Charlemagne 4th Grade

Upcoming Dates

• Now- June 12- Share your family history home project (see notes below in English)
• Friday, June 9 – NO SCHOOL, Grading Day for teachers
• Thursday, June 15 – Field Day/Last Day! Half day of school. Students released at 11:45.
   
  Parents interested in helping to support field day can sign up to volunteer HERE.

What’s up! Quoi de neuf?

Please give your child his/her/their allergy meds before they come to school in the morning. If you want to leave meds at school, you need to fill out a medical form. If so, please see Eliza in the office. Please send your child to school in proper footwear and a water-repellent jacket when the weather is rainy. Students will go out to recess unless the weather prevents it. If your child is ill or has had a fever or vomited within the previous 24 hours, please keep your child home. Please continue to follow current Covid rules as well. If your child will be absent, please email both teachers (kincaid_j@4j.lane.edu and hopper_s@4j.lane.edu) and please call in and leave a message on the school line (541) 790-7080 or email Eliza at drummond_e@4j.lane.edu.

Le français:

Mme Jana, French & Science kincaid_j@4j.lane.edu

•We speak exclusively in French during French class.

•We are learning and applying grammar and spelling rules in French.

•We are learning about francophone countries around the world.

There is no more French homework for the school year. I know, we’re all sad about it. 

Students finished up their Francophone country projects and presentations, and their graded research paper and their dodecahedrons came home last week. We all learned a lot about a large number of topics, and the students did a fantastic job. Almost everybody got a 3 or higher, which is meeting or exceeding!

The students’ French  is good enough, and we now have the time to do a fun game. We divide in half and each student is responsible for 8-13 cards and as I read a sentence, the two teams have to identify the correct words and get up in the right order with the right words. It’s a great way to practice conjugating and agreements in plural/singular and feminine/masculine nouns and adjectives. Each class has played once, and are really loving it. We’ll try it again next week. It’s also a great opportunity to work as a group and to practice good sportsmanship.

The kids will undoubtedly earn their big party in French class, which will include pizza (& carrots), an extra recess, pajamas and a movie! Mme Shelli and I have scheduled it for the last week of school on Tuesday, June 14, but it hasn’t been announced to the kids yet.

The tessellation art will come home at the end of the week, and students who completed their octagon art took it home last week. If your child isn’t coming home with any of these projects, they probably haven’t completed them….

Mme Shelli, English & Math
hopper_s@4j.lane.edu

Math: Problem Solving

Goals:

1. Using the 4 operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, we will solve complex multi-step problems.
2. We will clearly communicate our thinking.
3. We will show our work clearly, using tables, charts and models.

We wrap up the year with a problem solving unit. Each day we will have a short 10 minute calculation review. Last week we reviewed strategies for multiplying and dividing larger numbers as well as comparing decimal and fractions. These concepts will continue in 5th grade math.

This week, we’ll do our final end of the year assessments. You can expect to see some year-end math check ups come home to you between now and June 12th. Report Cards will come home on the last day of school.

Family History Homework Project-  Bring to Class any day this week.

We have been enjoying students’ stories about their family history. We’ve heard stories of family trees, books of poetry, people who immigrated from other countries and people who traveled on the Oregon trail. Our students have diverse histories and stories to share!

The last day to share is June 12th.  See previous posts for more detailed instructions, but here are a few ideas for projects:

• Family Tree
• Family Story
• Photo or object to share and describe
• Family immigration/ emigration story
• Short research project about anyone important to you or to Oregon’s history (see Mme Shelli if you need ideas)

Upcoming Dates

• Now- June 12- Share your family history home project (see notes below in English)
• Monday, May 29 – NO SCHOOL, Memorial Day
• Friday, June 2 – Le Tour du Monde (Jog-a-thon) Link to Information here.
• Friday, June 9 – NO SCHOOL, Grading Day for teachers
• Thursday, June 15 – Field Day/Last Day! Half day of school. Students released at 11:45.

Spring Music Concert for 3rd through 5th!

If you missed the music concert, it was a treat! The kids sounded amazing, and Mme Doyle did a fabulous job getting them prepared. A big thank you to Kahlil’s family, Daphne’s family, Remy’s family and Sofia M.’s family for their contributions to the event. It was a very memorable time.

 

Field Trip Photo Album

Thank you to the parents who came to our Field trip to Dorris Ranch. You can see field Trip photos here. More were added since last week!

What’s up! Quoi de neuf?

Please give your child his/her/their allergy meds before they come to school in the morning. If you want to leave meds at school, you need to fill out a medical form. If so, please see Eliza in the office. Please send your child to school in proper footwear and a water-repellent jacket when the weather is rainy. Students will go out to recess unless the weather prevents it. If your child is ill or has had a fever or vomited within the previous 24 hours, please keep your child home. Please continue to follow current Covid rules as well. If your child will be absent, please email both teachers (kincaid_j@4j.lane.edu and hopper_s@4j.lane.edu) and please call in and leave a message on the school line (541) 790-7080 or email Eliza at drummond_e@4j.lane.edu.

Le français:

Mme Jana, French & Science kincaid_j@4j.lane.edu

•We speak exclusively in French during French class.

•We are learning and applying grammar and spelling rules in French.

•We are learning about francophone countries around the world.

Most students have completed their reading, comprehension, & writing evaluations in French. We may do one or two more small evaluations, but they should be low-key.

There is no more French homework for the school year. I know, we’re all sad about it. 

As students are completing their Francophone country project presentations, they are either helping other students finish their dodecahedrons or practice their presentations or have returned to our most recent art project which is tessellations (le dallage). As students complete their presentations, I hang their dodecahedrons in the classroom. Here are some up-close and some macro views of the dodecahedrons hanging in the classroom. Here is a different selection of students than last week: 

 

Also, students are finishing up their tessellation art, and the display is looking awesome: 

Sciences humaines et lecture :

Your kids have worked so hard on this Francophone country project. We have heard most presentations already, and they’re pretty fascinating. We began with statistics about the U.S. and have been comparing our Francophone countries’ statistics. We’ve learned about and discussed, among other things:  what literacy rates are in other countries, sports (soccer being #1), what percentage of the country is forested, climates, languages spoken, neighboring countries and bodies of water, national animals, governmental systems, required paid maternity leave (which nearly every country we’ve studied provides), monuments, life expectancy, foods and dishes, and also why these countries speak French, so we spoke a bit about colonization. And they’ve done all this in French! (Okay, probably 80% in French, but still!)

Just a few students remain in red class to present their Francophone country, and I think one or two of them are doing their second country. We have about half a dozen presentations in store for us in blue class. The whole project will come home next week.

Mme Shelli, English & Math
hopper_s@4j.lane.edu

Math: Problem Solving

Goals:

1. Using the 4 operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, we will solve complex multi-step problems.
2. We will clearly communicate our thinking.
3. We will show our work clearly, using tables, charts and models.

We wrap up the year with a problem solving unit. Each day we will have a short 10 minute calculation review. Last week, we reviewed standard algorithm for subtraction. Most students have the basic concept, but subtraction across zeroes is a challenge for many students.

This week, we’ll do a year-end multiplication fact quiz. We’ve played games, build modeled and practiced all year. Now, students will have the opportunity to show improvement on the basic facts on x1 through x10. This assessment will be given on Tuesday 5/59. This and other year-end math check ups will come home to you after June 12th. Report Cards will come home on the last day of school.

Family History Homework Project-  Bring to Class any day this week.

As part of our study of Oregon history in 4^th grade, we have read about people who emigrated to Oregon during the 1800s. In a final home project, students are encouraged to learn a bit more about their family’s history or about the history of someone important to Oregon’s history (doesn’t have to be in your family.)

With parents’ help, students are encouraged to choose one of the following. They may bring their project/story anytime in the next few weeks to share with the class.  This does not need to be museum quality! It can simply be a written story or hand-drawn drawing, a photo, or object that goes with a brief story.

The last day to share is June 12th.  We will be sharing these as they come in to class. Materials will be returned to you.

• Family Tree
• Family Story
• Photo or object to share and describe
• Family immigration/ emigration story
• Short research project about anyone important to you or to Oregon’s history (see Mme Shelli if you need ideas)

Upcoming Dates

• Wednesday, May 24 – Virtual field trip to our state Capitol
• Wednesday, May 24 – 3, 4, 5 Spring Music Concert 6 pm – 7 pm (see below)
• May 22- June 12- Family history home project. (see notes below in English)
• Monday, May 29 – NO SCHOOL, Memorial Day
• Friday, June 2 – Le Tour du Monde (Jog-a-thon)
• Friday, June 9 – NO SCHOOL, Grading Day for teachers
• Thursday, June 15 – Field Day! Half day of school. Students released at 11:45.

Spring Music Concert for 3rd through 5th!

The Spring Concert is happening Wednesday, May 24th. Doors open at 5:40pm and the concert will begin at 6pm. If you are able to volunteer at all during this process, please sign up for an available slot using the following link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c084da9a723a1fdce9-spring#/ . Thank you! Mme. Doyle

 

Field Trip Photo Album

Thank you to the parents who came to our Field trip to Dorris Ranch. You can see field Trip photos here.

What’s up! Quoi de neuf?

Please give your child his/her/their allergy meds before they come to school in the morning. If you want to leave meds at school, you need to fill out a medical form. If so, please see Eliza in the office. Please send your child to school in proper footwear and a water-repellent jacket when the weather is rainy. Students will go out to recess unless the weather prevents it. If your child is ill or has had a fever or vomited within the previous 24 hours, please keep your child home. Please continue to follow current Covid rules as well. If your child will be absent, please email both teachers (kincaid_j@4j.lane.edu and hopper_s@4j.lane.edu) and please call in and leave a message on the school line (541) 790-7080 or email Eliza at drummond_e@4j.lane.edu.

Le français:

Mme Jana, French & Science kincaid_j@4j.lane.edu

•We speak exclusively in French during French class.

•We are learning and applying grammar and spelling rules in French.

•We are learning about francophone countries around the world.

Lisa, our wonderful intern, was able to complete the oral reading fluency French evaluations this week. Most students have also completed the French comprehension evaluation, but with what little time we have outside of the francophone studies completion and reports, and a number of absences, we didn’t get them completed. We will finish up those and students will do a writing evaluation as well next week.

There is French homework this week, another four rules, and this will be the last week of French homework for the school year. Here it is:  vocab règles mai 2023 l Vocab

As students are completing their Francophone country project presentations, they are either helping other students finish their dodecahedrons or practice their presentations or they will soon return to our most recent art project which is tessellations (le dallage). As students complete their presentations, I hang their dodecahedrons in the classroom. Here are some up-close and some macro views of the dodecahedrons hanging in the classroom. I tried to get a good selection of different students and styles: 

Sciences humaines et lecture :

Your kids have been working so hard on this Francophone country project. We have heard quite a few presentations already, and they’re pretty fascinating. We began with statistics about the U.S. and now we’re able to compare our Francophone countries. We’ve learned about and discussed, among other things:  what literacy rates are in other countries, sports (soccer being #1), what percentage of the country is forested, climates, languages spoken, neighboring countries and bodies of water, national animals, governmental systems, required paid maternity leave (which nearly every country we’ve studied provides), monuments, life expectancy, foods and dishes, and also why these countries speak French, so we spoke a bit about colonization. And they’ve done all this in French! (Okay, probably 80% in French, but still!)

I wanted the dodecahedrons to have been completed by this Thursday, so if your child missed that deadline, rats. We still have a lot of presentation time to spend in class. When most presentations are complete, I will send home the research papers with their graded score sheets attached. It is the 1-4 scale, with 3 being a “meets.” 

Mme Shelli, English & Math
hopper_s@4j.lane.edu

Math

Multiplication of whole numbers and fractions

Goals:

1. We can model multiplication of fractions and whole numbers with number lines and area models.
   
2. We can solve real-world problems and communicate clearly our thinking about our thinking process.

Students are learning to model multiplication of whole numbers and fractions using both number lines and area models likes these. This helps to build the concept behind the standard multiplication algorithm. This concept, especially the area model will be revisited in future grades including algebra.

 

We wrap up Oregon history as we learn about Oregon’s government this week. We will take a virtual tour of the state capitol on Wednesday.

As we have been reading and discussing Oreogn’s history and geograph, students have been making game boards and maps to bring home and to share with you. They should come home Tuesday or Wednesday. Please take some time to play the game with your child sometime this week.ed the early growth and changes in Oregon.

Homework Project: Making history personal

As part of our study of Oregon history in 4^th grade, we have read about people who emigrated to Oregon during the 1800s. In a final home project, students are encouraged to learn a bit more about their family’s history or about the history of someone important to Oregon’s history (doesn’t have to be in your family.)

With parents’ help, students are encouraged to choose one of the following. They may bring their project/story anytime in the next few weeks to share with the class.  This does not need to be museum quality! It can simply be a written story or hand-drawn drawing, a photo, or object that goes with a brief story.

The last day to share is June 12th.  We will be sharing these as they come in to class. Materials will be returned to you.

• Family Tree
• Family Story
• Photo or object to share and describe
• Family immigration/ emigration story
• Short research project about anyone important to you or to Oregon’s history (see Mme Shelli if you need ideas)

Upcoming Dates

• May 16-19 – Oregon State Assessments in English & Math
• Monday, May 15 – Field trip to Dorris Ranch, morning only 
• Wednesday, May 24 – Virtual field trip to our Capitol
• Wednesday, May 24 – 3, 4, 5 Spring Music Concert 6 pm – 7 pm (see below)

What’s up! Quoi de neuf?

Please give your child his/her/their allergy meds before they come to school in the morning. If you want to leave meds at school, you need to fill out a medical form. If so, please see Eliza in the office. Please send your child to school in proper footwear and a water-repellent jacket when the weather is rainy. Students will go out to recess unless the weather prevents it. If your child is ill or has had a fever or vomited within the previous 24 hours, please keep your child home. Please continue to follow current Covid rules as well. If your child will be absent, please email both teachers (kincaid_j@4j.lane.edu and hopper_s@4j.lane.edu) and please call in and leave a message on the school line (541) 790-7080 or email Eliza at drummond_e@4j.lane.edu.

Le français:

Mme Jana, French & Science kincaid_j@4j.lane.edu

•We speak exclusively in French during French class.

•We correctly conjugate verbs in sentences in written and oral forms.

•We are learning about francophone countries around the world.

First of all, thank you all so much for all the sweet gifts, flowers, and notes for Teacher Appreciation Week. It was lovely.

We will begin our final round of French evaluations this week. They will extend into next week as well. 

We are still working on our latest “J’observe…” writing project. It is a little house on a little island. The kids don’t know yet where the little island is. Once we’ve completed the work, I’ll tell them where it is. (In the fjords of Norway. Shh. 🤫)

As students complete their Francophone country projects, they will return to our latest art project which is tessellations (le dallage). We began with a two-sided version, and are now working on a four-sided version. I’ll add some photos when we have some completed work.

Mme Shelli, English & Math
hopper_s@4j.lane.edu

Math

Multiplication of whole numbers and fractions

Key goals:

Homework: There is NO math homework this week.

English Language Arts/ Social Studies

le 8 au 12 mai 2023 

Upcoming Dates

• May 8-19 – Oregon State Assessments in English & Math
• Monday, May 15 – Field trip to Dorris Ranch, morning only 
• Wednesday, May 24 – Virtual field trip to our Capitol
• Wednesday, May 24 – 3, 4, 5 Spring Music Concert 6 pm – 7 pm (see below)

Field Trip

On May 15th, we’ll go to Dorris Ranch for their presentation of People of the Land:  Who lived in the Willamette Valley before us? During this educational tour, students experience the lives of Kalapuya people, Hudson’s Bay Company trappers, and Oregon Trail pioneers. Learn about the traditional hunting and cooking methods of the Kalapuya. Visit the trading post and view furs. Lend a hand at the pioneer cabin.

We will leave about 9am and return to school by bus about 11:45. Students will be able to eat lunch at school. At this time we have enough parent volunteers. Thank you!

What’s up! Quoi de neuf?

Please give your child his/her/their allergy meds before they come to school in the morning. If you want to leave meds at school, you need to fill out a medical form. If so, please see Eliza in the office. Please send your child to school in proper footwear and a water-repellent jacket when the weather is rainy. Students will go out to recess unless the weather prevents it. If your child is ill or has had a fever or vomited within the previous 24 hours, please keep your child home. Please continue to follow current Covid rules as well. If your child will be absent, please email both teachers (kincaid_j@4j.lane.edu and hopper_s@4j.lane.edu) and please call in and leave a message on the school line (541) 790-7080 or email Eliza at drummond_e@4j.lane.edu.

Le français:

Mme Jana, French & Science kincaid_j@4j.lane.edu

•We speak exclusively in French during French class.

•We correctly conjugate verbs in sentences in written and oral forms.

•We are learning about francophone countries around the world.

We are spending most of our time on the Francophone country project (see below).

We are working on our latest “J’observe…” writing project. It is a little house on a little island. The kids don’t know yet where the little island is. Once we’ve completed the work, I’ll tell them where it is. (In the fjords of Norway. Shh. 🤫)

We began our latest art project which is tessellations (le dallage). We began with a two-sided version, and are now working on  the four-sided version. I’ll add some photos when we have some completed work.

The French homework is a little different this week. Students will be required to write two sentences nightly that exemplify grammar rules we’ve been learning this year. Here is a copy:  vocab règles mai 2023 l Vocab We will have a modified quiz on Friday.

Mme Shelli, English & Math
hopper_s@4j.lane.edu

Math

Geometry: Classifying shapes

Key goals:

Homework: There is NO math homework this week.

English Language Arts/ Social Studies