Monday Memo
September 8, 2014
Dear Parents,
I hope everyone had a great weekend! Last week flew by,
but having only 4 days tends to do that!
Today we finished our story over “Grandfather’s Journey”.
We will start tomorrow on a story about the Titanic. The students typically
love this story (although it is so tragic). We will be working on a variety of
skills throughout this story including:
Vocabulary, Comprehension, Outlining, Syllibication, and using a
thesaurus. Our grammar this week will be over writing compound and complete
sentences. The spelling list will be sent home with the students tomorrow.
Thank-you for having your child read their RC book each night for at least 15
minutes. They need their book read by Sept. 15th. Some of the kids
have shorter books, so as many quizzes as they can take in that time period
would be of great benefit to them!
We had our first science test last Thursday. I sent the
tests home with them that day. Just a reminder to make sure they study their
study guide for the test. I will always let you know when that study guide is
coming home and when the test is through this memo. We are going to start on
social studies this week. We will begin by going through some skills in the
book’s handbook. Once we spend some time doing that, we will be covering
regions of the United States.
This week’s math will be over comparing multi-digit whole
numbers. The students will now use place value to compare whole numbers. We
also do a daily math review each day. This review really helps them prepare for
the Iowa Assessments as it reviews previously learned concepts. I appreciate
you taking at least 5 minutes a night to help your child learn their
multiplication facts! We take a weekly 5 minute test over 100 problems. Once
the students have completed all 100 problems in 5 minutes they become members
of the “Never Again Club” which simply means they don’t have to take the tests
every week, just occasionally. They also receive a prize!
On Friday, the fourth graders will be traveling to the
Belmond Care Center and Belle Haven! They are the fourth grader’s adopted
business and we really enjoy going over there and meeting new friends! I will
let you know in our next memo what we did while we were there!! They always
have something wonderful prepared and ready for us!!
As always, please call with any questions/concerns! I
like to be proactive on any situations!
Have a great week!
Chris Mallen
Chris Mallen
Phone: (Home)
444-3093 (School) 444-4300 ext. 336
Email:
chris.mallen@bkcsd.org
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