Hello Everyone,

I hope you thoroughly enjoyed your three-day weekend!

Announcements:

NO SCHOOL: MONDAY 2/8/21 LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY

NO SCHOOL: MONDAY 2/15/21 PRESIDENT'S DAY

Read-A-Thon: this year Mountain School is participating in The Read Across America program and the theme is "practice empathy." We will be using the Read-A-Thon reading log to help kids log their reading minutes for the next 2 weeks on google classroom.  Please read the parent letter below to find out how this works. Donations are not required, but are very appreciated. There is a pledge letter below to keep track of pledges should you and your child elect to contribute in this way. Your child should focus on selecting books that have to do with practicing empathy and compassion. 

Parent letter 

Pledge Letter

Paper Version of Reading Log

Here are some links to various book choices on themes of empathy:

Links to Recommended Reading: Books with Trailblazing Women - https://www.worldcat.org/profiles/ReadAcrossAmerica/lists/3212914 

American Indian/Alaska Native, First Nations - https://www.worldcat.org/profiles/ReadAcrossAmerica/lists/3899488 

El día de los niños/El día de los libros - https://www.worldcat.org/profiles/ReadAcrossAmerica/lists/3211142 

Stand Tall and Read - https://www.worldcat.org/profiles/ReadAcrossAmerica/lists/3173002 

LGBTQ Reading - https://www.worldcat.org/profiles/ReadAcrossAmerica/lists/3712777 

Books for Césear Chávez Day - https://www.worldcat.org/profiles/ReadAcrossAmerica/lists/3212929

Valentine's Exchange:

Valentine bags will be on the fourth grade table in the PAC room next week. Your child can bring valentines to put/drop into bags for their classmates T-TH (1 per student). They can be homemade and very simple. They should put their name on the valentines they are giving and leave the name of who they are giving them to blank. We have 20 students and 2 teachers.

*Please make sure that your child includes everyone in the exchange if they are going to participate.

You may pick up your child's valentine bag (names are on bags) on Friday 2/12 when you pick up packets. Children may open bags at home. 

Directions for our Valentine's Exchange

class list for valentine's exchange

Hello Everyone,

Announcements: we will be enjoying a virtual mission field trip that is offered through the California Missions Foundation on Thursday, February 11th from 10:00 am – 11:00 am. They will be sending a zoom link that is different from our classroom link, and I will share it with you as soon as they have given it to me next week. I will also tell the kids about it and give reminders so that they can successfully participate. Please see the flyer below for more information:

Virtual Mission Field Trip

Weekly assignments:

Math: multiplying 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 teacher assigned practice and quiz and their differentiated instruction on "My Path."

History Readers and Writers Workshop: California Missions. Your child has been assigned a California Mission to research here. They should use the link provided and the California Missions website to fill out their Mission Fact Sheet which is located on google classroom. They may use other sources of information as well like our lessons and books from the past 3 weeks. After they have filled in their fact sheets, they will begin the project of creating a mission book on digital book creator. All of this is modeled and scaffolded on zoom so that your child is supported and successful. Please check in with your child to see how they are doing with this and let me know if they need extra support. When it comes to reading about the missions, there is some tricky vocabulary that will be encountered. We are going to keep talking about some of the most common terms that they might have to understand.

Writing: California Mission books on digital Book Creator.

Modified Individual Science Project: this will be introduced as we complete California Mission book projects.

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.

Have a great week.

Warmly,

Heather