#26 March 11-15, 2013
FourthGradeFootnotes
Wahoo!!! I.S.A.T. Testing is all over for this year.
I wanted to let you know that on Morgan and Aaron’s families sent in extra packages of M&M’s for the probability game. Thanks to their generosity everyone had a small bag of M&M’s. I hope you enjoy the pictures below.
On Wednesday, the children were lucky enough to have a famous author come and talk to our school. The author’s name is Gordon Korman. Mr. Korman wrote his first book when he was in the seventh grade. His book started out as an assignment that was made by his literature teacher. This book was published when Mr. Korman was a freshman in high school. Since then Mr. Korman has written a series of books. The series consist of the 39 Series, Titanic, The Swindle Series, On the Run, Kidnapped, Mcdonald Hall, Dive, Everest, and Island just to name a few in the series. The children in my room are most familiar with his Swindle series. The books from that series are Swindle, Zoobreak, Framed, and Showoff. His new book entitled Hideout will be out very soon. It was thrilling to meet a real author at we all know.
HELP!!! The fourth grade teachers are in need of a volunteer who would be willing to return all of the supplies, from our embryology unit, and the baby chicks to the University of Illinois Extension office on Friday, March 22nd. The supplies and chicks can be returned anytime from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. School will be dismissed at 2:00 p.m. on this same Friday. If you would be willing to help us return the supplies and chicks please contact me at the middle school at 438-6919. My extension is #1111. The University of Illinois Extension office is located out by the Springfield Airport.
We have been candling our eggs for the past two weeks and we have been enjoying watching our babies develop. Very soon we will all be new parents to baby chicks. Our once quiet nest will become very noise with the chirps of our babies. Next week we will be sharing pictures of our new arrivals with you.
Parents, I want you to know that it is never too early to start preparing your child for the I.S.A.T. tests. You child and utilize a program for home called “STUDY ISLAND.” To go to this website you child will need to type in . Here they can begin to practice for the fourth grade I.S.A.T. tests that will be coming up this spring. The child’s user name is the first two letters of their first name, then their entire last name, with no spaces, then the at sign followed by CUSD10. The CUSD must be in all caps. For example, my first name is Tricia and my last name is Hemberger so my user name would look like this trhemberger@CUSD10. Their password is the child’s lunch account number. If your child is new to the district the password is trojans. When they log in they will need to change their password to their lunch account. This site will definitely help them perform better on their I.S.A.T.
Students need to remember to copy all of the assignments off of the board and cross off the assignments that they get finished in class. Remember, students, you can bring home your work to be checked by your parents. Parents, please check your child’s work. I have a lot of grades that could be improved greatly if they were checked at home. The only schoolwork that cannot be checked by your parents are the Smart Responses, Language quizzes, and tests.
The children have also been asking me how to find out if a book is A.R. (Accelerated Reader) or not. If you would like to know whether or not a book is an A.R. book you can search the following url: Remember to use my website to help you with useful websites.
Our school is once again collecting Box Tops for Education. Please send all of your Box Tops to school. The money collected from the Box Tops goes right back to your child’s education. Thank you for your help!!!
Remember that you can keep track of your child’s Reading Selection Test scores simply by going to and logging in using your child’s name and password. You can find your child’s user name and password in their binders located in the reading section. Simply go to enter your child’s name and password, as it appears on the paper. Then you will go to another screen. From there you will need to click on “Parents.” In the box that says “View Student Progress” you will need to choose Mrs. Hemberger-Reading Success Tracker 2008 G4. Here you will be able to keep track of your child’s reading test scores.
If you are sending in a cake or a cookie cake for your child’s birthday please make sure that it is precut. It is very difficult to get 20 slices even and I do not have a knife in my classroom.
If you are sending in cash for lunch money it needs to be sent to school in an envelope with the students name on it, their lunch account number, and my name. When cash gets put in the envelope the secretary does not know who it comes from and which account to credit. Thank you for your help with this matter.
Don’t forget to order your books from Scholastic Books on-line by Friday, March 22nd. Simply go toclick on the parent button and enter my code, which is L7GDY. Happy ordering!!!
Keep in mind these upcoming dates:
Friday, March 15th– Report cards were sent home today. Don’t forget to look at your
child’s papers inthe “FridayFolder.”Keep the papers andthen sign the “Friday
Folder” so that itcan bereturned onMonday. Please signyour child’s March
Behavior Chart on theweek 3 line.
Monday, February 18th –The children will have their Unit 4 Week2 Spelling Pretest today on the computer using Spelling City to take theirpretest. Please go to
to practice your spelling words thisweekend. The children
were given their list for these words to practice last Thursday. Students who earn a
100% A+ will not have any Spelling homework for the rest of the week.The
children will take the Chapter 22 Math Test today.
Wednesday, March 20th– Your child will ask you to listen to them read this week’s
story aloud and then you will need to sign the Reading Log indicating that you
listened to them read the story to you entitled Encantado. The children will have their selection test over this story tomorrow. Please use the “Family Times” for this story in order to help your child prepare for this test.
Thursday, February 21st– The children will take their reading selection test today in the
computer lab over the story Encantado. Remember, you can check your
child’s selection test score by going to and logging in
using your child’s name and password. You can find your child’s user name and
password in their binders located in the reading section.
Friday, February 22nd–The children who did not earn a 100% A+ on Monday’s Spelling
Pretest will be taking the Unit 4 Week 2FinalSpelling Test today to try for an
improved score. Don’t forget to look at your child’spapers in the “Friday Folder.”Keep the papersand then sign the “Friday Folder”so that it can be returned onMonday. Please sign your child’s March Behavior Chart on the Week 4 line. 2:00 Dismissal / Scholastic Book Orders are due by noon today.The children will have Pop-Your-Top and read today. Please send a snack to school with them and make sure they have a book to read.
Monday, March 25th –Friday, March 29th – School not in session.
Monday, April 1st – School not in attendance.
Tuesday, April 2nd – School Resumes
Monday, April 15th - Progress Reports go home today.
Friday, May 3rd – A.R. Points are due today.