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Fourth Grade Free Press. Mr. Fox’s Class Friday, September 10 th , 2010. Upcoming Dates: September:
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Fourth Grade Free Press Mr. Fox’s Class Friday, September 10th, 2010 Upcoming Dates: September: Thursday 16th - PEP (Parent and Educator Partnership) have their first meeting. It is at 6:30pm in the school library. This groups is trying to improve the partnership between home and school. If you are interested in volunteering and staying connected, please come to our meeting. Wednesday 22nd – School Picture Day Monday 27th – No School: Staff Development Tuesday 28th– Coffee Night with Mr. Fox Hi Families, We are off to a great start of our school year. Our reading and math is now in full swing. We even added Social Studies this week! In computer during the next couple of weeks, we will be taking our Fall NEWA tests. We will start with the reading test, then the math test and finally the Language Arts test. These results will be great for helping to guide my instruction in the first part of the school year. I will be sharing all of the results with you at conference time! We take our reading test this Tuesday. Please make sure that your child has a good night sleep and some breakfast before school on Tuesday. As part of your child's homework, they are expected to read 20 minutes every night. This can be with you, without you, out loud, silently, to a younger brother or sister, or completely independent. We have talked about choosing a book that is appropriate for them, but some students are better at this than others. Please be sure that they are reading books at home that are at their reading level and ask them questions about what they are reading to make sure they are understanding it. Our star of the week person for this coming week will be Riley K. Thank you very much for everything you do for your kids! If you have any questions for me please don’t hesitate to e-mail or call. Have a great weekend! -Mr. Fox Language Arts: We are moving on to week 2 of Unit 1. Our theme this week is Deserts and animal survival. We are going to spend some time studying the geography of different deserts! Spelling Words for Next Week: Pale, face, crate, clay, stray, cane, slate, today, bail, rail, break, ache, drain, faint, flame, claim, steak, neigh, mane, graze, grim, plum, cash, neighbor, railway Vocabulary Words for Next Week: Shimmer, eerie, lurk, swallows, climate, silken, lumbering Math: We are moving on moving on to our first full Unit on solving Multiplication and Division word problems. Social Studies: We started social studies this week and are learning the location of all 50 states. Soon we will start to learn their capitals and move on to learn about the world map. Science: We will start math after our first Social Studies Unit is done. Quick Reminder: If you have not brought in 5 dollars for party money please try to remember to do that.