Congratulations to the participants and winners of this year’s science fair! I am so proud that students from our class earned third place for fourth grade! Wahoooo! Congratulations to Kaya, Katelyn, and Ellie! Huge thanks to Morgan Espeland and the many volunteers for hosting such an amazing event!
Goal for the week: Finish typing my country report rough draft by Thursday.
Some items in this Monday's take-home folder:
Sign and return: updates (student self-assessed), reading logs (in binders)
Review and keep at home: Math practice pages, math fact tests, art, PTSA/Farmigo online farmer's market information
Each student should be reading his/her biography book with a goal to finish it next week by Friday, May 6.
Please see the wax museum assignment packet (attached) for specific guidelines. There is also a page on the 4th grade website with examples. This is a long term project with the checkpoints below.
2016_may_book_genre_wax_museum_report.doc |
Tues, May 3 English Language Arts (ELA)
Tues, May 10 ELA Performance Task (PT), part 1
Wed, May 11 ELA Performance Task (PT), part 2
Tues, May 17 Math
Tues, May 24 Math PT
Please try not to schedule medical appointments or vacations on these days!
Important Dates:
5/3,10 & 11 Fourth Grade WA State Standardized Testing
5/17 & 24 Fourth Grade WA State Standardized Testing
5/30 No School: Memorial Day
6/2 Wax Museum (with parent viewing 9 – 10 am)
6/9 Field Day
April 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!!! Please let me know if this time doesn't work.
Coming Up This Week in Class: We are starting Math Topic 15 (Geometry), writing rough drafts of country reports, continuing our social studies / reading Unit on Lewis and Clark, investigating Energy in science, completing a practice SBA activity, and practicing Readers' Theater!
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