Littlejohn

Progress Report Week

Progress reports will go home Friday, September 18th.

**Sent home to students who have a grade of 73 or lower

Spelling words

moisture

coward

loyal

thousand

avoid

annoy

amount

trouble

southern

double

**Last week for weekly reader money. The price is $5 for student readers.

Tests:

Monday-6 multiplication facts

Tuesday-Math chapter 2

Thursday-Grammar- test (fragments/run-on sentences/complex sentences/simple and compound sentences/ and sentence types) Pages 19-26

**Please donate inexpensive items for the auction.  Pencil sharpeners and erasers seem to be the rave!!

Week 5

Spelling Words

bloated

afloat

mower

owner

approach

rower

booster

gloomy

harpoon

bamboo

Tests:

Math chapter 2 (Friday)

Spelling test (Friday)

Grammar review (Friday) Sentence types: complex sentences/ fragments/run on sentences

Study Island:

Students can access Study Island  through my blog.

They should follow the unsername example:

first initial.Last name (full last name)@ chalker

Ex:J.little@chalker

Password: CHK

Study Island Website

www.studyisland.com

Week 4

Spelling words:

lightning

useful

flowing

frighten

brightly

debate

compose

dispute

decay

advice

Tests: Monday 4x test

Friday: spelling

The fourth grade team has decided to orderweekly readers for the students.  These readers will be used for home work, class work, and for reading grades.  Please send five dollars in with your child by Sept 14th so that we may purchase these readers.

Open House: Thursday, September 3rd @ 6:30  (3-5 only)

Week 3

Please note that the students have a home work folder that they use to transport their daily homework.  This folder is different from the Friday folder, which is only brought home on Fridays.

Spelling words:

hiring

posing

dozing

pacing

skimming

grabbed

grinning

greeted

floating

shouted

This week please remind your child to study their "4" times tables. 

Tests:

Friday

    Chapter 1 Math (place value)

    Spelling

    Grammar review (use the grammar books pages 7-11)

Monday August 31st

    Multiplication test for the tables of 4

All tests that are below a 73 will be sent home to be signed and returned

Dates to remember

Open House Sept 3rd

Early Release Oct 21

Fall Festival Oct 24

Welcome to the fourth grade

Welcome back!!

Our first week was terrific!! Our main focus was to increase collective teamwork.  Our class is like a family; we must learn to work together and to be respectful to each other.  The students have done a great job with getting to know one another.  I am thoroughly excited about this class.  They are an awesome set of students!

Agendas

Please make sure that your child has an agenda.  It is an imperative tool for learning how to be responsible.  Agendas are used throughout the 5th grade and throughout middle school.

Friday Folders

Friday Folders will go home at the end of each week.  Please review the content within the folder each week for tests, class work, and teacher related comments.

Next Week

We will begin our daily routine.  The students will have homework from several subjects on a daily basis (mostly math, spelling,and grammar).  Next week we go to the library to receive our library passes.  The students are expected to read daily for 20 minutes as an extension of homework.

Please check your child's agenda daily for updated information about homework and test

** Starting this Thursday the students will bring home a Homework folder.  This folder is different from their Friday Folder.  This will hopefully aid some students in being organized with their assignments.

This Friday we will have a spelling test:

climate

freedom

treaty

transmit

metric

profit

current

humid

finance

radio

** Every Friday  we will have a spelling test

***We will have a test on pages 7-11 in the students' "Skills for Super Writers" (grammar) book next Monday

There will be a multiplication test next Monday 1-3

CRCT Practice week

Hello,

The students participated in a practice CRCT assessment on Monday.  An overview of their score will be sent home Friday.  Please continue to practice online for the CRCT.  The extra reinforcement really helps as we approach the testing date.

Picture day is Thursday!

Assessments:

Prepositional Phrases- Friday

DOL-Friday

Math (geometry)- Friday

No spelling this week.

March 16th

Hello,

Please remember to turn in all permission slips for the fifth grade activities.  These dates are approaching soon...

Report cards go home next week.  Please review this information with your child.  If you have any questions please contact me.

Assessments:

Wed- Social studies test on the events leading up to Spanish American War, the Panama Canal, and WW1

Thursday- assessment on contractions, negative words, and prepositions

Friday-Spelling test and DOL

Please remember to complete the CRCT assignments that have been posted.  The students can use this site to practice for the CRCT and to reinforce important skills needed for the test.

Healthwise week

The students did a great job on the writing test.  The results will be sent home along with each student's fourth quarter report card.

This week on Thursday and Friday the students will participate in a healthwise activity.  This activity will take part during the school day.  The students will be separated and each group will learn about puberty and development.

Assessments:

DOL/ Spelling Friday

Math chapter 17/18 Friday

Thursday- Figurative language quiz

Writing test week

3/3 Early Release

3/4 Thewriting test will be on March 4th.  The students will begin promptly at 8:15.  If any student is late they will be sent to the library.  They will be allowed to enter the classroom once the test is over.  Students who are late or absent will be allowed to take a retest the following day. 

The test will last for 2 hours; therefore, please make sure that your child gets enough rest and a nutritious breakfast.

3/5 The students will view a Holocaust play from 8:15-9:15; afterwards, representatives from Palmer will visit to discuss any questions surrounding middle school.

Math:

Chapter 17- Test on Friday

Social studies:

We will begin our study of World War 1. 

Reading:

We will begin our study of metaphors, similes, and alliteration.

Health:

The students have a health project that is due Tuesday, March 3rd.

Writing:

The final draft of the students' persuasive writing is due Tuesday, March 3rd.

Please remember to turn in all dues for the fifth grade activities (i.e. the end of year  picnic, field trip, and the year book.

The CRCT is approaching.  Please remember to review daily with your child.  Also, please take the online practice CRCT for added reinforcement.