Dear 4th Grade Families,
Please check today's green take-home folder for several important sign and return items! Our goal this week: Open my heart and mind. Practice our traits of acceptance and tolerance. Some items in this Monday's take-home folder: Sign and return: Self-assessed update (pink), Waskowitz field trip permission forms (green), Emergency Health Info form (purple), Spelling Bee permission form (white) Review and keep at home: Math practice pages, math fact tests, bio collage, Cinderella stories, Matisse art, January Scholastic book order fliers Important Dates: 1/15 Camp Waskowitz Permission form and payment due 1/18 No School (MLK, Jr) 1/19 All day field trip to Camp Waskowitz (Larson and Bernardo) 1/19 Last Day for January Scholastic book order 1/20 All day field trip to Camp Waskowitz (Gose, Heinz-Betts, Cronin) 1/27 Potlatch at 1pm for Bernardo, Cronin, and Gose 1/28 Potlatch at 1pm for Heinz-Betts and Larson 2/12 Valentine’s Day Friendship Celebration in Room 19 2/15 – 19 No School: Mid-winter Break 2/23 Spelling Bee Evening Event Camp Waskowitz: Your student will be participating in the Washington Living History Field Trip (previouslyknown as Washington’s Heritage Field Trip) at Camp Waskowitz, a program offered byHighline School District. The goal is to help students develop a first-hand understanding of Washington state history. Students will participate in several hands-on activities that may include gold panning, using a quill tip pen, log cabin construction, use of a telegraph and old forestry tools, coal mining, laying railroad tracks and Snoqualmie tribe studies to name a few. During lunch, characters from the past will present stories and songs of the era. This field trip is outdoors all day, rain or shine! Students should come to school dressed for the weather (and the mud!) so they can be comfortable while engaging in field trip activities. Students will be given lunch on this field trip. (Tuesday's menu: Chicken soup or Vegetable soup - vegetable soup is also dairy and gluten free. Wheat roll with margarine, pears, oatmeal cookie. Drinks: hot chocolate, 1% milk and water) Cost for the field trip is $15, and can be submitted online:
Save the date: Our Native American Potlatch Ceremony is scheduled for 1 pm on Wednesday, January 28 in the multi-purpose room (families are invited … we need a patient and encouraging audience). Last week you should have received an email from our room parents soliciting food/beverage donations and volunteers for this event. SVSD Health Services Confidential Emergency Health Information 15-16: Purple form went home in today's green folder - please return to the classroom or the office. Spelling Bee Permission form: went home in today's green folder. If students would like to participate, please return to the classroom or the office. Novel Study (book club) begins this week! Students have been placed with a 4th grade teacher reading one of four books:
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, and a paper copy will go home in next week's green folders. January 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!!! Coming Up This Week in Class: We are starting Math Topic 10 (longer Division), conference on our first opinion writing piece, facing new challenges as a Native American village in our storypath, practicing reading skills with our Storyworks article "Malala the Powerful", and completing the STAR math and reading screeners! 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
Dear 4th Grade Families, Happy New Year!! I hope you enjoyed a magical holiday and a magnificent break. Thank you so much for all the wonderful holiday cards, treats, and gifts! You are so thoughtful and generous! Our goal this week: Get back into the swing of things with expected 4th grade behavior Some items in this Monday's take-home folder: Sign and return: Self-assessed update, December Reading log, January Reading Log, Family Field trip RSVP Review and keep at home: Math practice pages, math fact tests, Art workshop fliers, crayfish art Family Field Trip this week: The Seattle Art Museum has an amazing collection of Northwest Coast Native American artifacts. I will be in that exhibit room (with a couple of other 4th grade teachers) at SAM from 5:30 – 6:30 pm on Thursday, January 7. Won’t you bring some 4th graders to the museum and we can all enjoy it together? I’d love to see you there! Please RSVP! The first Thursday of every month is FREE!! In next week’s green folder, look for the: WASKOWITZ OUTDOOR EDUCATION Field Trip Permission Form. Please read the attached flyer about our upcoming field trip. Important Dates: 1/7 Evening Family Field Trip to the Seattle Art Museum 1/18 No School (MLK, Jr) 1/19 All day field trip to Camp Waskowitz (Larson and Bernardo) 1/20 All day field trip to Camp Waskowitz (Gose, Heinz-Betts, Cronin) 1/27 Potlatch at 1pm for Bernardo, Cronin, and Gose 1/28 Potlatch at 1pm for Heinz-Betts and Larson 2/12 Valentine’s Day Friendship Celebration in Room 19 2/15 – 19 No School: Mid-winter Break 2/23 Spelling Bee Evening Event Save the date: Our Native American Potlatch Ceremony is scheduled for 1 pm on Wednesday, January 28 in the multi-purpose room (families are invited … we need a patient and encouraging audience). Next week, you should receive an email from our room parents soliciting food/beverage donations and volunteers for this event. Novel Study (book club) begins next week! Students have been placed with a 4th grade teacher reading one of four books:
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. The mystery word is: quotient. No candy will be distributed at school. Cards only…..more info will be coming in next week’s newsletter. Headphones in Room 19: In our classroom, students have headphones that are labeled with their class number that they use for the year. These were purchased with grant money from the Snoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation. Starting this winter, most teachers will be requesting that families provide earbuds for each student, in order to support reading and math program use in the classroom. If you would like to send a set of earbuds or inexpensive headphones for your child to use this year (and take home at the end of the year) these can be switched out for the headphones provided in our classroom. They should be kept in a baggie and clearly labeled with the student's first and last name and homeroom class. Otherwise, students are welcome to continue using their classroom headphones. Please let me know if you have any questions! January 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!!!
Coming Up This Week in Class: We are continuing Math Topic 9 (Division), finishing our first opinion writing piece, starting to interact as a Native American village in our storypath, and taking an optional family field trip to the Seattle Art Museum! 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 |
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Mon. - PE Tues. - Coding Wed. - Library Thurs. - Music Fri. - Rotating Specialists Art 11:20-12:05: Sept 30 & Oct 1; Nov 18 & 19; Jan 13 & 14; March 23 & 24; April 27 & 28 To volunteer, use the class Signup Contact: In our partnership to ensure success for your child, good communication is critical. Email ([email protected]) is the best way to reach me. I am also happy to make an appointment for a meeting or a phone call.
At-Home Reading: Students should be reading 20 minutes a night. Monthly reading logs should stay in students' binders, and will be checked every Tuesday. Two nights a week students may use Lexia as their 20 minutes of reading. Archives
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