Charlemagne 4th Grade

Upcoming Dates

• Friday, October 13 – NO SCHOOL, Professional Development

What’s up! Quoi de neuf?

We are into our inclement fall weather, so please send your child to school in proper footwear and a water-repellent jacket with a hood or a hat 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. You can view updated illness & Covid rules here. 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 attendance line (541) 790-7080 or email Eliza at drummond_e@4j.lane.edu.

Please ensure that you email BOTH TEACHERS when you communicate with us.

Le français:

Mme Jana kincaid_j@4j.lane.edu French & science teacher

The big news is….homework begins this week!Students will come home on Monday with a lavender sheet of French homework. We’re beginning with the days of the week. Each night, students complete one section of the homework. I have gone over each category, and they should have an example written in each section. They are meant to ask an adult to initial the homework. Initialing the homework simply tells me that you see your child has done the homework, not that it is correct or not. I prefer that parents NOT HELP with homework. We’re really just trying to establish routine and responsibility. If your child loses the homework, you can print off a copy here:  jours de la semaine sept 2023 Vocab

Student goal:  I can name and order the days of the week in French.

We continue to correct two horrible sentences on all full days, and alphabetize on our short day. We continue our cursive writing instruction this week with a review of the letters c, a, d, g, h, p, and f. I modeled the new letters u, y, i, j, k, r and s. We’re going pretty quickly through the lowercase (minuscule) letters, so in October, we’ll begin to work through all uppercase (majuscule) letters. French assessments, which include writing, speaking, comprehension, reading, and listening will happen during the next two weeks. None of the assessments are very long, and I don’t put them all on the same day. I  introduced the kids to another number game this past week, Hidato. Next week, I will introduce Ken-Ken. These are logic and number games, so practicing them in French is very doable. We are continuing with our first art project, and we are making progress on the “Moi!” project which is all about them.

Student goal:  I can find grammatical and punctuation errors in sentences in French.

Student goal:  I can form all the lowercase letters correctly in cursive. 

This past week, we began French assessments with a listening assessment. We also did reading comprehension. Next week, we’ll do oral reading fluency. We conjugated the verb être (to be), and in upcoming weeks, we will conjugate the verbs faire (to make or do), and aller (to go), then we’ll move on to verbs that end in -er, which is 90% of the verbs in French. We began our French typing program called “Tap’Touche” which teaches students how to type with accents. We  continue to spend time learning about dictionaries, particularly translating dictionaries, and how to use them. We will continue to work on dictionary use, which includes learning about parts of speech. I’ve noticed that many children are not very solid with alphabetizing. We are doing it once a week, but if you can do some alphabetizing at home, that would be great. Put the cereal in alphabetical order or the names of all the family members in alphabetical order. We use dictionaries daily in my class, and not knowing alphabetical order is a limiting factor.

Student goal:  I can alphabetize words up to and beyond the fifth letter.

Student goal:  I am learning to quickly and efficiently use a translating dictionary.

Student goal:  I can type words and letters using French accents.

Again, I hope we can begin buddies this coming week, but our buddies are first graders, and with two new teachers in first grade, they are still working on getting their programs in place and are not quite yet ready for buddies.

Les sciences:

We will begin our first science unit, Soils, Rocks, and Landforms (La terre, les pierres, et les formes du relief) the second week of October. Our first activity is to discover the components of soil.

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

Math