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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 end of the year!

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thePhillips’ PostMiss Phillips’ 4th Grade Newsletter

About Miss Phillips

Objective Focused LearningMy 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 TestsMath: 04-16Spelling: 04-17Tense Agreement: 04-17Reading: 04-17Vocab: 04-17

Earth Day

04-22Remember, we are out at 2:00 every Wednesday for teacher professional development.

SPRING 2016THE LOREM IPSUMS

This week we will be working with silent constanants for spelling. Make sure you practice these words nightly. We will be working with tense agreement for word knowledge.

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Spelling/Word Knowledge Focus

Math FocusThis week we will be solving problems using line plots, problem solving, topic 15 review, topic 15 test, and plots, lines and planes.

Reading FocusThis week we will be reading “Life on the Prarie” and “Skylark”. The skill we will be working on is making inferences using clues from the text.

Writing FocusThis week we will be writing to discover what a story is really about, adding complexity to our ideas, flash drafting literary essays, beginnings and endings, and free writing Fridays.

Science FocusThis week we will be learning about water and the water cycle.