Hello Fourth Grade Families, Thank you for attending Curriculum Night. If you were not able to come, the handout is attached and the slideshow is posted on the class website. As a reminder, students should not be on campus before 8:45am as there is no supervision provided. If your student is eating breakfast at school they may come to the MPR at 8:30am. Please do not get out of your cars in our drive through lanes, you must drop and go. If you need to help your student with their things, please park in the lot and walk them onto campus. Important Dates: 9/26 Individual picture day for 4th grade (order forms went home on curriculum night) 10/4 Welcome to the Jungle Walk-a-thon (10 – 11:15 am for 4th grade) Fourth graders wear as much purple (suggest animal print) as possible! 11/12 No School - Veteran's Day Observed 11/16, 11/19, 11/20, 11/21 Early release Days For Conferences 11/22-11/23 No School - Thanksgiving Break 12/12 Nature Vision lesson: Native Plants and People (Thank you PTSA!) 12/20-1/1 No School - Holiday Break 1/2 School Resumes Take Home Folders / Return to School every Tuesday: Review and Keep at Home: Math practice pages, growth/fixed mindset sort, Topic 1 Math Review, Learning Style Inventory from the Counselor's Lesson Sign and Return: weekly tracker, reading log, Sea Creature Paragraph Goal for the Week: Use science vocabulary words to explain my thinking in my CER! Coming up this week in class: Testing on math Topic 1: Multiplication and Division Meanings and Facts, starting Topic 2: Generate and Analyze Patterns, taking our first Ready Gen test on the skills we learned reading Porpoises in Peril, reading Mary Anning: The Girl Who Cracked Open the World, finishing our study of plant and animal structures in science, and applying for new class jobs! Math Facts: Fourth grade students must be fluent in all multiplication and related division facts up to 12. The mystery word is synonym. Please use our on line program REFLEX https://www.reflexmath.com/go (username: [email protected]) or visit the 4th grade blog to learn strategies and interactive ways to practice math facts at home. Math: We are working through Topic 2: Generate and Analyze Patterns. Goal: Identify and Extend Patterns. At-home Reading: Students are expected to read 20 minutes a night, with a goal of 100 minutes each week. Your signature is required on their weekly minute totals every Monday evening. I will be checking for signatures every Tuesday morning. Reading: Our reading lessons focus on:
Writing: Students will be starting research and informational writing focused on stating a main idea (using a topic sentence) and providing supporting details. Social Studies (coming soon): Students will be learning about the United States government with an introduction to the branches and levels of government, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution. Science: Our first "Scope" (unit) is Plant and Animal Parts. Students will be practicing supporting their ideas with information and observations, learning how plants and animals' structures function to help them survive, and using models to understand systems. Volunteer Opportunities: Thanks, again, for all you do to support children, teachers and learning! Our class Signup can be viewed here: http://signup.com/go/UZYqOEz If you'd like to volunteer and are not yet on the calendar, please let me know! 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 4th Grade, CVES [email protected] www.cves4.weebly.com For those who were unable to join us, here is the curriculum night slideshow. The Welcome Packet in your child's folder follows the content. Please let me know if you have any questions!
Students became blood cells and internal structures in our class model of the human body, delivering needed oyxgen and food, and helping remove waste and carbon dioxide. For photos of the kids in action, check the password-protected "Ms. Larson's 2018 Students in Action" page: http://cves4.weebly.com/ms-larsons-2018-students-in-action The password will be included in this week's email newsletter (and I'll have the kids add it to their password page tomorrow)! Hello Fourth Grade Families,
I look forward to seeing you in room 14 TOMORROW onTuesday evening (9/18) at 6:30 pm for Curriculum Night. In 30 minutes, I will attempt to give you an idea of what we do for 10 months in 4th grade and how we go about doing it! We will also sign up for November conferences; bring your calendar! If you are unable to come to Curriculum Night, I have a folder full of information that I will send home with your child. It includes the picture order form, walk-a-thon envelope, box top program and lots of other important information about 4th grade. The parents in attendance will be leaving a note for their child, if you cannot come, please send me an email with a note for your child (words of praise and encouragement) and I will print it out for them and put it on their desk for Wednesday morning. Important Dates: 9/17 Today: Last day for September Scholastic Book Orders 9/18 Curriculum Night for 4th grade start (at 6:15 in the MPR with PTSA and continues) in our classroom (room 18) at 6:30 pm 9/20 PTSA Volunteer Training at 9:10 am 9/26 Individual picture day for 4th grade 10/4 Welcome to the Jungle Walk-a-thon (10 – 11:15 am for 4th grade) Fourth graders wear as much purple (suggest animal print) as possible! Take Home Folders / Return to School every Tuesday: Review and Keep at Home: Math practice pages, practice watercolor art, repousse metal art Sign and Return: weekly tracker, reading log, the mystery word is inverse operation Goal for the Week: Students self-selected goals this week - ask your child to tell you about their goal! Coming up this week in class: Continuing math Topic 1: Multiplication and Division Meanings and Facts, learning classroom expectations, continuing our first reading book - Porpoises in Peril, writing bio spotlights about Martin Luther King, Jr., continuing our study of plant and animal structures in science, and kicking off Walkathon Fundraising! Scholastic Reading Club Order: Our first reading club flier went home in last week's 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, Monday, September 17th. If you have any questions, please let me know. Math Facts: Fourth grade students must be fluent in all multiplication and related division facts up to 12. Please use our on line program REFLEX https://www.reflexmath.com/go (username: [email protected]) or visit the 4th grade blog to learn strategies and interactive ways to practice math facts at home. Math: At Curriculum Night, you will receive a letter explaining the online resources and your student’s log in information for our EnVisions Math curriculum. It may be a new experience to have the electronic textbook, quizzes, and games available from a home computer. We are working through Topic 1: Multiplication and Division; meanings and facts. At-home Reading: Students are expected to read 20 minutes a night, with a goal of 100 minutes each week. Your signature is required on their weekly minute totals every Monday evening. I will be checking for signatures every Tuesday morning. (Our September reading logs start today.) Reading: Our reading lessons focus on:
Writing: Students will be starting research and informational writing focused on stating a main idea (using a topic sentence) and providing supporting details. Social Studies (coming soon): Students will be learning about the United States government with an introduction to the branches and levels of government, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution. Science: Our first "Scope" (unit) is Plant and Animal Parts. Students will be practicing supporting their ideas with information and observations, learning how plants and animals' structures function to help them survive, and using models to understand systems. Volunteer Opportunities: Thanks, again, for all you do to support children, teachers and learning! Special thanks for your patience and help this week as I get all the volunteer times entered into Signup.com. 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 4th Grade, CVES [email protected] www.cves4.weebly.com |
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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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