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)
Walk and Roll to School
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.
Sciences humaines et lecture :
We are rolling along on the big dodecahedron Francophone country project! Most students have finished at least six of their twelve sides, and a handful of students have finished the entire thing! 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. We will begin doing presentations this week. Students who are running behind may be asked to take work home this week to catch up.
Mme Shelli, English & Math
hopper_s@4j.lane.edu
Math
Geometry: Classifying shapes
Key goals:
- We can identify and model perpendicular and parallel lines in geometrical figures.
- We can identify and construct patterns with shapes.
- We can classify shapes by their sides and angles.
Look for our last unit math test to come home Monday.
We wrap up our Geometry unit with Ms. Ky, our student teacher, this week with building patterns with shapes.
We will begin Oregon State Assessments on Tuesday May 9th. We will do English Language Arts state tests (OSAS) this week and Math the following week.
Homework: There is NO math homework this week.
English Language Arts/ Social Studies
We started a 2-3 week unit last Thursday on Oregon history & achieving statehood. We’ll spend a little time on the Oregon Trail, how Oregon became a state and learn a about Oregon’s government. We’ll finish with a virtual field trip via Zoom to the state capitol building.
This week in our class, students will find a big trunk from the Lane County historical museum this week! Students will get to examine objects from the past to determine their uses.
Next week, we’ll have a field trip about early people of the Willamette Valley. Throughout the unit, we’ll be reading non-fiction texts, a few documents from the Oregon historical society, and some first hand accounts from early Oregonians with a particular emphasis on early Oregonians from diverse backgrounds. If you want to know more about Oregon’s history, check out the OHS site!
Social Studies standards is unit are:
4.2 Explain how Oregon achieved statehood and identify the stakeholders involved.
4.12 Explain how diverse individuals, groups and other traditionally marginalized groups, circumstances and events influenced the early growth and changes in Oregon.
4.14 Examine the history of the nine federally recognized Oregon tribes. (We’ll be using some of the SB13 lessons and excerpts from this OPB documentary.)
Guest Speaker Visit:
Dr. Brenda Brainard, a member of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians came to share traditional stories from her culture last week. Her stories of Beaver connect to our discussion of types of traditional creation and morality stories. In a few weeks, we’ll follow up with more Native American culture through storytelling.
From our Music teacher, Mme Doyle
Hello 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade families,
Our Spring Concert is approaching and I want to make sure pertinent information is communicated so you can save the date. The Spring Concert is happening May 24th at 6pm in the gym. We will be featuring 3rd grade, 4th grade and 5th grade music classes alongside our after-school choir. There will be 7 pieces total in a variety of musical modalities – song, instruments, acting, story and movement! Doors will open at 5:40 and students will be expected to arrive between 5:40-5:55 in order to be ready for perform. More specific information will be coming closer to the concert date, but save the date for Wednesday, May 24th, 6pm, Charlemagne gym.
I will be in need of parent volunteer assistance for the concert: setting up chairs, student supervision, any decorations for the gym, and tearing down after the concert (bringing instruments back to music room, re-stacking chairs, cleaning up garbage). I also could use some parent musicians – if you are interested (and experienced and a quick improviser) in playing percussion on either the djembe, agogo, or shekere, please let me know (the choir piece needing percussion is Siyahamba, and if you happen to have any other instruments in your home from South Africa and you want to play your percussion/string instrument, please do so; talk to me so we can hash a plan!). If you are interested in offering your assistance, please feel free to email me, and I’ll assign you a task; if you show up concert night without an official task and still want to help, I am sure I’ll find a way for you to help!
Thank you, I look forward to hearing from those interested in volunteering, be on the lookout for an email with more information to be sent out in 2 weeks, and see you all May 24th!
Mme Doyle
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