Ms. Sutton's 4th Grade Class 
Dunwoody Springs Charter School
Subject 09/26/2009
 
Complete sentences have a subject and predicate. The subject tells who or what the sentence is about. The predicate tells what they are doing. Type the subject for each of these sentences.

1.  The media center at Dunwoody Spings Charter school has a lot of materials that can be checked out by students and teachers.

2.  The playground is bigger with the trailers gone.

3.  My favorite school lunch is baked chicken.

4.  During the fall season a lot of geese hang out at the playground and the outdoor classroom.

5.  At the end of the day we all walk to the buses together.
 
 
Meteorologists use many tools to help them predict and track the weather. The tools that we have learned about and observed in the class room are anemometer, thermometer, barometer, rain guage, and wind vane. Choose two of the tools. Describe how each of the tools are used, what they look like, and how they help us get ready for the day.
 
 
Native Americans had a huge impact on the country we live in today. Way before there was ever a North America, Native Americans were living their lives without all of the updated technology and luxuries that we have today. You have been learning about a few of the thousands of Native American tribes that lived in what we know now as North America. These specific tribes are Seminole, Pawnee, Nez Perce, Kwakiutl, Inuit, and Hopi. Each of these tribes were located in different regions with different natural resources. They ate different kinds of food and had different homes. Choose two of these tribes and tell how they are alike and different. Give at least three similarities and three differences. Remember to write with complete sentences.
 
Estimating 09/26/2009
 
Rounding is a form of estimation. Sometimes we round number values to get a quick answer when the actual answer is not needed.
Use rounding to answer the following question:

a.  Jackson works at the movie theater. His job is to find out about how many people watch each movie everyday. On Monday 390 people watched movie A, 673 people watched movie B, and 289 people watched movie C. About how many people visited the movie theater on Monday?

b.  How many people actually came to the theater on Monday?

c.  How many more people watched movie A than movie C?

d.  Compare the number of people who watched movie B to the number of people who watched the other movies. What can you infer about movie B?
 
Compare Settings 09/26/2009
 
Think of two of your favorite books. What is the setting of each book? How are the settings alike and how are they different? Do either of the settings make you think of a real place that you have seen or visited?

Remember to write with complete sentences!
 
Narratives 09/26/2009
 
Write a personal narrative that describes a funny memory.