My name is Miss Phillips and I am honored to be your teacher this year. I received my Bachelor’s from Benedictine in Springfield in Elementary Education with endorsements in Language Arts and Social Studies. I obtained a Master’s degree from Benedictine University in Reading and Literacy K-12 with a Reading Specialist endorsement. I am a life-long learner, a mini doxie owner, and a new mommy to my baby girl named Harper.

I worked for 2 years at Waverly Junior High School teaching 6th grade. I also worked 1 year at Riverton as a long -term 4th grade sub. I look forward to a great year!

This weeks’ spelling pattern is the Thanksgiving Themed. Make sure you practice these words nightly! The test for Spelling is always on Fridays. For word knowledge we will be working with writing correct sentences.

This week we are continuing Opinion. We will be organizing for drafting, building cohesive draft, becoming our own job captains, writing introductions and conclusions, and Free writing Fridays.

We will be rounding to estimate, compatible numbers to estimate, problem solving, reviewing chapter 7, and taking the topic 7 test.

This week we will be starting our Thanksgiving Unit. We will discuss the Mayflower, The Pilgrims, The Wamponaog Indians, and The First Feast.

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About Miss Phillips

Objective Focused Learning

My goal for teaching this year is to engage parents in the process. This means that I will be sending home newsletters that focus on the learning objectives I am teaching in the classroom. This will more clearly state how it is you can help your child learn the material. The other focus will be student organization. Students will be bringing home a planner nightly for your perusal and signature. It will include what we worked on (in student friendly terms) as well as a daily summary, which will serve as a conversation

WednesdaysAll Year

Upcoming TestsMath Test 11/21Spelling Test 11/21Sentence Quiz 11/21Vocab Test 11/21Thanksgiving Test 11/21

No SchoolNovember 27th-28thThanksgiving Break

Spelling/Word Knowledge Focus

Math Focus

We will be leanring organisms of the past and organisms and where they live.

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Remember, we are out at 2:00 every Wednesday for teacher professional development.

Reading Focus

Writing Focus

Science Focus