Last week in Tech with Mrs. Russell students used coding skills to program robots. More pictures of the students in action with their robots here. (Password reminder in this week's email)
Hello Fourth Grade Families,
Time to return all library books and recorders! In today’s take home folder you will find a blank white envelope. Please return this envelope addressed to your student (at your home address) with a postage stamp no later than Tuesday, June 5. Thank you!! (If you have extra stamps, and would like to donate one to a 4th grader, please send them in. Thanks) Our CVES online "School Supplies" shopping for next year is now open at https://www.schooltoolbox.com Important Dates: 5/29 Blast Off to 5th Grade Countdown begins! 5/31 Wax Museum (Parent/Family viewing at 9:30 – 10:00 am) 6/1 Donuts for Dads before school in the MPR (Thank you PTSA) Picnic Lunch Day – Parents/Families invited to bring lunches to school (use attached order form) 6/6 Field Day (9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Grades 3-5) Please see attached flyer about volunteering! 6/7 Human Growth and Development Video 6/12 Last Day of School (11:56 am dismissal) Blast Off to 5th Grade Celebration and Volunteer Appreciation Poetry Read (tentative time: 11:15 am) Families welcome….. we will just squeeze in for the fun! Monday Take Home Folders/Return to School every Tuesday: Review and Keep at Home: Math Practice Pages, summer reading illustrations, recorder quizzes, optional Mariners quizzes, practice repousse art, School Toolbox order information Sign and Return: May Reading Logs (in binders) Goal for the Week: The mystery word is Vitamin A. With two short weeks and the close of the school year, we will no longer be doing weekly updates. Thank you for signing these important communication tools this year! Coming up this week in class: Learning about nutrition by tracking the food groups of the foods we eat, taking the nutrition test, presenting our Wax Museum characters on Thursday, ending our walk-to-math learning for the year, starting the blastoff to 5th grade with notes to ourselves, board games, and an art project! As a part of the health curriculum, the fourth grade has a short presentation on human growth and development. Please read the attached letter. All students will view their gender specific video on, Thursday, June 7. There will be an opportunity for parent viewing of the videos on: Tues, June 5 8:30 am (girl: Room 4) and 3:30 pm (girl: Room 18) Wed, June 6 8:30 am (boy: Room 4) and 3:30 pm (boy: Room 18) All screenings are open to all parents/guardians regardless of homeroom teacher. Last year many parents found it helpful to watch the video so that they could discuss the content with their children at home. We encourage you to come and watch the approximately 20-minute video. Biography / Wax Museum Project: 1. Start biography selection and reading - Week of April 16 2. Commit to a person and book (teacher approval) - Monday, April 23 3. Finish reading biography book and take notes - Tuesday, May 1 4. Note taking and timeline notes due - Tuesday, May 8 6. Rough Draft Due - Tuesday, May 15 7. List of Sources complete - Week of May 21 8. Final Draft DUE - Tuesday, May 22 9. Poster Due and practice presentations - Tuesday, May 29 10. Wax Museum - Thursday, May 31 (Parent/Family viewing at 9:30 – 10:00 am) Volunteer Opportunities: 6/6: Field Day volunteers needed: see the attached flyer. Our class volunteer calendar: http://signup.com/go/bKMtZZx Thanks, again, for all you do to support children, teachers and learning! Health/Reading: This week the students continue our unit on nutrition. They will learn about the 5 food groups and their health benefits. Students will be tracking their food intake for homework. Don’t be surprised if they start reading labels and asking for more fruits and veggies this week and next! : ) Social Studies: Our study of Government and Civics learning targets includes:
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/ Students investigated energy and speed by measuring the distance a toy car traveled when released from different points on a ramp.
Dear 4th Grade Families,
We have Math SBAC on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. Please send your child to school with two healthy snacks and a water bottle on Tuesday and Wednesday. Thanks! As a part of the health curriculum, the fourth grade has a short presentation on human growth and development. Please read the attached letter. The mystery word is carbohydrate. All students will view their gender specific video on, Thursday, June 7. There will be an opportunity for parent viewing of the videos on: Tues, June 5 8:30 am (girl: Room 4) and 3:30 pm (girl: Room 18) Wed, June 6 8:30 am (boy: Room 4) and 3:30 pm (boy: Room 18) All screenings are open to all parents/guardians regardless of homeroom teacher. Last year many parents found it helpful to watch the video so that they could discuss the content with their children at home. We encourage you to come and watch the approximately 20-minute video. Important Dates: 5/22 SBAC testing (in walk-to-math classroom) 5/23 SBAC testing (in walk-to-math classroom) 5/25 No School: Memorial Day Weekend 5/28 No school: Memorial Day 5/29 Blast Off to 5th Grade Countdown begins! 5/31 Wax Museum (Parent/Family viewing at 9:30 – 10:00 am) 6/1 Donuts for Dads before school in the MPR (Thank you PTSA) Picnic Lunch Day – Parents/Families invited to bring lunches to school (use attached order form) 6/6 Field Day (9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Grades 3-5) Please see attached flyer about volunteering! 6/12 Last Day of School (11:56 am dismissal) Blast Off to 5th Grade Celebration and Volunteer Appreciation Poetry Read (tentative time: 11:15 am) Families welcome….. we will just squeeze in for the fun! Monday Take Home Folders/Return to School every Tuesday: Review and Keep at Home: Math Practice Pages Sign and Return: teacher-assessed updates (last one for the year!), May Reading Logs (in binders), health video permission form Goal for the Week: With two short weeks (this and next) and the close of the school year, we will no longer be doing weekly updates. Thank you for signing these important communication tools this year! Coming up this week in class: Taking the math SBA, continuing our science study of Speed and Energy, learning about nutrition, working on Wax Museum posters and speeches, and creating repousse relief art in our final Museo art lesson of the year! Biography / Wax Museum Project: 1. Start biography selection and reading - Week of April 16 2. Commit to a person and book (teacher approval) - Monday, April 23 3. Finish reading biography book and take notes - Tuesday, May 1 4. Note taking and timeline notes due - Tuesday, May 8 6. Rough Draft Due - Tuesday, May 15 7. List of Sources complete - Week of May 21 8. Final Draft DUE - Tuesday, May 22 9. Poster Due and practice presentations - Tuesday, May 29 10. Wax Museum - Thursday, May 31 (Parent/Family viewing at 9:30 – 10:00 am) Recorder Unit Ending: Calling all recorders! This week and next students should be turning in their borrowed recorders to Mrs. Herb. Mrs. Heinz-Betts’s morning math class continues on Tuesdays and Thursday at a new time, 8:30 – 9:00 am. If students are going to attend, please make sure that they have already eaten breakfast so that the entire half hour can be used for math prep. If they are participating in intramurals, they should not come to morning math class. Thank you for your understanding. Volunteer Opportunities: 6/6: Field Day volunteers needed: see the attached flyer. Our class volunteer calendar: http://signup.com/go/bKMtZZx Thanks, again, for all you do to support children, teachers and learning! Health/Reading: This week the students continue our unit on nutrition. They will learn about the 5 food groups and their health benefits. Students will be tracking their food intake for homework. Don’t be surprised if they start reading labels and asking for more fruits and veggies this week and next! : ) Social Studies: Our study of Government and Civics’ learning targets includes:
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/ Last week students made tie-dye shirts that we can wear for Field Day and the last day of school!
Dear 4th Grade Families,
Thank you so much for all of the kind words, compliments, class supplies, library books, and goodies last week! I feel very spoiled and appreciated. I am especially excited to head to Molbak's and pick out some new plants! I've already put several of the gardening tools in my basket to very good use. :-) THANK YOU!!! We have ELA SBAC on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. Please send your child to school with two healthy snacks on Tuesday and Wednesday. Thanks! Important Dates: 5/14 Last Day for May Scholastic Book Orders - last one for the year! 5/15 SBAC testing 5/16 SBAC testing 5/22 SBAC testing 5/23 SBAC testing 5/29 Blast Off to 5th Grade Countdown begins! (more info coming soon) 5/31 Wax Museum (Parent/Family viewing at 9:30 – 10:00 am) 6/1 Donuts for Dads before school in the MPR (Thank you PTSA) Picnic Lunch Day – Parents/Families invited to bring lunches to school 6/6 Field Day (9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Grades 3-5) Please see attached flyer about volunteering! 6/12 Last Day of School (11:56 am dismissal) Blast Off to 5th Grade Celebration and Volunteer Appreciation Poetry Read (tentative time: 11:15 am) Families welcome….. we will just squeeze in for the fun! Monday Take Home Folders/Return to School every Tuesday: Review and Keep at Home: Math Practice Pages, All School BBQ order forms Sign and Return: student self-assessed updates, May Reading Logs (in binders) Goal for the Week: do my very best and show perseverance on Tuesday and Wednesday's SBA. Coming up this week in class: Continuing Walk-to-Math learning, reviewing types of writing, continuing our science study of Speed and Energy, starting our nutrition topic, working on Wax Museum posters and speeches, and finishing our ELA SBAC tests on Tuesday and Wednesday! Biography / Wax Museum Project: 1. Start biography selection and reading - Week of April 16 2. Commit to a person and book (teacher approval) - Monday, April 23 3. Finish reading biography book and take notes - Tuesday, May 1 4. Note taking and timeline notes due - Tuesday, May 8 6. Rough Draft Due - Tuesday, May 15 7. List of Sources complete - Week of May 21 8. Final Draft DUE - Tuesday, May 22 9. Poster Due and practice presentations - Tuesday, May 29 10. Wax Museum - Thursday, May 31 Our state standardized testing (SBAC) for 4th grade begins in May. Our testing dates are: 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 ! Mrs. Heinz-Betts’s morning math class continues on Tuesdays and Thursday at a new time, 8:30 – 9:00 am. If students are going to attend, please make sure that they have already eaten breakfast so that the entire half hour can be used for math prep. If they are participating in intramurals, they should not come to morning math class. Thank you for your understanding. SBA Morning Math Practice Mrs. Gose is offering a weekly SBA math practice class in her classroom (room 19) this Thursday and next Thursday (5/17 is the last session) starting PROMPTLY at 8:40 until 9:00. This is meant to be a review class for students who need a bit of refreshing on key 4th grade math skills. It is open to all children who may need extra practice regardless of who their teacher is. Please reach out to Mrs. Gose at [email protected] if you have any further questions. Thank you! Volunteer Opportunities: 6/6: Field Day volunteers needed: see the attached flyer. Our class volunteer calendar: http://signup.com/go/bKMtZZx Thanks, again, for all you do to support children, teachers and learning! May Scholastic Reading Club Order - last one for the year! The mystery word is calcium. Fliers went home in last Monday's take-home folders! To place an order, go to www.scholastic.com/bookclubs, select "parent" and Continue. 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 is today - May 14th). If you have any questions, please let me know. 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/ |
Ms. LarsonWeekly Specialist Rotation
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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