Fourth Grade News

Wow! It is already play week!

I am sorry that this blog is just being updated tonight. My entry on Friday just disappeared into Cyber Space... so I am trying again.

Tuesday, May 15
Costumes due for the play!

Wednesday, May 16
Grammar Quiz over Unit 6
Costumes sent back home today!

Thursday, May 17
Come to school in costume for the PS/LS performance of the play
Number the Stars test

Friday, May 18
Come to school in costume
Play Performance 8:45 a.m. in the Harrison Center Performance Hall
Please take the shuttle from the Spartan Center parking lot
9:45 Cast Party
10:15-11:10 Simple Machines Fair Open House for parents in the Discovery Center in LS library
1:15-2:00 Lower School classes visit Simple Machines Fair

** Simple Machines will stay up through Monday, May 21. They will come home that afternoon.**

Monday, May 7
Lines must be memorized for the play. We will rehearse off script in the Harrison Center for the first time today.

Tuesday, May 8
Math help after school by invitation. Mrs. Currie will notify you if your child needs to stay.

Wednesday, May 9
Geometry Quiz

Thursday, May 10 Spelling Test

Friday, May 11
Wordly Wise 19 Quiz

Please check your child's bag this weekend. A form for a field trip the last week of school came home Friday. Please sign and return it by Wednesday if you would like to join us.

Things are busy around school! Make sure your children continue to go to bed early and complete their homework each night. We will work until school is out. It's not quite summer vacation yet! We want to enjoy these students as long as possible. It will be sad for us to send them to Middle School! What a great group of kids this is!

ERB testing will end Tuesday at 10:00. There are two math tests remaining. One will be Monday at 8:30 and the other will be Tuesday at 8:30. Please have your well-rested children to school on time each of these days.

Simple machine construction will continue at school. There will be a quiz over geometry (perimeter and area formulas) on Wednesday, May 9th. Students are finishing up a revised writing piece from the beginning of the year and doing a grammar review unit. Number the Stars by Lois Lowrey is being read in reading in conjunction with the contining study of Europe in social studies.

Monday, April 30
No writing help after school
ERB Math 1 Test

Tuesday, May 1
No math help after school
ERB Math 2 Test

Wednesday, May 2
We will start blocking the play on this day.
Spelling Sentences due (See attached list)spelling 4-30 to May 9.docx

Thursday, May 3
No reading help after school

Friday, May 4
Parent Construction Day
Wordly Wise 18 Quiz

**Please work on memorizing play scripts by Monday, May 7. Thanks! Please let us know if you are having costume trouble**

ERB WEEK 1
Monday- Thursday 8:30 a.m.
Please be on time this week, students don't need to feel rushed as they begin tests. Students need to be well rested and have had a good breakfast before arriving to school. There will be no homework Monday-Wednesday of this week. We do not have testing on Friday.

Help Sessions

For the remainder of the year, there will be no more regular help sessions. If your child needs to attend, contact the teacher, or the teacher will contact you.

Simple Machines
Students will be working on these projects in class. Please make sure all materials are turned in by Tuesday, April 24.

4th Grade Play
Student lines will be coming home Monday, April 23. Please work on memorizing the lines. We would like to be off scripts by Monday, May 7. The play is May 17-18.

International Day
We were blown away by the country projects on Friday. It was a fun and rewarding day to celebrate hard work. Thank you for coming to share the day with us.

Have a restful week. It will be nice to slow down a bit as we take ERBs.

Monday, April 16
*Grammar/ Spelling Homework pass given for anyone singing the preposition song without looking at the words.
*Geometry review sheet sent home today.
*Grammar help session until 4:00. Send Mrs. O'Neill an email if your child needs help on prepositions and adverbs.

Tuesday, April 17
*ERB practice test 8:15 a.m.
*Math help session until 4:00.

Wednesday, April 18
*Grammar quiz over pages 140-161 (Prepostions and adverbs- no review sheet. Entire quiz will be similar to exercises A and B in the workbook)
*Spelling test (10 words from last week)

Thursday, April 19
*Math quiz- Chapter 10- Geometry

Friday, April 20
INTERNATIONAL DAY! Social studies country projects due!

**** Please send in Simple Machines materials this week! You will find a list stapled in the agenda (Friday, April 13). Please initial that you've seen it! They will be constructing these in class and are not due for completion until May 11. Please let Mrs. Currie know if you are available to help on construction days. *****

As listed on the blog for last week, this week is crazy.

We took the first hour of the ERB Writing Assessment test this morning. Students may discuss it at home with you and come in tomorrow ready to revise and write the final draft. Go to bed early and get a good night's rest!

Classes have been shortened due to the writing test. However, we are still plugging along. There is a Wordly Wise 17 quiz Friday, but that is the only quiz this week.

Students were assigned roles for the play and will be writing their own lines Thursday and Friday. There will also be time to work with Mrs. Currie on Simple Machines on these days.

Don't forget about Festival Day on Saturday morning. Two fourth grade parents are chairing the event that should be fun for all! The children will sing at 10:00 and games open at 10:30. See you there!

** Keep working on International Day and Simple Machine projects! Scroll down to get the information. **

We have a short but busy week this week! We will not be having our normal helps sessions after school this week.

Don't forget about the map quiz on Tuesday. It will be over part 1 of Europe. Your child should know which countries they should know. They have been reviewing them in Social Studies often.

We do have the Biography Breakfast on Wednesday. Please make sure your child has prepared for this project. They know what is expected of them. You will find the volunteer form we sent home on conference day attached to this page. The Biography Breakfast will be followed by the viewing of the movie of The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. We will end the day with Activity Afternoon. It will be an exciting day!

With the long weekend approaching, we are going to post the forms for the upcoming projects on this blog. You may find time to work on these. They will stay here for you to refer to until the projects are due. The country reports are due Friday, April 20, and simple machines are due Friday, May 11.

We will be taking an art field trip in a few weeks. Watch Thursday folders and this blog for information regarding this trip.

Students will be taking the ERB writing assessment on April 10 and 11th. Again, a good night's sleep and a healthy breakfast are all they need to do to prepare. Our practice ERB test will be April 18 and ERB testing will be April 23-27. More information will come home regarding these tests.

Parts for the play will be handed out soon. We will begin writing lines when we return to school on April 9.
There is no script for them yet, they write their own lines. They will be given plenty of time to memorize lines.

Spring is crazy! Hang in there and savor the last days of Lower School!

Biography Breakfast letter:
BIOGRAPHY BREAKFAST LETTER.doc

Country Project Directions:
Country report for International Day.doc

Simple Machines Project Timeline and Outline
Simple Machines PL New.docx

Monday, March 26
7:00 Carmen Agra Deedy- Guest Story Teller in the Harrison Center Performance Hall
Free homework pass and 100 on spelling if you attend!
Decimal Study Guide sent home

Tuesday, March 27
Decimal help session after school. Please email Mrs. Currie if your child will attend.
Spelling test for those that did not attend the story teller on Monday night.

Wednesday, March 28
Conference Day
Please go by the Discovery Center to have your cheeks swabbed to be a Hero for Kajal!

Thursday, March 29
No reading help today. Mrs. Naclerio has an off campus appointment.

Friday, March 30
Decimal Quiz in math
Strings performance at 2:45 in Harrison Centger Performance Hall

Monday, April 2
*** NO HELP SESSIONS THIS WEEK!!***

Tuesday, April 3
Europe Map Quiz part 1

Wednesday, April 4
Biography Breakfast
Activity Afternoon

BREAK THURSDAY-FRIDAY! See you on April 9!

We are back in the swing of things after Spring Break. The teachers realized today that this year is quickly coming to an end. We have a lot of work to do before May 25! We will start preparing for conferences at the end of this week. You children will be leading this spring conference, and we will be working with them on how to conduct this meeting. This is the first chance they will have to have a say in their own learning.

Here is our week at a glance:

Monday- Writing help until 4:00.

Tuesday- Class pictures.
Math help until 4:00 by invitation only. Mrs. Currie will be sending an email to those students who need to review the fractions test.

Wednesday- Begin preparation for conferences during homeroom. 4-O Mixed Up Files test.

Thursday- Laurie Myers author vist 1:00-1:45. Reading/ Social Studies help until 4:00.

Friday- Wordly Wise test.

Upcoming:
Spelling test 3/27
Conference Day 3/28
Decimals quiz in math 3/30
Wordly Wise test 3/30
Strings performance 3/30 2:45 p.m.

Inida PP 2.3.pptx