Mrs. Heilman’s Fourth Grade Weekly Newsletter
September 3, 2013
Hope you had a wonderful Labor Day Weekend!
Spelling:
Short and Long e
(Test on Friday)
Reading: My Brother Martin
(Test on Thursday) west steep member gleam fresh freedom speed steam beast believe speck kept cheap pretend greed shelf least eager reason chief echo menu creature reveal restaurant
Reading Skill : Author’s Purpose
Reading Strategy: Monitor/Clarify
Vocabulary:
*Words: injustice, numerous, segregation, nourishing, captured, dream, encounters, preferred, recall, example
*Skill: Prefixes in-, im-, il-, & ir-
Homework:
Tuesday- Cursive Spelling - 2 times each
Wednesday – JPB Pg. 16 & 18
Thursday – JPB Pg. 17
Friday- Test!
We will test on all 25 words. Please make sure you study the entire
20 basic plus 5 challenge words.
Supa Star Reading log
Every night you should: Read 20 minutes and complete the reading log.
AR Reading Log Due: Friday, Sept. 13,
2013
Language: Subjects and Predicates
Journey Practice Book Pages: p. 19 (Complete Subjects), 20 (Complete
Predicates), 21 (Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates)
Review: Contractions (pg. 22)
(Quiz on Friday)
Naming and Constructing Geometric Figures
Scientific Method
(Test on Wednesday, Sept. 4 th )
Important Announcements and Reminders
 Please sign your child’s planner nightly.
 Tuesday Night – Open House begins a 6:00 p.m. in the Moyer Gym
 Thursday –Reading Assessment over “My Brother Martin”
 Friday- Spelling and Grammar Assessments
What we did really well last week:
Getting our Planner Signed
Our class goal for this week:
Preparing for Tests
Class Website: http://www.fortthomas.kyschools.us/olc/teacher.aspx?s=168