Fourth Grade Newsletter We’re Cooking Up Success!
Week of Nov. 7, 2011
Accelerated Reading- New goals were given last week. This week students must reach 40% of the AR goal with 85% average on your child’s individual book level goal.
Basic/ Multiplication Facts- Multiplication Facts 0-9’s; Division 1’s---Test on Thursday
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Subject Summaries
Math- Multiplication and Division Strategies; Mad Minute Daily;
Multiplication facts- 0-9’s review, Division Drills start; Incredible Equations, Number Study---MULITPLICATION REVIEW AND DIVISION 1’S TEST ON THURSDAY
AL. History—Chapter 4: European explorers and settlement
Reading: So You Want to Be President: Main Idea; Summarize—TEST THURSDAY
Grammar-Plural Possessive Nouns
Spelling- words with –ear, ir, our—TEST THURSDAY
Writing- Essay Writing- Writing to Explain
Dates to Remember:
11/7- PTO Meeting
11/8 Fundraiser Orders and Money Due
11/9- Holiday Pictures due : cost-$20.00
11/10- Wear Red, White, and Blue for Veterans’ Observance
11/11—Veterans’ Day—NO School
11/14- Make-up Fall Picture Money Due
Spelling Words- Test on Thursday—ABC order, Sentences, and 3 times each-due Thursday
1. return 2. courage 3. surface 4. purpose 5. first 6. turkey 7. heard
8. early 9. turtle 10. birthday 11. journal 12. courtesy 13. nourish
14. purse 15. furniture 16. search 17. curtain 18. burrow 19. hamburger
20. survey
Monday, November 7, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Newsletter for Sept. 12
Fourth Grade Newsletter
10 for Technology.
September 23: Donations Due. September 26: Announce Results.
Attendance Initiative- Sept. 6-Oct. 3 is our attendance window for AYP. Our goal is to have 100% attendance rate. Please do not schedule doctor’s or dentist’s appointments during these dates. We encourage you to have you children here on time and avoid checking them out prior to 11:30. Students who are present each day will have their names placed in a drawing for a brand NEW bike! They will also attend an attendance celebration! Help us reach our goal.
Accelerated Reading- This week 50% of the AR goal is due with 85% average and your child’s individual book level goal. Please make sure your child reads every night and completes the reading log. One chapter book and one “thin” nonfiction or picture book is recommended for checkout each week. Please encourage your child to stick with a chapter book. It increases the application of reading strategies learned in class as they think about how the author develops the story.
Basic/ Multiplication Facts- It is so important that your child continues to study basic addition and subtraction facts and Multiplication facts. It is our goal that the students know the facts automatically. This helps with computational math fluency. Our math curriculum progresses quickly, so it very important that your child has a strong math foundation. Flash cards can be purchased very inexpensively at dollar stores. They can also be made with index cards.
Work Habits- Please encourage your child to pay attention in class and begin assignments once they have understood directions. Incomplete classwork becomes homework or missing assignments. Homework should be minimal if classwork is completed. Homework includes reading 30 minutes a day.
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Subject Summaries
Math- Ch. 2 test--Tuesday; Multiplication facts-4’s
Alabama History- Geography of AL. Test on Friday
Reading: Horned Toad Prince
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Spelling Words for the Week:
1. prairie 11. rookie
2. calorie 12. hockey
3. honey 13. collie
4. valley 14. breezy
5. money 15. jury
6. finally 16. balcony
7. movie 17. steady
8. country 18. alley
9. empty 19. trolley
10. city 20. misty
Dates to Remember:
9/13- PTO/Open House at 6:30 (Please join PTO for $5.00. Each class is striving for 100%.)
9/15- Selection Test on Horned Toad Prince
9/16- Spelling Test, Multiplication Drill in 5’s, 50% of AR due
9/19-9/23- PACK Week- more information to come
9/22- 6 weeks progress report
9/22- Fall Pictures
10/6-10/13- Scholastic Book Fair
10 for Technology.
September 23: Donations Due. September 26: Announce Results.
Attendance Initiative- Sept. 6-Oct. 3 is our attendance window for AYP. Our goal is to have 100% attendance rate. Please do not schedule doctor’s or dentist’s appointments during these dates. We encourage you to have you children here on time and avoid checking them out prior to 11:30. Students who are present each day will have their names placed in a drawing for a brand NEW bike! They will also attend an attendance celebration! Help us reach our goal.
Accelerated Reading- This week 50% of the AR goal is due with 85% average and your child’s individual book level goal. Please make sure your child reads every night and completes the reading log. One chapter book and one “thin” nonfiction or picture book is recommended for checkout each week. Please encourage your child to stick with a chapter book. It increases the application of reading strategies learned in class as they think about how the author develops the story.
Basic/ Multiplication Facts- It is so important that your child continues to study basic addition and subtraction facts and Multiplication facts. It is our goal that the students know the facts automatically. This helps with computational math fluency. Our math curriculum progresses quickly, so it very important that your child has a strong math foundation. Flash cards can be purchased very inexpensively at dollar stores. They can also be made with index cards.
Work Habits- Please encourage your child to pay attention in class and begin assignments once they have understood directions. Incomplete classwork becomes homework or missing assignments. Homework should be minimal if classwork is completed. Homework includes reading 30 minutes a day.
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Subject Summaries
Math- Ch. 2 test--Tuesday; Multiplication facts-4’s
Alabama History- Geography of AL. Test on Friday
Reading: Horned Toad Prince
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Spelling Words for the Week:
1. prairie 11. rookie
2. calorie 12. hockey
3. honey 13. collie
4. valley 14. breezy
5. money 15. jury
6. finally 16. balcony
7. movie 17. steady
8. country 18. alley
9. empty 19. trolley
10. city 20. misty
Dates to Remember:
9/13- PTO/Open House at 6:30 (Please join PTO for $5.00. Each class is striving for 100%.)
9/15- Selection Test on Horned Toad Prince
9/16- Spelling Test, Multiplication Drill in 5’s, 50% of AR due
9/19-9/23- PACK Week- more information to come
9/22- 6 weeks progress report
9/22- Fall Pictures
10/6-10/13- Scholastic Book Fair
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
News for Week of Sept. 6
Fourth Grade Newsletter
10 for Technology- Please send in the ten addressed and stamped envelopes. Once returned, your child will receive a Frisbee to participate in PE challenges. Daily prizes are awarded. Do not place anything in the envelopes. Your child will write letters this week.
September 1‐8: Students returning 10 stamped addressed envelopes will receive their very own, one‐of‐a‐kind Harvest Husky Frisbee!
September 9: The entire school will take part in a fun‐filled day of letter writing to request funding for our 10 for Technology Initiative.
September 23: Donations Due.
September 26: Announce Results.
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13 Colonies Poster is due this week on Sept. 7. Information was sent home Friday. All students who participate will have the option of dropping their lowest AL History grade during the 1st nine weeks. Posters will be posted at the Constitution Village.
Muffins and Memories- (Grandparents Day) will be held on Sept. 13. Grandparents are asked to be our guest and share an early childhood or school related memory. Please return the yellow form sent in last week’s Wednesday folder.
Attendance Initiative- Sept. 6-Oct. 3 is our attendance window for AYP. Our goal is to have 100% attendance rate. Please do not schedule doctor’s or dentist’s appointments during these dates. We encourage you to have you children here on time and avoid checking them out prior to 11:30. Students who are present each day will have their names placed in a drawing for a brand NEW bike! They will also attend an attendance celebration! Help us reach our goal.
Accelerated Reading- This week 40% of the AR goal is due with 85% average and your child’s individual book level goal. Please make sure your child reads every night and completes the reading log. One chapter book and one “thin” nonfiction or picture book is recommended for checkout each week. Please encourage your child to stick with a chapter book. It increases the application of reading strategies learned in class as they think about how the author develops the story.
Basic/ Multiplication Facts- It is so important that your child continues to study basic addition and subtraction facts and Multiplication facts. It is our goal that the students know the facts automatically. This helps with computational math fluency. Our math curriculum progresses quickly, so it very important that your child has a strong math foundation. Flash cards can be purchased very inexpensively at dollar stores. They can also be made with index cards.
Work Habits- Please encourage your child to pay attention in class and begin assignments once they have understood directions. Incomplete classwork becomes homework or missing assignments. Homework should be minimal if classwork is completed. Homework includes reading 30 minutes a day.
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Spelling Words
sweet
each
three
least
freedom
below
throat
float
foam
flown
greet
season
croak
shallow
eagle
indeed
rainbow
grown
seaweed
hollow
Subject Summaries
Math- Ordering and Comparing Numbers using Place Value; Multiplication facts-4’s
Alabama History- Geography of AL.
Reading: Genre: Historical Fiction Skill: Sequence Strategy: Graphic Organizers
Grammar- Subject and Predicate
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Dates to Remember:
9/7- Thirteen Colonies Poster due- see yellow instruction sheet
9/8- Selection Test on Grandfather’s Journey
9/9- Spelling Test, Multiplication Drill in 4’s, 40% of AR due
9/13- PTO/Open House at 6:30 (Please join PTO for $5.00. Each class is striving for 100%.)
9/19-9/23- PACK Week- more information to come
9/22- 6 weeks progress report
9/22- Fall Pictures
10/6-10/13- Scholastic Book Fair
10 for Technology- Please send in the ten addressed and stamped envelopes. Once returned, your child will receive a Frisbee to participate in PE challenges. Daily prizes are awarded. Do not place anything in the envelopes. Your child will write letters this week.
September 1‐8: Students returning 10 stamped addressed envelopes will receive their very own, one‐of‐a‐kind Harvest Husky Frisbee!
September 9: The entire school will take part in a fun‐filled day of letter writing to request funding for our 10 for Technology Initiative.
September 23: Donations Due.
September 26: Announce Results.
________________________________________________________________________
13 Colonies Poster is due this week on Sept. 7. Information was sent home Friday. All students who participate will have the option of dropping their lowest AL History grade during the 1st nine weeks. Posters will be posted at the Constitution Village.
Muffins and Memories- (Grandparents Day) will be held on Sept. 13. Grandparents are asked to be our guest and share an early childhood or school related memory. Please return the yellow form sent in last week’s Wednesday folder.
Attendance Initiative- Sept. 6-Oct. 3 is our attendance window for AYP. Our goal is to have 100% attendance rate. Please do not schedule doctor’s or dentist’s appointments during these dates. We encourage you to have you children here on time and avoid checking them out prior to 11:30. Students who are present each day will have their names placed in a drawing for a brand NEW bike! They will also attend an attendance celebration! Help us reach our goal.
Accelerated Reading- This week 40% of the AR goal is due with 85% average and your child’s individual book level goal. Please make sure your child reads every night and completes the reading log. One chapter book and one “thin” nonfiction or picture book is recommended for checkout each week. Please encourage your child to stick with a chapter book. It increases the application of reading strategies learned in class as they think about how the author develops the story.
Basic/ Multiplication Facts- It is so important that your child continues to study basic addition and subtraction facts and Multiplication facts. It is our goal that the students know the facts automatically. This helps with computational math fluency. Our math curriculum progresses quickly, so it very important that your child has a strong math foundation. Flash cards can be purchased very inexpensively at dollar stores. They can also be made with index cards.
Work Habits- Please encourage your child to pay attention in class and begin assignments once they have understood directions. Incomplete classwork becomes homework or missing assignments. Homework should be minimal if classwork is completed. Homework includes reading 30 minutes a day.
_____________________________________________________________
Spelling Words
sweet
each
three
least
freedom
below
throat
float
foam
flown
greet
season
croak
shallow
eagle
indeed
rainbow
grown
seaweed
hollow
Subject Summaries
Math- Ordering and Comparing Numbers using Place Value; Multiplication facts-4’s
Alabama History- Geography of AL.
Reading: Genre: Historical Fiction Skill: Sequence Strategy: Graphic Organizers
Grammar- Subject and Predicate
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Dates to Remember:
9/7- Thirteen Colonies Poster due- see yellow instruction sheet
9/8- Selection Test on Grandfather’s Journey
9/9- Spelling Test, Multiplication Drill in 4’s, 40% of AR due
9/13- PTO/Open House at 6:30 (Please join PTO for $5.00. Each class is striving for 100%.)
9/19-9/23- PACK Week- more information to come
9/22- 6 weeks progress report
9/22- Fall Pictures
10/6-10/13- Scholastic Book Fair
Monday, August 29, 2011
Newsletter for Week of Aug. 29
Fourth Grade News
For the Week Of August 29, 2011
Reading: Lewis and Clark and Me
Math: Place Value, Chapter 1 TEST TUESDAY
Language: Unit #1 Sentences
Spelling: Monday: Define 10 words
Tuesday: 3 x each
Wednesday: Sentences
Thursday: ABC order
Friday: Unit #1 test and turn in activities.
Alabama History/Science: Animal Studies, Chapter 1 TEST FRIDAY
Important Dates to Remember:
August 31st: 10 for Technology Packets sent home
August 31st: Take home folders go home
September 1 – 8th: 10 addressed envelopes are due back
September 1st: 3 week Progress Reports
September 1st: Folders due back signed
September 1st: Reading Test
September 2nd: Spelling Test and Multiplication Quiz 0-3
September 5th: No School – Labor Day
September 13th: PTO meeting
September 22nd: 6 week Progress Reports
Spelling Words for the Week:
1. sigh 11. slight
2. right 12. thigh
3. weigh 13. tight
4. eight 14. raisin
5. detail 15. trait
6. height 16. highway
7. spray 17. frighten
8. braid 18. dismay
9. baked 19. freight
10. grain 20. sleigh
For the Week Of August 29, 2011
Reading: Lewis and Clark and Me
Math: Place Value, Chapter 1 TEST TUESDAY
Language: Unit #1 Sentences
Spelling: Monday: Define 10 words
Tuesday: 3 x each
Wednesday: Sentences
Thursday: ABC order
Friday: Unit #1 test and turn in activities.
Alabama History/Science: Animal Studies, Chapter 1 TEST FRIDAY
Important Dates to Remember:
August 31st: 10 for Technology Packets sent home
August 31st: Take home folders go home
September 1 – 8th: 10 addressed envelopes are due back
September 1st: 3 week Progress Reports
September 1st: Folders due back signed
September 1st: Reading Test
September 2nd: Spelling Test and Multiplication Quiz 0-3
September 5th: No School – Labor Day
September 13th: PTO meeting
September 22nd: 6 week Progress Reports
Spelling Words for the Week:
1. sigh 11. slight
2. right 12. thigh
3. weigh 13. tight
4. eight 14. raisin
5. detail 15. trait
6. height 16. highway
7. spray 17. frighten
8. braid 18. dismay
9. baked 19. freight
10. grain 20. sleigh
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Lady Liberty
We has an assembly this week. Lady Liberty was featured. The students had worked on a song all week to sing during this.
Recipe for Success
The first week of school has been great. I have a sweet class and they worked very hard. Our theme for the year is Cooking Up Success, so yesterday each child wrote a recipe for a successful 4th grade. They loved it especially when they realized that I had a snack prepared for them.
Recipe for Success
1/4 c Hard work (pretzel sticks)
1/3 c Responsibility (Cheerios)
1/3 c Humor (marshmallows)
1 spoon Kindness (M&M)
1/4 c Hard work (pretzel sticks)
1/3 c Responsibility (Cheerios)
1/3 c Humor (marshmallows)
1 spoon Kindness (M&M)
Friday, August 19, 2011
August 22 - 26, 2011 Newsletter
Fourth Grade News
For the Week of August 22, 2011:
Thank you for sending in supplies and returning all forms promptly. If you have not returned all forms please send those tomorrow. It is very important to have this information about your child.
Reading: Because of Winn-Dixie”
Math: Place Value, Chapter 1
Language: Unit #1 Sentences
Spelling: Monday: ABC order
Tuesday: Defintions—first 10 words only this week
Wednesday: Sentences
Thursday: 3 times each
Friday: Unit #1 test and turn in activities.
Alabama History/Science: Classifying Plants and Animals, Chapter 1
Important Dates to Remember:
August 24th: Ident-A-Kid forms due
August 24th: Take home folders go home
August 25th: Folders due back signed
August 25th: Reading Test
August 26th: Spelling Test and Multiplication Quiz 0-2
August 31st: 10 for Technology Packets sent home
September 1 – 8th: 10 addressed envelopes are due back
September 1st: 3 week Progress Reports
September 5th: No School – Labor Day
September 13th: PTO meeting
September 22nd: 6 week Progress Reports
Spelling Words for the Week:
1. admire 11. accident
2. magnet 12. mitten
3. contest 13. intend
4. method 14. fabric
5. custom 15. flatten
6. rally 16. rascal
7. soccer 17. gutter
8. engine 18. mammal
9. sudden 19. happen
10. finger 20. cannon
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