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Mrs. Spruiell’s Superstar News

Week of August 24—September 11, 2015
Announcements:
It’s been a great few weeks getting our math and literacy workshops up and running. Here are some important dates coming up:
-September 7, 2007—Labor Day (No School)
-September 11, 2014—Grandparents eat lunch with the kids. 10:35—11:05
-September 23, 24—Early Release Conferences

Conference Schedule
Please mark your calendars!
Parent Conferences are coming up in four weeks.
I hope to see everyone there.
September 23-24, 2015
Sign up Sheet is coming soon. :)

Language Arts
WORD STUDY:
Prefix: in, in, com, col, de-
READING:
Comprehension strategies– inferring, schema, connections, characters, setting, plot
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Project
WRITING/GRAMMAR:
Opinion Writing
Persuasive Paragraphs
Context Clues
Narrative Writing: Buddy Stories
Writing workshop

MATH
Place Value Common Assessment Test: Friday, September 4
Addition and Subtraction
Representation
Regrouping
Repeated Addition
Addition and Subtraction Common Assessment Test: Friday, September 18
Multiplication
3 X 1 Digit Multiplication
2 X 2 Digit Multiplication
Representations
Partial Products
Algorithm
Division
Begin division models

Social Studies/Science
SCIENCE: Chapter 3, Lesson 2
Water Cycle
Clouds
Types of Precipitation
Weather
Weather Tools
Social Studies
This week our focus is on the Native American tribes of various regions in North America. We will compare and contrast many attributes of their lives.

Reminders
Please sign the agenda
every night.
Please sign the reading log every night.
Please Sign Monday Folders and leave the papers at home.
Please send water so
students stay hydrated.

Celebrity Snapshot
We will do an All About me board called Celebrity Snapshot each week. I’ll talk more about this at Curriculum Night. Our first three celebrities are:
Abenezer—Week of 8/31/15
Khadija—Week of 9/7/15
Terrence—Week of 9/14/14

Grandparents are SPECIAL!
Arcado Elementary will honor grandparents during the school’s annual Grandparents’ Week & More celebration, September 9th through the 13th. The celebration includes having lunch with a grandchild (adult lunch= $3.00, student lunch=$2.25) and a free framed digital photo of their special day together.
Our Day and time is Friday,
September 11, 2015,
10:30—11:00