VALENTINE EXCHANGE: We will have a Valentine Exchange on Friday, February 14th. We won't be having a party, but students can do a quick exchange during homeroom. In order to participate, your student MUST include everyone (list below). For a "box" - students can decorate a small box (tissue or shoe box) or a bag to keep their Valentine goodies. CLASSMATES: Emerson Nataly Dylan Isabella Collin Ruby Madilyn Madelyn Mason Bailey Hamp Guillermo Calvin Karina Esmelin Jacob Payden Juan Jose Harper Effie Jake Breckin Joseph Amanda
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NEWSLETTER FOR THIS WEEK IS BELOW:
Wednesday the 4th - all students will be taking the Florida Writing Field Test. This test will be treated just like a state testing environment - so please make all appts after 10:30am. We won't be able to release students during the testing window 8:15-10:15.
Big ideas this week - Finishing Social Studies Unit 2 lesson 2 - Florida's first colonies New Reading text - "The Longest Night" No grammar this week Summarizing fiction texts. This week's spelling list - students should be studying the words and their meanings this week.. 1, Final 2. Finale 3. Finish 4. Infinity 5. Transport 6. Transfer 7. Translate 8. Transform 9. Thermometer 10. Thermos 11. Thermostat 12. Autograph 13. Paragraph 14. Graphic 15. Photograph HALLOWEEN IS THURSDAY - students may dress as a book character.
We can have a treat during lunch. Let me know if you'd like to bring something or send something for our class! Click the Social Studies link above for information about the SS project due Nov. 15th Veterans' Day program is Friday - November 8th. Please let me know if you or anyone in your family is a veteran, so we can celebrate you! Spelling words and other important dates are on the newsletter sent home Monday. Here is a pic below: No Spelling words this week! We have a short week, so here are our big ideas and due dates for this week... ELA - writing quality summaries, subject and object pronouns, and writing organized introductory paragraphs for informative essays. Social Studies - Unit 2 - Exploration and Colonization of Florida Report Cards are coming home Thursday! Quiz on Friday on Unit 2 Lesson 1 of Social Studies. Donate to our class TpT account here: www.teacherspayteachers.com/ClassFund/Ms-Renee-Pitchford-76242 Students will not have spelling words this week, so they will only have HW on Thursday evening.
Grammar Quiz this Friday on Pronouns This is the last week of 1st Nine Weeks, so we will be wrapping up Unit 1 of our ReadyGen Reading unit. Students will be making up all missed work and working diligently to review all skills from this first nine weeks of 4th grade! Well, I don't know about you guys, but I can't believe we are already at October. It was great to meet so many of you at Open House!
This week's big ideas in class are:
Set When Are Then Lose Quiet Who's Sit Win Our Than Loose Quit Whose Quite OPEN HOUSE IS TUESDAY AT 6:00pm - COME HEAR Mrs. Dorman (Tucci is married now) and me tell all the scoop about our fantastic team of 4th graders!
Open House Schedule: 4:30 p.m. in the cafeteria Sandpiper Booster Meeting 5:00 p.m. K-2 Open House in classrooms 5:45 p.m. K-2 Parents & students visit special area classrooms to meet teachers (STEM, Art, Media and PE) 5:30 p.m. 3rd-5th Understanding our Standards, Rigor & Complexity 6:00 p.m. 3rd-5th Open House in classrooms 6:45 p.m. 3rd-5th Parents & students visit special area classrooms to meet teachers (STEM, Art, Media and PE) 7:15 p.m. End of evening events ELA THIS WEEK - Students will be reading informational (non-fiction) texts, working on common and proper nouns, and learning to outline and plan before tackling essays. SS - Look for the SS test to come home graded on Wednesday. We are moving on this week to discuss Florida's early people. This week students will have new spelling words - HW due TH - Quiz is on Friday: Active Artist Biologist Calmness Collective Cyclist Darkness Defensive Finalist Fullness Intensive Locomotive Motorist Novelist Soloist ***** Don't forget to return the Spirit Tshirt sizing sheet to let our boosters know what size shirt to get for your student!
This week students have a Social Studies postcard project due Wednesday 9/18 - Click on the button below for specifics. They have been working on these in class but need to finish at home. We will have a test Thursday in Social Studies on the following topics: USING MAPS, LATITUDE/LONGITUDE, FLORIDA'S GEOGRAPHY, & FLORIDA'S WEATHER. Use pages 9-27 of the Social Studies book to review. Friday Spelling Test on these words - they have brief homework each night to complete - Anyway Basketball Campground Classroom Downtown Driveway Earmuffs Nighttime Snowflake Something Staircase Underground Upset Weekend Windshield |
Homework is due at the beginning of class!
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