Mrs. Hickson's Class

This is a test.

We will be having our PBiS reward on Thursday Oct. 2nd.  The reward is extra recess and a “junky” snack.

Students should bring their junky snack of choice to school on Thursday.  A junky snack would be chips,

cookies, candy etc.

Good job to everyone who earned the reward.  Keep up the good behavior!!!

Our tentative NWEA testing schedule for this week:

Language- Tuesday September 30

Reading- Thursday October 2

I am a quadrangle with four sides that are all the same length. My opposite sides are parallel.  I have no right angles.

First draw a picture of me in your planner.  Then label me with my name.

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I wanted to make sure everyone knows that Thursday, Sept. 25th is picture day.

The students took home the info yesterday.

A Lindbergh t-shirt order went home Friday.  Orders are due this Friday Sept. 26th.

Don’t be left out without a Lindbergh shirt to wear!!!!

It was great to meet everyone at Open House!!  I’m so glad so many people could make it.  I would like to thank Mrs. Sleath and Mrs. Capote for volunteering to be homeroom moms this year.  I would also like to say thank you to Owen for his gift of Lemony Snicket’s “Who Could That Be at This Hour?”  Also a thank you to Jake I. for his gift of The Star Wars Science Fair Book.

If you were unable to make it to Open House please contact me so we can schedule a parent teacher conference.

We have been doing a lot of exciting learning in room 204!!

We are learning about angles, lines, and polygons in math.  Our test will be on Thursday Sept. 25th.  A study guide has gone home with your student today.  They were also told to bring home their math materials so they could study.

We have been studying maps and how to read them, the seven continents and five oceans, hemispheres, and cardinal and intermediate directions.  Students can study material on pages 4 – 17 of the Junior Geographer Atlas to prepare for next Wednesdays’s quiz.  A study guide has been given to your student.

Science has us studying matter and its properties and the three states of matter.  The science text book, Science Studies Weekly, and various videos and songs have been used in our study.

Adjectives and adverbs has been the focus in language.  We have also used them during Writer’s Workshop along with learning how to edit and revise our personal narratives.  The personal narrative should not be worked on at home.

Students are reading everyday during Daily 5 in the classroom.  They should be reading 15 – 20 everyday at home. Studies have shown that as little as 20 minutes of reading outside of school each day can dramatically increase a student’s vocabulary and helps with fluency and comprehension.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!

Welcome to the fourth grade!!!

Please be aware that a class letter is coming home on the first day of school.  Please read it over and have both student and parent sign the bottom portion and return it to school.

I look forward to an exciting year with your children!!

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