October 5-9, 2009

Monday 10/5 Tuesday 10/6 Wednesday 10/7 Thursday 10/8 Friday 10/9

Spelling Pre-test Spelling Test

Innisbrook Life Touch Quinn MAP test Homework due

Fundraiser forms due Picture Day (Math)

Classroom Information Upcoming Events

This week the 4th grade team will be focusing on the Oct. 6 Student Picture Day
following skills: building math fluency with basic
facts, summarizing non-fiction text, and acquiring
Oct. 14-16 No School-MEA Break
dictionary skills. Oct. 20 Parent Board Meeting
6:30-7:30 PM-Media Center
This week’s homework includes:
Reading Log
Oct. 22 Windy City Players 1-3 PM
Inventor’s Log Nov. 5 Picture Re-take Day
Inventor’s Challenge Nov. 9 No School-Teacher Work Day
Multiplication Practice
Nov. 17 Parent Board Meeting
Optional Math Challenge
6:30-7:30 PM-Media Center
* Remember to sign your child’s reading log and Nov. 23 No School-Evening Conferences
help your child build math fluency by practicing
Nov. 24 No School-All Day Conferences
math facts with him/her.
Nov. 25-27 Thanksgiving Break
The first unit the 4th grade team has been working on
is inventions. The central idea is: Inventions are
created to solve a problem and fill a need. The *Remember to sign your child’s planner/tracker
students will be writing in their “Inventor’s Logs” daily.
during school and also for homework. In their
Inventor’s Logs this week, they need to focus on one
or two problems and start brainstorming solutions School Pictures-October 6th
for those problems. They should be practical, not “a
robot to do my homework.” They need to have a
“witness” sign the log every time they write in them.

Mr. Bataglia Ms. Harthan Mrs. Quinn

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