Students used their knowledge of symmetry to create spooky themed art during our harvest celebration. Thanks to all of the parents who sent in donated food and supplies - the snacks were a hit! Check out the students-in-action page (http://cves4.weebly.com/ms-larsons-2018-students-in-action ) for pictures of the kids in their school costumes and pictures from those students who trick-or-treated the other 4th grade teachers!
Hello Fourth Grade Families,
Veteran's Day Assembly: All veteran family, friends, and neighbors are invited to attend our Veteran’s Day Assembly on Friday, Nov. 9 at 9:20 am. Please let me know if you will have a veteran attending so we can properly honor him/her on Friday. Mod Pizza Fundraiser for Camp Seymour: In addition to our fifth grade wreath sale this year, we are holding a MOD Pizza Fundraiser to help with the cost of camp. The money we raise from this event will help fund scholarships for those students who may need extra financial assistance. There is a flyer attached to this email (a paper copy went home in today's green folder) that MUST be presented at the time of purchase. We selected Monday, November 12th as our pizza fundraising day as the students (and teachers!) have off from school. MOD Pizza will donate 20% of each sale. It’s as easy as that!! Important Dates: 11/7 Individual Picture Re-takes 11/9 9:20 a.m. Veterans Day Assembly 11/9 1st Trimester ends 11/12 Mod Pizza fundraiser for Camp Seymour 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 12/3 Reflections entries due 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, older papers cleaned out of binders, Assertive communication practice pages, Spooky art, Cub Cards Sign and Return: weekly tracker, the mystery word is product, math tests for some classes, Government tests, reading tests, October Reading Logs, November Reading Logs (in binders) Goal for the Week: to thank at least one veteran! Coming up this week in class: Continuing walk-to-math Topic 5: Multiplying by 1-digit numbers, learning about respecting similarities and differences, reading an informational text titled Movers and Shapers, investigating and modeling animal senses, reflecting on 1st trimester learning, celebrating another 100 Cub Cards for our class, and showing our appreciation for our Veterans! Challenge / Extra Credit Opportunities: Science Art - Poster Contest (attached) due Thursday 11/8; Social Emotional Learning - Assertiveness (attached) due Tuesday 11/6; Social Emotional Learning - Respecting Similarities and Differences (attached) due Tuesday 11/13 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/ Social Emotional Learning: These are student reflections on how to communicate in an assertive way, and how it might help at school:
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 5: Multiplying by 1-digit Numbers. Goals: I can use place value understanding and multiplication properties to multiply by one-digit numbers. Challenge Goal: I can write algebraic expressions to show multiplication and division scenarios. I can use exponents and the Order of Operations to simplify and evaluate expressions. 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 Movers and Shapers. 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 |
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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