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Mrs. Linda Morgan graduated
from the Mrs. Morgan has 21 years of
teaching experience. This is her 3rd year at She loves teaching social
studies and enjoys traveling through the state of She is happily married to Kirk Morgan. She has 3 married children. She loves being a grandma and spends a lot of time with her 10 beautiful grandchildren. She loves to be outside in just about any season. Her favorite out of school activities are watercolor painting, reading, riding her bike, hiking, backpacking, skiing, snowshoeing, playing wallyball, water sports, and rollerblading. |
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October Reading and Language - We are just finishing up the novel, Because of Winn Dixie, and will begin reading Walk Two Moons this month. My students our making great strides in their creative and expository writing as they express themselves through personal journals, literature responses, essays, and poetry. Each child has a good start on a writing portfolio and will continue to add pieces to it throughout the year. Math - This month my math class will be working on using various types of grid systems. We will be graphing ordered pairs and using map grids to find interesting places in Utah. We will also be looking at decimals this month and explore their relationship to money. We will continue working on multiplication using two and three digit numbers. I encourage all students to practice their math facts at home every day. they need to know these facts in order to be proficient in more complex math processes. Social Studies - We are making good progress on county reports and the students are excited to learn about their counties. We are receiving packets daily in response to the letters we sent to the various counties in Utah. It's fun to share the mail with the class each day. this month we will be learning about the first explorers and trappers that came to Utah. We will have a real-life mountain man come for a special 4th grade assembly this month. Science - Students will begin a study of the water cycle. they will learn about evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. They will learn how plants give off water through transpiration and how water seeps into the ground through percolation. They will gain an understanding of the importance of water as a natural resource and the need to protect the water supply and use conservation in our water use. Art - My students have been learning some watercolor techniques and are in the process of painting their first real painting. The paintings have autumn themes. This month we will also explore Native American art by making our own rock art, weaving rugs, and creating pottery. We are excited about all of these fun projects that tie into our social studies curriculum.
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Spelling tests will be given every Tuesday. New spelling words will be assigned on Tuesdays after the test. This schedule allows students an entire week to study rather than just four nights. It also puts spelling tests on days when school is almost always in session. The following words will be on the spelling test given on Tuesday, October 9th . Stem –– dict - Latin – means “speak” 1. verdict – the decision of a jury in a trial 2. contradict – to argue the opposite of what someone says 3. dictionary – a resource containing words and definitions 4. predict – to foretell future events based on observation, experience, or scientific reason 5. dictate – to say aloud words for someone else to write down |
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6. desperately 7. shimmering 8. exactly 9. complicated 10. umbrella |
11. serious 12. memorized 13. question 14. realized 15. disappointed |
16. hymns 17. listened 18. whistling 19. constellations 20. myths
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Research shows that eating healthy snacks throughout the
day helps children to maintain constant blood sugar levels, helping them to
concentrate better and avoid mid-afternoon slumps.
The following is a list of snacks that may be eaten in
homeroom class. Each student will be allowed one sandwich-sized Ziploc bag of
snacks per day. It is also recommended that every student have a water bottle
at his/her desk each day.
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| Online Utah http://www.onlineutah.com/counties3.shtml Utah History for Kids - Counties http://historyforkids.utah.gov/homework_help/counties/ Utah Climate Summaries - http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/summary/climsmut.html UEN Counties of Utah - http://www.uen.org/counties/utah.html Museums in Utah - http://www.onlineutah.com/museums.shtml and http://www.utah.com/museums/ and http://www.censusfinder.com/utah-historical-museums.htm and http://www.vpa.org/museumsut.html |
| Documents for students to download - book reports, reading charts, songs, etc. |
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1 11X15 inch tablet of watercolor paper (Make sure it's watercolor paper and not just a sketch pad.) 1 double-wide magazine holder (I'll have one for you to see at your SEP conference) 1 large box of facial tissue for the classroom 1 pump bottle of antibacterial hand soap 1 -2 quart sized Ziploc plastic bag to hold all of your pencils, crayons, etc. (NO PENCIL BOXES, please. They take up too much room in your desk!) 1 set of colored pencils (sharpened) 1 set of markers (not permanent ink) 1 small hand-held pencil sharpener 1 glue stick Parents: Please send me a message at my school email address from the email address at which you would like to be contacted. That will make it easy for me to create a class mailing list. On that message, please tell me both parents' names and let me know if you have any special skills you could share in the classroom or any type of volunteering you'd like to do. Also, I would appreciate knowing about any special needs or circumstances that your child has so I can be sensitive to those needs from day one. Students: Please send me a quick note to my home email address telling me a little bit about yourself so I can begin getting to know you before school starts. I'd love for you to send me a current digital picture of yourself if you can get one. |
Last updated on: Thursday, October 4, 2008