TeamLuby Update Week of April 1, 2013 Spring Street School Mrs.

Lubys class

Thank you again for all support during last weeks MCAS sessions. Grade 4 Wax Museum materials will go home on Monday, April 1 with the first due of Mon., 4/8 for a person and book choice. We do have many good choices in the classroom please have your child see me for assistance. Trimester 2 report cards go home on Monday. Please return the signed envelope ASAP. Your childs report card stays at home. Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.. Dont forget sneakers on Tuesday; recorders on Wed. Math Club will meet on Wednesday fro 88:30AM. We will focus on decimals. ************************************* *Report cards home 4/1 *Early Release- Tues., 4/9 *April Vacation 4/15-19 *Pedometers 5/6-5/10 *Grade 4 Wax Museum Mon., 5/6 9:1510:00 AM) *MCAS Dates Math Tues & /Wed., 5/14 & 5/15 *SHS Chemistry Club visit 5/16 *SELCO Field Trip Fri., 5/17 *Grade 4 Concert at OMS Tues, 5/21 *Field Day Fri., 6/7; rain date 6/10

*Grade 4 Celebration Fri., 6/14 9:45 11:00; rain date Mon., 6/17 *Last day of school Thurs., 6/20 (12:15)
Homework Date Assigned Due Date SL 9.1 4-1 4-2 Reading Comprehension Midwest 4-1 4-2 Math TBA Other ELA TBA Historial Person Book Choice due 4-8 MultDiv fact practice ongoing! Check out one of the games on this site: http://www.fun4thebrain.com/mult.html *Midwest States/Postal Codes/Capitals quiz on Tuesday, April 2 Language Arts Most groups will have new guided reading selections this week as well as catching up with our Daily 3. We hope to add in some readers theatre as well. Writing

Now that our ELA testing period is behind us, we will continue to focus on our opinion writing pieces as well as poetry!

Math We will review our Unit 8 assessment and ORQ and begin Unit 9 Fractions, Decimals, and Percents. It also works with decimal number stories and multiplying decimals.
EVERYDAY MATH FAMILY LETTERS can be found on-line this year! As in past years, they contain unit vocabulary, activities, and selected homework answers. You can find these newsletters at: http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/parents/4th- grade/family-letters/ If you cannot access them, please let me know.

Class Tidbits Happy Birthday Morgan 4-11 Bridget 4-17 Ryan S. 3-18 Krishnaa 4-23 Connor G. 4-23 Shayna 4-29 *Specials* Art: Monday, 9:15-9:55 AM Physical Education: Tues., 10:45 11:25 AM Music, Wed, 12:55 1:35 PM Health: Thursday, 10:00 - 10:40 AM Chorus: Friday 10:00-10:40 AM Media: Every other Wed. 9:10-9:30 AM As always, your comments are welcome. Please drop me an e-mail at school or at home. Barbara Luby

Social Studies Monday, we get to work on our Model T assembly line before researching for a small state/sub-region project. State locations/Postal Code/Capitals quiz- Tuesday, April 2. For a Proficient level, states must be placed on a map in the appropriate location with Postal Codes. An Advanced level includes the above with correct capital cities. Science - from the desk of Mrs. Liporto The magnetic forces are still at work in the classroom. This week we will use various tools to be magnet detectives. Students will tape two magnets inside a closed box and then other groups will have to determine where in the box the magnets are hidden without opening it. Then, later in the week, we will begin the electricity portion of the unit. The kids will make a flashlight bulb shine with just 1 battery and 1 wire.