le 10 au 14 avril 2023 

Upcoming Dates

  • April 10-21 – Artist in Residence: Glass art Click for link(twice weekly for each class)
  • May 8-19 – Oregon State Assessments in English & Math
  • Monday, May 15 – Field trip to Dorris Ranch, morning only 

What’s up! Quoi de neuf?

Please send your child to school in proper footwear and a water-repellent jacket when the weather is threatening. Students will go out to recess unless the principal decides 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 for our secretary, Eliza Drummond, at drummond_e@4j.lane.edu.

Safe, Respectful, Responsible:

We had a behavior management booster last week and spent time each day talking about our three main behavior guides, so ask your student what he/she/they learned or discussed about safety, respect, and/or responsibility.

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 (French-speaking) countries around the world.

We didn’t get to spend as much time as I had hoped on telling time, so we’ll continue with telling time in French for the first few weeks of April.

We will squeeze in some art time this 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.

This week’s French homework is some of the vocabulary we will use often during our francophone country study. Here is a copy:  vocab francophone avril 2023 l Vocab

Sciences humaines (Social studies):

We continued to talk about our big spring Francophone country project this week. We chose countries last week, but some may change because although there are 29 countries that have French as an official language, there are many more where French is spoken by a large number of the populace. I want to make sure each country is represented. I won’t force anyone to change if he/she/they don’t want to do so. I will post a list of who has which country once the list is finalized.

Les sciences:

Since I had a short week, I didn’t get to science, and I didn’t want to leave it for a sub, so we’ll dive back in next week. We still have a few experiments to go. On the other hand, on Friday, Mme Alexia read the relevant science pages (in English) with the kids about series and parallel circuits.

Parent Volunteer Opportunity

-Challenge Work – Mme Shelli is starting “Wizard Work” activities in class this month. If you’re interested in helping correct these extra credit activities, let Mme Shelli know. This can be done any day of the week at a time that is convenient for you.

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.

We learned to be flexible with fractions, converting mixed numbers and improper fractions last week. This week, students will be creating line plot diagrams with their shoe lengths measured to the nearest quarter inch. They will also practice solving multi-step problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions.

Homework: There is not math homework this week.

English & Social Studies

Word Study: silent letters (b, g, h, k, w)  in common words such as know, answer, wrinkle, thumb, doubt, honor.

Social Studies:

We continue to read about how the United States expanded west in the 1800s from the book In Their Own Words: Lewis and Clark. Students are making maps of the US and timelines of the expedition.

As we study U.S. history, we have will read varying perspectives of history. This week we’ll look more closely at the Native American perspective of the expansion of the United states. We will use some of Oregon’s state teaching materials authored by Indigenous people of Oregon such as this one.

 

Some of the 4th grade Social Studies standards addressed in this unit are:

  • 4. 2  Explain how Oregon achieved statehood and identify the stakeholders involved.
  • 4.12 Explain how diverse individuals, influenced the early growth and changes in Oregon.
  • 4.14 Examine the history of the nine federally recognized Oregon tribes.
  • 4.16 Create and evaluate timelines that show relationships among people, events, and movements in Oregon history.

 

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