Students researched an animal of their choice and created infographics showing the animal's range and the adaptations that help it survive in its habitat.
Hello Fourth Grade Families,
Halloween Message From Mr. Frazier: Students may wear costumes to school on Halloween, October 31st, the theme will be around their favorite storybook character. Costumes may NOT contain any weapons, blood, or gore. Costumes should not be scary and masks will not be allowed during the school day. Students who come to school in costumes with the above items will need to change. Students will be participating in regular activities for the day, such as specialists and recess, so please make sure they have appropriate shoes and jackets. Thank you. Trick or Treat! If you will be out trick-or-treating with your child on Halloween, please stop by 7408 Dogwood Lane to grab a treat and take a picture of your little goblin with Mrs. Bernardo, Miss Thomas, and Mrs. Gose! All 4th graders are welcome to stop by to trick-or-treat between 5 – 8 pm! (I'll be attending a class in Seattle that evening, but I'd love to see pictures of my kids with their other fourth grade teachers!) Important Dates: 10/30 Book Report due 10/31 Storybook Costumes (optional) 11/2 School-wide Pajama Day with in class tech/video time 11/2 PTSA Fall Carnival (6 – 8 pm) More reason to attend: There will be a 4th grade teacher you know in the dunk tank! And the mystery word/term is sense receptors. 11/9 9:20 a.m. Veterans Day Assembly 11/9 1st Trimester ends 11/12 No School - Veteran's Day Observed 11/14 – 16, 19, 20 PTSA Book Fair 11/16, 11/19, 11/20, 11/21 Early release Days For Conferences (11:56am dismissal) 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 2/5 Camp Waskowitz outdoor field trip (rain, snow or shine…. Plan for a cold, wet day) 3/21 Toymaker Workshop (afternoon) 3/27 4th Grade Music Concert 5/30 10:45 – 11:15 am Wax Museum (tentative) Take Home Folders / Return to School every Tuesday: Review and Keep at Home: Math practice pages, text structure practice, 3 branches art Sign and Return: weekly tracker Goal for the Week: Listen with attention during science group work Coming up this week in class: Completing walk-to-math Topic 4: Addition and Subtraction, learning about assertive communication, finishing our informational text titled Skeletons, investigating and modeling animal senses, and enjoying a low-key Halloween celebration in class! Challenge / Extra Credit Opportunities: Social Emotional Learning - Listening With Attention activity (attached) due Tuesday 10/30; Science Art - Poster Contest (attached) due Thursday 11/8; Social Emotional Learning - Assertiveness (attached) due Tuesday 11/6 Reflections: Use the arts to share your personal Reflections on this year’s theme: HEROES AROUND ME. Submissions are due to CVES Reflections chair Vanessa Rimkus by Monday December 3, 2018 either between 8:45-9:05 or after school that day from 3:25-3:45 in the Multi Purpose Room. If other arrangements need to be made prior to that date, please email [email protected] to make arrangements. More information is available at https://www.wastatepta.org/events-programs/reflections/ and the entry form can be found on the fourth grade homepage: http://cves4.weebly.com/ Book Report: The Newbery (or Battle of the Books) book jacket is due on Tuesday, October 30. There is more information and examples on the 4th grade website: http://cves4.weebly.com/project-newbery-book-report.html. Example project work timeline: Oct. 1-7 Start reading the book; finish at least one book report section Oct. 8-14 Keep reading; finish three more sections Oct. 15-21 Finish reading the book; finish packet (rough draft) Oct. 22-29 Complete the book jacket, working on one or two parts per day Social Emotional Learning: These are student reflections on how listening with attention is important in class:
Parent-Teacher Conferences: A rough draft of the conference schedule is attached to this week's email newsletter (not online on the website). Please check to confirm that I have your time correctly on the schedule. If you need to change your time, or if we have not yet scheduled one, please let me know as soon as possible! If students are accompanying parents, they may read or draw quietly in the hallway. Conferences are scheduled for 20 minutes. 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. Larson Walk-to-Math: Topic 4: Addition and Subtraction. Goals: I can use place value understanding to add and subtract multi-digit numbers. Challenge Goal: I can write algebraic equations to show addition and subtraction scenarios. 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: We are reading Skeletons Inside and Out . Our reading lessons focus on:
Writing: Students will continue working on note taking, introducing a topic with a clear purpose, writing body paragraphs with meaningful elaboration, and wrapping it all up with an effective conclusion. Our next project focuses on an animal. Conventions: We are working on adjectives, root words, suffixes and prefixes. Science: Our guiding question is: How does an animal hunt and find food? Students will be using models and writing CERs (Claim; Evidence; Reasoning) to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways. 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 Students' weekly trackers featured a variety of daily reflections last week. Here are a few student examples:
Hello Fourth Grade Families,
Halloween Message From Mr. Frazier: Students may wear costumes to school on Halloween, October 31st, the theme will be around their favorite storybook character. Costumes may NOT contain any weapons, blood, or gore. Costumes should not be scary and masks will not be allowed during the school day. Students who come to school in costumes with the above items will need to change. Students will be participating in regular activities for the day, such as specialists and recess, so please make sure they have appropriate shoes and jackets. Thank you. Important Dates: 10/30 Book Report due 10/31 Storybook Costumes (optional) 11/2 School-wide Pajama Day with in class tech/video time 11/2 PTSA Fall Carnival (6 – 8 pm) 11/9 9:20 a.m. Veterans Day Assembly 11/9 1st Trimester ends 11/12 No School - Veteran's Day Observed 11/14 – 16, 19, 20 PTSA Book Fair 11/16, 11/19, 11/20, 11/21 Early release Days For Conferences (11:56am dismissal) 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 2/5 Camp Waskowitz outdoor field trip (rain, snow or shine…. Plan for a cold, wet day) 3/21 Toymaker Workshop (afternoon) 3/27 4th Grade Music Concert 5/30 10:45 – 11:15 am Wax Museum (tentative) Take Home Folders / Return to School every Tuesday: Review and Keep at Home: Math practice pages, Museo Art projects, Walkathon lap cards, Sign and Return: weekly tracker, math tests from some classes Goal for the Week: Students selected their own goals this week! Coming up this week in class: Continuing walk-to-math Topic 4: Addition and Subtraction, completing our Unit on the United States Government, practicing Listening with Attention, reading and informational text titled Skeletons, writing compare and contrast paragraphs, creating an info-graphic about an animal, and starting our next science topic on Animal Senses! Challenge / Extra Credit Opportunities: Social Emotional Learning - Listening With Attention activity (attached); Science Art - Poster Contest (attached) Book Report: The Newbery (or Battle of the Books) book jacket is due on Tuesday, October 30. There is more information and examples on the 4th grade website: http://cves4.weebly.com/project-newbery-book-report.html. Example project work timeline: Oct. 1-7 Start reading the book; finish at least one book report section Oct. 8-14 Keep reading; finish three more sections Oct. 15-21 Finish reading the book; finish packet (rough draft) Oct. 22-29 Complete the book jacket, working on one or two parts per day Social Emotional Learning: These are student reflections on how to show respect to other students, and how being respectful helps everyone learn:
Parent-Teacher Conferences: A rough draft of the conference schedule is attached to this week's email newsletter (not online on the website). Please check to confirm that I have your time correctly on the schedule. If you need to change your time, or if we have not yet scheduled one, please let me know as soon as possible! If students are accompanying parents, they may read or draw quietly in the hallway. Conferences are scheduled for 20 minutes. 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. Larson Walk-to-Math: Topic 4: Addition and Subtraction. Goals: I can use place value understanding to add and subtract multi-digit numbers. Challenge Goal: I can write algebraic equations to show addition and subtraction scenarios. 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: We are reading Skeletons Inside and Out . Our reading lessons focus on:
Writing: Students will continue working on note taking, introducing a topic with a clear purpose, writing body paragraphs with meaningful elaboration, and wrapping it all up with an effective conclusion. Our next project focuses on an animal. Conventions: We are working on adjectives, root words, suffixes and prefixes. Social Studies: 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: This week we begin our new scope on plant and animal parts. Our guiding question is: How does an animal hunt and find food? Students will be using models and writing CERs (Claim; Evidence; Reasoning) to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways. 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 |
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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