This is our last blog post of the 2022-2023 school year! There are lots of photos this week, so please scroll down to the bottom of this post.
Upcoming Dates
- Tuesday, June 13 – Big party! If your child does not eat/like pizza and carrots, please send a lunch. Otherwise, just send a morning snack. (See below for more information.)
- Thursday, June 15 – Field Day/Last Day! Half day of school. Students released at 11:45. Please send your child to school with a backpack to take items home. Parents interested in helping to support field day can sign up to volunteer HERE.
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. 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.
Please remember to pick up this year’s medications, etc. from the office.
Le français:
•We speak exclusively in French during French class.
•We are learning and applying grammar and spelling rules in French.
•We have learned a tremendous amount about francophone countries around the world.
I have thoroughly enjoyed teaching your children this year. They are a great group of kids, and we have not only learned a lot and improved our French, but we also had a great time!
The students’ French is good enough, and we now have the time to do a fun game. We divide in half and each student is responsible for 8-13 cards and as I read a sentence, the two teams have to identify the correct words and get up in the right order with the right words. It’s a great way to practice conjugating and agreements in plural/singular and feminine/masculine nouns and adjectives. Each class has played once, and is really loving it. We’ll try it again next week. It’s also a great opportunity to work as a group and to practice good sportsmanship.
The kids earned their big party in French class, which will include pizza (& carrots), an extra recess, pajamas and a movie! Mme Shelli and I have scheduled it for the last week of school on Tuesday, June 14. If your child does not eat/like pizza and carrots, please send a lunch. Otherwise, just send a morning snack.
All of the student art projects, except our current project, making a totem with our names, should have come home. If you haven’t seen the artwork I’ve been writing about all year, it will probably be found when it comes home in your child’s purple class folder because it is not yet finished.
A good time was had by most at Le Tour du Monde (Jog-a-thon), and here are some photos of your sweaty children running their cans off!
Math:
As we wrap up math for the year, we are solving some logic problems. Students are collaborating and learning to apply strategies to organize and communicate their math thinking. Last week, they worked on some problems like these:
How many different 2 scoop ice cream cones can you make with 10 flavors?
And
How many 3-filling sandwiches can you make with 5 filling options?
Students showed each other organization strategies like making a table, making lists, drawing pictures, or using a “web” to show combinations. This week, we’ll play math games to review math concepts from the year.
This year, every student has grown as a mathematician! Look for a “family report” in report cards</span> that come on on Thursday that will have recent CBM and 3rd grade OSAS scores. Your student’s 4th grade scores will be available in the fall.
Summer Math Practice
Look for more ways to practice math this summer at the links below as well as on this page.
Youcubed a GREAT resource for math learning has a free self-paced online summer program
Maths for Kids Youtube videos for more math fluency games
Khan Academy’s Get Ready for 5th Grade Course
English Language Arts
Family History Home Projects- Due Monday
We have been enjoying students’ stories about their family history. We’ve heard stories of family trees, books of poetry, people who immigrated from other countries, people who traveled on the Oregon trail and many more. Our students have diverse histories and stories to share!
Here are are a few photos of students sharing their family projects:
ELA: Readers’ Theater
To wrap up our unit on traditional stories, students performed dramatic readings of Native American stories from the book Pushing Up the Sky by Joseph Bruchac for their classmates and 1st grade buddies. Here are a few photos.
ATTENTION: Host an Intern!
- they should have their own bedroom
- they should be transported to and from school
- they should be provided 3 meals a day
2ème année Charlemagne
Message from Eugene-Symphony Youth Orchestra:
Tutoring possibility:
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