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Parent update for the week beginning
February 14, 2011
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Please be sure your
child has the necessary school supplies. (Especially paper and pencil)
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Although your child will
receive a hard copy of the newsletter, you may also sign up to receive the
newsletter via email. If you are interested in receiving the newsletter via
email, please email Ms Case with your email address. ([email protected])
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Your child will have
math homework everyday!!
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Your child is expected
to read aloud to you for a minimum of
15 minutes everyday.
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Even though your child
may not have homework in a given subject, it is expected he/she studies the
lesson taught each day.
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Monday, February 21,
2011, No School, President’s Day.
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YearBook orders are due
Friday, February 25, 2011. $10.00
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Friday, February 25,
2011, Interim Reports.
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You may view your
child’s progress daily by visiting
www.hamilton-local.k12.oh.us
. Click “Parents & Students”, and then click “Progress Book.
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You may view your
child’s homework assignments by visiting www.hamilton-local.k12.oh.us Click on “Schools”, select “Hamilton Intermediate School”,
then click on “Teacher Websites”.
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The 2010-11 School
Calendar and weekly lunch menu can be found on the Hamilton website.
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Please check our
webpages frequently. We are always adding new information and helpful websites
to help your child.
Parent/Teacher communication is very
important. Please check your
child’s agenda each evening. We
try very hard to stay on schedule.
However, there are times when changes to assignments may be made.
Short Cycle Assessment Schedule
Monday, March 7, Math
Tuesday, March 8, Science
Thursday, March 10, Reading
Friday, March 11, Writing
Monday, March 14, Social Studies
Reading -Mrs. Waters – [email protected]
My webpage http://www.hamilton-local.k12.oh.us/4thGradeReading.aspx
Students need to know
and be reviewing plot (events in a
story), conflict (the problem in the story), and resolution (how the problem is solved). We also began the skill
of point of view. Point of view
is who is telling the story. The story can be told from a main
character's point of view and this is called first person point of view or it can be told by a narrator who is not a part of the
story called third person point of view.
Theme is the author's message or lesson
of the story.
Students need to
REMEMBER to continue reading at least 15 to 20 minutes each evening.
Fluency (reading easily and effectively) is directly related to comprehension and
the more you practice, the better you will get at it.
There will be a short
homework assignment on Monday and it will
be due on Tuesday. There will also
be a short quiz on Friday over skills covered.
For Bright, Waters,
and Case's Homeroom: iRead Project -Fiction: It is due March 23rd.
There are explanations of this project on this website and on my online
website.
Reading – Mrs.
Smith/Ms. Karg – [email protected]
My webpage http://www.hamilton-local.k12.oh.us/MrsSmithGifted.aspx
Students will be
discussing setting. No homework
this week. Vocabulary Quiz and Packet due Monday.
Writing – Ms. Bright
– [email protected]
My webpage http://www.hamilton-local.k12.oh.us/WritingClass.aspx
We will start reading
novels. Red and Blue Teams will be
reading Stone Fox. Purple,
Yellow, and Green Teams will be reading Julie of the Wolves. This should be a lot of fun! There will be a spelling contract and
test this week. Please make sure
your child does their homework.
Math- Ms Case – [email protected]
My webpage http://www.hamilton-local.k12.oh.us/4thGradeMathClass.aspx
We will continue our Unit on Geometry.
This week we will be focusing on
points, lines and angles. Be sure to check your child’s agenda book or
my webpage for nightly homework assignments.
Science -Mr. Cryder – [email protected]
My webpage http://www.hamilton-local.k12.oh.us/CryderHouse4-2Science.aspx
We will continue our
study of solids, liquids, gases, physical and chemical changes this week. We
will have homework on Thursday. There will be a Liquid Nitrogen Demonstration
on Friday. STUDENTS THAT RECEIVE 10 OR MORE TALLIES OR RECEIVE ISS OR OSS
BETWEEN 2/10 AND 2/18 WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND THE
LIQUID NITROGEN DEMONSTRATION.
Social Studies – Ms
Hageman – [email protected]
My webpage http://www.hamilton-local.k12.oh.us/H4thGradeSocialStudies.aspx
We will continue to
study forms of transportation in 1800's Ohio. Students will reread for
information to answer questions based on the readings. They will also write a
summary explaining how each type of transportation helped Ohio's economy.
Tuesday's homework is a worksheet on fact/opinion. It is due on Wednesday.
Intervention
Specialist – Miss Drexler –[email protected]
