Mr. Hiltner’s 4th Grade
Newsletter
Teacher: _Mr. Hiltner______________ Week of Jan. 13th-Jan. 17th______________
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING
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Math-We have continued Math/Switch with Mrs. Greip’s, Mr. Schleper’s, Mrs. Berggren’s, and our class. We have started Unit 4.
This unit is all about decimals including place value, comparing decimals, writing decimals in words, adding, subtracting, and
rounding.
Spelling-Next week will be our 14th week of spelling. (Please continue to help your child practice their works each week as I know
you are all doing. (Student’s Spelling Bands will vary)
Reading/Writing-We are continuing with Lesson 10 this coming week. The target skills include ‘Author’s Purpose’ and
‘Analyze/Evaluate’ and the vocabulary strategies we are focusing on are ‘Analogies’. Our grammar focus is the use of pronouns.
The pronouns include subject, object, reflexive, and antecedent agreement Vocabulary for the lesson includes debut, stubborn,
permission, hauling, mournful, towered, triumph, discouraged, toured, and border.
(Please be practicing vocabulary with you child each week)
Content-Students will continue their rotation to science with Mrs. Stearn.
BIRTHDAYS-
BOOKS WE ARE READING-Class Read Aloud-Mystery Novel in which I
am not letting the students see the title. I have seen students reading
include: Blue Dolphin, the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Stem, Lemony
Snicket Series, Harry Potter, Hatchet, Holes, Goosebumps, and many
others.
SUGGESTIONS FOR EXTENDED LEARNING AT HOME
-Practicing subtraction, addition, multiplication, and division
math facts
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-Practicing weekly spelling words.
-Practicing weekly vocabulary.
-IXL and Mobymax for Math on the computer. (Students know
their username and passwords)
SCHOOL EVENTS
-Author/Illustrator Gary Harbo will be here
next week to present and teach kids from
each grade about writing and cartoon
drawing.
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Hello Parents,
The kids had another mini-break right after their Christmas break. Hopefully, the weather allows us to get
back to our normal five-day school weeks. I know many students continue to work on their math facts at home, but
I have seen a dip in math fact scores the last few weeks and would like to reemphasize practicing math facts at
home with your child. This practice may be flash cards, timed quizzes, verbal facts, or even if they go online to
practice. Since we are back to our normal switching for Math, students should be bringing their homework home to
complete on a regular basis. We are also starting a new Reading Log in our class that will be turned in every two
weeks. The Reading Log will be located in their Homework binder and there is a space for a parent to sign each
week indicating the students read the amount of minutes written. I hope everyone is able to get through this cold
period and if you have any questions or concerns feel free to contact me anytime.
Email: jhiltner@delano.k12.mn.us Phone:763-972-6200 Ext. 4214
Thanks, Mr. Hiltner