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September
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Words with
Long i:

1. climb
2. minding
3. pies
4. die

Important Dates & Reminders

Sept. 7- Labor Day Holiday NO

5. height

6. sigh

7. fright
8. slight

9. drive
10
file
.
11
kite
.

12
prime
.
13
pride
.
14
slice
.
15
twice
.
16
wipe
.

SCHOOL
Sept. 14 Grandparents Day for
4th Grade
Sept. 16 Day for students
Sept. 17 M&M Tryouts 0-9
Multiplication
Sept. 21 PTO Mixed Bag orders
due

Communication:
Yearbooks are $25 and you
may order them online or by
bringing in your yearbook
order form.
Please be sure your child is
studying Wonders strategies
for the reading test on
Fridays.
The schools six keys
challenge is this month!
Students try to get their
name on the wall next to the
six keys poster displayed in
the hallway!
Remember if students make
a 100 on the spelling pretest
at the first of the week, they

Test Schedule:
W: Fact Drill
F: Reading Test
Spelling Test
Grammar Quiz
DOL Quiz
Parent Signature

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Wonders Unit 1 Week 4

Vocabulary
Forces and Motion with Max Axiom
1. capabilities- to have the
needed skills, powers, or
abilities
2. accelerate- to move or
cause to move faster.
3. advantage- something that
is helpful or useful
4. friction -force between
surfaces that slows objects
or stops them from moving
5. gravity- force that pulls
objects towards each other
6. identity- who a person is or
what a thing is
7. inquiry- search for
Wonders Unit 1 Week 4 Skills

Genre: Narrative Nonfiction- Tells

a story. Includes facts and
examples about a topic. Often
includes text features.
Skill: Cause & Effect: The author
explains how and why something
happens. A cause is why something
happens. An effect is what
happens.
Strategy: Reread: When you read
informational text, you may come
across facts and ideas that are new
to you. As you read, you can reread
the difficult sections to make sure
you understand them and to help
you remember key details.
Vocabulary Strategy: Context
Clues- When you arent sure what
the word means, you can look at
the other words around it to figure
out the meaning. These other
words may be definitions,
examples, or restatements of the
words meaning.