Mrs. Trickle’s Weekly Newsletter
September 19, 2016
Welcome!
We are off to a great start to 4th grade! I look forward to working with your student and your family this year.
These newsletters will be sent directly to your email each week and will also be posted on my school website:
http://www.nthurston.k12.wa.us/Domain/2814
Rules:
We follow the Eagle Way:
Safety - We keep our school safe and orderly
Respect - We treat others with respect Responsibility - We take responsibility for our actions
Cooperation - We cooperate with a positive attitude
If a student has been given one warning for not following the Eagle Way and they continue that same behavior,
they will be asked to move a stick with their name on it into a pocket stating which area of the Eagle Way they
were not following. They will then fill out a sheet about their behavior and have a meeting with me to discuss
consequences and will bring the paper home to be signed by you.
Regular Daily Schedule:
8:25 – 8:35 Morning work
8:35 – 9:05 Math Skills (small groups)
9:05 – 9:20 Math
9:20 – 10:00 Specialist
10:00 – 10:50 Math Core Instruction
10:50 – 11:20 Lunch
11:20 – 11:50 Recess
11:50 – 12:50 Reading Core Instruction
12:50 – 1:20 Reading Skills (small groups)
1:20 – 1:35 Recess
1:35 – 1:50 Grammar
1:50 – 2:45 Writing/Science/Soc.Studies
2:45 – 2:55 Clean up / Pack up
Home to School Folder
1. Reading logs sent home on Monday – due the following Monday.
2. Spelling pre-test sent home stapled to the word list on Monday.
3. Unfinished work sent home daily to be returned the following day. Any missing work not completed by Friday
will result in the loss of Fun Friday.
4. Monthly specialist calendar
5. Any notes from me or the office
Box-Top and Labels for Education Competition
These are great fundraisers for our school. Ask family members to save Box-Tops and Labels. The class with
the most will earn a surprise reward!
Contact Information
The best way to contact me is through email.
[email protected]
You can also call the school to leave a message.
(360) 412-4660
Contacting the School
If your child will be absent, tardy, picked up early, change in after school transportation, please go the website:
http://www.nthurston.k12.wa.us/olympicview
or call 412-4660.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you may have.
What we are working on this week:
Math:
Place value up to ten thousands. We will be comparing and ordering as well as rounding five-digit numbers. We will also
be identifying and working with number patterns.
Reading:
We have been reading about traditions in our first unit. This week we will continue to look at author’s purpose, main
idea and details, and text structure. We have also begun our work in our small reading groups.
Writing:
Our focus this quarter will be on writing narratives. We will learn how to revise and edit our work, add details to our
stories, as well as do a lot of writing about what we read.
Grammar:
We began looking at types of sentences last week and this week we will continue discussing complete sentences, and
using dependent clauses correctly (a dependent clause has a subject and a predicate, but it is not a sentence. It is a
fragment because it depends on the other part of the sentence for meaning – i.e. I learned about Fair Isle knitting
because my grandmother knits sweaters in that style. – The underlined portion is the dependent clause.
Science:
Soon we will begin our Planets and Moons Science kit.
Notes from the Specialists:
PE
In the gym we are learning the gym procedures and rules. In the first rotation of PE,
teamwork is the theme. Please have your student wear appropriate SHOES and
clothing during their PE time.
Music
In the music room we are learning about music room behavior and procedures. We
are learning to respect each other and the instruments. Please have your student
wear appropriate SHOES during their music time because we do play games.
Art
In the art room we are learning all about color and art room procedures. Please have
your student wear appropriate art attire during their art time. We do our best to stay
clean, but accidents do happen from time to time.
Library
In the library we are learning the library procedures including check out. We are also
learning how to use Destiny, you can find it on Olympic View website! Also ask your
student/student’s teacher (1st-5th) about our monthly book share opportunity.