le 19 au 23 février 2024

Upcoming Dates

  • Monday, February 19 – There IS school to make up for the bad weather days, Presidents Day 
  • Saturday Feb 24 – UO Math Festival (See below)
  • Friday, March 1 – 9:00-10:00 am. Walking field trip. We need volunteers! See below.

Yearbook: ACTION NEEDED

Based on popular demand, the full school yearbook is back! We are now collecting money so that every student in the school can receive a yearbook.  The school is asking for a $20.00 donation per yearbook, as you are able. Checks or money orders are PREFERRED but cash is accepted (note: cash can easily be lost, so please put it in an envelope with your student’s name). Please write your child’s name on the memo line of the check and remind him/her/them to give the check or cash to his/her/their teacher in the morning. If your family can give more, please do so for those students whose families aren’t able to spare $20 this year. So far we’ve collected about 50% of what is needed to provide yearbooks to all students.
 

Celebrate Black History – all school walking field trip

Charlemagne will celebrate the bravery of American hero Ruby Bridges with an all school “Black History Celebration Walk” on March 1st from 9:15 am-10:00 am around the Amazon Bark Path. We are looking for volunteers to walk with their child’s class, help stop traffic and motivate walkers!

*Volunteers will need to have an up-to-date field trip chaperone background check on file, and should plan to meet us in the front parking lot of Charlemagne at 9:10am on March 1. Please email us if you are interested in volunteering for the walk! (hopper_s@4j.lane.edu & kincaid_j@4j.lane.edu).

What’s up! Quoi de neuf? 

Please send your child to school in proper footwear and a WARM water-repellent jacket with a hood or a hat when the weather is rainy. It’s getting cold, too, so please have your child wear warmer layers and weather-appropriate shoes. Thank you!

If your child is ill or has had a fever or vomited within the previous 24 hours, please keep your child home. 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:

We had our French vocabulary quiz last Monday. I spent a lot more time giving suggestions to students on how to prepare for the quiz, so I was hoping some students would do better. Unfortunately, those who did well always do well, and those who do poorly, did poorly. We’ll keep working on it. This week’s homework is geography words as we have begun our geography study. Here it is:  fév 2024 géographie vocab

Below, I am pronouncing and spelling the words in French:

Here, I am just saying the words. This also includes an English translation of each expression & is good for studying and for Thursday night’s quiz:

 

We continue to correct two horrible sentences on all full days, and alphabetize on our short day. The alphabetizing includes vocabulary words or a sound we’re working on. We spent some more time on our latest “J’observe…” writing project (Les ours polaires), and the kids are enjoying writing about this photo, and many are still learning how to write a good opening sentence. This week, we will conjugate two new verbs:  mettre (to put or place) and prendre (to take).  Most students have completed their culminating cursive packet in yellow. If you haven’t seen your child’s yet, feel free to ask him/her/them about it.

We’ll also begin studying time in French, to follow up on the time telling study they’ve done in English with Mme Shelli.

Student goal:  I am applying myself to my school work. I am actively seeking learning.

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

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

Student goal:  I am expanding my vocabulary by incorporating new words into my speaking and writing.

Les sciences humaines (la géographie):

We were able to begin our geography unit this past week as a precursor to our francophone country study, and the kids are loving it. So many kids are enthusiastic about geography, I’m learning things from them! Students really need to get their geography vocabulary down as we’ll be using it daily over the next few months. We’ve worked with a compass rose (la rose des vents), identified continents and oceans of the world, and we’ve begun talking about the difference between a continent, a country, a state or province or region, and a city. Many kids are still confused by which is which, so if you have the opportunity to talk about the macro to the micro on how we identify physical places, please do so, especially if you’re traveling. We’ll spend the next week working on manipulating maps so that students have a good idea of the continents and their relationships with one another and the different kinds of maps that exist. We also watched a little video about Pangea (la Pangée), unfortunately in English, but the kids were really intrigued by the idea.

Student goal:  I can identify and name the world’s oceans and continents.

Student goal:  I can identify the four cardinal directions.

Les sciences:

We have completed the rocks and soils portion of sciences, and we’re moving into experiments with erosion and deposition, which involves lots of soil and running water.  We completed our second foldable for the journal which explains slow earth changes and rapid earth changes. We’ll complete our erosion and deposition experiments, then we’ll move into our Energy unit.

Les copains/Buddies:

Last week, we made a TON of cards. Your kids are so lovely, they wanted to make cards for all the staff that doesn’t have a classroom, so they decorated, signed and enjoyed delivering cards for most of the staff. They also made cards for their buddies, and during our Buddy time, we exchanged cards, and they made a heart craft together. They LOOOOVE buddy time, and so do their buddies.

 

 

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

Math

There is NO MATH HOMEWORK unless your child was absent and needs to return it this week.

SEE the upcoming UO Math event below for a family event you may be interested in attending.

Mme Hannah, our student teacher, is taking the lead to teach math in the morning class this week. Here’s her message for what we’re doing in math right now:

Students have begun working on decimals! We will be learning about how our knowledge of fractions with denominators of 10 and 100 can also be written in decimal form. If you see decimals around in your everyday life at the store or in scores, etc, please ask your student to read it to you in decimal form (with “tenths” and/or “hundredths”) to get them thinking about where decimals are in their real lives!

English

In celebration of Black History month, we are reading about important leaders in American history from the book “Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History.” We also will have  short history lesson on the story of Ruby Bridges. As a culminating activity on March 1st, we’ll participate in a school Ruby Bridges Walk. See more below.

We read the first five chapters of Hatchet by Gary Paulsen last week. Several students were absent, so some will have some extra reading to do to catch up. As we read the exciting yet complex text, we’re analyzing how the main character, Brian, changes as he encounters extreme challenges. He will struggle for quite awhile as he tries to survive in the harsh Canadian wilderness, but eventually he’ll overcome many challenges.

As we read, we’ll also stop along the way so students can write fiction narratives with a survival theme. Students will brainstorm ideas, plan a narrative using a typical plot line, and will begin their rough drafts this week.

 

Here is more information for parents about the Wit and Wisdom unit, Extreme Settings. The unit will continue through the beginning of March.

 

 

 

UO Math Festival Event

10am-1pm on Saturday, February 24, 2024

The Annual Eugene Youth Math Festival! This is an event that takes place every year with the support of the University of Oregon and the National Science Foundation. The goal is to engage young students ages 5-14 who like math and share a passion for games, problem solving, and hands-on math activities. There will be over 40 tables for play! We hope your family will consider attending the free event at McArthur Court, University of Oregon. No registration is needed. More information here.