Meriwether Lewis Elementary School Classroom Notes » Muriel Bennett

Homework

Muriel Bennett — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:10:38 +0000

HOMEWORK
Week 37
Name: ____________________ June 1-5
Monday:
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent. Record what you read below.
Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to _____
2. Handwriting: Do worksheet assigned.
Parent Signature: _____________________
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Tuesday:
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.

Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to ____
2. Handwriting: Do worksheet assigned.
Parent Signature: _________________________
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Wednesday: 7:45-8:30 AM Homework Club for help with homework.
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.
Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to ____
2. Handwriting: Do worksheet.

Parent Signature: ___________________
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Thursday:
1. Reading: Read for 30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.

Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to ____
2. Handwriting: Do worksheet.
Parent Signature: _________________________
**************************************************************************************** ***No spelling or math homework this week. We are going to intensively review cursive handwriting before the year ends!

News from Mrs. Bennett’s Room

Muriel Bennett — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:09:14 +0000

This week we continue to work in social studies on “traveling the Oregon Trail”. In reading, the two groups that I have are working on Reader’s Theater pioneer plays. The students will present these to the rest of the class. We are also working on our last science unit, which is “Circuits and Pathways”. Students are learning about electricity and how it travels. We have one last art activity as well, which is marbleizing paper, and is always a fun project. It’s hard to believe, and always a little sad too, that we are so near the end of the year. It has been a great school year!

Homework

Muriel Bennett — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:20:06 +0000

HOMEWORK
Week 36
Name: ____________________ May 26-29
Spirit Week
Tuesday: “Elegant Day”
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.

Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to ____
2. Math: Do worksheet assigned.
3. Spelling: Study your words for the week.
Parent Signature: _________________________
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Wednesday: Monochromatic Day 7:45-8:30 AM Homework Club for help with homework.
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.
Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to ____
2. Math: Do worksheet.
3. Spelling: Study your words for the week.

Parent Signature: ____________________

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Thursday: “Crazy Hair Day”
1. Reading: Read for 30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.

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This Week’s Word Study
Study these words this week, and make sure they are in your long-term memory so that you can recall them when you are writing.

1. show 2. suddenly 3. rain 4. leaves 5. easy 6. spread
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Challenge Words: 1. license 2. impression 3. scientific 4. organize
5. maximum 6. policy 7. research 8. satisfied ****************************************************************************
Small Group: 1. once 2. life 3. took 4. animal 5. enough 6. another
Other words to review this week: was, there, their, them, two, water, must, help, every, last, something, important, food, and without
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* Don’t forget:
The Scholastic Book Fair is open all week with its special “Buy one, Get one free!”
Yearbook orders are due Wednesday, May 27th. They are $15, and no late orders.

News From Mrs. Bennett’s Room

Muriel Bennett — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:18:56 +0000

The talent show was terrific! My husband and I really enjoyed it. A lot of wonderful work and effort, on the part of adults and all the students involved, really showed. Thanks for a great performance.
Our class has started a simulation of “The Oregon Trail”. Each class member has an 1850 name and identity, and we have divided the class into five wagon trains that are headed out West. We started, of course, at Independence, Missouri, by purchasing our wagon, carefully selecting and buying the supplies we hope will keep us alive for our many months on the trail, and packing them in as tightly as possible. We had a happy send-off, but it was very difficult leaving family members behind, along with many precious family heirlooms that we could not take on our wagons. The guides, who have been to Oregon before, say we have to think “Survival First!”

Homework

Muriel Bennett — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:07:49 +0000

HOMEWORK
Week 35
Name: ____________________ May 18-22
Monday:
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent. Record what you read below.
Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to _____
2. Math: Do worksheet assigned.
3. Library tomorrow.
Parent Signature: _____________________
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Tuesday:
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.

Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to ____
2. Math: Do worksheet assigned.
3. Spelling: Study your words for the week.

Parent Signature: _________________________
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Walk and Bike Day
Wednesday: 7:45-8:30 AM Homework Club for help with homework.
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.
Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to ____
2. Math: Do worksheet.
3. Spelling: Study your words for the week.

Parent Signature: ____________________

Thursday:
1. Reading: Read for 30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.

Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to ____
2. Math: Do homework sheet.
3. Spelling: Study spelling words.
Parent Signature: _________________________
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This Week’s Word Study
Study these words this week, and make sure they are in your long-term memory so that you can recall them when you are writing.

1. heart 2. morning 3. simple 4. a lot ( 2 words) 5. real 6. possible
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Challenge Words: 1. attached 2. interfere 3. obvious 4. plunge
5. jealous 6. oxygen 7. protein 8. particularly ****************************************************************************
Small Group: 1. feet 2. side 3. boys 4. without 5. land 6. different
Other words to review this week: from. their, its, too, home, large, form

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News from Mrs. Bennett’s Room

Muriel Bennett — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:06:23 +0000

We had a terrific experience at camp, and the students were immersed in science all of the time. OMSI does a fantastic job at this. Whatever the students are doing, playing games, dissecting critters, hiking, etc., they are always focused on science. We so appreciate the parents who gave of their time and energy to make camp possible. Thank you Christina, Dan, Daniel, Jackie, Kathy, Ken, Kim, Mike, Teresa, Tim, Tom, and Vickie. Thank you too, to Erin for all her hard work.
In class we are busy finishing up our science work samples based on our “Land and Water” unit. Students are exploring hypotheses having to do with erosion and deposition. We completed this unit with a dam building activity. Students were to use what they have learned in this unit and try to build a dam in their group’s streambed so that the land would not flood. Everyone built a home (a wooden block) in the town, near the river, in a place where hopefully the dam would prevent flooding. Then the water poured through our “town”. Most of the dams were great engineering feats; however, a few homes were devastated in the flood and torn off of their foundations! In spite of the “loss” it was a very enjoyable afternoon science activity!

Homework

Muriel Bennett — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:52:06 +0000

HOMEWORK
Week 33
Name: ____________________ May 4-8
Monday:
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent. Record what you read below.
Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to _____
2. Math: Do worksheet assigned.
3. Library tomorrow.
4. Bring camp money, if you have not already. We leave one week from today.
5. Tomorrow is Picture Day.
Parent Signature: _____________________
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Tuesday:
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.

Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to ____
2. Math: Do worksheet assigned.
3. Spelling: Study your words for the week.

Parent Signature: _________________________
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Wednesday: 7:45-8:30 AM Homework Club for help with homework.
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.
Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to ____
2. Math: Do worksheet.
3. Spelling: Study your words for the week.

Parent Signature: ____________________
Art Night 6:30-8:00
Thursday:
1. Reading: Read for 30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.

1. themselves 2. third 3. carry 4. although 5. quite 6. distance
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Challenge Words: 1. erosion 2. deposition 3. geologist 4. plateau
5. tributaries 6. sediment 7. precipitation 8. velocity ****************************************************************************
Small Group: 1. until 2. food 3. children 4. form 5. keep 6. great
Other words to review this week: which, their, more, again, went, always,
want, important

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News From Mrs. Bennett’s Room

Muriel Bennett — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:50:53 +0000

This is the week of Art Night and my students are excited to be docents and to have the opportunity to share and talk about their artwork. Make sure to be here Thursday night between 6:30 and 8:00!
We are working on a new science unit called Land and Water. It is exciting, fun, and very messy! I’ve set up stream tables for small groups of students, and they are doing experiments with how water interacts with land. We’ve made a model of the water cycle in our tubs, and have been watching how erosion and deposition take place. We are using these setups for our state science samples, and are conducting experiments studying the relation between the velocity of water and the amount of erosion.
We are excited to be going to OMSI camp in just a few days. Please get camp money turned in right away, and ask Mrs. Keefer or myself if you have questions or concerns about camp. If your child is not going to camp, please let me know if they will be at school Mon-Wed.

Homework

Muriel Bennett — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:27:11 +0000

HOMEWORK
Week 32
Name: ____________________ April 27-May 1
Monday:
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent. Record what you read below.
Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to _____
2. Math: Do worksheet assigned.
3. Remember to bring back Run-For-the-Arts pledge sheet.
4. Library tomorrow
Parent Signature: _____________________

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Tuesday:
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.

Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to ____
2. Math: Do worksheet assigned.
3. Spelling: Study your words for the week.
4. Return Run-For-the-Arts pledge sheets.
Parent Signature: _________________________
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Wednesday: 7:45-8:30 AM Homework Club for help with homework.
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.
Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to ____
2. Math: Do worksheet.
3. Spelling: Study your words for the week.

Parent Signature: ____________________

Thursday: Lewis Eats Out–Pizzicato Pizza @ 60th & Division (20% to Lewis)
1. Reading: Read for 30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.

1. watch 2. floor 3. dry 4. shell 5. within 6. enough
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Challenge Words: 1. apply 2. courage 3. occur 4. foreign
5. quality 6. instrument 7. rhythm 8. recommend ****************************************************************************
Small Group: 1. world 2. want 3. important 4. going 5. school 6. show
Other words to review this week: there, each, right, around, asked, another, help, always
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Dear Parents,
For the students going to camp, I sent home a checklist of things they may need. Remember we have some extra things at school for kids to borrow, so ask before you worry about buying anything. For instance, we have some donated rain jackets from Columbia Sportswear. Camp time is coming soon, May 11-13. Tonight at 6:30 is our meeting for the fourth grade chaperones going with us. We are short on dads, so if you read this, and want to volunteer, please come to the meeting too. Also, don’t forget to mark your calendar for Art Night, coming up on May 7. Have a great week! Sincerely, Muriel Bennett

News From Mrs. Bennett’s Room

Muriel Bennett — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:26:20 +0000

We had a terrific field trip last week as an introduction to our study of pioneers and the Oregon Trail. We visited the Philip Foster Farm, which is located near Carver, and is at the end of the Barlow trail. Sam Barlow and Philip Foster owned property there and they decided to build a trail from The Dalles around the south side of Mt. Hood and all the way to their property. This made it so pioneers traveling the Oregon Trail could avoid the only route to the Willamette Valley, which was floating down the treacherous Columbia River. It was a toll road and, of course, the first place these pioneers would end up was at the store and rest station at Philip Foster’s farm. On our visit we saw the old home with many artifacts in it, as well as built a log cabin with huge Lincoln Logs, loaded a wagon, washed clothes and put them through a wringer, used old-time tools, and chucked field corn and ground it up. Thank you very much to the adults who went with us on this fun day!
This week in math we are continuing our work on graphing. We will be learning about stem and leaf graphs, as well as line-plot graphs. In addition we will be looking at the statistics we’re gathering and studying the range, mean, mode, and median. We’ll be doing some fun activities to get our information for this.

Homework

Muriel Bennett — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:23:21 +0000

HOMEWORK
Week 31
Name: ____________________ April 20-24
Monday:
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent. Record what you read below.
Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to _____
2. Math: Do worksheet assigned.
3. Remember permission slip and $11 for Philip Foster Farm: bring if you still need to.
4. Library tomorrow
Parent Signature: _____________________

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Tuesday:
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.

Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to ____
2. Math: Do worksheet assigned.
Parent Signature: _________________________

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Wednesday: 7:45-8:30 AM Homework Club for help with homework.
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.
Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to ____
2. Math: Do worksheet.
3. Spelling: Study your words for the week.
4. Field trip tomorrow. Dress for the weather, bring a lunch, and be at school on time!

Parent Signature: ____________________

Thursday:
1. Reading: Read for 30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.

1. leave 2. everything 3. Tuesday 4. system 5. useful 6. frequently
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Challenge Words: 1. conversation 2. evidence 3. citizen
4. environment 5. influence 6. function 7. pronounce 8. stomach

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Small Group: 1. often 2. together 3. asked 4. house 5. don’t 6. over
Other words to review this week: they, what, their, said, our, think, also, those

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News from Mrs. Bennett’s Room

Muriel Bennett — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:22:26 +0000

Last week, before we finished our study of Northwest Coast Indians, we took a look at their beautiful, unique art. We learned about the strict structure of it, using ovoids and “u” shapes and their derivatives, and we looked at elaborate examples. Then each student created his or her own mask using only the oviid and “u” shapes. They turned out nicely, and are on the wall outside our classroom.
In science we are studying bones and skeletons. Pairs of students each have an owl pellet that they have pulled apart. This is always a high-interest fourth grade unit and the students have excitedly found many bones in their pellets. This week they are trying to hypothesize what creatures the bones have come from, and where the various bones would be found on those creatures. Several students have brought in bones that they’ve had at home, and that has added to the fun! Along with animal bones, we also are studying human bones.

Homework

Muriel Bennett — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:40:21 +0000

HOMEWORK
Week 30
Name: ____________________ April 13-17
Monday:
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent. Record what you read below.
Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to _____
2. Math: Do worksheet assigned.
3. Camp permission slip: bring back if you need to still.
4. Library tomorrow
Parent Signature: _____________________

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Tuesday:
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.

Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to ____
2. Math: Do worksheet assigned.
Parent Signature: _________________________

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Wednesday: 7:45-8:30 AM Homework Club for help with homework.
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.
Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to ____
2. Math: Do worksheet.
3. Spelling: Study your words for the week.

Parent Signature: ____________________

Thursday:
1. Reading: Read for 30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.

1. beautiful 2. heavy 3. everyone 4. carefully 5. follow 6. brought
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Challenge Words:
1. author 2. organize 3. concern 4. barbeque 5. accident 6. disease
7. construction 8. audience ****************************************************************************
Small Group: 1. few 2. always 3. large 4. show 5. those 6. because
Words to review: read, might, there, their, about, out, too, found ****************************************************************************
Dear Parents, We have a second field trip this month. It is April 23, and we will be visiting the Philip Foster Farm, which is at the end of the Barlow Trail. (This was the overland passage that many pioneer families traveled on to arrive in Oregon City). It is a fun trip where the students get to experience pioneer tasks at different stations around this farm. I especially love the house, which is full of artifacts from those days and is very interesting to tour. Again the cost will be $10 for the tour and the bus. If you would like to chaperone, let us know on the permission slip. Thank you. Sincerely, Muriel Bennett

News From Mrs. Bennett’s Room

Muriel Bennett — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:38:23 +0000

In reading, most of the class is doing Junior Great Books. These are collections of wonderful stories that the students are reading, one each week. We read and/or hear the story 2-3 times so that we know it well, and then we have a shared inquiry experience with it. Shared inquiry is learning by searching for answers to questions that the text has raised. All the students in a group work to grasp the full meaning of what the author has given us, and to interpret or reach an understanding of the text in light of our experience. Thus, near the end of the week we have a lively discussion where each group member shares his/her opinions, backs them up with evidence from the story, listens to the opinions of others, and often modifies his/her opinions as the evidence demands. I really enjoy the discussions, as the students engage in thoughtful, enthusiastic, open debate.
In math we are working on a unit of probability. So many games the students play involve probability, that they can really relate to this topic. Of course, we play some games in class to demonstrate probability and to predict if the games’ rules are fair or unfair!

Homework

Muriel Bennett — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:05:33 +0000

HOMEWORK
Week 29
Name: ____________________ April 6-11

Monday: Field Trip tomorrow–bring sack lunch and warm clothes!
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent. Record what you read below.
Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to _____
2. Math: Do worksheet assigned.
3. Camp permission slip: bring back if you need to still.
Parent Signature: _____________________
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Tuesday:
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.

Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to ____
2. Math: Do worksheet assigned.
Parent Signature: _________________________

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Parent Signature: ____________________

Thursday:
1. Reading: Read for 30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.

Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to ____
2. Math: Do homework sheet.

Parent Signature: _________________________
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This Week’s Word Study

Study these words this week, and make sure they are in your long-term memory so that you can recall them when you are writing.

1. power 2. problem 3. winter 4. however 5. probably 6. notice

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Challenge Words: Words that often get confused.
1. furry fury 2. choral/coral/corral 3. angel angle 4. desert/dessert
5. human/humane 6. quite/quit/quiet 7. costume/custom 8. unit/unite ****************************************************************************
Small Group: 1. below 2. something 3. both 4. saw 5. thought 6. right
Other words to review this week: from, there, said, could, first, back,
between, and never
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Dear Parents, On our field trip Tuesday we go up into the hills to Ariel, WA. At this time of year, it is always cold, so students should wear a warm jacket and warm clothing and shoes. They may also bring a blanket to put across their laps if they want. They will need a sack lunch. Do NOT be late. We leave at 9:00! We look forward to a great trip! Sincerely, Muriel Bennett

News From Mrs. Bennett’s Room

Muriel Bennett — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:04:36 +0000

Yesterday we had a fabulous field trip to Ariel, WA to see the Lelooska Living Museum. Chief Tsungani, brother of the late Chief Lelooska, and his family shared with us Northwest Coast Native American songs, dances, and masks in their ceremonial home around the fire. It was a beautiful presentation! After the program we visited the museum next door, which has an immense collection of artifacts from Native American groups all over the U.S. Students saw the diversity in the the different regions and were excited to see unique items from the Native American group they have studied. Thank you very much to our chaperones Kathleen, Mo, Vickie, Candida, and Suzanne for going with us.

Homework

Muriel Bennett — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:16:10 +0000

HOMEWORK
Week 28
Name: ____________________ March 30-April 3
Monday: Dioramas are due Tuesday
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent. Record what you read below.
Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to _____
2. Math: Do worksheet assigned.
3. Library tomorrow. Bring back books you want to return.
4. Bring back permission slip and money for the Lelooska field trip next week,
if you have not brought it yet.
5. Camp permission slip: bring back if you need to still.
Parent Signature: _____________________
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Tuesday:
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.

Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to ____
2. Math: Do worksheet assigned.
3. Speech–Practice yours.
Parent Signature: _________________________ ****************************************************************************************
Wednesday: 7:45-8:30 AM Homework Club for help with homework.
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.
Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to ____
2. Math: Do worksheet.
3. Spelling: Study your words for the week.
4. Practice your speech.
Parent Signature: ____________________

Thursday:
1. Reading: Read for 30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.

Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to ____
2. Math: Do homework sheet.
3. Practice your speech, if you have not given yours yet.
Parent Signature: _________________________
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This Week’s Word Study

Study these words this week, and make sure they are in your long-term memory so that you can recall them when you are writing.

1. understand 2. animals 3. outside 4. certain 5. through 6. mind

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Challenge Words:
1. personal 2. disappear 3. success 4. neighbor
5. situation 6. realize 7. account 8. physical
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Small Group: 1. along 2. might 3. sound 4. while 5. next 6. would
Other words to review this week: little, think, because, help, great, small

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News From Mrs. Bennett’s Room

Muriel Bennett — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:14:10 +0000

I hope you all had a wonderful spring break. It was fun to hear about eachother’s activities on Monday in our sharing circle. We are finishing up our unit on Native Americans this week, and taking our field trip to the Lelooska museum next Tuesday. Check with your child to make sure their permission slip is turned in. We still have availability for two or three more parents, if you are interested in chaperoning and are available. All our Native American reports are finished and turned in. The dioramas, which were due yesterday, are fabulous. The students put lots of work and creativity into them! Please stop by our end of the hall to see them on display. Speeches on each student’s Native American tribe will be finished up tomorrow and Friday.
Our Readathon is over and everyone enjoyed our afternoon of free-reading! Our room was full of blankets, cozy pillows, sleeping bags, and large and small stuffed animals, while all of us lounged and enjoyed books! If your child collected pledges for the number of pages read in our two-week Readathon, the money should be turned in right away. Many children earned a good portion of their OMSI camp fee this way, and had fun doing it!

Mrs. Bennett’s

Muriel Bennett — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:02:48 +0000

HOMEWORK
Week 27
Name: ____________________ March 16-20
Monday:
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent. Record what you read below.
Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to _____
2. Math: Do worksheet assigned.
3. Library tomorrow. Bring back books you want to return.
4. Bring back permission slip and money for the Lelooska field trip, April 7th.
5. Camp permission slip: bring back if you need to still.
Parent Signature: _____________________
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Tuesday:
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.

Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to ____
2. Math: Do worksheet assigned.
3. Spelling: Study this week’s words.
Parent Signature: _________________________
Tomorrow is Camp Banking Day
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Wednesday: 7:45-8:30 AM Homework Club for help with homework.
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.

Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to ____
2. Math: Do worksheet.
3. Spelling: Study your words for the week.

Parent Signature: ____________________

Thursday:
1. Reading: Read for 30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.

Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to ____
2. Math: Do homework sheet.
3. Bring back permission slip and money for the Lelooska field trip, April 7th, if you haven’t brought it yet.
Parent Signature: _________________________

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This Week’s Word Study

Study these words this week, and make sure they are in your long-term memory so that you can recall them when you are writing.

1. already 2. gone 3. instead 4. finally 5. round 6. warm

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Challenge Words:
1. progress 2. altogether 3. activities 4. article
5. recognize 6. character 7. equipment 8. frequently
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Small Group: 1. last 2. never 3. end 4. left 5. place 6. us
Other words to review this week: are, but, find, use, know, our

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HAVE A WONDERFUL SPRING BREAK!

News From Mrs. Bennett’s Room

Muriel Bennett — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:01:30 +0000

Our Readathon continues this week, and ends Friday with our half-day reading celebration. Next week students need to collect pledges and bring the money back to school after spring break. OMSI camp is not that far away!
We completed our unit on fractions, which is always a very challenging one for fourth graders. We are now beginning decimals, and that should help extend the understanding of parts less than a whole. We will also be working with graphing all kinds of information and reading various graphs. Our social studies research is going well, and students are working to complete their reports on their Native American tribe. This week and next they should be creating a diorama at home which depicts the environment and the type of homes their tribes lived in. These should be brought to school on March 31.

Homework

Muriel Bennett — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:16:14 +0000

HOMEWORK
Week 26
Name: ____________________ March 9-13
Monday:
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent. Record what you read below.
Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to _____
2. Math: Do worksheet assigned.
3. Library tomorrow. Bring back books you want to return.
4. Bring back permission slip and money for the Lelooska field trip, April 7th.
Parent Signature: _____________________

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Tuesday:
1. Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.

Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to ____
2. Math: Do worksheet.
3. Spelling: Study your words for the week.

Parent Signature: ____________________

Thursday:
1. Reading: Read for 30 minutes. Summarize for, or discuss with, parent.

Book I Read:_____________________________________________
Read from page ____ to ____
2. Math: Do homework sheet. Study facts.
3. Bring back permission slip and money for the Lelooska field trip, April 7th.
Parent Signature: _________________________

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This Week’s Word Study

Study these words this week, and make sure they are in your long-term memory so that you can recall them when you are writing.

1. piece 2. surface 3. common 4. river 5. whether 6. really

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Challenge Words:
1. lose 2. vegetable 3. parents 4. style 5. education
6. required 7. political 8. daughter

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Small Group: 1. line 2. own 3. read 4. set 5. under 6. every
Other words to review this week: they, there, their, much, even, found

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News From Mrs. Bennett’s Room

Muriel Bennett — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:14:34 +0000

The Lewis Auction was a wonderful event. Thank you so much to the many parents who worked so hard to make it a success. From my classroom I would like to thank Sharon Blajev, Jackie Dirks, Christy Perron, Chris Lowe, and Kathy Bartlett.
In art last week each student made a fun art project by selecting two calendar pictures that he/she liked and putting them together. Visit the upper grade hall to get a peek.
This week begins our 4th and 5th grade Readathon. Parents, relatives, and friends have pledged money for each page a student reads during in-class silent reading time for this week and next. The money will go toward the child’s OMSI camp expense. On Friday, March 20, all fourth and fifth grade students will read for the afternoon. They are excited not only to read, but they get to wear pajamas, be accompanied by a stuffed animal or two, and bring blankets or a sleeping bag to lie on. It should be very fun!