Hello Everyone,

My blog is delayed a bit due to gusty winds and power outages in my area. I hope that most of you have had your power restored if you lost it. We have had good attendance on zoom.

Please welcome back 2 students to our 4th grade classroom, Aurelia Pawlak and Chloe Andrews. We are so happy to have both girls join us! 

i-Ready diagnostic results went out via email today. Please remember that this is a snapshot in time of your child's math performance. We are midway through the year and have yet to study and complete: fractions, decimals, measurement, and geometry. So, there is still time for your child to reach, maintain and exceed 4th grade math goals. Please urge them to login daily to their i-Ready math practice.

Weekly assignments:

Math: adding and subtracting related fractions. Students complete the video lesson with the teacher and independent workbook practice pages daily. i-Ready digital math practice is daily. Quizzes are embedded in the assigned i-Ready content. Please make sure that your child is completing their daily i-Ready practice and differentiated instruction as well as the embedded quiz. I have reminded students over zoom.

History Workshop: California Missions. 

Writing: mission writing project will follow in the next few weeks.

Foss Science e-Book: earthquakes and volcanoes, review of landforms formed by erosion and deposition.

Reading: use the AR Book Finder to be sure there is a reading quiz associated with the books your child is reading.

Reading Quizzing and Comprehension: AR Quiz Site

*Students should aim for AR point goals of 16 this trimester. If your student has not logged in to AR (Accelerated Reader) in a while, please check in with them to make sure that this important reading-comprehension quizzing is being completed.

Date Adjustment: Read-A-Thon--The read-a-thon will take place February 9th-23rd, with 99 pledges staying open until February 27^th.  The theme will be "practice empathy," as it is February's theme from the Read Across America campaign. The goal is to raise $5,000.

Warmly,

Heather

 Hello Everyone,

Happy New Year.  Students have made a nice transition back to school. Having a short week to reenter school seems to have agreed with everyone.

The i-Ready diagnostic that we completed before winter break went smoothly for the kids. Thank you for helping to prepare your child for this valuable assessment. As teachers and the district unpack this new teaching tool, I will be sharing information with parents regarding results and math progress. All students have been assigned digital practice on i-Ready. "My Path"  refers to practice that is generated based upon your child's diagnostic results and will give them specific, differentiated practice on the areas that are most beneficial to their immediate goals and stretch goals in mathematics. I will also be supplementing i-Ready digital practice that aligns with the Singapore paper lessons.  Although Singapore digital is a thing of the past--no tears will be shed, the Singapore paper lessons will continue to be used this school year.

Weekly assignments:

Math: review 3 on fractions thus far.

History and Reading: California Missions.

Science: Earthquakes and Volcanoes.

MLK Day: 1/18/21: NO SCHOOL

Read A-Thon--January 18th-31st

Here's to a great week.

Warmly,

Heather