texas, Achieve3000 Go to Ms. Seaton’s Webpage to see the
Life in the North & South, & the Underground Railroad readtheory.org/auth/login Eagles’ Newsletter as well.
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Social Studies Homework – Please have this homework ready to turn in on Tues, April 10, 2018.
Please write the answers only in a clear, detailed, and complete sentence. Use your newspaper (Week 24) to assist you.
Please follow the directions. YOU CAN DO IT!! Use your own notebook paper.

1. What is the definition of dedication?

2. How did William and Clark demonstrate dedication?
3. Write two examples of how dedication to a task or assignment can make a difference in your life.
4. What was portable soup made of?
5. Why didn’t the Lewis and Clark expedition eat portable soup very often?

Social Studies Homework – Please have this homework ready to turn in on Wed. April 11, 2018.
Please write the answers only in a clear, detailed, and complete sentence. Use your newspaper (Week 24) to assist you.
Please follow the directions. YOU CAN DO IT!! Use your own notebook paper.
1. What was the approximate price per acre of land brought into the United States through the Louisiana Purchase?
2. What caused the Louisiana Purchase?
3. Why was it important for the U.S. to gain control of the port of New Orleans and the Mississippi River?
4. What did Lewis do to prepare for the expedition?
5. How many species of plants did Lewis and Clark discover?

Vocabulary Assessment on Thursday, April 12, 2018

PLEASE SPEND TIME STUDYING EACH DAY!

infer – to take something you see (form an opinion) and combine it with something you already know to come up with a conclusion (reading
between the line)

theme – the moral, message, or lesson that the author wants you to learn from the story

dialogue – a conversation that happens between characters in a story

explicit – to give information that is very clear and complete

thinking – the process of using one’s own mind to consider or reason about something

Narrative Writing – any kind of writing that tells a story-it starts with a strong topic sentence and focuses on the most important
information (This type of writing should have characters, a setting, dialogue, a plot, and a problem and solution.)

Informative Writing – gives facts to teach about a topic; informative writing defines, describes, explains, and tells why or how about a topic

Opinion Writing – this writing tells what you think, what you believe, or how you feel about something

integrate – to combine or bring together

propaganda – ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread in order to persuade a person to follow a cause, a
political leader, or government