Homework and News 11/14

FOURTH GRADE HOMEWORK

Week of 11/14

(due Friday 11/18)

Reading Log  with comprehension activity

Math –           Multiplication Cards, only if you don’t have them (KEEP       AT HOME)

Practice with Multiplication Cards 1

Tickets for the Play

Factors and Products 1

CLASSROOM NOTES & REMINDERS

Thank you to the many parents who came in for conferences last week. I truly enjoyed the opportunity to talk about your children and share their work with you. The time was also useful time for me, as I got great feedback from students and parents regarding a variety of things they are enjoying about fourth grade, and things that could be improved.

You may have noticed a big change this week, homework. Many parents AND students are asking for more homework. Some families are asking for projects, and those too, will come!  Homework has consistently been sent home on Mondays and is to be returned on Friday of the same week.

Thank you to several families for the generous donations towards our treasure box! We are working incredibly hard at being responsible, respectful, kind, and safe. Our hard work paid off and we earned a trip to the box last Thursday; the new items were a huge hit! The treasure box is always accepting donations.

We completed our unit on the Navajo and will be veering away from social studies for a bit and focusing on the immune system which is incredibly important during this time of the year!

We are also getting ready to delve into our service learning project, composting! We will be looking for volunteers to help us with some work in the classroom, so please watch this space for dates and times in the near future!

Reward Plan Pictures!

Several weeks ago, I emailed parents and posted about the new reward plan being implemented in fourth grade. I thought it would be nice to have some pictures to associate with what is taking place in our classroom. 

 This poster is hanging in the front of our room. It shows what each block represents. A student earns a block each time they are demonstrating one of these classroom expectations. The block stays on their desk, and during transitions, they may put them in the jar pictured below.

This is a picture of all of our blocks! There are so many to earn!

This is the jar where every block that is earned ends up. At the end of each day, we count the blocks and chart our total. We spend lots of time reflecting on what we have done well and what we can continue to work on.

Navajo Sandpaintings

During the last month, we have been learning about the Navajo people, a Native American tribe from the southwest region. The Navajo are known for their jewelry, weavings, pottery, and sandpaintings. The fourth grade listened to a story about the purpose of sandpaintings. They learned that each symbol in a  sandpainting has a meaning. Each child created their own sandpainting and wrote about what it meant using the Navajo symbolic meanings and their own ideas.

Homework and News 11/7

FOURTH GRADE HOMEWORK

 Week of 11/7

(due Thursday, 11/10)

Reading Log

Math –  Things That Come in Groups

CLASSROOM NOTES & REMINDERS

Our unit on the Navajo is wrapping up. We have learned about their history and culture. We have listened to their creation story, looked at art, and even had a guest teacher share about their unbreakable code that helped win WWII. We made beautiful sandpaintings that are hanging in our classroom and posted on our blog. Later in the year, we will be learning about another a Native American tribe from our region, the Abenaki.

We are also coming to an end in our math unit on data. We have had fun comparing fourth and first graders heights and creating our own survey questions and collecting data from around the school.. After conducting our surveys and collecting the data, created representations, and analyzed the information. We have continued to work on our multiplication combinations as well and are making great progress! Keep practicing them at home!

This week is shortened due to parent-teacher conferences. I have attached a conference sheet for parents and guardians to complete and bring in at their conference time. Please take a few minutes to write down what you believe to be your child’s strengths and goals in the following areas, social/emotional and academics. Please write down any thoughts or comments you would like to share at our meeting. If you have not scheduled a time, please be sure to call the office a sign up.

DATES TO REMEMBER

Early Release – 11/10

No School – 11/11, 11/23-25

karyn_tyler@wsesu.org

Homework and News 10/31

FOURTH GRADE HOMEWORK

Week of 10/31

 (due Friday, 11/4)

Reading Log

Math –  How Many Cubes Can Students Grab (both sides)

CLASSROOM NOTES & REMINDERS

We had a great Harvest Festival on Thursday. We were very appreciative of the parent volunteers for coming in and helping us build some really awesome scarecrows. The pictures will be up on our blog, so check them out!

We continue to chug along with our reward system, but need some new rewards. Many of your children seem to like tangible rewards, which are just great, but we don’t have many for our treasure box. I am hoping that we could get some donations of rewards. Anything small and inexpensive would be wonderful; pencils, erasers, rocks, silly bands, etc. The students are randomly picking the reward each day from a cup; if there is another idea you have for a reward, please let me know.

Parent teacher conferences are on Thursday, 11/10 and Friday, 11/11. There is a sign up sheet in the office. Please call the office to sign up soon; the slots are filling quickly!

DATES TO REMEMBER

Early Release – 11/10

No School – 11/11, 11/23-25

Visit guilfordfourthgrade.blogspot.com for new and updated information.

karyn_tyler@wsesu.org

Homework 10/24

FOURTH GRADE HOMEWORK

Week of 10/24

(due Friday, 10/28)

 Reading Log

Math –          Related Multiplication Combinations

                  Continue to work on multiplication combinations

CLASSROOM NOTES & REMINDERS

Our reward program is motivating and exciting! We are having great success; our enthusiasm and motivation to do well is contagious, we are seeing it spread all over school! Please talk with your child about what is happening in our classroom with the new plan, and feel free to  share any feedback with me. Our classroom is the first to use this specific reward program for the whole group and the school staff is curious to know what everyone thinks.

This Thursday, 10/27, as many of you know, we are having a Harvest Festival. The morning will be consumed with service work at the school organized by the staff. The afternoon will be filled with fun activities organized by parent volunteers. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Penny Lussier at plussier1999@gmail.com. Also, the lunch on this day is going to be put together by Barbara Labonte of Café Service and the middle school farm to school program. Please encourage your child to eat lunch at school on this day; it’s going to be delicious!

Parent teacher conferences are on Thursday, 11/10 and Friday, 11/11. There is a sign up sheet in the office. Please call the office to sign up soon; the slots are filling quickly!

Please remember, book orders are due this Friday, 10/28.

Visit guilfordfourthgrade.blogspot.com for new and updated information.

karyn_tyler@wsesu.org