Homework Clarification

Monday Night's Homework

Due Tue 12/6
- 20 min reading
- Compare & Contrast*
-Spelling Sheet

*Students only have to do Compare & Contrast (w/Venn Diagram). They do not have to do the Vocabulary (on the back of compare/contrast) that will be part Wednesday night's homework.

Math Unit 3- Fractions and Division

Dear Fourth Grade Families,

We will be starting our third math unit on Monday, December 5th.  This unit will focus on fractions and division.  Students have completed a pre-assessment on the skills that will be presented in this unit.  Our team has used this data to create four classes, organized so that each student can work successfully at their rate and level.

All four classes will be covering the fourth grade standards for this unit. Contrary to our last unit, our roles and pacing as teachers has changed based on the results of the pre-assessments. This unit, two classrooms will be moving at an accelerated pace with extensions as needed throughout the unit. One classroom will be moving at a standard pace with extensions as needed. The fourth class will move at a standard pace with additional practice as needed.

The purpose of our re-organizing math classes per unit is to best meet each student’s needs in regards to the concepts and skills in each unit. Please feel free to contact your child’s classroom teacher with any specific questions or concerns you may have. Below you will find all fourth grade teachers’ email addresses for your convenience throughout the unit.

Sincerely,

The Fourth Grade Team

Kimberly Hunting-Knight                        Abby Levin                       

khunting@pps.net                                    alevin@pps.net

Christy Caton                                                Julie Brown

ccaton@pps.net                                     jbrown@pps.net

Polar Express Movie Night

Wednesday, December 14th!
There has been some confusion regarding the date of this year's Polar Express movie night. We took last years flyer and updated the information, come to find out we only updated part of the flyer. The bottom half, which students returned to school was the correct day and date while the top half was incorrect.

Details:
Students are allowed to bring:
1 pillow, 1 blanket, 1 sm/med stuffed animal, and a beverage as long as it has a lid! Don't forget to wear pajamas!
Polar Express
Wednesday, December 14th
5:30-8:00

Alameda Scholastic Book Fair

Alameda Scholastic Book Fair is currently being held in the library this week before and after school as well as during conferences. The Book Fair offers a variety of books for sale spanning many different levels and interests...

Check It Out!
This week Tue-Friday: 8-9am & 2:45-4:00pm (Thursday till 8pm)
Monday 21st: 8am-8pm
Tuesday 22nd: 8-10am

Homework: Due Tues 11/15
- Read 20min
- Spelling Sheet
- Readers Response

3 Day School Week

Reminder
- This is a three day week, no school on Thursday or Friday for kids; Thursday is a teacher planning day and Friday is Veteran's Day
- Picture retakes will be Tue, Nov 15th

Homework Due 11/8
- Read 20 minutes (one readers response this week)
- Math homework

Homework 11/2

Due: Wed 11/2
- 20 minutes reading
- Finish Cycle Oregon Journal Entry #2
Some might stress that they can't finish or feel like they have to spend and hour or so to get it done. All research should have been done a couple weeks back and today's class time should have been spent on a rough draft leaving only the final draft for tonight. This is not the case for some... if that is your child I do not intend for them to stress or spend an unreasonable amount of time on homework. They do however need to work hard and make as much progress as possible!
Also don't forget to bring all materials back to school because we will be working on this project again tomorrow!

Thank You Parents!

Thank You Parents!
I would like to thank all the parents who have helped out this week with both the Halloween Party and Lelooska Lodge Field Trip. This week could not have happened without you... and its only Wednesday!
The students had a frighteningly wonderful time at our Halloween Party playing games, doing crafts and decorating cookies. Many thanks for the time and energy it took to plan, prep and carry out this wonderful afternoon. To our field trip chaperones a big thank you as well! Although some may have been frozen upon return all students were successfully transported from Alameda to Lelooska Lodge and back without any lost fingers or toes!

Thank you!