(The Lorem Ipsums) (Fall 2016)

(Fundraising Due) (Math Test 09/30Spelling Test 10/03Root Word Quiz 10/03Vocab Test 10/03Titanic Test 10/03) (Fundraising Packets are due. Be sure to get your last minute sales in! ) (Remember, we are out at 2:00 every Wednesday for teacher professional development.) (Objective Focused Learning) (My goal for teaching this year is to engage parents in the process. This means that I will be sending home newsletters that focus on the learning objectives I am teaching in the classroom. This will more clearly state how it is you can help your child learn the material. The other focus will be student organization. Students will be bringing home a planner nightly for your perusal and signature. It will include what we worked on (in student friendly terms) as well as a daily summary, which will serve as a conversation starter about their day at school.) (My name is Miss Phillips and I am honored to be your teacher this year. I received my Bachelor’s from Benedictine in Springfield in Elementary Education with endorsements in Language Arts and Social Studies. I obtained a Master’s degree from Benedictine University in Reading and Literacy K-12 with a Reading Specialist endorsement. I am a life-long learner, a mini doxie owner, and a new mommy to my baby girl named Harper.I worked for 2 years at Waverly Junior High School teaching 6th grade. I also worked 1 year at Riverton as a long -term 4th grade sub. I look forward to a great year! ) (the) (Miss Phillips 4th Grade Newsletter) (Phillips’ Post) (Fall 2014) (All Year) (September 29th) (Wednesdays) (Upcoming Tests) (Save the Date!) (About Miss Phillips) (This weeks’ spelling pattern is the Titanic Themed. Make sure you practice these words nightly! The test for Spelling is always on Fridays. For word knowledge we will be working with root words.) (Spelling/Word Knowledge Focus) (We will be jumping into our textbook now and starting with Cells in Living Things. ) (This week we are finishing up Narrative. We will be doing our On Demand and then just some review with some different kinds of Narratives writing prompts.) (Writing Focus) (Science Focus) (We will be reviewing for Topic 3 and then taking the Topic test. Then we will have a reteaching day over topic 3 material. We will then start topic 4 with using mental math and estimating sums and differences.) (Math Focus) (Reading Focus) (This week we will be building background knowledge on the Titanic. We will be working with the skills of comparing first to second hand accounts and giving details from a historical event. )

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