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Our Native American Potlatch Ceremony is scheduled for this Wednesday, February 12 at 2:45pm in the multi-purpose room (families are invited … we need a patient and encouraging audience). :-) Thank you to all who have volunteered or donated to make this learning event memorable!
State standardized testing (SBAC) for 4th grade begins in May. Our testing dates are: May 12, 13, 14, 27, and 28. Please try not to schedule medical/dental appointments or vacations on these days! Thank you!
Important Dates:
2/12 Potlatch 2:45 pm Parent/Family Audience Requested
(invitation attached)
2/13 Newbery Book Report Final Due
2/13 Spelling Bee Final & PTSA General Meeting 6pm
2/14 Valentines Day Celebration of Fun and Friendship
2/17 – 21 No School: Mid-Winter Break
3/6 End of Second Trimester
3/9 No School for students: Teacher Work Day
3/19 Tentative PTSA Science Fair Evening
4/3 Tentative PTSA Spring Kindness Carnival
4/13-17 No School: Spring Break
5/12 SBAC Testing
5/13 SBAC Testing
5/14 SBAC Testing
5/27 SBAC Testing
5/28 SBAC Testing
6/5 Tentative PTSA Kids Invite Someone Special Morning
6/25 Last day of school (revised date due to snow days)
Take Home Folders / Return to School every Tuesday:
Review and Keep at Home: math homework and practice pages, February book order,
Sign and Return: weekly tracker, Module 3 Math Test, February Reading Log (in binder)
Goal for the Week: I will speak my part slowly, loudly, and clearly at the potlatch
Kindness challenge for the week:
Help someone before they ask you to
Offer to help your teacher
Tell an appropriate joke to make someone smile
Wednesdays are wear your Kindness shirt day!
Coming up this week in class:
Continuing our Eureka Math module on fractions, taking our Storypath test on the early people of the Pacific Northwest Coast, writing opinion essays, finishing and sharing our Newbery book report project, celebrating Valentine's Day fun and friendship, and presenting our Potlatch!
Valentine’s Day will be celebrated on Friday, 2/14 in Room 14. All students will have a Valentine’s mail sack/bag made and decorated at school. The mystery word is equivalent. Due to food allergies and dietary restrictions, we would like to suggest that no candy be distributed at school with student cards. Any candy (or food items) on cards will NOT be opened at school; it will be sent home.
We will have a low key celebration that afternoon with a healthy snack of red and pink fruits and a science video. Our wonderful room parents will be soliciting donations soon. More information is in today’s take home folder and email newsletter.
Book Report: The Newbery book jacket is due on Thursday, Febraury 13. There is more information and examples on the 4th grade website: http://cves4.weebly.com/project-newbery-book-report.html.
Example project work timeline:
Jan. 15 – Jan 27 Keep reading; finish three sections
Jan. 28 – Feb 6 Finish reading the book; finish packet (rough draft)
Feb. 7 - 13 Complete the book jacket, working on one or two parts per day
Math: Our Module 5 covers fraction equivalence, ordering, and operations.
This week:
Topic A: Decomposition and Fraction Equivalence
Topic B: Fraction Equivalence Using Multiplication and Division
Up Next:
Topic C: Fraction Comparison
Topic D: Fraction Addition and Subtraction
Topic E: Extending Fraction Equivalence to Fractions > 1
Topic F: Addition and Subtraction of Fractions by Decomposition
Topic G: Repeated Addition of Fractions as Multiplication
Topic H: Exploring a Fraction Pattern
https://embarc.online/course/index.php?categoryid=6
https://greatminds.org/math/parents
We'll return to Topic 4 later in the year.
Writing: We are writing opinion paragraphs and essays that clearly state an opinion and use text-based evidence to support that opinion.
Social Studies: The children will take their end of unit test on Wednesday and conclude the Storypath with a potlatch on Wednesday, 2/12. We hope you will join us; please see the attached invitation.
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