Last week we lived a lot of WA State history! Our class experienced homesteading, logging, railroad building, coal mining and (shhhhh!) gold mining on our all-day field trip to Camp Waskowitz. Pictures of students in action here. We had a great 4th grade turnout for our 4th grade family field trip at the Seattle Art Museum. Students were amazed at the size, weight, and detail of many of the artifacts we've been learning about in class. Thanks for joining us, families! Pictures of our attending students and some of their favorite art and artifacts are here. If you have forgotten the password, it's in this week's email or ask your child. |
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Our Native American Potlatch Ceremony is scheduled for this Wednesday, February 7 at 9:30 am 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!
Have you taken pictures of our class at school or on a field trip this year? Our yearbook team would love to have pictures of groups of our 4th graders from class activities! You can submit them to the school Shutterfly account - https://cascadeviewelementary.shutterfly.com, email them to [email protected] or directly to Megan Miller at [email protected] - any way that is easiest for you! We would be so grateful for you taking the time to do so!
Important Dates:
2/7 4L & 4HB Potlatch, 9:30-10:15 in the MPR
2/12 Last Day for Feb. Book Orders
2/13 Newbery Book Report due
2/14 Valentine's Day
2/19-2/23 No School - Midwinter Break
3/13 Fourth Grade Science Fair
3/15 CVES Science Fair
3/27 Fourth Grade Music Concert
4/9-4/13 No School - Spring Break
5/9 4th Grade SBAC testing
5/15 4th Grade SBAC testing
5/16 4th Grade SBAC testing
5/22 4th Grade SBAC testing
5/23 4th Grade SBAC testing
5/31 Wax Museum (tentative at 9:30 – 10:30 am)
Monday Take Home Folders/Return to School every Tuesday:
Review and Keep at Home: Potlatch invitation, Valentine list/information, February book order, math practice pages
Sign and Return: student self-assessed updates, January Reading Logs (in binders)
Goal for the Week: speak loudly, slowly, and clearly at the Potlatch on Wednesday.
Strep throat in 4th grade: please read the attached letter from our school nurse. Thank you!
Coming up this week in class: Continuing fractions learning in Walk-to-Math, revising and editing a realistic fiction narrative, finishing Max Malone Makes a Million, approving Newbery rough draft packets and working on final book jackets, reviewing our learning about early people of the Pacific Northwest coast, starting our science study of rock layers, and celebrating history learning with our Potlatch!
Book Report: The Newbery book jacket (assignment attached here) is due on Tuesday, February 13. There is more information and examples on the 4th grade website. The children and I discussed appropriate chunking of big projects and decided the following dates would be reasonable checkpoints:
Tues. 1/30 finish reading the book
Wed. 2/7 finish the rough draft packet for teacher approval
Tues. 2/13 project due
Volunteer Opportunities: Our class would love to have two volunteers per day to help us with our next Museo art classes on February 12th and 13th! Please sign up using our class volunteer calendar: http://signup.com/go/bKMtZZx Thanks, again, for all you do to support children, teachers and learning!
Valentine’s Day: will be celebrated on Wednesday, 2/14 in Room 14. All students will have a Valentine’s mail sack/bag made and decorated at school. Due to food allergies and dietary restrictions, no candy/gum/food will be distributed at school. Please respect the safety and health of our students. Cards only…..more info will be coming in next week’s newsletter. Thanks!
February Scholastic Reading Club Order: Fliers went home in today's Monday take-home folders! To place an order, go to www.scholastic.com/bookclubs, select "parent" and Continue. The mystery word is erosion. You'll need to create an account with your own user name and password (if you don’t have one yet), and use class activation code GPZ63 to connect to our class order. Books will be delivered in 1-2 weeks after the last day to order. As always, our class gets free books and materials with every online order placed. Thanks in advance for helping us expand our classroom library and programs! The last day to order books will be Monday, February 12th. If you have any questions, please let me know.
Our state standardized testing (SBAC) for 4th grade begins in May.
Our testing dates are: Wednesday, May 9; Tuesday, May 15; Wednesday, May 16; Tuesday, May 22; and Wednesday, May 23.
Please try not to schedule medical/dental appointments or vacations on these days! Thank you !
From the computer lab:
Typing Agent challenge for January and February
to earn 1 class of free choice each student individually must:
- Spend 15 minutes per week outside of school on Typing Agent. (Can be multiple sessions.)
- Complete all of the Unit Tests and be working toward completing Units 4-6
Reading: Max Malone. Lessons are focused on:
- Using details to analyze story elements
- Analyzing characters
- Using text evidence to make inferences about characters
- Summarizing the text
- Examining descriptive details
- Describing characters in depth
- Analyzing word choices
- Using elements of a narrative to determine theme
Writing: Narrative writing with lessons focused on:
- Establishing a situation and developing a sequence of events.
- Introducing a narrator and characters
- Using dialogue
- Using descriptive and sensory details
- Using transitional words, including sequence words
- Using meaningful figurative language (focus on simile)
Please visit our 4th grade blog…. http://cves4.weebly.com/
Homework: Please check the binder reminder (located in the front of the binder) to support your child’s homework habits. It is also posted on our classroom blog daily.
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.
Thank you!!!
Emily Larson, MIT, NBCT
Cascade View Elementary School
34816 SE Ridge Street
Snoqualmie, WA 98065
(425)-831-4100
[email protected]
http://cves4.weebly.com/