Reminders!!!!

*Keep reading every night for 20

minutes.

*Please check your student’s agenda every

Second semester will bring

days of subject review and

practice, practice, practice

before the students take their

state assessments in reading,

math and science. There is

one last round of interim as-

sessments to take for both

reading and math, but helping

your child at home with basic

math facts, problem solving

skills, and reading features

shows them a partnership from

school and home, dedicated to

their success. If you need any

suggestions on ways to help

your child, please feel free to

contact your child’s teacher for

ideas:

swestfall@usd261.com

cblokzyl@usd261.com

rwidener@usd261.com

The Fourth graders

have been compet-

ing by classes to see

how many students

can get all their

homework in on

time. We will be

finishing this com-

petition next week...what a great

motivator! The winning class will

enjoy an ice cream sundae with all

the toppings as their reward.

Show what you know!

“

What we want is to see the child in

pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge

in pursuit of the child

.”

~George Bernard Shaw

Prairie

PRIDE

Fourth Grade

News

February

1,

2012

Issue

3

Dates to remember:



Dec. 20:

end of 2nd 9

weeks



Dec 21-Jan.3:

winter break



Jan.10-12:

Reading interim

assessment

Colder Weather

Please help your student

remember to dress for

the weather. We will

play outside for recess

every day unless rain or

snow is happening.

Upcoming skills:

Math: Unit 5: Big Numbers, Estimation, and

Computation. Unit 6: Division, Map refer-

ences, Measuring Angles

Science: Weather and Climate as well as the

Solar System and Beyond.

Reading: Looking at ways the characters

problem solve, as well as the idea that a hero

can be an ordinary person that does an ex-

traordinary thing.