^4th Grade Mrs. Heather Palmer

	Mrs. Heather’s Class Schedule
7:45-8:00	Lockers/Restroom/Announcements
8:00-9:30	Math
9:30-10:00	Science or Social Studies
10:00-10:50	Language Arts (Reading)
10:50-11:25	Restroom/Lunch/Restroom
11:25-12:00	Language Arts (Reading & start English)
12:00-12:55	Specials/Restroom
12:55-1:30	Recess/Restroom/ No recess on PE days, we will work on math and reading skills during this time
1:30-2:30	Finish Language Arts (finish English and do Spelling) Pack Up/Snack/ Dismissal
Mrs. Heather’s Weekly Newsletter March 22.-March 26, 2010 School Website www.tipton-county.com/aes Click on faculty and staff link, then choose Mrs. Heather Palmer’s web page to view
Upcoming School wide Events
v Mrs. Heather will be available each Friday morning from 7:15-7:40 for tutoring. Tutoring will be for math skills only that will be assessed on TCAP. If your child needs extra help in math, please have them at school on Fridays by 7:15. v Please make sure your child has a 4 function calculator before TCAP. Students will be able to us these of the math section of the TCAP. The small calculators are perfect; no graphing calculators.		v TCAP April 1^st, & April 5-7, 2010. v School out April 2^nd for Good Friday. v Spring Break April12-16^th. v Picture money due Mar. 17^th. v 4^th grade field trip April 22^ndleave school at 8:00 and return by 2:00; $9.00 per child and $8.00 per adult. Money due April 9^th. v Tipton County Pre-school students will be picked up on wing 4 during TCAP days.
Upcoming Class Events
v In reading we will review using context clues, drawing conclusions, fact and opinion and reading comprehension skills through our Social Studies lesson on Ch. 12 “A Growing Country” v In English we will review types of sentences, subject & predicates, subject-verb agreement, adjectives, and double negatives.		v In social studies we will learn supply/demand, westward expansion, sectionalism and slavery, anti-slavery movement, and compromise. v In science we will understand motion, forces, gravity, frictions and simple machines. v Social Studies study guides for parts of Ch. 6, 7and 8 over the events before and during the American Revolution were handed out on March 1^st. Government study guides were handed out March 19^th. v Science study guides for Ch. 8 and 9 were handed out March 9^th.
v No spelling words this week.		v In math we will review possible outcomes, transformations, lines, factors, measurement, fractions on a number line, patterns, ordering fractions, decimals, area, multiplying 2 digit numbers, and problem solving with triangles.
Upcoming Tests and Quizzes
v Extra Credit math centers assignment due March 26^th. v Multiplication and math vocab. Quiz March 25^th. Words are outlier, mean, median, mode, range, sum v March 23^rd Ch. 8 and 9 science test. v March 25^th Social Studies test from the American Revolution study guide handed out on March 1^st.		v Spelling words: none
v		v Reading vocab: none

Homework Assignments March 22– March 26		Assignments are subject to change due to classroom time restraints, please check your child’s agenda book daily
Subjects	Reading	Spelling		English	Math	Science	Soc.Studies
Monday	None	None		None	none	Study Ch. 8 and 9	None
Tuesday	None	None		None	none	Vocab. P. 356	Study American Revolution study guide
Wednesday	None	None		None	Study math vocab. And mul. facts	none	American Revolution test today
Thursday	None	None		none	none	Vocab. P. 364	None
Friday	None	None		None	none	None	None
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Email Heather Palmer @ hpalmer@tipton-county.com
Last updated: March 15, 2010