Monday, January 30-Friday Feb. 3rd

Open enrollment forms are in the office for those parents who are interested.  The forms are due Friday, February 3, 2012.  Curriculum night is this Thursday from 6-7:00pm. Our classroom is an open house for this hour to come see what your students have been working on this year.  It is fun for the students to show their parents their portfolios and different projects they have made throughout the year. 

I will send home a class list Monday, February 6^th, for those students who choose to bring Valentines.  We will have a small Valentine Exchange Celebration Tuesday, February 14^th.  Students do not need to bring Valentines however, if they do choose to bring Valentines they need to have one for each student in the class (27 students).  We will also be making Valentine Mailboxes prior to Valentines Day.

 Homework- due Thursday

For homework this week please complete the following:

·      Math review pages

·      Blue reading page.

·      January reading calendar due. (Parent signature required)

Upcoming events:

o   Thursday, February 2^nd- Curriculum night 6:00pm

Science: I graded and gave the students their Water Cycle Test.  We will now begin our unit on Weathering.

Math: We have been and will continue to study geometry! Geometry is a big part of the fourth grade curriculum.

Reading and Vocabulary: We have been doing ‘book buddies’ with a second grade class.  It has been a rewarding experience for both fourth graders and second graders alike.  This is our final week of book buddies.   

Spelling:  Please see each students individual spelling sort for this weeks spelling words or the backside of this newsletter.  

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Thought: “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”                ~Victor Frankl

I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend.   The end of second quarter has finished and the third quarter has begun!  I have sent home final grades with your student.  If your student has a 3 or 4 it means they are proficient in those content areas.  Please review your students grades and if you have any questions please email me or call:

stephanie.smith@ironmail.org

435-586-2840.

Homework- due Thursday

For homework this week please complete the following:

·      Math Review Papers (1-front and back)

·      Read blue page

·      Water cycle fill-in the blank.

·      Practice spelling words.

Upcoming events:

o   Monday, January 16^th-MLK Day. No school.

o   Wednesday, January 25^th- Flag Ceremony assembly. (OUR CLASS IS IN CHARGE OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE STUDENTS WILL BE PERFORMING. YOU ARE INVITED TO COME TO THE ASSEMBLY AT 10:00 (K-2) OR AT 10:45 (3-5).

Science: This is the last week we will be studying the water cycle and then we will move in to our next unit, Weathering.

Math: We have been and will continue to study geometry! Geometry is a big part of the fourth grade curriculum.  The homework I have sent home focuses on multiplication and division because the students seem to forget the steps when they are not doing them often. 

Reading and Vocabulary: We do not have reading groups this week because of DIBELS testing.  We will do reading, vocabulary and comprehension as a whole group in the classroom for the next two weeks.  Reading groups will resume next Monday.

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Thought: “Children learn to read on the laps of their parents.” -Emilie

This past week was a great week and the students and I are back into the swing of things.  I hope you all enjoyed the Holiday Break and this coming weekend we have a three-day weekend.

Homework- due Thursday

For homework this week please complete the following:

·      Math Review Papers (2)

·      Read blue page

·      Practice spelling words

Upcoming events:

o   Tuesday, January 10^th- Parent Kindergarten meeting 11:45am in the gym.

o   Monday, January 16^th-MLK Day. No school.

o   Wednesday, January 25^th- Flag Ceremony assembly. (OUR CLASS IS IN CHARGE OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE STUDENTS WILL BE PERFORMING. YOU ARE INVITED TO COME TO THE ASSEMBLY AT 10:00 (K-2) OR AT 10:45 (3-5).

Science: The water cycle has been an extremely fun unit and we will continue working on the water cycle

Math: We took a long division test last Friday and I graded them and handed them back to the students last Friday.   If you haven’t seen them please ask your student if you can see it. 

Reading and Vocabulary: We do not have reading groups this week because of DIBELS testing.  We will do reading, vocabulary and comprehension as a whole group in the classroom for the next two weeks. 

Spelling:  Please see each students individual spelling sort for this weeks spelling words or the back side of this newsletter.