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