Last week in January

Spelling
1. sod
2. interstate
3. highway
4. system
5. trade
6. fur
7. steamboat
8. railroad
9. mission
10. hub
11. trading
12. post
13. mound
14. traditional
15. cargo
16. canoe
17. gathering
18. settle
19. plow
20. route
CHALLENGE WORDS
21. transcontinental
22. reservations
23. settlement
24. ceremonies
25. movement

Happening this week . . .

SUNFLOWER READER

If you want to be a Sunflower Reader Early Bird and earn a pizza party, then you need to have your 20 books read by this Friday, January 22! We have 4 students in our class that already have theirs completed - how many more books do you need? Remember, even if you don't have all 20 by this Friday, you can still earn the Sunflower Reader award by reading 20 books by the middle of May. Keep Reading!

SPELLING LIST 1-19-10 from "Sarah Plain and Tall"
1. tiger
2. drive
3. reply
4. roll
5. note
6. crow
7. oak
8. iron
9. alike
10. supply
11. tomato
12. stove
13. below
14. groan
15. title
16. pine
17. overhead
18. chose
19. hollow
20. file
CHALLENGE WORDS
21. eerie
22. huddled
23. pesky
24. reins
25. squall

Don't forget - you can practice your spelling words on spellingcity.com

Happy January!

The beginning of a new year provides us all with a fresh start and has us moving quickly to stay on top of things. Already a lot has happened during our first week back at school.

Spelling Bee Participants
On Thursday, 4th grade students choosing to participate took a written spelling exam to qualify for the oral spelling competition held within our grade level. There were 2 winners and one alternate established from each class. The winners will represent our grade level at the BGS Spelling Bee on Tuesday, January 12 in the BGS gymnasium. Congratulations to our classroom winners - Morgyn & Jordan, and our alternate - Adam, for fantastic spelling under pressure! The winner of our school spelling bee will move on to represent BGS at the Reno County Spelling Bee at the end of January. Good luck!

Kansas History
In January we celebrate Kansas's birthday so it is the perfect month for us to learn more about out state. Throughout this month your student will be studying everything about Kansas from government and land to explorers and famous people from our state. Each student will be assigned to research a famous Kansan during our library times and will be creating a technology presentation to share with the class.

This unit also supports the region we are studying in social studies: the Midwest. Chapters 8 & 9 in our social studies book will be the focus of study for the next few weeks. We will be learning about the land, economy, and people of the midwest region. The assessment for this information will be a UNIT test instead of a chapter test and will take place at the end of the month.

Measurement Madness!
We will be immersing ourselves in the world of measurement during the month of January. During math time we will be studying customary/standard measurement and during science we will be exploring metric measurement. Practice many different types of measurement at home with your student. There are daily opportunities to practice these skills while following a recipe, calculating distance between cities while traveling, following a pattern while sewing, weighing things on the bathroom scale, or just exploring the length of objects around the house.