The Boater Bulletin. Upcoming Important Dates

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1 Name: January 30 - February 2, 2017 The Boater Bulletin This Week s Instruction & Standards Writing: It s finally time to finish up our RBQ Informational Writing! We ll write the conclusion paragraph, edit, and publish this week. Writing pieces will be due on Friday, February 3. Students worked very hard on this project, and I can t wait to see it finished! (ELASGEW2) Math: Great job on last week s fraction quiz! This week, we ll add and subtraction mixed numbers and multiply fractions by a whole number. (MGSE4.NF.3 & 4) Science: We have completed our Space unit. Space test will be this Friday, February 2. Make sure you re studying each night. Study guide is included in homework packet. (S4E1 & 2) Social Studies: Time to begin our New Nation unit! We ll discuss the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation and the strength of the Constitution. (S4H5a&b) Reading: On to a student favorite, Greek Mythology! Students will read different myths and find the theme of each. We will also find the meanings to many different Greek mythology allusions (e.g. Herculean strength). (ELAGSE4RL4) Announcements & Reminders -This week is Falcons Spirit Week! Monday: Rise Up in Red! Start the week out with as much red as possible to support the team! Tuesday: Hat s off to our Falcons! Wear a hat to support our hometown team! Wednesday: Dirty Bird BLACK OUT! Come dressed in black! Thursday: Sock it to the Pats Crazy Sock Day! Friday: Falcons Friday! Come dressed in all your Falcons Finery! -Next week (February 6-10), Target day will be Monday 2/5 rather than Wednesday 2/8. Upcoming Important Dates Monday - Friday, January 27 Falcons Spirit Week! Thursday, February 2 7:30 Student Council Executive Board Meeting Friday, February 3 7:30 Student Council Meeting Space Test Monday, February 6 PVS & Target Day Tuesday, February 7 Chick-fil-a Night Thursday, February 9 College & Career Day

2 ELA Spiral Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Is the following a simile, metaphor, or idiom? Write three common nouns: Write a metaphor to describe your school. What does the following idiom mean? The runner is as fast as lightning! Don t cry over spilled milk! Is the following a simile, metaphor, or idiom? My mind is a sea of thoughts. Write three proper nouns: Write a simile that describes your smile. Think of an idiom. Write it down as well as the meaning. Add the missing punctuation: Add the missing punctuation: Add the missing punctuation: Add the missing punctuation: I went to Ms. Pfaffs class to ask her a question I cant finish my homework because its too late Keira asked where have you been I love my dog Jordan but she sheds like crazy Add a subject to the predicate loves to eat pizza. Add the predicate to the subject My mom Label each part of speech in the sentence below: The chicken sandwich was delicious. Write your own sentence and label each part of speech: Fact or opinion? Ice cream is the best food ever! Fact or opinion? My car is silver. Write your own fact. Write your own opinion.

3 Space Study Guide We will have our Space Test on Friday, February 2. Please study each night this week and be prepared! Ask me if you have any questions or concerns! Vocabulary: Axis : An imaginary line that runs through the center of Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole. Constellation : A pattern of stars that form an imaginary picture or design in the sky. Galaxy : A huge system of gases, dust, and many stars. Moon : A natural body that revolves around a planet Orbit : The closed path of one object in space around another object; or to move in such a path Planet : A large body that revolves around a star Rotate : To spin around an axis Solar System : A star and all the planets and other objects that revolve around it Star : A huge ball of superheated gases Universe : Everything that exists in space Earth: The Sun is in the center of the Solar System. The Earth s rotation causes day and night The Earth orbits the Sun. The orbit takes 365 days or 1 year. The tilt of the Earth s axis causes the seasons. If the Northern hemisphere (upper half of the Earth) is tilted closer to the sun, it is summer in the Northern hemisphere. If the Northern hemisphere is tilted further away from the sun, it is winter in the Northern hemisphere. Planets: Inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars Inner planets have rocky surfaces and are smaller than the outer planets Outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

4 Outer planets are mostly made of gas and are very large. The inner and outer planets are separated by an asteroid belt. The order of the planets from the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. From largest to smallest: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury) Moon: The moon orbits the Earth. Depending on where the moon is, we can see a different amount of sunlight on it. This is called the moon phases. The moon phase pattern lasts one month. Be able to label the moon phases. Stars: Know the differences between stars and planets Size: stars are bigger in size and weight than planets Color: Stars are yellow, white, red, orange, and blue. Planets can be many different colors. Number: We have 1 star and many planets in our solar system. Patterns: We organize stars by constellations. We organize planets in our solar system by order from the sun. Be able to explain why why the pattern of stars in a constellation stays the same, but a planet can be seen in different locations at different times Stars move very slowly, and they are farther away. Planets are constantly moving in orbit.

5 MONDAY 1. Snigdha has 13 beanie babies. Her goal is to have 11 times more beanie babies. How many more does she need? 2. Solve: Write prime or composite. List all of the factors for each number What is the rule for the number pattern? What are the next four number? 54, 59, 57, 62, 60, 65, 63, 68, 66,,,, 7. 6,843,201 The digit 8 represents the number. The digit 2 represents the number. 8. Find two equivalent fractions. Show how you know. 2 3

6 TUESDAY Order the numbers least to greatest and use <, >, = Rishad had a bag of jelly beans. 5 of the beans were blue. If Rishad had 35 jelly beans total, how many beans were blue? 11. Show your work. 829 x 92 = 13. Write the first 5 multiples of Sarah s hair ribbons are 1 7 ft. long. If she has 3 ribbons, how much length does she have in all? 14. What number is 123 greater than 789?

7 WEDNESDAY Amaan kicked the soccer ball ft. Liam kicked it ft. How much longer did Liam kick the ball than Amaan did? What is the quotient to the following? 5, Write the number to match the words and write the number in expanded form. Four thousand nine hundred sixty-five and thirteen hundreths standard form: expanded form: 18. Adam ate one-eighth of an apple pie. Gately ate one-tenth of a pumpkin pie. If the pies were the same size, who ate more? Why? Write the first four multiples of 5.

8 THURSDAY 20. What number is 4,444 less than 8,000? Show how you know. 21. Mrs. Jenkins spent $113 on school supplies. Ms. Seymour spent 4 times that amount on school supplies. How much money did Ms. Seymour spend? 22. Brody read for an 1 hour and 15 minutes last night. Simran read for 3 times that long. How long did Simran read? 23. Our students bought 4,231,9380 lunches since the beginning of the year. What would that number be when rounded to the nearest hundred? 24. An astronomical unit is 92,955,807 miles. What is this measurement rounded to the nearest hundred thousand?