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