le 17 au 21 avril 2023 

Upcoming Dates

  • May 8-19 – Oregon State Assessments in English & Math
  • Monday, May 15 – Field trip to Dorris Ranch, morning only 

Field Trip

Look for a field trip permission slip to come home on Monday. 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 eat lunch at school. At this time we have enough parent volunteers. Thank you!

Artist-in-Residence

Our artist-in-residence, Rachell Jarvis, is a glass artist, and she spent two sessions in our classrooms last week. During the first session on Tuesday, she showed how glass is made, talked about terminology, and handed around samples. On Thursday, the kids began working with the glass to create a design. This week, the students will design, create and send a glass tile to the kiln. 

What’s up! Quoi de neuf?

Please send your child to school in proper footwear and a water-repellent jacket when the weather is rainy like now. 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 squeezed in some art time this past week for those who have work to finish. Our francophone study art will be our main art project for the next six weeks, but we still have a couple other art projects we will do this year. 

No French homework this week. I’ve compiled the results of last week’s vocabulary quiz results, and the average score is 104%. That quiz should come home on Monday.

Sciences humaines et lecture :

We have begun the big dodecahedron Francophone country project! I am linking the finalized list of Francophone countries and which students are doing which countries. The kids have already made a lot of progress. Most students have finished at least two of their twelve sides, and a few students have finished five sides already! We do all the research and make all the sides, then at the end, we put together the dodecahedron, and the students practice presenting their Francophone country to the class. We’re having fun and learning deeply about our countries. This is where we’re spending the preponderance of our time in the coming weeks. The kids are learning a lot about how to do research on the Internet, and that you have to read to find information sometimes.

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

Math

Unit 10: Adding and subtracting mixed number

Key goals:

  1. We can replace a mixed number with an equivalent fraction to make it easier to add and subtract fractions with like denominators.
  2. We can use visual models and equations to represent situational problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions.
  3. We can create and interpret line plot graphs that represent data in fraction form.

Students are demonstrating that they can be flexible with fractions, converting mixed numbers and improper fractions for addition and subtraction. They will finish some problem solving on Monday and take our unit test. The test should come home later in the week.

Next, we’ll do a few week so geometry! Ms. Ky, a part-time student teacher, will be helping me to plan and teach this unit in the mornings. I will be teaching in the afternoons. You can read more about Ms. Ky below.

Homework: There IS math homework this week. Also, please return field trip forms.

English & Social Studies

Word Study: none this week.

Social Studies:

We will finish the unit on Lewis and Clark this week. Students will finish reading the chapter book, In Their Own Words: Lewis and Clark. Woven throughout the unit, students were challenged to think about the the Native American perspective of the expansion of the United states. We used  some of Oregon’s state teaching materials authored by Indigenous people of Oregon such as this one.

Coming next- Traditional Stories: Greek Mythology and Native American traditional stories.

Groups:

Rainbow Alliance

Charlemagne’s Rainbow Alliance will be beginning this Tuesday 4/11. This group provides a weekly opportunity for FOURTH and FIFTH-GRADE students to make friends, read books, play games, have conversations, and hang out. The group will be led by myself and our school psychologist. We will be using some activities from Welcoming Schools which will be age-appropriate material. Some topics we will be addressing are:  Understanding Pronouns, Creating Community, Understanding Gender Identity, and more. The goal of the group is to create a safe and inclusive space for all students. Please reach out if there are any questions or concerns.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/15nAS2LkkEM6rrWzGqnoy2ShJcafNuGpB4jq_opQiXcY/edit?usp=sharing

Rachel Parac (she,her)
School Counselor | Charlemagne French Immersion Elementary School
parac_r@4j.lane.edu | 541-790-7050