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4th Grade News Important Dates

Character Word: Responsibility

We have had another busy week with lots of learning!

We have continued to learn about fractions. This year, with the Missouri LearningStandards, we are digging deeper than ever before. We have learned about equiva-lent fractions and reducing fractions to the lowest terms. We are also adding andsubtracting fractions which could create mixed numbers. Learning about and master-ing fractions is much easier for students if they know their multiplication facts. Istrongly encourage your child to practice multiplication facts at home even for a fewminutes each evening.

In reading we continued looking at nonfiction text features and also context clues to

help us understand the meaning of unknown words.

In social studies we finished learning about the regions of Missouri. Next week wewill be switching back to science to learn about rocks. If you happen to have an extraegg carton at home, please save it for a project next week.

School pictures will be coming home today. If your child did not bring an order formand money, they still have a chance to order on the form they are bringing home.

Grandparents Day for fourth grade will be this Monday, September 29th from 9 -9:50. We will begin in the FEMA gym.

We have added several new assignments to the portfolio section of the SOAR bind-er. Please look through these with your child, but leave the assignments in the port-folio section. There are also some assignments in their red take home folder (alsolocated in the SOAR binder), these assignments can stay at home. We will be addingto our portfolios and bringing home graded assignments each Friday. We havediscovered some days we run out of time during the week and have now set asidespecific time on Friday to pass back papers and add to their portfolios.

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9/29 Grandparents Day9:009/30 Soaring Assembly10/101/2 DayWeek of 10/13

Parent/Teacher Conferences10/17No School

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4th Grade News

Character Word: Responsibility

Weekly Reading Minutes

August 30 20 minutes UpChuck and the Rotten WillySeptember 1 20 minutes UpChuck and the Rotten WillySeptember 2 15 minutes UpChuck and the Rotten WillySeptember 3 20 minutes UpChuck and the Rotten WillySeptember 4 25 minutes New Book: Super Fudge

_____________________________ 100 minutesParent Signature

Student Response:This week I found out that my prediction is coming true because Rotten Willyand UpChuck are becoming friends. I can tell they are building a relationship

because UpChuck is asking Willy all kinds of questions about college, and Willyis taking the time to share with him. I think this friendship will continue togrow. I am also wondering if something is going to happen to Tom. The bookmakes me wonder this because it keeps referring to the fact that Tom andUpChuck will be friends FOREVER I am really enjoying this book. It is funnyand the author does a good job of helping me see the story in my head. I cantwait to find out what happens next!