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Important Dates:
10/14 No School for Students - Teacher Work Day
10/16 Nature Vision Lesson: Pond Dipping (thank you PTSA!)
10/16 PTSA sponsored “Birds+Bees+Kids” in the MPR at 7 pm
10/17 Nature Vision Walking Field Trip: Pond Dipping
(thank you PTSA!) - volunteers needed!
11/6 Veteran’s Day Assembly
11/11 No School - Veteran's Day Observed
11/13 Individual Photo Retakes
11/15 First Trimester Ends
11/22 & 25 – 27 Conferences (12:05 Dismissal)
11/28-29 No School - Thanksgiving Break
12/10 Toymaker Workshop (afternoon)
12/23-1/3 No School - Holiday Break
1/6 School Resumes
Take Home Folders / Return to School every Tuesday:
Review and Keep at Home: Math practice pages, math newsletters, Growth Mindset papers, Repousse art, Museo flier, Porpoises in Peril packet, Book Order
Sign and Return: weekly tracker, sign and return math test, field trip permission/volunteer form, reading log (in binders)
Goal for the Week: I will complete all homework on time
Coming up this week in class:
Continuing addition and subtraction of large numbers in math, finishing Mary Anning: The Girl Who Cracked Open the World, sharing research and informational writing, continuing our study of Washington State Geography, and starting our Create-a-Country projects!
Scholastic Reading Club Order: Our October reading club flier went home in today's folders! To place an order, go to www.scholastic.com/bookclubs, select "parent" and Continue. You'll need to create an account with your own user name and password (if you don’t have one yet), and use class activation code GPZ63 to connect to our class order. Books will be delivered in 1-2 weeks after the last day to order. As always, our class gets free books and materials with every online order placed. Thanks in advance for helping us expand our classroom library and programs! The last day to order books is Tuesday, October 15th. If you have any questions, please let me know.
Homework: This year, your child will be keeping track of assignments and homework in a weekly tracker. At home, please check the weekly tracker (located in the front of the binder) to support your child’s homework habits. It is also posted on our classroom blog daily. (http://cves4.weebly.com/ms-larson )
Math Facts: Fourth grade students must be fluent in all multiplication and related division facts up to 12. Please use our on line program REFLEX https://www.reflexmath.com/go (username: [email protected]) or visit the 4th grade blog to learn strategies and interactive ways to practice math facts at home.
Math: Topic F: Addition and Subtraction Word Problems
At-home Reading: Students are expected to read 20 minutes a night, with a goal of 100 minutes each week. Your signature is required on their weekly minute totals every Monday evening. I will be checking for signatures every Tuesday morning.
Reading: Our reading lessons focus on:
- Using details and examples from the text as evidence to support comprehension
- Identifying main ideas and supporting details
- Identifying non-fiction text structures
- Determining the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text
- Engaging in collaborative discussions
Writing: Students are working on research and informational writing focused on stating a main idea (using a topic sentence) and providing supporting details.
Social Studies: Our Geography lessons focus on:
- Map-reading skills
- Geography vocabulary
- Washington state water bodies, land forms, climate, and human-created features
Science: Coming Soon!
Volunteer Opportunities: To see the calendar or to sign up to volunteer for Museo Art Lessons, use the Signup link here: https://signup.com/login/entry/477023421096088038
Thanks, again, for all you do to support children, teachers and learning!
Please visit our 4th grade blog…. http://cves4.weebly.com/
In our partnership to ensure success for your child, good communication is critical. If you ever have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to e-mail me at larsone@svsd410.org. I’d love to hear from you and look forward to working with you this year.
With thanks,
Emily Larson
4th Grade, CVES
[email protected]
www.cves4.weebly.com