Fourth Grade Reminders and Announcements

Fourth Grade Families,

We have had a wonderful first two weeks of school! Thank you for getting your kids to school on time and encouraging them each and every day!

We have a few announcements and reminders to share with you...

Reminders:
- Don't forget to make sure all transportation changes are made in writing
- Students who want to qualify for perfect attendance are required to be at school from "bell to bell"
- Please contact your child's homeroom teacher if you would like to recommend your child for gifted testing


Upcoming Events:

- PTO will meet at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 23
- Title I Parent Meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 25
- Curriculum Night is coming up on Thursday, August 25

Have a wonderful weekend! We are looking forward to Week 3!

Fourth Grade

Welcome to Fourth Grade! We are so excited to work with your student and your family this year! You will be able to find our schedule, school events, and what is going on in the classroom on this blog. 

Our Schedule:

Math	7:50-9:00
ELA/Reading	9:00-10:00
ELA/Reading	10:00-11:00
Specials	11:00-11:50
Recess	11:50-12:13
Lunch	Varies	from	class to	class
ELT	12:45-1:40
Social Studies/Science	1:40-2:30

Upcoming content:

This week we will be focusing on building routines and procedures in the classroom. Students will be expected to participate in creating classroom routines and procedure. We will also be focusing on building a growth mindset. Students will participate in activities that help them develop a growth mindset. 

Students will also begin working on a personal history timeline. On Tuesday, August, 9 students will bring home a graphic organizer. Please help your child come up with 5 - 6 important family events.Students will need to return their organizers on Thursday to begin their personal history timelines in class. 

GA Milestone Testing Coming Soon!

As we approach the Georgia Milestone tests, we are spending some of our regular classroom time reviewing and reteaching skills for the test. If you would like to work with your child at home to prepare for this test, the following are some resources we find most beneficial:

• IXL Grammar (ixl.com)
• Read Theory (readtheory.org)
• Georgia Milestone Math Review (Google Slides shared via Google Classroom)
• Common Core Sheets (http://www.commoncoresheets.com/)
• IXL Math (ixl.com - 20 Free Questions per day)
• StudyJam for (Science) (http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/)
• Social Studies Text (Online resources: http://bit.ly/1UXGZeq)
• i-Ready (Math and Reading) (https://login.i-ready.com/)
• Math Games (http://www.mathgames.com/grade4)

Students have usernames and passwords for each of the websites requiring login information.

Thank you for your continued support.

The Georgia Milestone schedule:

April 12 (Tues.)	English Language Arts (Day 1)
April 13 (Wed.)	Test Makeup
April 14 (Thurs.)	English Language Arts (Day 2)
April 15 (Fri.)	Test Makeup
April 18 (Mon.)	Test Makeup
April 19 (Tues.)	Math
April 20 (Wed.)	Science
April 21 (Thurs.)	Social Studies
April 22 (Fri.)	Test Makeup

Spelling List: Week 26 (Feb. 22-26)

This week's spelling spelling list focuses on silent and sounded consonants

Silent and sounded consonants is a feature that looks at words that have a silent consonant in one word and a sounded consonant is another.

limb	wrest
limber	wrestle
sign
signal
column
columnist

February News

Parents and Students,

The following are some important dates and reminders regarding fourth grade at TRES!

Important Dates:
2/8-  Field Trip to UGA Performing Arts Center
2/10- Progress Report Cards go home
2/11- Pizza and Cake Auction @ 6:00 p.m.
2/12- Principal's Coffee @ 7:45 a.m.
2/15- Student Holiday
2/23- Black History Month Program @ 1:00 pm.

Science Expo and The Leprechaun Trap Challenge are both creative, enrichment projects to be completed at home. We are looking forward to seeing what you (students) are creating at home with your parents. If you have any questions about the Science Expo or the Leprechaun Trap, feel free to contact us (fourth grade teachers!) and we'll make sure we find the answers for you!

THANK YOU!
Parents, thank you for your continued support and for getting your students to school every day and one time! We appreciate everything you do for us and your child.

Spelling List Week 22

This week's spelling spelling list focuses on the prefixes auto-, bio-, geo-.

auto- self
bio- life, living, matter
geo- earth

Standard: ELAGSERF3: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

automobile
biology	geology
geography	autopilot
automatic	biologist
biohazard

Week 21 Spelling List (1/19-1/22)

This week's spelling spelling list focuses on Latin affixes/base words such as multi-, -spect-, -dict-.

multi- many

spect - to look

dict - to say or speak

multicolored	diction
predict	multilevel
prospect	inspect
multitask	spectrum