le 12 au 16 septembre 2022

Upcoming Dates:

  • Monday through Friday, September 12-16 – Mme Shelli will be with 5th grade at Canoe Island; Mme Ginger, our 5th grade teacher, will be our guest teacher in English.
  • Monday, September 12 – Mme Jana will be absent. Her sub will be Debra Gelzer.
  • Thursday, September 22 – Curriculum Night – Visit your child’s classrooms and hear from teachers. More info coming later.
  • Monday through Friday, Sept. 26-30: School safety week
  • Friday, September 30: School picture day

Please ensure that you email BOTH TEACHERS when you communicate with us. Your child will begin with his/her homeroom teacher again during the first full week of school.

Le français:

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

First, thank you for sending your kids to school ready to learn! I think we had a great short first week. It’s nice for school to almost be back to “normal.” 😜

I will be gone this Monday because I am the caretaker for my 89-year-old mother, who unfortunately fell and broke the head of her femur about 10 days ago. I will, undoubtedly, be gone some other days to help with recovery, so please be patient with me during this time. My mom was walking five miles a day up until this, so we’ll hopefully get her up and moving smoothly and soon.

We mostly went over school and classroom routines this week. The students did a little alphabetizing exercise for me, and most students were able to do it perfectly. Everyone also wrote his signature, which we will redo about six times this year to monitor progress. We began our cursive writing instruction with the letters c, a, d, and g. We’ll go through all lowercase (minuscule) letters, then progress and work through all uppercase (majuscule) letters. Students seem ready to jump back into conjugating, so we’ll review what they’ve already learned, then we’ll dive into conjugating additional commonly used verb conjugations. This week and next will include French assessments which include writing, speaking, comprehension, reading, and listening. None of the assessments are very long, and I don’t put them all on the same day.

We also began our first art project which involves concentration and fine motor control. It takes a few weeks, but you’ll be seeing those lovely projects soon as we hang them up on our walls. This coming week, we’ll begin a “Moi!” project which is all about them… in French.

Les sciences:  

We will begin our first science unit, Soils, Rocks, and Landforms (La terre, les pierres, et les formes du relief) in early October. 

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


For the first week of math, students did some exploration around visualizing math. This next week, students will continue to work in small groups and individually reviewing math concepts. At the same time, they learn to work cooperatively, to explain their thinking, to respectfully listen to other ideas, and to add on to other students’ ideas.

 

 

 

 

English:

In English last week, we began to set up our English Writing & Reading journals.  Students explored our class library and made a wish list of books they’d like to check out from our library. Every student has a choice book to read in class going into this week.  This week, students will begin to learn some routines around reading and writing with our guest teacher, Mme. Ginger.

Music(al) note from Mme Doyle:

Welcome back, or welcome for the first time to…Music! Mme Doyle is excited to welcome you all back into the music classroom this new school year. Your child will have Music according to the following schedule:

2nd and 4th Graders on Monday and Wednesday
3rd and 5th Graders on Tuesday and Thursday
1st Grade, Mme. Roadman on Monday and Wednesday
1st Grade, Mme. Wolf on Tuesday and Thursday
Kinder, Mme. Elise on Monday and Tuesday
Kinder, Mme. Michele on Tuesday and Thursday
 
I will be posting updates, information, and musical opportunities throughout the school year via Seesaw, email, information in the school Newsletters, and flyers sent home. I will certainly be needing volunteer assistance from time to time in regards to helping me collect materials for different “recycled music” projects (creating our own rattles and shakers out of empty water bottles, etc.), setting up for concerts, chaperoning on field trips, and even in the classroom. If you feel you would like to be a music volunteer in any capacity, feel free to email me at doyle_k@4j.lane.edu. To that end, please reach out to me with any questions, concerns, comments, or special music moments via email, and I will do my best this year to do the same! Looking forward to creating, growing, sharing, connecting, playing, cultivating joy, and being fearless with our students this school year!

 

PE, MUSIC, & Library (Repeated from last week)

PE & MUSIC will be on Mondays and Wednesdays, so please help your child wear PE-appropriate shoes and clothing on those days. Our library time will be on Fridays starting in October.

We communicate weekly on our 4TH GRADE BLOG (please bookmark) and send a weekly email reminder when we update information. You can also find links to French, Math, English, and other supplemental activities on the red tabs at the top of the blog.

School supplies

Most school supplies are supplied by the district this year. Here is a list of the items your child should bring to school beginning Wednesday, September 6:

  • 2 folders – two pocket folders. Any color but NOT binders- just a flat folder to carry papers.
  • 2 masks – every day (optional)
  • water bottle if desired, although we do have water fountains in classrooms
  • daily nut-free snack 
  • 1-2 boxes of good tissues (no lotion please)