Miss Manderino’s Newsletter
February 1st-February 5th


Homework

Math: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

Reading/Spelling: I am sending home a purple contract. Please hand these in next Monday. There will be NO VOCABULARY WORDS this week. We are having lessons on synonyms and using a thesaurus.

Dates


Friday, February 5th- Multiplication and division test. Mrs. Haslem will administer a math facts test for all fourth graders in the lunchroom during school.

Wednesday, February 10th- Last day for candy-grams. Students or parents pay a dollar for a candy-gram. You send it to anyone in the school with a message. This is an optional activity that the student council is putting on.

Thursday, February 25th- SCIENCE PROJECT due. The rubric is coming home today.



This Week

This week we are continuing to talk about the biomes of Utah. Students are learning about climate differences as well as animal and plant adaptations. Please ask your child what they are learning in science this week.

In math we are beginning a geometry unit. Students will need to understand the terms similar and congruent. They need to know the difference between acute, obtuse, straight, and right angles.

In reading we are focusing on comprehension skills. Last week we talked about finding main ideas and writing summaries. We are now practicing strategies to help us see if we truly understand what we read.