KEEPING IN TOUCH with you

Mrs. DeCock's monthly calendar: May 2009

Each week a newsletter will be sent home via the electronic mail list service or, if a hard copy is needed, in the Friday Folder. It will provide you with information on what's happened in our classroom, and keep you posted on events in the weeks to come. If you haven't already done so, be sure to subscribe to my list-server by clicking the Pathways Signup link below.

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GETTING IN TOUCH with me

You can contact me in any of the following ways:

• Electronic Mail - Kathy.DeCock@district196.org
• Front Office - call the school's main office (952-423-7695) and the front office staff will take a message for me. I will return your call as soon as I'm available.
• Voice Mail - 651-683-6969, extension 92869

IMPORTANT DATES and EVENTS in FOURTH GRADE

For the most current and comprehensive listing of Diamond Path events,
visit the School Calendar page.

AREAS of FOCUS in May

Language Arts

• Reading Workshop: Students are reading non-fiction books and learning to ask higher-level questions about the text. The students will continue to take turns doing book talks. Please help your student prepare for their book talk when it is their turn. The date of their book talk should be listed in their planner.
• Writing Workshop: The students will be writing poetry. They will also be making one of their narrative stories into a book.
• Word Study: Students are working on the pattern lists for spelling. They will continue with the routine of spelling tests on Thursdays.

Math

• Students are working on a graphing unit. They will be practicing division and will have a weekly division quiz. Please help your student practice the basic facts.

Social Studies

We have finished our Global Village unit. Students learned about what life is like for a child in another country. They all made puppets and did a puppet show to help the other students learn about the country they researched.

Science

• Students are studying water. They will learn about the water cycle, properties of water and water conservation. As part of this unit students will be walking to the DP pond to make observations and develop an experiment.

THAT QUIZ MATH ASSIGNMENTS

Hey Fourth Graders! Click on this link to find our quiz.org web page. Please complete the tests assigned to you. http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/classpage?00486f7f97420f1