December 15-December 19

'Twas the Week Before Break.....

In Spelling this week we will wrap up unit 7 today with a parent activity and review. Then we will have the test on Tuesday. We will not start another spelling unit until we get back from break. 

In math we will also be finishing up our unit on division. We will have a math test on Thursday in the morning. Practicing division and their multiplication facts will be the best way to prepare for this test. 

In Social Studies we will finish up our short unit on basic Missouri facts. There will be a quiz on Thursday. They have a sheet of notes to study for this quiz. We are studying things like the state bird, animal, capital, population, etc. 

In reading and writing we will continue working on poetry. We will share our poetry on Wednesday and some poems will be chosen by the students to share at our assembly on Friday.

Dress up days this week:

Monday: Ugly Christmas Sweater day

Tuesday: Christmas in July (no swimsuits)

Wednesday: Grinch- dress like your favorite character

Thursday: Polar Express (pajama day)

Friday: Red and Green day 

Don't forget our character awards assembly is this Friday at 8:30 AM! 

December 8-December 12

This week in Math we will continue with our division lessons. The math test is scheduled for December 18th for this division unit. They have been taught 3 different methods to do division, however, on the test, they will be able to choose the method that works best for them to solve the problems.

This week in spelling we will start a new word list. We will be looking at compound words and words that have more than one meaning (bear, show, tear, etc). Understanding the different meanings and being familiar with compound words can help them in their writing and their reading. The test for this unit will be next week.

In Science/SS this week we will wrap up our science unit by going over the correct answers for the science test and discussing our classroom and individual data. We will then move on to our new, short Social Studies unit. This unit focuses on basic Missouri facts like the state bird and song. This will be a very short unit that will be tested December 18.

We will continue working on poetry in both reading and writing this week. They will be reading several poems and discussing them and also writing their own poetry.


Miss Ussary's class needs to have book orders in by Friday the 12th.

Holiday parties are this Friday!

Poster Awards

Congratulations are in Order!

Congratulations to our poster contest winners from the Conservation Kid's Day Poster Contest!
For Class Awards:
KOUNTZ
3rd: Kenya Kirk
       Brynna Coman
       Haley Dreier
2nd: Zachary Kelly
1st: Paityn King
USSARY
3rd: Taiylor Harrington
             

2nd: Ben Pugh
1st: Kara Harmon

School Winners:
3rd: Paityn King
2nd: Ben Pugh
1st: Kara Harmon

We would also like to congratulate our Spelling Bee competitors.  Ben Pugh and Kaylie Yates represented each fourth grade class at our school wide competition.  Ben was the first place winner in the fourth grade!  Awesome spelling!  

December 1- December 5

Welcome back! We hope everyone had a great break!

In math this week we are continuing to focus on Division. You will notice some different looking worksheets going home Tuesday and Thursday. These are to give them more practice with division and slow down our lessons a little bit. We are doing this to assure we give them a lot of time and practice to master this skill.

In science we will finish up our unit and review for our test on THIS FRIDAY, the 5th. Wednesday and Thursday we will review in class with some review games. The students will take the test for the first 30 minutes without their packets. Then they will be allowed to use them on the rest of the test until they complete it. Their packets and the review questions asked during our games will help them prepare for the test.

We will also have a spelling test on Friday over our unit 6 words. We will spend the week working with these words and doing hands on spelling activities with them.

This week for Reading, students will be taking the DRA(Developmental Reading Assessment) test.  This gives us a good idea of where your child stands as a reader, and what we base their reading levels off of.  This week (and some of next), the class will be taking the NWEA test.  This test is similar to the state test in Reading, Math, and Language.  We use these scores to see growth and areas in need of improvement.  Students will also focus on reading poetry.  

With reading poetry, students will also integrate poetry in their writing.  This month, students will be working on a poetry book.  The class will learn about figurative language, and how to read and write using this writing element.  Students will be creating a book about winter using several poetry frames.