Ms. Hewitt’s Fourth Grade Class Newsletter
Friday, September 11th, 2015
Good Morning Guardians and Students,
I wanted to inform you all that NUSD let us know that the Network filter was offline today, so NUSD shut down the internet to repair the issue therefore we had to postpone Spelling City #11 test and Westing Game Vocabulary test. We will take those tests on Monday. They will also be able to take their AR quizzes on Monday as well. Thanks for your understanding.
Our class Scholastics code is J2RYM. I just submitted orders for August. Thank you Nate and Megan for ordering books! I noticed that William has ordered recently for September! If anyone else is interested in purchasing books please order from our class code so we can earn points and earn books for our class library.
Morning Study Hall has been a great success! If you want to come please remember to sign up by CLICKING HERE. Students come to work on IXL, Spellingcity, XtraMath, taking AR quizzes, and more. This is a wonderful opportunity for students to get prepared and ready to have a successful day.
News from the Librarian and a fellow Westlake parent-
Hello Westlake Parents!
It is an exciting time for the library this year. Currently the library is being reorganized and cleaned. This means that volunteers are more than welcome. There will be a book fair in October. The book fair will take a great deal of work, and many hands makes the workload lighter for all. If you would like to spend some hours working in the library please contact me.
Is your child interested in joining the 4th grade book club? We will meet after school every other Tuesday, beginning September 22nd in Mrs. Chastain's classroom to discuss A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. This book has a 740 lexile and a publisher's reading level of 5.8. Students will need to get the book and read it before we meet, then come ready to hang out with friends and discuss the book. If you are interested in having your child join or in facilitating a group email Elena.thrower@gmail.com (book club leader/facilitator).
*Space is limited depending on how many additional parents we get to facilitate different groups.
Language Arts-
- Spelling City List #4 -words include: then, else, edge, when, tenth, empty, etc. Students will complete assigned activities at home and will take the test in class Friday morning on their Chromebooks.
- Vocabulary: Geography vocabulary terms from our social studies unit: equator, Pacific Rim, irrigation, erosion, etc. Students will complete assigned activities both at home and in class. Students will take the test in class Friday morning on their Chromebooks.
- AR halfway point goals have been extended to Tuesday, September 22nd! All Students have their AR point goals on a golden half sheet located inside their “Super Magnetic Binders.” Please encourage your children to READ, READ, READ.
- Grammar: Contraction unit assessed this week. We also will begin a unit on capitalization.
- Writing- Continue lessons on expository writing. Taught transition words and how to support texts with evidence while paraphrasing.
- Novel: With the, The Westing Game, we will start a case log to track down each character, their motives, and attributes. We will also take comprehension literature quizzes to check for understanding throughout novel.
Math- Add and Subtract Whole Numbers
IXL Strands- Complete IXL strands to ensure success on the test. 30 minutes a week is the minimum requirement.
Chapter 2 strands: B.4, B.6, C.4, B.3, C.3, B.8, C.6, B.1, B.2, C.1, C.2
There are no new IXL strands that correlate to our lessons. Students can review previous assigned strands. If those are completed they may go on FrontRow to work on their Base Ten skills.
Monday- Chapter 2 quiz on lessons 5-7
Tuesday- Lesson 8- Problem-Solving Investigation: Drawing a Diagram
Wednesday- Lesson 9: Solve Multi-Step Word Problems
Thursday- Study Guide on McGrawHill/ Review for test
Friday- Chapter 2 Test and pre-test for chapter 3
Students should also go on XtraMath daily to become fluent in their math facts. Students can also utilize Mangahigh at home to practice math facts using the game titled, Sundae Times. This resource also helps their math fluency. Also I assigned some challenges on rounding if students are looking for more math resources. Our school ID is 67993.
Social Studies/ Science-
- Students will continue taking notes in their ISN California’s Bodies of water, natural regions, weather and climate, natural resources while creating overlay. Quiz on Latitude and Longitude will be given next week.
Reminders/Mark Your Calendars-
- Thursday, September 17th, 6:30-8pm Family Bingo Night – Del Paso Campus
- Thursday, September 24th,TBD- Chili-Cookoff – Pebblewood Campus
- Progress reports go home on Friday, September 25th
- Age of Sail mandatory meeting Tuesday, September 22nd at 6:00 pm in Miksits room
