March 16th

1. orbit

2. fourth

3. source

4. sports

5. forward

6. force

7. order

8. yourself

9. support

10. anymore

11. ignore

12. portrait

13. border

14. course

15. tornado

Monday: Write each word 5 times

Tuesday: Write a story using 10 of your words

Wednesday: Write each word in cursive or your nicest handwriting

Thursday: ABC order

Reminders: 

• Thursday is Camouflage Day. Dress in your best Camouflage. 

• Literacy night is this Thursday! Come and hear stories being read by different people from our community. Plus every child that comes gets a free book! At 6pm  meet in the Cafeteria for a welcome. 

March 9th

Report Cards: 

Report cards are coming today and tomorrow. We want your student at a 2 or 3 at this point in the year. We have started interventions for those students who need it.  Please refer to the following grading scale to see how your student is doing.  If you still have questions please feel free to email your students teacher. 

4= Mastery - Mastered end of the year power standard

3= Low Risk - On Track to master End of Year Power Standard

2= Some Risk - Has basic concepts or skills, but has not yet mastered the concept

1= High Risk - Significant Interventions Needed

Blank = Not Taught

Subjects this week: 

Math: Measurement
Science : Environments (classification of living things) 
Writing: Informational  5 Paragraph Essays 

Reminders: 

• Cookie Dough will be here on the 12th of March a Thursday. We will have students call you to remind you and we will be passing it out AFTER school from 4-6. 
• Spring Pictures: This Wednesday on the 11th. 
• Field Trip: March 16th will be Farm Field Day. Students will be back for a normal lunch at school. 

Spelling 

Review this week of past words 

     1.      questions

2.      certain

3.      fountain

4.      capture

5.      metaphor

6.      simile

7.      postal

8.      climate

9.      measure

10.  puzzle

11.  crumble

12.  dimple

13.  vowel

14.  mixture

15.  pasture

Monday: Write each word 5 times

Tuesday: Write a story using 10 of your words

Wednesday: Write each word in cursive or your nicest handwriting

Thursday: ABC order

March 2, 2015

Snow! 

• Please make sure your students are dressed to play outside. 
•   Report cards will be out soon! Remember your student should be at a 2 or 3 at this point in the year. 
•       Language art project: We need newspapers with the black and white letter print. If you have any you could donate that would be great! 
• Field Trip: We are going on a Field Trip this Thursday to the Story Telling Festival. We will be back in time for lunch at school. 
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                                                                Spelling words this week are: 

  1.       Structure

2.       Signature

3.       Furniture

4.       Departure

5.       Capture

6.       Culture

7.       Creature

8.       Fixture

9.       Fracture

10.   Future

11.   Puncture

12.   Texture

13.   Rapture

14.   mixture

15.   Pasture

     Monday: 5x          Tuesday: write a story using 10 words          Wed: in Cursive or nicest handwriting          Thurs: ABC order 

      Math: Conversion 

      Science: Fossils ( Test this Friday!) 

      Language: Figurative Language 

     Writing: 5 Paragraph Essays

• A cool program just started called every kid in a park. It allows any 4th grader and their family to experience national parks for FREE all year! For more information just click on the link below. 

http://www.nationalparks.org/ook/every-kid-in-a-park

Upcoming Events

• Friday will be the last of the trimester. This means we are done with testing! In celebration of this and of earning our goal in Box Tops we will be having a movie and popcorn day on Friday. Students will be allowed to wear pajama's and bring a snack if they want to. We will be having normal activities in the morning and then starting the movie after that. If you have any questions feel free to contact us. 

• In other news we will be taking a field trip the 5th of March to the Middle School for the Story Telling Festival. We will be leaving at 9:45 and will be back around 11:45. 

• A cool program just started called every kid in a park. It allows any 4th grader and their family to experience national parks for FREE all year! For more information just click on the link below. 

http://www.nationalparks.org/ook/every-kid-in-a-park

Week of February 23rd

HELLO!! 

Last week there was no spelling because of the short week.

Study Topics: 

Math: Fraction's (last week)
Science: Fossils
Reading: Comprehension skills
Language: Prefixes and Suffixes
Writing: Opinion Essays

Reminders: 

• Please make sure students are wearing coats to school. It is still winter and students will be outside for recesses. 
• Box Tops: Thanks you to those who brought in box tops! Because they met their goal students will receive a movie and popcorn Friday to celebrate. 

Spelling words: 

1                 Cycle
2.      Noble
3.      Ramble
4.      Uncle
5.      Circle
6.      Sparkle
7.      Knuckle
8.      Cable
9.      Particle
10. Freckle
11. Chuckle
12. Grumble
13. Tumble
14. Table

                Vehicle

    Monday: write each work 3x  

    Tuesday: Abc order      

     Wed: Define and draw 8 words 

  Thursday: Write a story with all 15 words. 

Week of Feb 9

Thanks for coming to parents teacher conferences!! We are having 2 more sessions Tuesday at 4 and 6!


Science Fair projects will be presented on Thursday at 8:45-10:30 in the Library. Parents are more then welcome to come and watch.


Science: Rocks and Minerals
Math: Fractions
Writing: Testing

Spelling words                                              1.       Towel

2.       Vowel

3.       Portal

4.       Tunnel

5.       Pastel

6.       Oval

7.       Fatal

8.       Chapel

9.       Tinsel

10.   Disposal

11.   Normal

12.   Equal

13.   Rural

14.   Petal

15.   Total 

          Monday: 5x each     Tuesday: Use 10 words in a story  Wednesday: ABC order   Thurs: Cursive 

First week in February

This week:

Science: Soil Layers
Math: Fractions
Writing: Sage and Benchmark Testing

We are starting to test for Sage writing this month and do our Benchmark testing for report cards. Please make sure your students attend school so that they can take the tests with their own class. Science projects will be due this Friday the 6th. 

Parent Teacher Conferences are next Monday and Tuesday at 4 or 6. 

Spelling words 

1. thirty

2. synonym

3. antonym

4. usefulness

5. covered

6. anyone

7. several

8. juvenile

9. reptile

10. toward

11. fragile

12. hostile

13. mobile

14. tonsil

15. evil

16. terrarium

17. depend

18. destroyed

19. resource

20. factory 

Monday: Write each word 3 times

Tuesday: Use 10 words in a story. 

Wednesday: Write words in abc order. 

Thursday: Define 10 spelling words. 

Friday: TEST 

Week of January 26th

We will not be having a traditional PTC night. Instead we are doing a science fair and talking to you in groups about how to read and understand your students Sage scores and discussing other 4th grade curriculum. We will then be in our rooms to answer questions individually if you would like.

If we feel we need to have a 1 on 1 conversation about your child we will contact you and schedule a time to meet. February 9 and 10 we will be having Sage presentations in Mrs.Luck's room. 
You will receive a note home stating your date and time.

Science:  Weather Tools  

Math: Fractions

Writing: Writing-Utah Compose (typing skills).  

Reading: Close reading 

Spelling words for this week are:

1. twelve

2. proverb

3. across

4. today

5. during

6. metaphor

7. simile

8. quiz

9. however

10. proposal

11. bridal

12. dental

13. nasal

14. postal

15. hemisphere

16. climate

17. inverse

18. population 

Monday: Write each word 3 times

Tuesday: Use 10 words in a story. 

Wednesday: Write words in abc order. 

Thursday: Define 10 spelling words. 

Friday: TEST 

Feel free to contact us with any questions!

          Jennifer.Clifton@uintah.net

          Ext. 1504

          Brittany.Luck@uintah.net

          1538

         

          Mari.Cook@uintah.net

          1543

          Donna.Mckee@uintah.net

Science Fair

We are so excited to give the students the opportunity to participate in a science fair. We have compiled information to help you with conducting this experiment or demonstration. If you need anymore information or have any questions please feel free to ask!

Science Fair:   Discovery 4th Grade

Due February 6

  Life Science/Earth Science/Physical Science

Experiment/Demonstration-Research

. Students will be presenting a science fair project this coming February in place of our traditional Parent Teacher Night. We have told the students they are able to complete a science project where they conduct and an experiments and go through the scientific process or they may conduct a science demonstration. We are so excited for students to participate and we thank you for participating and helping them!!

The following are directions for whatever path they decide to take.

Demonstration: If students choose to participate in a demonstration we ask that they complete the following.

• 1 page report

This report should be typed and explain why they choose this topic, how they created the demonstration and what they learned about the topic.

• Demonstration

A working demonstration on the science topic they learned about. For example: If they choose the water cycle then they would bring their working sample of the water cycle or the parts they learned about.

• Poster (optional)

Students may turn in a poster display showing their work.

Science Experiment: If students conduct an experiment the following will be due.

• 1 page report

This report should be typed and explain why they choose this topic, how conducted their experiment and what they learned about the topic.

• Poster

This poster should contain photos and data they students collected throughout their experiment. See poster checklist attached. They may also display items they used in their experiment.

Report Outline-Typed

Section 1: Background

• Tell how you came up with the idea.
• Why did you want to do this report?

Section 2: Question

• State the question you were trying to answer.
• Give a full explanation of your question (or “problem”).

Section 3: Hypothesis

• State your hypothesis.

Section 4: Description of Experiment

• State everything you can to describe your experiment, surveys, or research.
• List all materials used.
• Tell how you used them.
• Include any drawings, photographs, graphs, computer printouts, and/or whatever helps explain how you tested your hypothesis.

Section 5: Conclusion

• Explain fully what you learned from the project.
• Describe any problems you may have encountered. Tell what you had to do to correct them or what you would do if you did this over.