Week of October 9th

 Welcome to the 1st week of the 2nd Quarter! I feel like this year is flying by already. I am really starting to see some amazing growth in my students and I am excited about where we are headed! 

ELA:

This week in ELA we are going to be adding to our ReadWorks activities. We will continue doing the Article a Day each day, but we are going to be adding a non-fiction article on Mondays that has a vocabulary activity along with 5 multiple-choice comprehension questions. This really narrows in on those comprehension skills that students sometimes struggle with. After this quarter we will begin adding in short answer responses and then eventually paired texts.

This week we have our normal quizzes on Thursday. 

Math:

Last week we finished up with Topic 3 and are beginning Topic 4 this week. Topic 4 is a continuation of the skills we started in Topic 3. Instead of multiplying a 1-digit factor by a multi-digit factor, we will be multiplying 2 multi-digit factors. We will test all of those multiplication skills at the end of Topic 4. Please continue practicing multiplication facts with your student at home. I already have students who have passed their multiplication facts through 10s and have moved on to division! This is so exciting!

We will have all of our normal quizzes this week as well. 

Parent/Teacher Conferences:

For 4th-grade conferences, I will email you to schedule a time to meet on Friday the 27th from 8:00-12:00 if I have specific concerns I would like to address with you about your student. I will send out a different email inviting you to a drop-in time for you to bring your student in for a student-led conference on Thursday the 26th from 3:30-7:00. If you get the email for the drop-in student-led conference but you would prefer to schedule a time on Friday, please let me know and I will get you scheduled during that time if I have any available. Those emails will be going out this week.

Fall Break Extra Credit Opportunity:

Next week is Fall Break! I am offering extra credit for both ELA and math. Students can earn up to 10 points of extra credit in both subjects by working on assigned skills in those subjects on IXL. They will get 1 point per 10 minutes of work. This means there is no homework grade for math during Fall Break as those minutes completed will count towards extra credit.

**Please Note: If your student is not with me during one of those subjects, they will work on Recommended Skills on IXL for those subjects rather than the assigned skills. 

October Book Celebration:

4th Grade at Vision Charter School will be reading Alice in Wonderland for our classic book this month. We will have our book celebration party on Tuesday, October 31st from 1:30-2:30. Students are invited to dress up like a character from the book if they would like to on that day. Please don't feel like you need to go out and buy anything for this costume, let your student be creative and come up with their costume from things you already have at home!

Wahooz Fit for Fun:

I sent home a page last week for the Wahooz Fit for Fun program. If that page did not make it home or it got lost, you can click HERE to print a new one. These are due back to the school by Thursday, November 30th.