Ms. Hewitt’s Fourth Grade Class Newsletter
Sunday, September 27th, 2015
Good Evening Guardians and Students,
Hope you all had relaxing, fun weekends. Only one more week till our Fall break. Please be sure to be here everyday this week for we will be ending our social studies unit, Westing Game unit, and math chapter 3 on Friday this week.
Thank you to all the parents who attended our Age of Sail parent meeting on Tuesday. If you were unable to attend you may view our Age of Sail presentation by CLICKING HERE. Our journey will take place after our Winter Break on Tuesday, January 5th and will return Wednesday the 6th. I had a blast talking about this much anticipated field lesson extravaganza! On Wednesday the fourth grade teachers were able to draw names for who will be a chaperone (Tall Sailor) at this adventurous journey.
The parents are:
- Jennifer Espinoza- Toby
- Donna McDonald- Ava
- Kari Chism- Kloie
- Brad Mott- Tyler
- Rob Holmer- Emery
- John Bell- Historian Nate
WCS Chili Cook off was a blast! Thanks to all the families who came out and enjoyed the fun community event.
Progress reports were sent home on Friday. Remember these grades are just an “in progress” grade. I have entered some math and language grades since they have been printed already. This just shows that grades are always changing. Please make sure to return the signed by Monday morning. Thank you.
Language Arts-
- Spelling City List #13 -words include: lived, living, rattled, rattling, studied, studying, etc. Students will complete assigned activities at home and will take the test in class Friday on their Chromebooks.
- Vocabulary: Westing Game vocabulary 16-23 uncanny, confidential, hostage, etc. Students will complete assigned activities both at home and in class. Students will take the test in class Friday on their Chromebooks.
- Grammar: We will assess capitalization and proper noun this week.
- Writing- Continue lessons on expository writing.
- Novel: We will complete our Westing Game unit this week.
- Our class Scholastics code is J2RYM
Math- Relating Multiplication and Division
IXL Strands- Complete IXL strands to ensure success on the test. 30 minutes a week is the minimum requirement.
Chapter 3- Relating Multiplication and Division D.1, E.1, E.2, D.8, D.2, D.5,
Monday- Lessons 5-6: Properties of Multiplication and Division- D.9, E.3
Tuesday- Lesson 7: Factor and Multiples- D.4, D.3
Wednesday- Lesson 8: none
Thursday- Chapter 3 Study Guide on McGrawHill
Friday- Chapter 3 Test.
Go on XtraMath daily to become fluent in their math facts. Utilize Mangahigh to practice math facts using the game titled, Sundae Times. Our school ID is 67993.
Social Studies/ Science-
- There will be a test on California Friday, October 2nd. Students will start bringing their social studies notes home on Monday to study for their test. This gives them 2 weeks to study and prepare for the test before October Break. Please review their notes and their study guide with them.
Reminders/Mark Your Calendars-
- Progress reports went home on Friday, September 25th: Please sign them and return to school.
- Picture day will take place on Thursday, October 1st at 11 a.m.
- Friday,October 2, 2015 Spirit Day - Decades Day
- October Break- No School- October 5th-9th
- Our 2nd in our series of coffee talks with WCS Admin team will occur at the Pebblewood Campus on Thursday, October 1st at 7:50am Same evening, we’ll be hosting our 2nd WAVE meeting of the year.
- NWEA dates are Tuesday, October 13th from 8:30-9:50, Thursday, October 15th from 10:50-11:55, and Tuesday, October 20th from 8:30-9:50. It is important for students to come to school on time, alert with a good night sleep and nutritious breakfast.
- Westlake is hosting a High School Info Night on October 20th from 6:00PM to 8:00PM on our Pebblewood campus. Representatives from local high schools will be there to present their program and answer parent questions.
- Sat. October. 24th from 2:00-6:00 pm for the 5th annual WCS Fall Festival
- Morning Study Hall has been a great success! If you want to come please remember to sign up by CLICKING HERE
- Two book clubs will meet after school every other Tuesday, beginning September 29th. For both book clubs, 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. Those wanting to discuss A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle will meet in Mrs. Chastain's classroom. This book has a 740 lexile and a publisher's reading level of 5.8. We now also have another volunteer, Jinny Beaton-Lê to lead a second book called Wonkenstein (Creature from My Closet Series #1).Wonkenstein has an AR book level of 5.3 and a lexile of 860. This book will also be discussed on the same dates and time. If you are interested in having your child join either book club, have questions, or are interested in facilitating a group, please email Elena.thrower@gmail.com. *Space is limited depending on how many additional parents we get to facilitate different groups.
