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Happy New Year!!
I hope you enjoyed a magical holiday and a magnificent break.
Thank you so much for all the wonderful holiday cards, treats, and gifts! You are so thoughtful and generous!
Our goal this week: Get back into the swing of things with expected 4th grade behavior
Some items in this Monday's take-home folder:
Sign and return: Self-assessed update, December Reading log, January Reading Log, Family Field trip RSVP
Review and keep at home: Math practice pages, math fact tests, Art workshop fliers, crayfish art
Family Field Trip this week:
The Seattle Art Museum has an amazing collection of Northwest Coast Native American artifacts.
I will be in that exhibit room (with a couple of other 4th grade teachers) at SAM from 5:30 – 6:30 pm on Thursday, January 7.
Won’t you bring some 4th graders to the museum and we can all enjoy it together? I’d love to see you there! Please RSVP!
The first Thursday of every month is FREE!!
In next week’s green folder, look for the:
WASKOWITZ OUTDOOR EDUCATION Field Trip Permission Form. Please read the attached flyer about our upcoming field trip.
Important Dates:
1/7 Evening Family Field Trip to the Seattle Art Museum
1/18 No School (MLK, Jr)
1/19 All day field trip to Camp Waskowitz (Larson and Bernardo)
1/20 All day field trip to Camp Waskowitz (Gose, Heinz-Betts, Cronin)
1/27 Potlatch at 1pm for Bernardo, Cronin, and Gose
1/28 Potlatch at 1pm for Heinz-Betts and Larson
2/12 Valentine’s Day Friendship Celebration in Room 19
2/15 – 19 No School: Mid-winter Break
2/23 Spelling Bee Evening Event
Save the date:
Our Native American Potlatch Ceremony is scheduled for 1 pm on Wednesday, January 28 in the multi-purpose room
(families are invited … we need a patient and encouraging audience).
Next week, you should receive an email from our room parents soliciting food/beverage donations and volunteers for this event.
Novel Study (book club) begins next week! Students have been placed with a 4th grade teacher reading one of four books:
- Soft Rain by Cornelia Cornelissen (Mrs. Gose, Mrs. Heinz-Betts)
- Ghost Canoe by Will Hobbs (Mrs. Cronin)
- The Indian School by Gloria Whelan (Ms. Larson)
- Daughter of Suqua by Diane Johnson Hamm (Ms. Bernardo)
Valentine’s Day will be celebrated on Friday, 2/12 in Room 19.
All students will have a Valentine’s mail sack/bag made and decorated at school. The mystery word is: quotient. No candy will be distributed at school. Cards only…..more info will be coming in next week’s newsletter.
Headphones in Room 19: In our classroom, students have headphones that are labeled with their class number that they use for the year. These were purchased with grant money from the Snoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation. Starting this winter, most teachers will be requesting that families provide earbuds for each student, in order to support reading and math program use in the classroom. If you would like to send a set of earbuds or inexpensive headphones for your child to use this year (and take home at the end of the year) these can be switched out for the headphones provided in our classroom. They should be kept in a baggie and clearly labeled with the student's first and last name and homeroom class. Otherwise, students are welcome to continue using their classroom headphones. Please let me know if you have any questions!
Coming Up This Week in Class: We are continuing Math Topic 9 (Division), finishing our first opinion writing piece, starting to interact as a Native American village in our storypath, and taking an optional family field trip to the Seattle Art Museum!
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