Stern/Taylor Class News!
4th Grade~~River Place Elementary~~January 13, 2014
Important Information!!!
Winter Break!!!Students will be off on February 3, 4, and 5. Teachers will be attending the February Staff Development Conference. | Flu Season!!!Flu Virus The last few weeks have brought an increased number of flu cases to the Austin area. If your child is diagnosed with the flu or has flu-like symptoms, please contact the school nurse, Glenda Edwards immediately. | Nutrition Night Thursday, January 23, from 5:30-7:00p.m. |
Winter Break!!!
Students will be off on February 3, 4, and 5. Teachers will be attending the February Staff Development Conference.
Flu Season!!!
Flu Virus
The last few weeks have brought an increased number of flu cases to the Austin area. If your child is diagnosed with the flu or has flu-like symptoms, please contact the school nurse, Glenda Edwards immediately.
This Week's Curriculum
Taylor's News!
This week in Math and Science/Social Studies:
Math– Students will take the middle of year district math assessment this week on Monday and Tuesday and then we will wrap up our fractions and decimals unit. Next week we will begin Geometry!
Science – Our next unit of study will be about Earth and how it changes. We will begin to study the moon this week.
Stern's News!
READING: We finished our Reading Mid Year Benchmark last Friday, the results are scheduled to go home in the next few weeks. Fantasy book report and project are due this Friday, January 17th. The yellow report packet went home the first week of December. If it is lost, another copy can be found on Mrs. Stern's website. Students are only required to turn in the yellow packet and project for the grade, they can receive extra credit if they choose to put their presentation into a more formal format, ie. Written/Typed Book Report, Power Point, or other Multi-Media Presentation.
WRITING: We finished our Writing Benchmarks on Thursday. Students wrote a personal narrative and an expository text. These tests are not for a grade in the grade book, but will be used to pull students to receive individualized and small group instruction. We will be writing a "Readers Theater" script based on a scene from our literature circle books and will present them the end of the week.
SPELLING: This week's spelling words come from Unit 17. This week's spelling focus will be spelling patterns that make the /el/ sound (el, al, le) and the /er/ sound (er, or, ar). Spelling words for the week will be recorded by students in the far right column of the week's agenda. Pace Language Arts students will have an extra 8 words per week. Any students wishing to include the pace words into their spelling test may do so.

Click below for our Math homework site!
Click below for our Language Arts homework site!
This Week's Spelling Words are from Unit 17!
Class Blogs!
Mrs. Stern's Homeroom:
http://kidblog.org/SternsStarsBlockB/
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Mrs. Taylor's Homeroom:
http://kidblog.org/SternsStarsBlockA/
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Joanne Stern
room: 2208
phone: 512-570-6900
email: joanne.stern@leanderisd.orgwebsite: http://classroom.leanderisd.org/default.aspx?Joanne%20Stern/Home
twitter: @sternsstars2013
Nicole Taylor
room: 2210
phone: 512-570-6900
website: http://classroom.leanderisd.org/default.aspx?Nicole%20Taylor
twitter: @taylorsclass