Handouts

I am going to try to post photos of most handouts to help keep the communication as clear as possible.  The following handout will be going home tonight. 

Red Ribbon Week Next Week

This letter is going home tonight, but sometimes it is easier to keep track of a blog link than it is a piece of paper.  :)

Veterans Day Essay

Sorry for two posts in one day, but I forgot to mention the Veterans Day Essay Contest.  Every year the 4th graders participate in a contest about Veterans Day.  Your student isn't required to participate, but they are highly encouraged to do so.  This is an at-home activity and we will not have any time to work on it at school.  The winners (2 per year) read their essays aloud at the Veterans Day program at the Intermediate School.  Their names are also added to the plaques  posted outside the gymnasium doors. Please ask your child to consider participating this year.  All essays are due November 2.

Thanks!

Fire Safety and Halloween Party

Hello!

It was wonderful to see so many of you last night at conferences.  Miss Morgan started teaching full time this week and she continues to do a great job!  We had the Hayward Fire Dept come talk to our students this week about fire safety.  Miss Morgan even got to ride the bucket of the fire truck to the top!

Our vocabulary words of the week are elaborate, extraordinary, massive, minuscule, and phenomenal.  In math, we continue to plug along in Unit 2.  Remember to check out the tabs at the top of the blog if your student needs help.  YouTube often has great math video tutorials, too!  In ELA, we are learning about Body Systems.  You will hear a lot more about body systems as the quarter carries on.

Our Halloween party will be on Friday, October 30th.   We have volunteers coming down from the high school to help facilitate all of the fun.  Mrs. Cummings' class will be joining our class for the fun.   As a part of the fun and and in hopes of keeping the massive amount of sugar down a little bit, we are making a classroom trail mix.   I am sending home a letter tonight about it.  I will also be emailing a letter to the parents who have given the school or myself a current email address.   For the first time ever, I am attempting to use Google Drive to help the sign up process.  Please click PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR TRAIL MIX.  Thank you so much!   Let me know what you think of using email/Google Drive to communicate and sign up for these types of things.

Thanks so much!  Have a great week!

Week of Oct 5-9

Hello! 

We had a busy and fun week last week with our tests and our field trip.  Unit 1 math tests are going home tonight (Monday).  All incorrect problems need to be corrected and corrections should be made in pen.  They also need to be signed by a parent/guardian along with assignment notebooks.  There is also some spelling homework and an additional math sheet tonight. 

Also, there is a big possibility that we will be headed on our second field trip this Friday.  Details will follow soon. 

The vocabulary words for the week are dormant, foliage, vivid, transform, and ravine.

Make it a great week!!