Sunday, April 21, 2019

Classroom News for the Week of April 22nd

News and Upcoming Events: 

4/22 Welcome Back! Orchestra students: Please bring your instruments.

April is National Poetry Month- Your child will have a brief home assignment to complete. Detailed instructions were sent home Tuesday 4/2. You may also view the assignment "National Poetry Month" from the link "Class Handouts" on the right side of this page.

 Your child's recitation date is:

  • 4/22 - Julien, Alice, Roman, Dejah, Dakota,
  • 4/23 - Malcolm, Sharbel, Frances, Scarlett, Stella,
  • 4/24  Tegan, Solaris, Nova, Oliver, Zacheri,
  • 4/25   Avery, Gabriel, Lilah, Brandon, June,
  • 4/26 - Liam, Ben, Mariana, Mila, Mia,
  • 4/29 - Emmet, Damian, Lillian, Emmett, Roxy,
  • 4/30 -George, Jacob, Chloe, Reign, Lily
5/6 - 5/9 SBAC Math testing
NEW DATE!
Save the Date: You won't want to miss this! The 4th Grade Living History Museum will be open on Thursday, May 16th at 8:30 a.m. in the MPR. More details forthcoming. Plan to spend approx. 45 min with us.


What's Going On This Week In Class:

Math: 
Ordering Decimals; Creating line plots; Review of grade 4 skills for upcoming SBAC assessment

ELA:

Writing persuasively- Writing powerful conclusions
Research on famous Californian
Research for Environmental PBL
Poetry Presentations



Design/Arts:

Designing and printing: Chair Stack Challenge

Working with oil pastels: Capturing the California poppy!

Social Studies/Science:
Final rotation this week: Ca. statehood and life science

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.