Sunday, May 20, 2018

Dear 4D Parents,

It is hard to believe that this is the last blog post of the year. This year was filled with so many wonderful memories, and I am thankful that we had such a wonderful class this year. It will be bittersweet to say goodbye, but I am confident everyone will enjoy 5th grade and hopefully stop in to say hello!

We have a great week coming up! 

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Important Dates:


  • Monday is a full day. Tuesday -Friday are early release days (dismissed at 12:30). There are no clubs this week.
  • Monday-Wednesday (May 21-23) - Historical figure presentations - including souvenir
  • Thursday (May 24) - History Field Day (uniforms are mandatory, wear sunscreen)
  • Also on Thursday: 5th grade commencement 6:30-8:00
  • Friday (May 25) - Kinder commencement 11:00-12:30
  • Friday, May 25th - Last day of school
  • Friday (June 1) - Q4 evaluations posted at 3:00
Academics this week:

We will finish up our unit on poetry and enjoy participating in Reader's Theater. We will have Spalding this week, with a test on Friday. 

In math, we will finish the unit on graphs and do a perimeter/area activity.

We will finish our study of germs and the body, in science.

This week in history students will present their historical figure research on Monday-Wednesday. Final typed drafts of the research essay are due on Tuesday. On Thursday we will have our end of the year celebration!
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I'm glad that I'll get to see many of you on Thursday at our history celebration. Thank you to all who are donating their time, food, and props so that it will be a success!

Thank you for a GREAT year!

Mr. Bergeron

Sunday, May 13, 2018

Dear 4D Parents:

We are about to begin our final full week of school (without half days).

I cannot thank you all enough for your generous gifts and donations. You helped make last week a very memorable one!

Important Dates:


  • Tuesday, May 15th - Birthday Book Club for May and June
  • Wednesday, May 16th - fingerprinting event - 8-10 a.m.
  • Saturday, May 19th - End-of-Year Pool Party - information to follow
  • Monday, May 21st - Full day
  • Tuesday, May 22nd-Friday, May 25th - Early release each day

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Academics for the week:

We will continue our unit on Poetry in literature.

We will wrap up the unit on Volume with a quiz on Wednesday. Then we will learn about different kinds of graphs.

This week in science, we will finish up animal classification and we will do a mini-unit about germs and the body.


In history this week students will continue editing their history essays and turn in their typed rough drafts on Thursday. We will also begin learning about national symbols and begin our study of the U.S. Constitution.

Important Dates for history project:
Typed rough draft due Thursday
Typed final essay due Tuesday, May 22
Historical figure presentation and souvenir: May 21-23
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I hope you have a great week!
Mr. Bergeron 

Sunday, May 6, 2018

Dear 4D Parents,

Another week has come and gone and we are closing in on the final few weeks of school. We still have so many exciting topics to cover this year, and so many more wonderful memories to make.

In academics this week:

In history this week students will begin writing their introduction paragraph in class on Monday. We will be editing paragraph 2 on Thursday and Paragraph 3 on Friday in class. We will also continue our study of the Revolutionary War and British shifting the fighting to the Southern Colonies and culminating with the surrender at Yorktown. 

This week in science we will finish the unit on plants with the test on Tuesday. Our next subject will be animal classification. 

In math we will begin our study of 2-D objects and volume. 

We will continue reading Carry On, Mr. Bowditch and what happens to Nathaniel as his story takes more twist and turns. 

We are running low on tissues. If we could get one last round of donations we will likely be all set for the rest of the year. Thank you in advance! 

Sincerely,
Mr. Bergeron 



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