Thank you for being a wonderful audience for our potlatch ceremony! I am so grateful for all the helpful volunteers and donations for our feast.
Special thanks to the PTSA for approving our grant for purchasing 90 tan t-shirts for student potlatch attire.
At-home volunteer opportunity: Would you be willing to help with some t-shirt laundering? We have the t-shirts from potlatch and the t-shirts for our end-of-the-year project that need to be washed. I'd love to have 3 or 4 families split them up, to go home for washing this week. Thanks for considering!
Goal for the week: Stay focused on the learning during science group work.
Some items in this Monday's take-home folder:
Sign and return: update (teacher assessed), January Reading logs, February reading log (in binders), Storypath test
Review and keep at home: Math practice pages, math fact tests, perspective art, Early Plateau/Coast People Venn diagram, February book orders
Important Dates:
2/12 Valentine’s Day Friendship Celebration in Room 19
2/15 – 19 No School: Mid-winter Break
2/23 Spelling Bee Evening Event (see attached)
3/29 Music Concert
4/4 – 8 Spring Break
4/19 & 26 Fourth Grade WA State Standardized Testing
5/1 & 10 Fourth Grade WA State Standardized Testing
Valentine’s Day will be celebrated on Friday, 2/12 in Room 19.
All students will have a Valentine’s mail sack/bag made and decorated at school. No candy will be distributed at school. Cards only…..a name list is attached to this week's email.
Testing Tuesdays!! Our state standardized testing (SBAC) begins on April 19 and continues for 4 consecutive Tuesdays. The mystery word is: repel. The last test will be administered on Tuesday, May 10. Please try not to schedule medical appointments or vacations on these days!
Novel Study check the Book club page of the fourth grade website for information!
February volunteer calendar: attached to this week's email. Thanks again for all you do to support our class's learning - we couldn't do it without you!!! I moved folks whose regular time was the 3rd week of the month to either the 2nd, 4th, or 5th week - please let me know if this time doesn't work, and thanks for your flexibility!
Coming Up This Week in Class: We are continuing Math Topic 11 (fractions), revising Camp Waskowitz opinion writing, meeting with book clubs, and investigating electricity in science!
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