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 brand new 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

WednesdaysEvery Wednesday

Upcoming TestsTopic 4 Math 10/14Spelling Test 10/17Context clues 10/17

No SchoolOctober 13th Columbus Day

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Remember, Wednesdays are 1 hour early dismissal. Don’t forget to make arrangements!

THE LOREM IPSUMS FALL 2016

We will be taking the Topic 4 Math test, reteaching any topics need be, multiplying and arrays for 10 and 100, and multiplying by multiples of 10 and 100.

This week we will be reviewing for our literacy assessment next week. This is a very big test that takes two days to complete and there are a lot of reading skills we will be practicing this week for it.

This week we will be taking the end of the unit Narrative and free writing all week. I want students to have the opportunity to choose what they want to write about to foster their love of writing.

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Spelling/ Word Knowledge Focus

This weeks’ spelling pattern is the [theme review]. Make sure you practice these words nightly! The test for Spelling is always on Fridays. For word knowledge we will be working with contect clues.

Math Focus

We will be discussing the Midwest region.

Reading Focus

Writing Focus

Social Studies Focus