4th Grade

Mrs. Gunning

email: gunning@blessedtrinitycatholicschool.org

April 20, 2018

Dear Families,

Iowa Assessment (IA) scores were distributed this week, and Fourth Quarter Progress Reports will be posted on Thursday, April 26. As always, please do not hesitate to contact me regarding your child’s progress this year.

As of March 14, we have switched from Mathletics to IXL. Your child’s new User Name and Password is written in the Planner, as well as on the IXL Welcome Letter distributed this week. Please encourage your child to take full advantage of this program by setting aside a few extra minutes at home each day to practice, strengthen, and enhance their math skills.

H.O.T. Book Report due on or before April 25.

The last Help Session for the year will be Wednesday, May 9.

EAGLE T-SHIRT DAYS: April 23 (Students must wear jeans and sneakers)

TESTS:

Science: Tuesday, April 24, Plant & Animal Cells (p. 52-55)

Math: Thursday, April 26, Decimals, Chapter 13 (Lessons 1-5)

Social Studies: Thursday, April 26, Spanish-American War (p. 140-143)

Reading: Friday, April 27, Moonwalk

Spelling: Friday, April 27

April’s Habit of the Mind: Thinking About Your Thinking

LOOKING AHEAD:

Apr. 20: 12:15 Dismissal

Apr. 29: Fourth Quarter Progress Reports

May 4: No School

May 11: Spirit Day

May 25 & May 28: No School

May 29: Award’s Mass & Last Day of School! (No Lunch or Extended Day)

Opportunity (Help) Sessions for Grade 4 are held on Wednesdays from 2:50-3:30 for students struggling with Math and/or Reading.

Students will be required to read and take 3 Accelerated Reader (AR) Tests and corresponding Vocabulary Quizzes (if available…not every book has one!) within his/her assigned reading level range, striving for 80% accuracy, each Quarter. Your child’s Reading Level range will be adjusted throughout the year. Three AR Tests are due by Wednesday, May 9. Please encourage your child NOT to wait until the last minute! Be sure to check out ARBookFind.com for book recommendations and AR levels.

Please do not hesitate to contact me via my e-mail address posted above or through your child’s Planner. My webpage is updated every Friday.