le 18 au 22 avril 2022

Upcoming Dates

April 22 – Canoe Island Packets due to the office

Monday-Thursday, May 9-12  Oregon State Testing- English Language Arts

Monday-Wednesday, May 16-18 Oregon State Testing- Math (More details will be provided in weeks to come.)

Monday, May 30 – NO SCHOOL, Memorial Day

Le français:

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

•We conjugate verbs in our writing and speaking.

•We are learning to use the Internet to locate specific information.

•We are reading passages in French to glean pertinent information.

•We are reading, writing, and speaking  French as we learn about countries where French is an official language. 

Many students have completed the most recent “J’observe…” although a few students are still completing previous writing. We will be spending the preponderance of our time on our Francophone country project in the upcoming week.  We will begin a new “J’observe…” next week and the blue class will choose that photo.

There is no French homework this week, but last week’s quiz should be coming home on Monday. The average grade was 25 out of 26, so 96%. If your child scored much lower than this, he/she/they need(s) to either study more, practice with the meanings more, or ask for help, because I make it highly possible to be successful. Please remember that understanding the vocabulary is more important than the spelling of the words.

We also worked on reading and writing larger numbers. We used to teach maths in French, so kids had a lot of practice with numbers, and they just don’t get that much anymore. However, in middle and high school, most of the French happens during Social studies, which is full of dates, so kids still need to be able to read larger numbers. We’ll keep working on those.

More and more tessellation projects are being completed, and those will come home in the new few weeks. 

Les sciences humaines (Social studies):  

We continue our Francophone country project. This past week, we began a new side of the dodecahedron with the country’s important information, like the continent on which it is found, its capital, its currency, and its population. This week, we’ll do the sides related to languages spoken in the country, and a side for the map of the country and its surrounding countries and/or bodies of water. To culminate the project, students will present their country to their classmates.

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

Unit 8: Multiplicative Comparison

Key concepts:

•We can solve problems with multiplication and division

•We can estimate solutions and determine reasonableness of our answers

•We can solve problems with measurement conversions

Students will continue to solve problems involving either division or multiplication and that have two quantities where one is X times more than the other. You can see more about this concept at this site.
 
We will discuss using estimation as a way to determine if our calculations are reasonable. Students revisit the concept of using number lines and rounding strategies to estimate.
 
PLEASE help your child become FLUENT in multiplication facts up through 12 x12.  Games and daily practice can help. Look here for a list of ideas for practice at home.

Homework:

Division review on Monday & Tuesday. English Vocabulary Review related to our heart unit on Wednesday & Thursday.

Mme Lacey, our student teacher

Mme Lacey will take the lead on teaching English this week. See below for the major concepts being covered in English this week. f you have any questions, please contact Shelli.
 
 
 

English:

We continue a unit called “The Great Heart” from the curriculum, Wit and Wisdom. You can find out more about the unit here.

This week we will:

  • Learn about the literal heart and circulatory system
  • Re-read closely the non-fiction text called “The Circulatory Story”
  • Determine the author’s meaning figurative language
  • Write detailed, explanatory paragraphs
  • Review and practice grammar rules regarding proper capitalization