Class Newsletter- March 4, 2013

Mr. Hauptmann’s Class Newsletter

Unit 4, Week 1- March 4, 2013

This week we are reading “The Houdini Box” by Brian Selznick.  We will focus on some vocabulary words in this story.  It would be helpful if you will reinforce the meaning of these words at home with your child.  Also, on this newsletter you will find our spelling words for the week.  Please practice these words at home as well.  The words in italics are our challenge spelling words.  Today we practiced an MCAS Long Composition.  Looking ahead, we will be taking the MCAS on March 19 (Long Comp.) and March 26-27 (ELA). Let’s have a great week!

Vocabulary Word	Meaning
appeared	was seen; came in sight
bustling	being noisily busy and in a hurry
crumbled	fell to pieces; decayed
escape	to get out and away; to get free
magician	person who entertains by art or skill of creating illusions, especially a sleight of hand
monument	something set up to honor a person or an event.  A monument may be a building, pillar, arch, statue, tomb, or stone
vanished	disappeared, especially suddenly

Spelling Words: don’t, won’t, wouldn’t, there’s, we’re, you’re, doesn’t, I’ve, here’s, wasn’t, shouldn’t, couldn’t, where’s, hadn’t, aren’t, they’re, it’s, we’ve, when’s, haven’t, it’ll, who’ll, might’ve, mustn’t, we’d

Our classroom website is a great tool for communication and is full of useful information about our class. The address is www.mrhauptmanngrade4.blogspot.com. I will be updating the site each week.

Important upcoming events:

Tuesday, March 12- Early Release @ 12:40pm

Tuesday, March 19- MCAS Long Composition

Friday, March 22- Report Cards go home & PTO Game Night @ 6:00pm

Please sign, cut on the dotted line, and return on Tuesday:

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Mr. Hauptmann’s Class Newsletter

Unit 4, Week 1- March 4, 2013

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