Dear Parents,
This week marks
mid-quarter, grade checks will go home TODAY. As you’re going
over these grades with your child, I want to make you aware that first quarter
is a lot of review from third grade. Being successful in first quarter is
essential to achievement in the following three quarters. Keep in mind,
first quarter we take time to go over procedures and complete beginning of the
year testing. Because of this, there are a minimal number of assignments
at this time, but these will still give an indication as to if your child is
struggling.
While Social Studies and
Science include a lot of participation points, Math/Reading/Writing/Spelling
grades mainly come from quizzes, tests, assignments that require students to
show their learning independently. I do offer the second chance to correct
and return tests that are below a C. I have noticed not a lot of students
are taking advantage of this. Learning from mistakes is powerful!
In an effort to learn from
our mistakes, we’ve started “coding” our check-ups. For each question
students missed, they will put “SM” (or a silly face) if they made a silly
mistake. Silly mistakes are things like not reading directions, adding or
subtracting wrong, skipping the problem, not showing work, not including labels
etc.. They will be responsible for correcting their silly mistakes on
their own. If there is a ? by a problem, this means they missed it
because they were unclear of what to do or they simply didn’t understand how to
work it. I will be helping students correct these types of
mistakes. It’s a great opportunity for re-teaching!
Finally, Math homework
will begin next week for students earning below an 75%. The homework will
come home Monday through Thursday and will be only 5 questions per night.
J
Please take a moment to go
over your child’s grades with him/her, sign, and return the grade slip to
school on Monday. As always, if you have any questions or concerns please do
not hesitate to contact me. Hope your weekend is fun and relaxing!
Working Together,
Ms. Tammy Myers
Fourth Grade Teacher
Summit Intermediate
Nixa Public Schools
*The PTA membership drive ends Friday, September 20th!
Have you had a chance to join? There’s a competition among fourth
grade. So far we’re a bit behind. We have 6 memberships, while the
top class has 17! Please consider helping boost our number by
joining. PTA provides tons of support and resources for our school.
Thanks!
Next week in…
Reading: Students will be
accessing their SCHEMA while they make connections to Tales of a Fourth
Grade Nothing, to help them relate to the story. This is an important
strategy that helps the students comprehend the text.
Writing: Students will be revising
a personal narrative story that has been drafted. They will be adding more
descriptive language, figurative language and beginning the process of editing.
Math: Students will continue
working subtraction problems using different solving strategies.
Science: Student will be finishing
up their exploration of soil and will complete a unit quiz as well as a fun and
tasty model of our soil.
Spelling Words
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could
- running
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to
- swimming
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excited
- hopping
- expensive
- beginning
- independence - winning
Upcoming Dates
Sept 24—Skate Night-80s theme 6:00-8:00
