2/6 Grade 4 Spelling Bee. Participation is optional, and all students are strongly urged to give it a try. Audience will be made up of 4th grade students.
2/7 Global School Play Day. Students are invited to bring games and toys from home to use in the afternoon. No electronics; must be willing to share. Students are responsible for their items. No homework will be assigned Wednesday.
2/9 First Grade Buddies
2/15 Field Trip to JPL. All chaperone spots have been filled. Thank you!
2/19 President's Day. School Closed.
Looking ahead: Students are beginning their student authored book project. In a few weeks your child will be bringing home a draft of his/her story to type at home. Complete instructions will be sent home on Friday, Feb 16. This is a good time to make sure your printer is working and that you have printer ink. Additionally, the project works best if it types using Microsoft Word.
What's Going On This Week In Class:
Math:
Geometry - Using knowledge of angles to find unknown angles; Symmetry
Reading:
Chapters 17-19 of Bud, Not Buddy. Skills: Identifying Figurative Language; Summarizing, Inferring, Writing to Explain. Students will take the AR test for the book this week.
Reading and analyzing the structures and themes of common fairy tales.
Reading and analyzing the structures and themes of common fairy tales.
Writing:
Writing original fairy tales.This week we will begin brainstorming, and using a story arc to plot our original fairy tales.
Visual Art:
Gesture drawing.
Social Studies/Science -
Social Studies - End of the Rancho Era
Science - Energy Transfer; Series and Parallel Circuits; Introduction to new PBL project
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!
Homework:
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.
Birthday Celebrations: If you would like to send treats to celebrate your child's birthday, please email me a day or 2 in advance so that I can make time in our schedule for it. Treats must be something small and easy to pass out. Donuts, cookies, muffins, and mini cupcakes all work great. We currently have 30 students in our class. Your child will distribute them at the end of the day as his/her classmates are leaving the room.
Donations: If you would like to make a donation to our class (this allows me to turn in receipts for purchases I have made for the students), you can write a check to "Mt. Washington El." In the subject line write, "Donation to Room 12". Any amount is appreciated! Thank you!
