The Daily Prophet 8/10/15

Welcome back to school! I am so glad that I get to be your teacher this year. My name is Chrissie Land, and this is my 4 ½ year teaching, 3rd year teaching 4th grade. I graduated from UCF with my Bachelor’s in Elementary Education. I have been married to the love of my life for thirteen years! I enjoy spending time with my family, watching movies, football, reading, and teaching! I love having fun learning and I think this is going to be an amazing year for all of us! I can’t wait to get to know you all better.

Your Teacher, Mrs. Land

Nightly Practice Important News Wednesday: return all forms completed and read for 20 minutes  Welcome back to school! I am looking Thursday: return all forms completed, Spelling Sort (like forward to a magnificent year with all of class), and read for 30 minutes, you! Friday: Read for 20 minutes EVERY night  An updated newsletter will be emailed to you (if you are on the distribution *Please check and sign agenda nightly as nightly practice is subject to list) every Friday for the upcoming change. week. If you are NOT on this list but REMEMBER! would like to be, simply email me and I will add you  This week it is very important to fill out and return all  All approved parents/guardians are welcome to volunteer in my room the necessary forms given to you at Meet the Teacher and/or on field trips. If you are or the first day of school! interested, please make sure to check with the front office on your volunteer status. What We Are Learning Now

Reading— Theme Language Arts— Complete Sentences & Narrative Writing Math— Place Value (Recognizing that a digit in one place represents ten times what it represents in the place to its right) Science—Scientific Methods Social Studies—Community Development

We are also learning the 7 Habits of Highly Successful People Specials Habit 1: Be Proactive Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind Habit 3: Put First Things First Wednesday- No Specials Habit 4: Think Win-Win Thursday- The Library (media) Habit 5: Seek First to Understand then to be Understood Friday- Quidditch (P.E.) with Coach Habit 6: Synergize Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw Ardizone Our Schedule

School starts – 8:25 Specials – 10:15-11:00 Lunch – 12:00-12:30 Recess – 12:30-12:45 End of school – 3:00 Spelling Words Vocabulary beginning Thursday, August 18th Test on Thursday, August 25th

morphs (plural noun) the smallest possible meaning pieces in a language (example: In the word bicycle, both bi- and cycle are morphs). prefix (noun) a morph in the beginning of a word (example: In the word bicycle, bi- is the prefix). suffix (noun) a morph in the end of a word (example: In the word jumped, -ed is the suffix). root word (noun) the main morph in a word. This is also known as a base word. (example: In the word jumped, -ed is the root). noun (noun) word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea (example: In the sentence, “The proactive student studies her vocabulary daily,” student and vocabulary are nouns. ) verb (noun) word that describes an action, state, or an occurrence (example: In the sentence, “The proactive student studies her vocabulary daily,” studies is a verb). adjective (noun) word that describes a noun (example: In the sentence, “The proactive student studies her vocabulary daily,” proactive is an adjective). adverb (noun) words that explains how, where, or when about a verb (example: In the sentence, “The proactive student studies her vocabulary daily,” daily is an adverb).

th 4 Grade Supply List Our Class Wish List

* Backpack (No Wheels)  Copy Paper * 1 packs of lined 3x5 index cards  recess equipment * 1 package colored pencils  Headphones/earbuds * 1 package markers * 3 reams of copy paper  Clipboards * 2 - 4 pack of Expo markers  Vis-à-vis wet erase markers * 4 Elmer’s glue sticks  Laminating sheets * 5 dozen #2 pencils pre-sharpened  Eraser caps * 5 pocket folders WITH prongs (1 red, 1 blue, 1  Pre-sharpened pencils (extra ) yellow, 1 purple, 1 orange)  Glue sticks * 1 scissors (sharp) * 2 boxes unscented tissues * 5 packs of WIDE ruled notebook paper * 5 one subject spiral notebooks WIDE ruled * 1 - 1 ½ white binder with clear pocket front * 1 pack of baby wipes * 1 box Ziploc bags (girls: quart size, boys: gallon size) * 2 yellow highlighters * 1 pack of Post It notes