WELCOME TO FOURTH GRADE!!!
I am so excited to have your child in the fourth grade. If you have any questions or concerns, please send me a note, leave a message at school (345-0977), call me at home (345-8841),or email me through Quia.
Week of February 6, 2012
Messages:
New Messages:
The Saint Joseph Altar is just right around the corner. Remember to save the date- Friday, March 2.
The new rosary date is Friday, May 11. Remember to save the date.
Progress Reports will be available online as of Friday, February 3rd. Please check grades and absences online, sign the form, and return as soon as possible.
***The last grades were entered on Saturday at 6:00 p.m. Science test grades should be posted late Sunday afternoon. Please check your child's grades online Sunday night for updated grades.
We will also be sending home an AR Update on Monday, February 6th. It will include your child's progress as of Friday, February 3rd at 3:00 p.m. Thank you for returning it as soon as possible.
Valentine's Day is right around the corner. We will be doing a small Valentine exchange at the end of the day on Valentine's Day.
If you wish to send Valentines, please send 23 unaddressed Valentines. Only have your child sign his/her name. There should be no specific Valentine for one specific person.
If you wish to send Valentines candy to include with the card, you may do so as well.
***Students have been working on their Literature Circle Sheets for each chapter of the novel, Henry and the Clubhouse. They were told to keep their sheets in their Literature Circle folder as they will be turned in as a packet for their alternative assessment grade in Reading. Please check with your child periodically about these sheets.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP ALL OF THESE PAPERS TOGETHER IN THE MANILA FOLDER THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THEM! They will get points for each paper that is turned in, or a deduction for any missing papers. Please make sure they are keeping these papers in their folder.
There are several students who are still missing supplies. It is difficult to complete activities/assignments/projects without all the necessary supplies. Please check with your child to see what he/she needs.
Remember only navy or white jackets can be worn inside.
Ongoing Messages:
Firstinmath can be done at home. Students can earn Snack it Your Way Coupons for completing each set. The coupon gives the student a privilege to bring any kind of food and any kind of drink as their snack.
Spelling City is a great way to learn and practice the weekly spelling words.
Please ask your child about Factivation. It is a great multiplication website that teaches facts which makes it fun and easy to learn. I bought the added program so that all of my students are able to go online and play the videos for fact rules, strategies, chants, and connections as well as play games to reinforce the facts. I encourage your child to practice his/her facts and to use this fabulous tool to learn his/her multiplication facts.
I have several website games and practice. Please look at the very bottom of my Quia. Some are labeled all subjects while others are specific skills in a certain subject. Please check them out and let the games begin.
Just a reminder that there will be 9 addition facts, 9 subtraction facts, and 10 multiplication facts on each weekly timed test.
Just a reminder that I have many websites to practice multiplication facts. Please encourage your child to practice at home daily. Also writing the facts and doing flashcards are very effective. We will do a combination of doing hands-on activities, making manipulatives, watching videos, listening to CD's, writing facts several times each, and doing practice sheets in class. We will also assign practice sheets and writing facts for homework.
Please continue to collect Boxtops for Education, Tyson chicken labels, and Community Coffee labels. We have a collection box in our classroom. Please put the labels in a baggie with your child's name, my name, and 4th grade written on it.
Check the calendar for upcoming events.
***Check Quia under Robbyn Davis for additional Social Studies information and under Beth Daschbach for additional Science information.
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Test Schedule
AR: Should be 74% of goal by this Friday
Remember: Ongoing English Skills can be on upcoming English tests: kinds of sentences, fragment or sentence, how to answer in a complete sentence, complete/simple subjects/predicates, compound subjects/predicates, common/proper nouns, singular/plural nouns, possessive nouns, pronouns, possessive pronouns, and main/helping/linking verbs, tense, subject/verb agreement, verbs, and prepositions.
Remember: Ongoing Math Skills can be on upcoming Math tests: place value, addition, subtraction, word problems, comparing, ordering, rounding, calendar, time, elapsed time, money, and multiplication facts/terms/properties, table, division facts/terms, and long multiplication.
Monday-
Tuesday- Reading and English
Wednesday- Spelling and Social Studies
Thursday- English
Friday- Math
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READ AR BOOK AT HOME AT LEAST 15 MINUTES EVERY DAY
IMPROVE YOUR MATH SKILLS BY DOING FIRSTINMATH ON COMPUTER DAILY
SPELLING LISTS ARE ON SPELLINGCITY WEBSITE BELOW
BRING YOUR RECORDER BACK TO SCHOOL EVERY WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY
Please click on "view calendar" above to view upcoming events.
Monday
Math- WB p.63 front
Reading- Read Ch. 3 and study words, skills, characters, and questions
in novel packet Test tomorrow on Novel Week 3
English- Do Review Guide and Study Box 5 of prepositions Test
tomorrow to list Box 5 prepositions
Spelling- 3x each due Wednesday
Religion- Practice Morning Offering
Science- Observe Moon and record. Bring in a food label by
Wednesday
Social Studies- Study states and abbreviations
Tuesday
Bring recorder to school tomorrow
Math- WB p.64 front # 1-8
Reading - Read (only 3 weeks left to read AR Goal)
English- Finish Ex. A and B on p. 497 in NB
Spelling- 3x each due tomorrow Study Test tomorrow on Novel Week
3 list
Religion- Practice Morning Offering
Science- Look up vocabulary words bring food label
Social Studies- Study Test tomorrow on labeling Middle West States
and abbreviations
Wednesday
Bring recorder to school tomorrow
Math- WB p.68 front # 1-4
Reading- Read
English- Study Test tomorrow on Prepositions and combining
sentences with prepositions
Spelling- 3x each due next week for Homophones List - Your child will
have to decide if the homophone is used correctly in a
sentence- a sample test will be given
Religion- Practice Morning Offering
Science- Outline 8-5 #1-8
Social Studies- Complete Section I of SG (Ch.8+9)
Thursday
Math- p.301 in textbook # 18,19,25,29,30 Practice multiplication
steps and review previous skills Test tomorrow on Multiplying 2
and 3 digits by 1 digit and multiplying 3 factors
Reading- Read Literature Circle Sheet
English-
Spelling-
Religion- Practice Morning Offering
Science- Observe and record Moon
Social Studies- Complete Section II of SG (Ch.8+9)
Linda Owens 
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