Classroom News for the Week of October 27th

News and Upcoming Events: 

* Wednesday night HW link:     Inuit Bears

• Scroll through the statues of dancing bears. Choose three of your favorites and sketch them. Include as much detail as you can. Look carefully. Pay close attention to the bears' poses and try to get the sense of movement of the bears dancing.

10/30 Book Orders due 

10/30 Wear Red to Support Red Ribbon Week

10/31 Grade 4 Learning Fair 8:11-12:00

This will be a fun morning filled with lots of hands-on activities for the children, but we are in need of more volunteers and supplies to make our Learning Fair a success. Please use the link below to sign -up. Thank you!!! 

Sign-up: Halloween/Day of the Dead Festivities

10/31 Halloween Parade 1:30 p.m.

Students should bring their costumes to school in bags with their names clearly marked on them. They will change after lunch. Fake weapons are not allowed at school.

11/12 Field Trip to Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Chaperones:

• Belina David
• Charles Keagle
• Kai Ti Wang Olsen
• Rachel Livingston
• Gina Kwon

Reminders:

* Tardies - Please make sure your child is at school and in line by the 8:06 bell. We try to start the school day at 8:11 promptly. Thank you for your help!

* Please check your child's Homework Log nightly and sign or initial after the work has been completed. Remind your child that completed homework and the HW log are due in class daily. 

What's Going On This Week In Class:

Second Step:

Lesson Focus: No lesson this week.

Math: 

Multiplying Greater Numbers Using the Standard Algorithm

Multiplication Madness (Fact Practice) 

Language Arts:

This week we will continue reading Katherine Patterson's Newbery Award winning novel, Bridge to Terabithia; Identifying Simile and Metaphor in writing; Analyzing Cause and Effect

Writer's Workshop: Unit 2 Writing Opinion Pieces

Greek and Latin Roots:

Please study the meanings and spellings of these ten words. You will have a quiz on Friday. 

magn, magni, maxi = great, large & gen = origin, birth

1. generation
2. genuine
3. generic
4. generous
5. generate
6. magnate
7. magnificent
8. maximum
9. maximize
10. magnification

Social Studies/Science:

Earth Science- Rocks and Minerals

Social Studies: Native Californians' Use of Natural Resources

Arts:

Theater: We have started to work on our play with Ms. Beret.

Visual Arts: Paper mache mask making

Classroom News for the Week of October 20th

News and Upcoming Events: 

* The students did an excellent job on their CA. posters! Students' work will be on display in the rotunda beginning later this week. Please make sure to visit!

* For the next two Tuesdays, students will be making paper mache masks for our upcoming play. I have disposable aprons for the children to wear during this process, but you are welcome to send a smock from home. Please, no fancy clothes on these days.

10/25 Carnival of the Howlin' Wolves

10/31 Grade 4 Learning Fair
The 4th grade will have a Halloween/Day of the Dead Learning Fair from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00. You can sign-up to volunteer at the event or to donate supplies by clicking on the following link.
Sign-up: Halloween/Day of the Dead Festivities

10/31 Halloween Parade

11/12 Field Trip to Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Chaperones:

• Belina David
• Charles Keagle
• Kai Ti Wang Olsen
• Rachel Livingston
• Gina Kwon

Reminders:

* Tardies - Please make sure your child is at school and in line by the 8:06 bell. We try to start the school day at 8:11 promptly. Thank you for your help!

* Please check your child's Homework Log nightly and sign or initial after the work has been completed. Remind your child that completed homework and the HW log are due in class daily. 

What's Going On This Week In Class:

Second Step:

Lesson Focus: Understanding Complex Feelings. Please turn in "Home Practice"signed by an adult by Friday each week.

Math: 

Multiples of 10, 100, 1000; Using Rounding to Estimate; Using the Distributive Property and Expanded Algorithm to Understand multi-Digit Multiplication

Multiplication Madness (Fact Practice) 

Language Arts:

This week we will begin reading Katherine Patterson's novel, Bridge to Terabithia. 

Students will continue the quarter 1 language arts assessment by writing a fictional narrative. Topic: A Day in the Life of an Archaeologist.

Writer's Workshop: Unit 1 Personal Narratives

This week we will celebrate the children's hard work in unit 1. Students will have time to read and enjoy their classmates' work. Next week we will begin a new unit.

Greek and Latin Roots:

Please study the meanings and spellings of these ten words. You will have a quiz on Friday. 
scrip & scrib, graph & gram = write, writing

1. autograph
2. biography
3. grammar
4. graphic
5. graphite
6. inscribe
7. inscription
8. prescription
9. transcribe
10. scribe

Social Studies/Science:

Earth Science- Rocks and Minerals

Social Studies: Native Californians' Use of Natural Resources

Arts:

Theater: We have started to work on our play with Ms. Beret.

Visual Arts: Paper mache mask making

Classroom News for the Week of October 13th

News and Upcoming Events: 

*** Welcome to Ms. Malu Chavez, T.A. for room 17!***

10/15 Social Studies Poster Project due 

10/16 Great Shake Earthquake Drill 8:30 a.m.

10/16 Music Appreciation Assembly from Santa Cecilia Orchestra

10/25 Carnival of the Howlin' Wolves

10/31 Save the Date: 
The 4th grade will have a Halloween/Day of the Dead Learning Fair from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00. We will need parent volunteers to help at each station. A sign-up letter will be coming home shortly. Thank you!

10/31 Halloween Parade

11/12 Field Trip to Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Chaperones:

• Belina David
• Charles Keagle
• Kai Ti Wang Olsen
• Rachel Livingston
• Gina Kwon

Reminders:

* Tardies - Please make sure your child is at school and in line by the 8:06 bell. We try to start the school day at 8:11 promptly. Thank you for your help!

* Please check your child's Homework Log nightly and sign or initial after the work has been completed. Remind your child that completed homework and the HW log are due in class daily. 

What's Going On This Week In Class:

Second Step:

Lesson Focus: Understanding Complex Feelings. Please turn "Home Practice"signed by an adult by Friday each week.

Math: 

This week students will be taking  LAUSD's Quarter 1 Math Assessment. This week's homework will be review and problem solving.

Multiplication Madness (Fact Practice) 

Language Arts:

This week students will be taking LAUSD's Quarter 1 Language Arts assessment. Students will be reading articles related to archeology, answering comprehension questions, and write a fictional narrative. Throughout the unit, students will discuss their thinking in classroom and small group discussions and will take notes.

Writer's Workshop: Unit 1 Personal Narratives

Students are publishing their personal narratives.

Greek and Latin Roots:

Please study the meanings and spellings of these ten words. You will have a quiz on Friday. 
em, en, im, in = in, into; multi & poly = many

1. multipurpose
2. multimedia
3. multitude
4. polygon
5. polyhedron
6. embellish
7. engulf
8. immigrate
9. influence
10. inhibit

Social Studies/Science:

Earth Science- Rocks and Minerals

Social Studies: Native Californians' Use of Natural Resources

Arts:

Theater: We have started to work on our play with Ms. Beret. 

Visual Arts: Analyzing and Interpreting Edvard Munch's "The Scream"

Classroom News for the Week of October 6th

News and Upcoming Events: 

*** Welcome to Ms. Malu Chavez, T.A. for room 17!***

10/9 Picture Day

This Friday 10/10 - Field Trip to Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens
Special Instructions-
All students will need to bring a lunch from home. You are encouraged to use reusable lunch boxes to minimize waste. 
Students should also have a water bottle and a small snack separate from their lunches. If traffic is bad, we might not have time for a snack as our tour starts promptly at 9:30 a.m. so please make sure your child has had a filling and nutritious breakfast. Be sure to wear your new field trip t-shirt (coming home early this week)!
Chaperones: please be at school, ready to leave at 8:11

• Susanne Foldes
• Serena Kojimoto
• Nicole Dow
• Stephanie Kemp

10/15 Social Studies Project due 

11/12 Field Trip to Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Chaperones:

• Belina David
• Charles Keagle
• Kai Ti Wang Olsen
• Rachel Livingston
• Gina Kwon

Reminders:

* Tardies - Please make sure your child is at school and in line by the 8:06 bell. We try to start the school day at 8:11 promptly. Thank you for your help!

* Please check your child's Homework Log nightly and sign or initial after the work has been completed. Remind your child that completed homework and the HW log are due in class daily. 

What's Going On This Week In Class:

Second Step:

Lesson Focus: Respecting Similarities and Differences. Please turn "Home Practice"signed by an adult by Friday each week.

Math: 

This week we will be reviewing all of the skills from quarter 1 in preparation for next week's unit 1 assessment.

Multiplication Madness (Fact Practice) 

Reading: 

Genre Genius: The students are making strong progress on reading books from different genres. Be sure to ask your child about his or her progress. We are about half way through the marking period.

This week we will be reading realistic fiction, My Diary From Here to There. We will be making inferences to understand character and making double bubble maps to compare and contrast characters from different stories.

Writer's Workshop: Unit 1 Personal Narratives

Students have begun drafting a story to take through the writing process and publish into a book. Our mini-lessons will focus on punctuating dialogue and creating captivating titles.

Greek and Latin Roots:

There will be no words to study this week to allow students extra time to work on the social studies project.

Social Studies/Science:

Earth Science- Rocks and Minerals

Social Studies: Native Californians' Use of Natural Resources

Arts:

Theater: We have started to work on our play with Ms. Beret. 

Visual Arts: Using shading to make 2D objects appear 3D.