Dear 4D Parents:
It is hard to believe we are quickly approaching the end of the quarter! We will finish strong not only with academics but some fun activities as well.
Important Dates:
It is hard to believe we are quickly approaching the end of the quarter! We will finish strong not only with academics but some fun activities as well.
Important Dates:
- Dec 12 - Birthday Book Club
- AM Kinder (Jul-Dec) @ 11:30 a.m.
- Full Day Kinder - 2nd @ 2:30 p.m.
- 3rd - 5th @ 2:45 p.m.
- Dec 18 - last day to contribute for Tax Credit Drive and be entered in raffle for gift basket
- December 18-20 are early release days.
- December 19th - Middle Ages Celebration
- Winter Break starts on Thursday, December 21st. The 3rd quarter starts on Monday, January 8th.
- Parent/Teacher Conferences for 2nd quarter are January 4-5 (Thursday and Friday). There will be a sign-up for this in the coming weeks.
On Wednesday, December
19th, the fourth grade will have our Middle Ages Celebration. We
will need A LOT of volunteers. So if you have been fingerprinted and
have some time on that day (any time between 8:30-12:15), we would love for you
to help out and have fun, too!
There will be a sign-up
for this event coming soon.
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Academics this week:
We will continue to practice writing comparing/contrasting paragraphs through the week. The emphasis will be on writing strong introductory and concluding sentences, and using effective transitions. In literature, we will learn about author's purpose and theme. In grammar, we will learn how to write possessive nouns. Please continue to help your child memorize Paul Revere's Ride.
This week in math, we will conclude our unit on measurement by applying what we’ve learned about fractions to measurement. We will practice expressing measurements as proper fractions and mixed numbers. The measurement unit test will be next week.
We will finish learning about tornadoes and hurricanes. There is a quiz on tornadoes and hurricanes on Tuesday 12/12. The cumulative test is on Thursday 12/14 which covers the atmosphere, solar radiation, atmospheric heating, hurricanes, and tornadoes. There is a “jeopardy” review game available at this web address
On Friday, we will about
air masses and fronts.
In history we finished our Middle Ages unit last week. This week we will start our unit on Islam. We will study the Five Pillars of Islam, Muhammad, the spread of Islam and Islamic culture. We will also focus on important contributions to mathematics, science and art/architecture.
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Sincerely,
Mr. Bergeron
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