Ms. Hewitt’s Fourth Grade Class Newsletter
Monday, April 11th, 2016
Good Afternoon Guardians and Students,
Pioneer Day Information Meeting TODAY:
Pioneer Day is a fun-filled culminating activity for fourth grade. We are still getting approval for the event date, but plan to attend a Parent Information Meeting on Monday, April 11th at 5:30 p.m. in Mrs. Chastain's classroom. Because the success of this event is contingent upon the help from many volunteers (both for at-home projects and on event day), we are asking that all fourth grade parents are asked to attend this meeting. We will be answering many of the questions that come up about this on-site field lesson that allows our students to experience life in another era.
International Festival:
If you would like to contribute to our fourth grade basket, please click on this link. I hope to see you all there this Saturday. I am excited to watch Anthony perform with his lion dance routine, I believe he is going to be the drummer! Also the Scholastic Book Fair will be open on Saturday from 3:00- 7:00 p.m.
Smarter Balance Testing:
SBAC is schedule for April 18th- April 29th. April 18th-22nd students will be working on their ELA test. April 25th-29th they will be working on their math test. During these 2 weeks we will not be assigning book club readings because we want to ensure students go to bed early to feel fresh and at their very best each day. Here is the link the Parent Letter from the Parent Westlake Weekly info for them as well.
Spirit Day theme is CULTURE DAY, this Friday.
Scholastic Book Fair:
Our spring Scholastic Book Fair will be in the Del Paso library during the following dates and times:
- Sat, 4/16/16 (During International Festival): 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Tues, 4/19/16: 2:45 pm - 4:00 pm
- Weds, 4/20/16: 12:45pm - 5:00pm
Language Arts
- Digital Book Clubs round 4 will END this week. Students meet with their groups Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Students will come prepared with 2 questions written down on a post it with the page number. They will take notes digitally and have their vocabulary and page numbers on their group doc. Friday, April 15th students will take an AR test on their book.
- ELA: Using Multiple Sources to analyze and dig deeper into passages.
- This week- Spelling City List #21- Complete all activities before Friday to be prepared for the test on Friday in class.
- Response to literature: We will be reviewing how to find the theme of a story or poem while discussing effective responses to literary prompts.
- Writing: Students will take their narrative writing through the writing process this week through Google Classroom.
Math
IXL Strands- Complete IXL strands 30 minutes a week is the minimum requirement.
Geometry : P.19-P.25
New ones are: P.30, P.31, P.13, P.14, P.15, P.16, P.2, P.3, P.4
Encourage students to go on Front Row at least 3 times this week at home. It has helped students review past concepts and they are moving up in levels! We will be doing this in class too as I meet with small groups to help support students at various levels. Next two weeks are a rough estimate and are subject to change due to SBAC review and where students are on the overall concept of the topic.
April 11th week-
Monday-Chapter 13- Perimeter and Area Lesson 5 and review with study guide.
Tuesday- Chapter 13 Quiz. Begin Geometry- Lesson 1 and 2 points, lines, and rays.
Wednesday-Lesson 3 and 4: Classify Angles
Thursday-Lesson 5, 6,7: Measure, draw, and solve problems with angles.
Friday- Lesson 8 and 9: Triangles and Quadrilaterals
April 18th week-
Monday- Lesson 10 and 11: Symmetry
Tuesday- Review with study guide.
Wednesday- Chapter 14 Test.
Thursday- Review past chapters for SBAC
Friday-Review past chapters for SBAC
Encourage your children to utilize our many math resources XtraMath, Mangahigh our school ID is 67993, McGraw Hill, Front Row, and Prodigy!
Social Studies
Next week students will begin a simulation of pioneers' journey west! They will learn about many of the challenges faced by those who ventured to California. We will continue to read, "Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie" in preparation.
Art
Check out Ms. Jackson's website to see what's currently happening in art. Tons of neat pictures of students work!
Clubs Volunteers:
WCS and BASE are piloting an after-school club program that provides free, quality activities for students. We are looking for volunteers to lead a club for a one-hour time slot, once a week for six weeks - May 2nd through June 13th. A flier was distributed to go home in backpacks today. Please also include this information in your newsletters. While we are asking for parent volunteers, we would LOVE to have teachers share their gifts and talents in an after-school club, as well! Please complete the registration form HERE
Reminders/Mark Your Calendars-
- Monday, April 11 at 5:30 a.m. in Mrs. Chastain's Classroom: Parent Meeting for Pioneer Day!
- Saturday, April 16: International Festival: Are you interested in hosting a cultural booth to share food, crafts or activities of your heritage? Email wcs.ifc.chair@gmail.com.
- Week of April 18th: Smarter Balance Testing window for ELA 8:30-11am.
- Week of April 25th: Smarter Balance Testing window for Math 8:30-11am.
- April 29th math facts test.
- May 3: Mid-Trimester AR Goal Check
- Wednesday, May 25: Open House
- Monday, May 30: Memorial Day, No School!
- June 15: Last Day of School
