Friday, October 28, 2011


Fall Festival Tonight (October 28) 5:00-8:00 Fourth grade has a beautiful tree for the auction!

We are starting a new unit on Earth changes on Monday. Our vocabulary quiz will be on the following words next Friday (November 4):

UNIT 6 – Earth Changes
1.       volcano – sudden earth change where lava is released
2.       earthquake – sudden change of the vibrating of the Earth’s surface
3.       tornado – sudden change of a funnel cloud causing great damage
4.       hurricane – sudden change of a huge storm forming in ocean
5.       mudslide – sudden change of huge bodies of land sliding down of a mountain side; usually causes from flooding
6.       weathering – breaking down of sediment
7.       erosion – gradual wearing away of the Earth’s surface by wind, water, wave or ice
8.       deposition – the depositing of sediment; creates sand dunes
9.       sediment – bits of rock
10.   flooding – natural disaster causes by excess rain
 
The unit test will be on Friday, November 11th.