Monday Memo
November 6, 2012
Dear Parents,
I hope everyone had a great weekend! I want to thank our room mothers, Mrs. Gabrielson, Mrs. Lane and Mrs. Dougherty for the absolutely wonderful Halloween party they put on for us on Halloween!! They did a great job and the kids had a marvelous time!! We also went to the Belmond Care Center prior to the parade, to show off our costumes for them. They were so kind to give each of the kids a Halloween treat as well!! We are a lucky group of fourth graders!!
I gave each of the kids a copy of the book Lucky Charms and Birthday Wishes. This book needs to be read by November 15. Many have it done already. It is just a fun book on friendship and also has a lot of holiday themes in it, which makes it kind of fun this time of year! We finally got to go to the library this week. It had been closed due to the book fair. Once the kids are done with the above book, they can read their library RC book. I will have another selection in a different genre for them the 15th of November, but once the above book is read, they can read their own choice book. For reading this week we are reading a selection entitled “A Very Important Day”. We will be doing skills on comprehension, decoding words, reading a newspaper article, vocabulary skills, and words with multiple meanings this week. Our guided reading books will be focusing on sequencing this week. Our centers will have us doing a vocabulary activity, scrambling some spelling sentences and writing a journal entry. We will also incorporate our SRA into this week. Our hope is to get three done this week.
For Math, we are starting our new chapter on multiplication. Knowing their multiplication facts will make this chapter a breeze. We do a lot of multiplication processes within this chapter. Knowing the facts will make this very easy. We are doing our daily review (Bucket) each day that has them doing skills they have learned in the past. This is a great way to remember past skills.
In Science the students will be finishing up our unit on plant needs and adaptations. Next week we should be ready to test. Stay tuned to the Monday Memo as to when the study guide will be coming home. For Social Studies, we are finishing up with our Southwest Region of the United States. We should be ready to test over that next week as well. Again, stay tuned to the Monday Memo for when that study guide will be coming home with them.
The spelling list is attached to this memo. Just a reminder that we have an early out on Wednesday. If you have any questions/concerns, please feel free to call.
Have a great week!
Chris Mallen
Phone: (Home) 444-3093 (School) 444-4300 ext. 337
Email: chris.mallen@belmond-klemme.k12.ia.us
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