Classroom News 12/20

Hello Friends!

We had a great week before heading off to enjoy Winter Break! Here's the recap!

Mason was our STAR OF THE WEEK! He did a fabulous job sharing about himself with our class. We really enjoyed all of his pictures!

Social Studies

We took an excellent field trip to the University of Oregon Museum of Natural History. We learned more about the Native people who live here in Oregon, their history, and we got some great ideas for our projects that will be built the first week back from break. 

Please send in supplies with your student for the project starting Monday, January 3rd. 

Thank you to the parent volunteers who came and chaperoned on this trip! I have to say, I was so proud of our students for displaying Billie Spirit the entire time we were there! One of our tour guides even mentioned how bright the students were! I couldn't agree more! Nice job Room 15!

Thank you, also, to our room parents for organizing and throwing a great winter party on Friday! I could tell the students really enjoyed it! Thank you to everyone who donated funds to make it happen! I know I've said it before, but, I really appreciate all the amazing families I get to work with this year.

After break we will start a new math unit and dive right into our reading curriculum again. I'm looking forward to seeing 25 lovely fourth graders again soon! I hope you all had a wonderful break!

Reminders

Monday: We will begin our Native American projects. Parents are welcome to come help from 1-2pm.

Please turn in reading logs on Monday! Make sure those are filled out for the entire break to help us reach our million minute goal!

Classroom News 12/6

Wow! I am WAY behind. I hope you all enjoyed our surprise weather break!

Chase was our STAR OF THE WEEK before the snow hit! He did a great job sharing. We really enjoyed seeing all of his pictures and awards!

Math
We wrapped up Unit 5 with learning the multiplication algorithm. We are starting Unit 6, Patterns and Expressions this week. We won't finish it before break, so this will continue into January.

Language Arts
We are continually working on our grammar. We have been learning about verbs, helping verbs, and tense. Our grammar lessons have been going well and hopefully it's helping everyone's writing improve.

Social Studies
Due to the snow week, our Native American models have been pushed back a bit. We are finishing the research piece this week and we will build our models after the break. Please continue sending in supplies with your student. If you'd like to help with the building process it will be from 1-2pm the week we return from break.

Reminders:
Our field trip is happening THIS THURSDAY (12/19). Please let me know via your student if you'd like to join as a chaperon. Plan on arriving at the school at 8:30 if you are joining us. We will return to the school at 11.

The food drive is continuing through this week. We are way under our normal goal of 750lbs. Please send in some non perishable food if you are able to donate!

Our Winter Party is happening on Friday from 1-2. Feel free to join! If you'd like to help set up the party, please arrive by 12:45. If you can donate $3 towards the cost of snacks and supplies, send it in with your student by Thursday.

Thank you!