Spelling Bee: Round 1 will held the week of January 13, and permission slips are coming home in today's take-home folder. Lists of words to practice can be found on the PTSA home page: http://www.cvesptsa.org (scroll down)
Kindness challenge for the week:
Invite someone to play at recess
Partner up with someone new in class
Give three genuine compliments
Don’t forget…… Wednesdays are wear your kindness t-shirt days!
Important Dates:
1/13 PTSA Spelling Bee Round 1 starts this week
1/20 No School: Martin Luther King, Jr Holiday
1/27 No School for students: Teacher Work Day
1/29 Camp Waskowitz Field Trip (Rain, Snow or Shine)
2/17 – 21 No School: Mid-Winter Break
3/6 End of Second Trimester
3/9 No School for students: Teacher Work Day
Take Home Folders / Return to School every Tuesday:
Review and Keep at Home: Math practice pages, dialogue practice, Stemscopedias, Be Kind stickers
Sign and Return: weekly tracker, December reading log, January Reading Log (in binders), spelling bee permission form (opt), Camp Waskowitz permission form
Goal for the Week:
Keep my desk and binder organized all week
Coming up this week in class:
Continuing our Eureka Math module on multiplication and division, writing narratives, starting our Storypath study of the early people of the Pacific Northwest Coast, reading The Longest Night, analyzing literary elements, finding theme in stories, completing week 3 of the kindness challenge, and practicing perspective techniques in art!
Math: Our Module 3 covers multi-digit multiplication and division. Practicing math facts during this time will be imperative!
This week:
Topic G: Division of Thousands, Hundreds, Tens, and Ones
Upcoming:
Topic H: Multiplication of Two-Digit by Two-Digit Numbers
https://embarc.online/course/index.php?categoryid=6
https://greatminds.org/math/parents
Reading: We are reading The Longest Night, a story about a Native American boy taking part in an important cultural tradition. Our reading lessons focus on:
- Using Text Details to describe a setting
- Comparing and Contrasting Point of View
- Using Details to Determine Theme
- Analyzing Problems and Solutions
- Describing Characters and Events
- Determining Genre
Writing: We are continuing our study of narrative writing. Students will be working on stories with a beginning, middle, and end that include descriptive details for the setting, dialogue between characters, a clear sequence of events, and a problem and solution.
Social Studies: The mystery word is perspective. This week we set the stage for our Storypath unit as we begin our learning about the Native Americans of the Northwest Coast. In this unit, our classroom becomes a Native American village. We will discuss the setting for our village and determine how the weather, geographic features and natural resources might impact how we live.
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
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With thanks,
Emily Larson
4th Grade, CVES
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