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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:
- Listening with attention can be important when your teacher is describing on how to play a game, and when she tells you to play it, you wouldn’t know how to play the game. It can be the same kind of reaction when your teacher is teaching a new math method, tool to use, test to take, or even when to transition to something else.
- You should always listen whenever somebody is talking because that's how you show respect to others. You also might skip some important directions and then not now what to do
- It is always a good time for listening for a friend, family, or teacher. When you are listening to someone it is always a good idea to look them in the eye then the know that you are listening to them. Listening is a big thing because it can help you in many ways like the teacher talking about a hard part on the test lesen so you know what they are saying and only focus on what they are saying.
- I think that listening with attention is very important. One reason why I think this is because if there is directions being said, then listening with attention will help you hear directions, and learn new things. Why not listening with attention in this secerio would be bad is that you wouldn't hear the instructions, and it's a bit embarrassing for me to have to ask for them all over again and it's probably a time waster for the person who gave the directions.
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:
- Using details and examples from the text as evidence to support comprehension
- Understanding point of view and text structure
- Determining the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text
- Analyzing the author’s word choices
- Engaging in collaborative discussions
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