Dear Parents,

Just in case students want to get ahead with their spelling words for the week, here they are:

compatible, dimple, freckle, ankle, knuckle, sprinkle, pebble, uncle, humble, fumble, turtle, spring scale, balance, Earth, moon, sun, where, wear, seen, scene.

Field Trip Thursday: Dearborn Performing Arts Center to see The Dearborn Symphony Orchestra which supports our science and music curriculums.

Popcorn Sale Friday, February 10th: Volunteers and bakers are needed! Thank you.

Report Cards: Report cards were sent home Friday. The 2nd NWEA score was not recorded on the yellow copy of the report card. Graphs were sent home that show students’ scores above winter 17. If you have any questions about it feel free to contact me.

Well have a great rest of the weekend!

Sincerely,
Gina Parana

Dear Parents,

Welcome to a new week!
This week we have a half day on Friday, with dismissal being at 11:45. It is a teacher duty day in the afternoon, an afternoon to get ready for the 2nd cardmarking report cards.

Spelling this week: neutral, fatal, numeral, although, almonds, total, final, medal, vocal, royal, executive branch, legislative branch, judicial branch, separate, balance.

Math tests were passed back and students did pretty well.
We will start this week looking at place value and decimals.

In Science we are ending our hands on unit on matter.

Social Studies we will be studying our government.

NWEA testing is continuing this week so please get plenty of rest and have your child eat a good breakfast each day.

Thank you for logging reading minutes in the planner each night and asking your children comprehension questions. We are really working on context clues: using the surrounding sentence to help figure out what words mean.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

This Friday dismissal time is at 11:45 for teacher duty day. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Gina Parana

Good afternoon everyone,

That snow is really coming down. I wonder if we will have a snow day????

This week:

Recess: We go out for recess if the wind chill is 20 and up. Please send your child to school with the necessary items to stay warm out there. Only students with snow pants and boots can play outside in the snow. Otherwise, students will have to play on the black top.

Spelling: Spelling this week is

Math: We will have our math test Monday and begin a new unit on fractions.

Please continue to read each night for 20 minutes and log your the minutes.

Looking ahead: Next Wednesday is a late start and next Friday we will have a class Christmas party making gingerbread houses. More details to follow:)

Have a great day.

Sincerely,
Gina Parana

Good Day Everyone,

I hope everyone had an amazing weekend. Unfortunately, I was sick all weekend. I am just hoping I do not lose my voice. Then I may have to stay home. I’ve been drinking quite a bit of fluids so I should be fine.

This week we will have a math test on the following concepts:

Factors: Factors of a number are any two numbers that can be multiplied to equal a product. For example, 1, 2, 9, and 18 are all factors of 18.

Multiples: The answers to multiplication problems say all the answers to the 5s, 6s, etc. 5,10, 15, 20, 25, etc. are all multiples of 5.

Prime numbers: Numbers that 1 and only that number can be multiplied or divided. Such as 5. 1×5 are the only 2 numbers to get 5 so 5 is a prime number.

Composite numbers:
Products that have more than 2 factors such as 24. Factors can be 1, 2, 4, 6, 12, 24.

Santa’s Workshop:
We will preview the Santa’s Workshop on Tuesday and purchase things from our wish list on Wednesday, the 7th at 10:00. Please review your child’s wish list on Tuesday and send money if you wish, on Wednesday.

Spelling this week: Silent letters
knuckles, honor, wrestle, h eir, doubt, gnat, plumber, known, answer, th umbs, solid, liquid, gases, they, they’re

Thank you!

Have a great week!

Sincerely,
Gina Parana

Hello Parents,

Welcome back to a new week. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and spent time relaxing and enjoying family and friends. I am very thankful for the support you all give your children and myself as we are a team! We are all working hard to give the best to our children so thank you for that:)

This week:

Math:
We will practice fluency with our facts at home for homework by practicing multiplication and division while learning new concepts such as factors, multiples, prime numbers, composite numbers, and reading/solving story problems. The internet is a great source to parents for refreshing math concepts as I understand much has changed since we learned math.

Reading and writing:
We will finish our compare/contrast writing and begin to study drama. We will study characters, elements of drama, word choice, vocabulary, and practice using what we know to infer character traits/motivations, etc. We will then begin to write our own drama.

Spelling this week: conductor, harbor, cheddar, odor, avatar, elevator, collar, grammar, guitar, tartar, hardness, factor, product, production.
Please practice spelling on your own. I can tell when students don’t practice. It’s worth the time as the grades reflect the effort put in:)

Science: We are beginning our unit on matter:)

Coming up:
4th Grade Popcorn Sale: Friday, December 16th. Please refer to the previous note sent on the dojo. We are need of many items that day. One of our homeroom parents will be calling for donations:) Thank you!

Have a great week!

Sincerely,
Gina Parana

Good Morning!

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. The weather sure was beautiful!

This week we have much to learn and accomplish!

Thank you for logging reading minutes on the planner and completing math, cursive, and spelling homework.

We have our first evening of conferences this week. I look forward to talking with everyone!

We don’t have school Tuesday, November 8th and we have a late start on Wednesday, November 9th.

Our spelling words this week are serpent, sternly, swirl, blurred, purpose, curve, carpenter, turnip, twirl, curler, Dearborn, Michigan, United States, and plains.

Have a great week and I look forward to seeing everyone at conferences this Thursday, next Wednesday and Thursday.

Sincerely,
Gina Parana

Dear Parents,
Next Monday our class will participate in some fun learning center activities for Halloween.
We will do 2 really fun science experiments, make dirt pudding, and have a great time while learning.
We will need the following:
6 boxes of chocolate pudding:________________________________________________________
1 box of Borax:__________________________________________________
2 bags of gummy worms:____________________________________________
2 boxes of Oreo cookies:___________________________________________
30 bowls:_______________________________________________________
30 spoons:______________________________________________________
30 juice boxes:_________________________________________________
3 Volunteers (Time needed:12:45-1:45)___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Each child will need:
1 container of Elmer’s liquid glue
100 toothpicks
1 Cup of Candy Corn
Thank you for signing up and please return all items by this Friday!

Please respond via Iblog so we know who is bring what items!

Thank you!
Gina Parana

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Sincerely,

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