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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

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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 TestsSpelling: 05-01Punctuation: 05-01Reading: 05-01

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

SPRING 2016THE LOREM IPSUMS

This week we will be working with ie/ei pattern for spelling. Make sure you practice these words nightly. We will be working with punctuation for word knowledge.

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Spelling/Word Knowledge Focus

Math FocusThis week we will be polygons, triangles, quadrilaterals, line symmetry, and problem solving.

Reading FocusThis week we will be working on skills for the literacy assessement next week.

Writing FocusThis week we will be editing, building the muscles to compare and contrast, comparing and contrasting similar texts, using yesterdays learning, today and always, and free writing Fridays.

Science FocusThis week we will be doing a severe weather project.