Mrs.Palmer’s Newsletter
9/6/16
Important News
We will have a math test this Friday and a
published product (narrative writing piece) we
will be working on from Tuesday through Friday
this week.
Important Dates to Remember
Sept. 5th- Labor Day – School Holiday
Sept. 12th- BYOD parent night 5:15-6 (3rd-5th)
Sept. 12th- progress reports sent home
Sept. 13th- Title 1 Media Night 5:30-7pm
Sept. 15th- Fall pictures *students must wear school
uniform
Sept. 22- Open House from 3rd – 5th grade
Spelling Words
Introducing Thursday
9/1 Test on Wed. 9/7
List 3 (Short/Long –e)
1. speed
2. greet
3. speech
4. sleeve
5. breeze
6. cheer
7. scene
8. theme
9. these
10. dwell
11. swept
12. wretch
13. tempt
14. bled
15. crept
16. verbal
17. herding
18. infer
19. prosper
20. determine
Introducing Thursday 9/8
Test on Wed. 9/14 List 4
(Less Common Long–e)
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3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
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19.
20.
squeal
bleach
cease
breathe
swear
knead
league
sneak
crease
peace
believe
relief
shriek
piece
chief
brief
shield
niece
friend
head
Vocabulary beginning Thursday, September 1st
Test on Wednesday, September 7th
List Three Vocabulary
(bi- is a prefix that means “two”)
bicycle (noun)- a ride-on vehicle with two wheels
biannual (adjective)-occurring twice (two times) a
year
bilingual (adjective)-using two languages
biathlon (noun)-an athletic contest made up of any
two consecutive events
bicycling (verb)-the act of riding a ride-on vehicle
with two wheels
bifocals (noun)-eyeglasses that have two
prescriptions in them
Vocabulary beginning Thursday, September 8th
Test on Wednesday, September 14th
List Four Vocabulary
(tri- is a prefix that means “three”)
tricycle (noun) a ride-on vehicle with three wheels
tripod (noun) a stool, table, pedestal, etc., with three
legs.
triathlete (noun) a person who competes in an
athletic contest made up of any three consecutive
events
triangle (noun) a polygon with three sides
triple (verb) to triple something, you multiply it times
three
trilogy (noun) a series or group of three plays, novels,
movies, etc.,
Nightly Practice
Tuesday: Close read passage (summary), Mad
Minute, spelling practice test, and read for 20
minutes; Study for spelling and vocabulary test
tomorrow
Wednesday:
Close
read
passage
(3
connections), Mad Minute, and read for 20
minutes,
Thursday: Close read passage (Comprehension
questions), Mad Minute, spelling sort like class
and read for 20 minutes.
Friday: Read every day, and return signed green
test folder on Monday 
*2 I-ready lessons are also due by Friday morning
in order to earn Fun Friday
Specials
Monday- No School
Tuesday- Writing
Wednesday- No specials
Thursday- P.E. (Greene)
Friday- Media
*Please check and sign agenda nightly as nighlty
practice is subject to change and important notes
are sent home weekly.
Parents and Guardians, I wanted to make you
aware of a few pages in your child’s agenda
that are extremely helpful. We put their
passwords in the very back of their agenda.
Start saving for our St.
Augustine Trip on
November 17th!
More details to come  It
is a bit expensive, but is
always one of our fourth
graders' favorite trips. It is
an event that you don’t want
to miss! 
There is also a
“reading log” page
where they can track
the books they have
read. I really want the
class to do this, as we
will have to make a list
of the books each of us has read later in the year
for the Superintendent’s Reading Challenge..
What We Are Learning Right Now
Reading— informational texts and text
structure
Language Arts— Progressive verbs and
narrative writing
Math— fluently adding and subtracting multidigit whole numbers including within word
problems
Science—Scientific Methods
Social Studies—Community Development
We are also learning the 7 habits of successful
people!
*More information will go home about this soon!
Habit 1: Be Proactive
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
Habit 3: Put First Things First
Habit 4: Think Win-Win
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand then to be
Understood
Habit 6: Synergize
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw