Hello everyone! I am so excited for this week, we have a lot of awesome things happening! This is actually the first day of Quarter 2. I somehow got my dates mixed up and thought this was the last week of Quarter 1. I think I am just trying to extend this year so I get to keep these kiddos a little longer. :)
Missing Assignments:
If your student has missing assignments from Quarter 1, they have until tonight to get them in. I was going to offer until this Thursday, but I got an email from Mrs. OldenKamp this morning letting us know the grading window is actually going to close tomorrow morning at 8:00 am. This means that your student will not be able to submit any missing work for Quarter 1 after that because my gradebook will be locked.
If your child completes a missing assignment at home tonight, please take a picture of it and email it to me. I will be working to get anything turned in into the gradebook throughout the evening and tomorrow morning before 8.
Math:
This week we are reviewing the concepts we have learned in Topic 3. Since we are headed into Fall Break next week, I didn't want to start Topic 4 before that. Topic 4 is continuing our work on multiplication with multi-digit x multi-digit multiplication.
It is SO important that your student be practicing their multiplication facts and mastering them as quickly as possible. Even if they understand how to solve these multi-digit multiplication problems, they will still struggle if they don't know their facts.
English Language Arts:
This week we are continuing our work on reading comprehension with our novel study and ReadWorks. We are also really working on our morphemes and are adding in several pages to our Lexicon each week.
A Day in the Life of a 4th Grader:
Tomorrow is the day! I am so excited for you to come and spend a "day" with us in 4th grade. I can honestly say this is my favorite parent/teacher conference I have ever done! I love having parents come in and see what class looks like for us. If you haven't yet signed up for a time slot, please click HERE to do that. This time is not set in stone, it just let's me know how many to plan for. :) Just a reminder, I will be locking my door 5 minutes after to protect that time. If you get here and the door is locked, feel free to join the next session!
Fall Break:
Next week we do not have school for Fall Break. Your student still will have reading homework for their reading calendar. However, they will have an opportunity for extra credit! If they complete 100 minutes of practice on assigned (or recommended skills if they complete all of the assigned skills), for both Language Arts and Math, they can get 20 extra credit points in each subject.
Quarter 1 House Winners: ALTRUISMO!!!!
Congratulations to the members of ALTRUISMO for being our Quarter 1 winners! We will be celebrating them and all of their awesome work on Wednesday! Students are encouraged to wear the color black on Wednesday to celebrate them. They can still wear their house color as well, but something black is encouraged. :)
We will also be joining the other grades and classes Wednesday afternoon to play a game and celebrate our friends!
