My name is Miss Phillips and I am honored to be your teacher this year. I received my Bachelor’s from Benedictine in Springfield in Elementary Education with endorsements in Language Arts and Social Studies. I obtained a Master’s degree from Benedictine University in Reading and Literacy K-12 with a Reading Specialist endorsement. I am a life-long learner, a mini doxie owner, and a new mommy to my baby girl named Harper.

I worked for 2 years at Waverly Junior High School teaching 6th grade. I also worked 1 year at Riverton as a long -term 4th grade sub. I look forward to a great year!

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Objective Focused Learning

My goal for teaching this year is to engage parents in the process. This means that I will be sending home newsletters that focus on the learning objectives I am teaching in the classroom. This will more clearly state how it is you can help your child learn the material. The other focus will be student organization. Students will be bringing home a planner nightly for your perusal and signature. It will include what we worked on (in student friendly terms) as well as a daily summary, which will serve as a conversation

WednesdaysAll Year

Upcoming TestsSpelling: 12/12Vocab: 12/12Reading Test: 12/12Context Clues Test: 12/12

No School11 Days Until Christmas Break December 19th @ 2pm – January 6th.

F A L L 2 0 1 4

Remember, we are out at 2:00 every Wednesday for teacher professional development.

THE LOREM IPSUMS FALL 2016

We will be learning about the west part of the United States.

We will be using mental math to divide, estimating quotients, estimating quotients for greater dividends, dividing with remainders, and multiplication and division stories.

This weeks’ spelling pattern is final j and s. Make sure you practice these words nightly! The test for Spelling is always on Fridays. For word knowledge we will be working with context clues.

Writing Focus

This week we will be reading “A Visit To Chinatown” and “The Last Dragon” We will be referring to details to draw inferences and determing theme.

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Spelling/Word Knowledge Focus

Math Focus

doing a Thanksgiving acrostic poem and a Thanksgiving packet.

Reading Focus

Social Studies Focus

This week we are going from inquiry to persuasion, broader evidence, connecting evidence, reason and thesis, getting ready to put our opinion into the world, and free writing Fridays.