Feb. 26 to March 1, 2024

                         

 

HERE'S A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'LL WORK ON THIS WEEK!

-This week, we will have our last DARE lesson with Officer Smith on Tuesday. 

*Reminder:  Read-A-Thon - All responses are due on Friday, March 1.
Students should be reading 20 to 40 minutes each night (average) as part of 4th grade homework, and please take the time to add the minutes to the Read-A-Thon document so we can have amazing progress in the February Read-A-Thon!  Your support is greatly appreciated.

READING:

- Our lessons will continue to focus on the comprehension strategy of comparing and contrasting while reading trickster tales.  Students will work on fluency by reading a trickster tale script, and the reading test for this unit will be at the end of this week. 

- Word work study will focus on vowels sounds using ¨oi, oy "and ¨ow,ou¨  words  while analyzing syllabication.  We will have a spelling test on the first 10 words on the spelling list on Friday, March 1.

- We continue to read daily for our 40 book challenge.   Students should be at  28  books by the end of February to be in line with the 40 book challenge.  If students are able to read and document 1 book per week, they will be able to reach the 40 book goal.

*Remember to read for 20 to 40 minutes each day at home for daily reading homework. ADD THESE TO THE READ-A-THON document for the Rush Creek Read-A-Thon.

WRITING:

Students will write thank you notes to our custodians and kitchen staff workers, complete their perspective stories, and  continue to work on their penmanship skills by practicing cursive with upper-case letters.

MATH:

-Our studies this week will continue to focus on angles and angle measures. We will also study circles including radius, diameter, and circumference.

- Students will explore Concept Quest math enrichment problems on Wednesday with Mrs. Wilder

*Math HOMEWORK:
Homework will be assigned on Monday, Feb. 26,  and due on Wednesday, 
Feb. 28.

Homework will be assigned on Wed., Feb. 28,  and due on Friday, March 1.

*Continue to study multiplication and division facts to develop and maintain fact fluency.

Social Studies:

Students will continue their study of the southern United States, and we will have our social studies test on the Southern Region on Friday, March 1.  A study guide will come home on Tuesday, Feb. 27.  Practice the states and capitals of the south using the study guide sent home last week and also using sites connected to this blog.

ART:
Our lesson on Friday will include creating clay pots in the design of a creature.  We will create the pots this week, and after they dry and are fired in the kiln, we will have an additional art lesson to decorate and glaze our creations.

Feb. 20 to Feb. 23, 2024

                                 

 

*Reminder:  The Read-a-thon continues, so keep up the great reading!  The next form is due on Friday, Feb. 23.  The 4th grade goal is 500 minutes by March 1, so a minimum of 125 minutes per week is required to make this goal.  Happy reading to all of you!

READING:

 We will read Trickster Tales as we practice comprehension strategies including continued work with comparing and contrasting skills. Students will read and complete work about Presidents´ Day during independent work time.

- Students will work on the Latin root "scrib/script" for vocabulary and word work development.  A list will be sent home on Tuesday, Feb. 20. We'll work in class on the list each day, and the quiz is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 23.

- We continue to read daily for our 40 book challenge.   Students should be at approx.  28  books by the end of February to be in line with the 40 book challenge.  If students are able to read and document 1 book per week, they will be able to reach the 40 book goal.

*Remember to read for 20 to 40 minutes each day at home for daily reading homework. ADD THESE TO THE READ-A-THON document for the Rush Creek Read-A-Thon.

WRITING:
As we have completed our Perspective Stories and lower case cursive work, we will now work on upper case cursive and use February writing prompts for daily writing.

MATH:

-Our studies this week focus on geometry.  Students will be studying angles and angle measures in regular pentagons and using a protractor. 

- Students will explore Concept Quest math enrichment problems on Wednesday with Mrs. Wilder.

*Math HOMEWORK:
Homework will be assigned on Tuesday, Feb. 20,  and due on Friday, Feb. 23.

*Continue to study multiplication and division facts to develop and maintain fact fluency.

Social Studies:

Our next unit in Social Studies will focus on the Southern region of the United States.  Students will review the state locations and capitals of the south, and they will bring home a study guide on Feb. 20.  As we study the land forms, products, climate, and culture of the south, the test will be on March 1.  More information will be coming home next week.

Dare continues on Tuesday, Feb. 20, and we will have our 3rd weekly lesson with Officer Smith.

ART:
Students will work on creating a lion and lamb drawing to welcome March, and they will also have access to a puzzle website to learn about famous artists and artworks.

Feb. 12 to Feb. 16, 2024

                            

*Reminder:  Read-A-Thon
 Students should be reading 20 to 40 minutes each night (average) as part of 4th grade homework and 125 minutes each week to reach the 500 minute monthly goal for the February read-a-thon.  Continue to send the forms in each week, and the the next one is due on Friday, Feb. 16 Your support is greatly appreciated.

Valentine's Day Celebration:  Our class will celebrate Valentine's Day on Feb. 14 in the afternoon.  Please send valentines and Valentine's Day boxes by Wednesday morning, Feb. 14.  
(I have extra white bags for students to decorate to collect their valentines if needed.) 

We will also meet with our first grade buddies on Feb. 12 to play Valentine's Day games and create Valentine Mad-Libs .

 
*Conferences continue on Thursday February 15.  If you change your time, please let me know via email as I don't receive notifications when parents change times. I look forward to meeting with you and sharing all of the wonderful progress your child has made during the school year so far.

Read on to see other learning and activities students will be participating in this week:

READING:

- We will read stories this week and focus on comparing and contrasting during our reading lessons.  Students will also read about Lunar New Year during their reading work time.

- Word work study will focus on long and short "u" words and syllabication.  We will have a spelling test on the first 10 words on Friday, Feb. 16.

- We continue to read daily for our 40 book challenge.   Students should be at approx.  28  books by the end of February to be in line with the 40 book challenge.  If students are able to read and document 1 book per week, they will be able to reach the 40 book goal.

*Remember to read for 30 to 40 minutes each day at home for daily reading homework to read at least 125 minutes each week. ADD THESE TO THE READ-A-THON document for the Rush Creek Read-A-Thon.

WRITING:

Our focus this week is to continue writing our 1st person perspective stories as we do creative writing to animate an object.  Students are now typing their final copies and will illustrate their stories during writing lessons this week.

MATH:

Students will complete the Unit 4 math test and practice using coordinates to create a graph picture to develop geometry skills.  We'll also work on data collections using mean, median, mode, and range.  

- Students will explore Concept Quest math enrichment problems on Wednesday with Mrs. Wilder

*Math HOMEWORK:
Homework will be assigned on Monday, Feb. 12,  and due on Wednesday, Feb. 14.

Homework will be assigned on Wednesday, Feb. 14,  and due on Friday Feb. 16.

*Continue to study multiplication and division facts to develop and maintain fact fluency.

Science/Health:

We continue our  science unit through Amplify Science titled "Energy Conversions."  This week students will continue to explore energy conversions by reading science stories and using the Energy Conversion Simulator during science lessons.

Officer Smith will be with us on Tuesday for our second DARE lesson.

ART:
On Friday, students will work with Mrs. Hehn during their weekly art lesson.

Feb. 6 to Feb. 9, 2024

                                         

I hope you all had a wonderful 3 day weekend enjoying the beautiful weather!  

*Conferences will begin on February 6.  If you change your time, please let me know via email as well as I don't receive notifications when parents change times. I look forward to meeting with you and sharing all of the wonderful progress your child has made during the school year so far.

Please help remind your child to read for the Rush Creek Readathon during February, “I Love to Read Month.” The week one tally sheet is due on Feb. 9.  Students need to read 125 minutes minimum per week to make the Readathin goal. Your support and assistance is greatly appreciated!  Forms were sent home, but if you need another, please let me know.


THE WORKS MUSEUM will be presenting to 4th graders on Tuesday, Feb. 6.
We look forward to this exciting science adventure for our class as an extension to our Energy Conversion science unit.

The Rush Creek Book Fair is this week as well.  We will preview the Book Fair on Tuesday as a Class.   Students can attend the the book fair to purchase items during their recess time on Wednesday and Thursday.

Here are the times the Book Fair is open this week:

Feb. 6 to Feb. 8:

•     Tuesday and Thursday Mornings 8-9:30 am
•     Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Evenings 4-8 pm
•     Wednesday and Thursday from 11:30 am-2:00pm

Reminder: *We will celebrate Valentine's Day on Feb. 14.  Students can create a valentine box and bring valentines for their classmates on this day.  We'll take time to pass out and read our valentines during the afternoon.  
*A letter was sent home on Wednesday with more information and a list of the students in our class.

Read on to see other learning and activities students will be participating in this week:

READING:

- Students will be completing their Unit 4 reading test, and we will start with stories on Unit 5 that will focus on comparing and contrasting.

- Students will work on the Latin root "graph" for vocabulary and word work development.  A list will be sent home on Tuesday, Feb. 6. We'll work in class on the list each day, and the quiz is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 9.

- We continue to read daily for our 40 book challenge.   Students should be at  26 books by mid February to be in line with the 40 book challenge.  If students are able to read and document 1 book per week, they will be able to reach the 40 book goal.

*Remember to read for 20 to 40 minutes each day at home for daily reading homework. 

WRITING:

Students will begin to work on an object perspective story this week.  Students will follow the writing process of writing a rough draft, editing and revising, and  typing a final copy to animate an object using first person narrative. 

*We continue to practice cursive skills by working on upper case cursive letters, and we continue to practice keyboarding skills with Typing Club.

MATH:

-We will complete Unit 4 on addition and subtraction strategies along with units of measurement.  We will review this chapter and complete the Unit 4 test towards the end of next week.  

- Students will explore Concept Quest math enrichment problems on Wednesday with Mrs. Wilder

*Math HOMEWORK:
Homework will be assigned on Tuesday, Feb. 6, and due on Friday, Feb. 9.

*Continue to study multiplication and division facts to develop and maintain fact fluency.

Science:

We will continue with our Science lessons on "Energy Conversion."  We will learn and read about forms of energy and different uses of electrical energy.

ART:
On Friday, students will work with Mrs. Holst during their weekly art lesson.