Mrs. Thurber’s Newsletter 10/27/15
Important News
Tests this week:
-Math quiz Friday*
*subject to change based on class progress
Important Dates to Remember
Oct. 26th
Oct. 27th
Oct. 30th
Nov. 5th
Nov. 11th
Nov. 19th
Nov. 21st-29th
Teacher work day – no school for
students!
BYOD begins! Must have turned in
permission form to use in class
Report cards sent home
Trunk or Treat 5-6:30pm
Field trip payment due!
Veterans Day-No School
St. Augustine Field Trip
Thanksgiving break 
Spelling Words
No spelling
beginning
Thursday
due to
WACKY
WEDNESDAY
on the 28th!
Introducing Thursday 10/22
Test on 10/28
(Short/Long –i)
List 8
1. spine
2. write
3. recite
4. finite
5. imply
6. mystify
7. magnify
8. quantify
9. sight
10. thigh
11. alright
12. grind
13. remind
14. blind
15. quill
16. shrink
17. quick
18. spring
19. wring
20. which
Nightly Practice
Monday: No School! 
Tuesday: Close read passage (summary), Math
worksheet, spelling practice, and read for 30
minutes
Wednesday: Close read passage (3 connections),
Math worksheet, spelling practice, and read for 30
minutes,
Thursday: Close read passage (Comprehension
question/Edmodo), Math worksheet, spelling sort,
and read for 20 minutes
Friday: Read every day 
*Please check and sign agenda nightly as nightly
practice is subject to change and important notes are
sent home weekly.
NO VOCAB starting
Thursday, due to the 4
day weekend!

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Next Vocabulary Beginning Thursday
(Test Wednesday, November 4th)
Rivals- person competing for the same goal
Conquistadors- Spanish conqueror
Reform- to form again
Settled- to take up residence
Heretic a person who doesn’t have the same
religious beliefs.
Overland- over or across the land
Red Ribbon Week!
Specials
-Say no to drugs-
Monday- Science
Tuesday- Media
Wednesday- WACKY WEDNESDAY
Thursday- PE Walker
Friday- Technology
Tuesday – wear RED
Wednesday – Wear WACKY socks
Thursday – wear favorite team shirt (Sports teams)
Friday – regular jeans day, but come back for
Trunk or Treat at 5PM!
.
Suggested Apps
St. Augustine
Here are some great apps you can use for extra practice:
The letter of information has been sent home!
You’ll notice the cost is more than the originally
anticipated total. The main reason for this is due to the
difference in total 4th grade students this year. Because
we have such a bigger group, our costs are also higher.
We appreciate you understanding this change. Please
let me know if you are unable to cover this cost.
Math
-Oh No Fractions
-Fill the Cup
-Pizza 1
-Candy Factory
-Math Fractions
-IXL
ELA
-Bluster
-SpellingCity
-iStation
-Spelling Free
Both
-QR scanner
-Educreation
-BrainPOP
-Prezi
-iBrainstorm
-Khan Academy
Websites
spellingcity.com (search for Mrs. Thurber)
iReady.com
math-drills.com
brainpop.com (Username: sawgrassbay PW: sawgrass)
khanacademy.org
Multiplication Extravaganza
To help learn multiplication facts students are
participating in the World Famous Ice Cream
Extravaganza! We need donations of ice
cream, bowls, spoons, chocolate/caramel
syrup, whipped cream, cherries, and baby
wipes…or, gift cards to purchase these items.
If you’d like to help with donations (or
scooping ice cream at the event) please let
me know. Our extravaganza will be held on
December 11th 
Here is your next deadline:
Thursday, Nov. 5th – payment due
What We Are Learning Right Now
Reading— RL.1.2 Determine the theme of a story
& RI.1.2 Determine the main idea of an article
Language Arts— Writer’s Workshop
Math— MAFS.2.6 Find whole number quotients
with up to 4-digit divisors & 1-digit dividends and
answer word problems
Science—Matter
Social Studies—DBQ-Why did Spain Settle St.
Augustine?
We are also learning the 7 habits of successful
people!
Habit 1: Be Proactive
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
Habit 3: Put First Things First
Habit 4: Think Win-Win
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand then to be
Understood
Habit 6: Synergize
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw