Merry Christmas!

We want to wish all our fourth graders a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

We will see you all on January 3, 2011!

Great Job Wildcats!!

Wildcats you did an amazing job last night singing in the Holiday Musical!!! Great job to all the students who had speaking parts and singing solos.  We are so proud of how hard you worked. 

Holiday Musical

TONIGHT is the Holiday Musical!!  Come eat dinner between 4:30 and 5:45.  Students should be in their classrooms by 5:30 tonight.  We will have a class auction before the musical begins. 

Don't forget we will be in school Monday, December 20th.  Our Christmas party will begin at 1:30 that day. 

Weekly Update!

Important Dates

December 13^th

Academic Match @ St. Joseph’s

December 14^th

NO TUTORING

December 16^th

Dinner and Auction 4:30pm

Winter Musical 6:00pm

NO TUTORING

December 17^th

Holiday Parties

Science Fair

Thank you to all the students who worked so hard on their science fair projects. I was overall pleased with all the experiments. Congrats to Kendall Tubbs, Anna Greisz, Maddie Baker, and Joshua Roy for placing in the science fair! Great job everyone.

         

Christmas Musical

The students will be wearing Christmas attire... red, green, holiday shirts, sweaters, etc for the performance Thursday night. We will also be rehearsing on Thursday morning and the students will need to be wearing this attire that day as well. Thank you so much.

Holiday Party

Our holiday party will be Friday, December 17^th at 1:30p.m.

       We will be exchanging gifts at the party. Boys need to bring a boys gift and girls need to bring a girls gift. The gift should cost no more than $5.00.

Subject Areas

Science: Please remember to study for your   vocabulary quiz every Friday!

Math: We will not have a vocabulary test or an open response next week.  We will use our class time to discuss the results of the common assessment that was taken on Friday.  We will use next week to review skills and correct any misconceptions that students may have had about concepts studied so far.  Please continue to practice multiplication facts.  We will still be timing students to improve speed and accuracy.  Thanks for ALL you do to help your child succeed! 

Reading: Students have one more week to meet their AR goals.  Congratulations to those students who have already met their goal!



Cookie Dough Delivery!!

Tomorrow, Friday, December 3rd cookie dough will be delivered to school.  Please make arrangements to come pick your child's order up right after school.

Field Trip

This Friday we will be going to a play at MSU and then to lunch at Nick's.  Please make sure to sign your child's permission slip and send $5.00 for lunch and bus cots.  Thanks.

Don't Forget...

Tomorrow is Pajama Day!  We will be reading a chapter book all day long.  Please dress in pajamas and bring a blanket. 

Update!

Hat Day

Monday, November 22, 2010 will be hat day at Farmington Elementary.  If you bring in a dollar, you will be able to wear a hat all day at school.  The donations will go towards the CFK (Christmas for Kids Program).  It would really bring a smile to many children’s faces if they receive a gift for Christmas this year! Thank you!

Reading Fun Day

            Tuesday, November 23, 2010 we will be have a Reading day! Students will be reading chapter books all day long.  Students may dress in PAJAMAS and bring blankets! 

Field Trip

The fourth Grade with be going to Murray State University on Friday, December 3^rd to watch a Christmas play.  After the play we will be eating lunch at Nick’s restaurant in Murray.  The cost of this trip will be $5.00.

Subject AreasWriting: Students will be working hard on organizing paragraphs.      

Science: Please remember to study for your   vocabulary quiz every Friday!

Math: Multiplication is beginning to improve.  Please continue to study facts nightly.  Don't forget about studying vocabulary words, too.  We will not have a test on facts or vocabulary next week due to Thanksgiving Break.  We will continue the week we come back.  Our next vocabulary test will be Wednesday, Dec. 1st,  and our next multiplication fact test will be Thursday, Dec. 2nd. 

Reading: We have completed Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  Extra Credit projects are due next Tuesday.   Students have more four more weeks to meet their AR goals. 

Weekly Report

Cookie Dough Sells

Spelling Words

              1. mosses        11. glasses

    2. arches          12. couches

    3. babies           13. hobbies

    4. armies           14. enemies

    5. berries          15. mistakes

    6. caves            16. props

    7. clams            17. parents

    8. arrows          18. patches

    9. dresses         19. mints

    10. engines        20. ranches

Thank you so much to the students and parents who took the time sell cookie dough.  You did an amazing job!!  We will let you know soon when to expect that order to come in. 

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

All students will begin reading the chapter book “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” on Monday.  Students will be given the opportunity to complete an extra credit project.  Details will come home early next week.  It will be due on Friday, November 29^th. 

Subject AreasWriting: We have been studying dialogue, and will be starting a writing contest for free braces from Dr. Mill’s office next week.    

Science: Please remember to study for your   vocabulary quiz every Friday!

Math: Students need to keep practicing multiplication facts, vocabulary words for quizzes on Wednesday, and remember to get math homework checked at home!

Reading: We will be reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory next week.  This is a really fun book.  It is worth 4 AR points. 

CARDIAC Project

Parents, Just a reminder that we are having the Cardiac Project Wednesday, Novemeber 3rd and you child should not eat breakfast in the morning.  The Family Resource Center will provide a snack to him or her immediately after the finger stick for glucose and cholesterol.  They will be allowed to eat breakfast at school as well. 

Pizza Delivery

Thank you so much for participating in the Little Cesear's Pizza fundraiser.  The orders will be delivered on Wednesday October 27th.  These kits are delivered frozen and need to stay cold.  Please make arrangements to pick up your child's order Wednesday afternoon.  THANK YOU!!

4th Grade Update!!

Spelling Words

             1. doubt            11. thumbs

    2.  lambs           12. combs

    3.  honor           13. plumber

    4.  wriggle         14. knead

    5.  heir              15. wrapper

    6. hour              16. kneel

    7. knew             17. honesty

    8. knives           18. known

    9. honest          19. answer

    10. wrinkle        20. wrench

Spelling Test is on Thursday, October 28^th!!

Subject AreasWriting: We will be writing letters to Farmer Orr next week pretending students are pumpkins. 

Science: Please remember to study for your   vocabulary quiz every Friday!

Math: We will continue to have vocabulary tests on Wednesday of each week.  We will now have a timed fact test over multiplication facts every Friday.  Students should be reviewing studying multiplication facts nightly. A great website that is fun for the students to practice and review facts is: www.multiplication.com.  Students can make and print flashcards, take practice quizzes, and play LOTS of fun, multiplication games.

Reading: Please encourage your child to read every night to help them meet their AR goal.

Cookie Dough Sells

Please remember to be selling your cookie dough. The orders and money are due on Tuesday, November 3^rd. Please make sure the money is with the orders. These sells will help with the cost for the trip to Mammoth Cave we will take at the end of the year.

Fall Parties

Fall Parties will be on Friday October 29^th at 1:30p.m.  If you would like to help with the celebration then please let your child’s homeroom teacher know.  Costumes will be allowed as long as they are not scary in nature. No Masks  

Cookie Dough Sales

Fourth Grade is going to begin sailing cookie dough tomorrow.  The orders and money are due on Tuesday, November 3^rd. Please make sure the money is with the orders. These sells will help with the cost for the trip to Mammoth Cave we will take at the end of the year.

Basketball Drills & Skills

Basketball Drills & Skills Day!

Saturday, September 25th

All players who want to play

GC Little League basketball

need to attend!

                    

3:30 - 4:00 pm -- 4th & 5th Graders

Green Day

Tomorrow is GREEN day!  Please wear  green to show your school spirit.  GO Wildcats!!

Newsletter

Important

Dates

September 28th

Tutoring 2:32-3:30

September 30^th

Scott Shupe Animal Assembly 1:15

Tutoring

October 1^st

6^th Grade selling Krispy Kreme 6:30 a.m.

Snack Break

4^th Grade goes to Health Fair

October 2^nd

Football @ 10:00a.m.

October 4^th - 10^th

FALL BREAK

October 14^th

Parent/Teacher Conferences

New Website:  Our fourth grade website has changed.  Please check it often because we will update it throughout the week.  http://www.fesfourthgradeblog.blogspot.com/

Spelling Words

             1. shred           11. screech

    2. through        12. straighten

    3. sprout           13. sprang

    4. sprawl           14. shriek

    5. split              15. splashing

    6. throb            16. straps

    7. throat           17. strain

    8. shrink           18. strand

    9. screw           19. script

    10. shrimp         20. thrill

Spelling Test is on Thursday!!

     Subject Area

Reading- This week we are working on cause and effect.  This is the last week to meet you AR goal for the first nine weeks. 

Math- Math vocabulary test EVERY Wednesday.

Science- Students need to have their ecosystem project at school Tuesday morning to present to the class.

Beach Day Tomorrow

Tomorrow is BEACH day!!  Please wear your beach clothes, bring a towel, and an extra change of clothes. 

Football

Great Job Farmington football players!!! We are so proud of you:)

Ecosystem Projects

Students,
Please don't forget that your ecosystem projects are due Tuesday, September 28th. Make sure your ecosystems have producers, consumers and decomposers! I can't wait to see all the awesome projects.

New Spelling Words

1. phrase
2. graph
3. brush
4. these
5. nowhere
6. headphone
7. shed
8. whole
9. photo
10. washer
11. rush
12. thanks
13. bother
14. fifth
15. shove
16. whisk
17. thirty
18. whirl
19. width
20. northern

Test Thursday, September 23rd

Upcoming Events

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September 20 SBDM Meeting 5:00pm

September 22 Early Release 12:15