le 15 au 19 mai 2023 

Field Trip on Monday – Living History at Dorris Ranch

Monday morning, we’ll be on an outdoor field trip to  Dorris Ranch from 9:00-11:45 so please have your child wear a hat, light jacket, and close-toed walking shoes (not sandals).  The weather might be cool but sunny. You might also consider applying sunscreen before leaving home. Students should bring a water bottle to school, too.  

Upcoming Dates

• May 16-19 – 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)

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.

First of all, thank you all so much for all the sweet gifts, flowers, and notes for Teacher Appreciation Week. It was lovely.

We will begin our final round of French evaluations this week. They will extend into next week as well. 

We are still 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. 🤫)

As students complete their Francophone country projects, they will return to our latest art project which is tessellations (le dallage). We began with a two-sided version, and are now working on a four-sided version. I’ll add some photos when we have some completed work.

Sciences humaines et lecture :

Students began giving presentations on their countries last week. We have had nine presentations in the red class, and the blue class will begin their presentations this week. I sent catch-up work home with a number of students last week, and several more may be asked to take work home this week to catch up. I want the dodecahedrons completed by this Thursday. We still have a lot of presentation time to spend in class. When most presentations are complete, I will send home the research papers with their graded score sheets attached. It is the 1-4 scale, with 3 being a “meets.” 

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

Math

Multiplication of whole numbers and fractions

Key goals:

1. We can model multiplication of fractions and whole numbers with number lines and area models.
   
2. We can solve real-world problems and communicate clearly our thinking about our thinking process.

Look for our geometry unit math test to come mid-week.

Last week in math we explored symmetry and patterns, with an emphasis on explaining student thinking.We incorporated our prior knowledge of angles and polygons. Our fourth graders have amazing ideas and reasoning! This week we will be using visual models and writing equations to show multiplication of a whole number and a fraction. 

To continue our study of Oregon history we will learn about different people who settled in the early days of Oregon. We will discuss how Oregon became a state and learn about Oregon’s government. A special emphasis this week will be on people from diverse back grounds who settled in Oregon. Some the resources this week come from the Oregon Black Pioneers program.  We’ll finish with a virtual field trip via Zoom to the state capitol building next week.

As we read and discuss a lot of history, students are making game boards and maps to bring home and to share with you. These should be ready next week.

Be sure to ask your child about the history trunk from last week and to ask them what they learn on Monday while on our field trip. If you want to know more about Oregon’s history, check out the Oregon Historical Society’s website!

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.

From our Music teacher, Mme Doyle

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.

Parent volunteers needed. Please contact Mme Doyle at doyle_k@4j.lane.edu to help with setting up chairs, student supervision, any decorations for the gym, and tearing down after the concert. This big event needs lots of hands to be a success.

Share

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

Congratulations to our own Melissa Anderson for having won the Walk and Roll to school prize, a brand new scooter!

 

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:

1. We can identify and model perpendicular and parallel lines in geometrical figures.
   
2. We can identify and construct patterns with shapes.
   
3. 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.

 

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

Share

le 1er au 5 mai 2023 

Upcoming Dates

• Wednesday, May 3 – Walk and Roll to school (see below)
• May 8-19 – Oregon State Assessments in English & Math
• Monday, May 15 – Field trip to Dorris Ranch, morning only 

Walk and Roll to School

Spring has sprung and the beautiful weather is among us! Walk and Roll to school day will be Wednesday, May 3rd. If you come to school some other way then a car that day, you can fill out a raffle ticket for a chance to win a brand new scooter or $5 Dutch Bros gift card! Everyone who participates gets a small prize, be sure to visit the table in the front of the school and leave plenty of time to make it to class on time! Thanks, ErinMarie Langsdorf, K-5 Physical Education

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 began our latest art project which is tessellations (le dallage). We began with a two-sided version, and are just working on  the four-sided version. I’ll add some photos when we have some completed work.

No French homework this week.

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 few 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.

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

Math

Geometry: Classifying shapes

Key goals:

1. We can identify and model perpendicular and parallel lines in geometrical figures.
   
2. We can identify and construct patterns with shapes.
   
3. We can classify shapes by their sides and angles.

Look for our last unit math test to come home Monday.

This next unit builds on students’ vocabulary about angles learned in the last unit to now classify different shapes. For example, students will identify types of triangles and classify them. Also, students will be constructing geometric designs demonstrating their understanding of key concepts in this unit.

We will be reviewing many of the mathematical key concepts we learned this year in our homework this week in preparation for state testing which begins May 8th. We will do English Language Arts state tests (OSAS) next week and Math the following week.

This week we continue our unit: Myth Making, Greek Myths this week. In collaborative groups, students will read, summarize and present a Greek myth to the class. Students will identify major themes in the myths and will look for allusions to those myths in today’s culture. To finish this short unit students will independently show their writing skills in a detailed, organized paragraph for the prompt: What is a myth? Why did Greeks tell them?

At home, consider talking about myths and traditional stories from different cultures. Ask you child to retell a myth or story they’ve read in class. Encourage reading longer texts that include allusions to traditional stories such as one of the many series by Rick Riordan.

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.

Share

 le 24 au 28 avril 2023 

Upcoming Dates

• May 8-19 – Oregon State Assessments in English & Math
• Monday, May 15 – Field trip to Dorris Ranch, morning only 

A big Merci! to Franco and Rahim’s mom, Rhonda Nese, who came to school on Friday and gave us a short talk about the celebration of Ramadan. Friday was the final day of Ramadan, and the kids really enjoyed the presentation.

Field Trip

Look for a field trip permission slip to come home on Monday. 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 send your child to school in proper footwear and a water-repellent jacket when the weather is rainy like it has been lately. 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 squeezed in some art time this past 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. Their stained glass window art project should have come home last week. If it hasn’t come home yet, your child has not yet completed it.

French homework this week is more words we are using for the Francophone study project, and here is a copy:  vocab pays francophone avril 2023 l Vocab

Sciences humaines et lecture :

We are rolling along on the big dodecahedron Francophone country project! For the last week, I am linking the finalized list of Francophone countries and which students are doing which countries. Most students have finished at least four of their twelve sides, and a few 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.

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

Math

Geometry: Angles and Classifying shapes

Key goals:

1. We can classify and measure angles.
2. We can construct angles with protractors.
3. We can classify shapes by their sides and angles.

Look for our last unit math test to come home Monday.

Students will be using protractors this week to draw and measure angles. Last week, students learned a lot of geometry vocabulary such as acute, obtuse, straight angle, right angle, and much more. A lot of the work in this unit builds on students’ vocabulary so that as they move up in grades, they are familiar with basic terminology. To make the unit fun, we will be doing a lot of hands-on activities.

In the fourth module of Wit and Wisdom, Myth Making, we will read and analyze myths from the ancient Greeks and Romans, as well as Native American tribes, to learn the purpose and importance of these stories in their cultures. We will listen to some African myths, and there myths and stories from many other cultures for students to read in our choice book selection.

Our main texts are:

Informational text: ƒ Understanding Greek Myths, Natalie Hyde

Literary text (Myths): ƒ Gifts from the Gods: Ancient Words & Wisdom from Greek & Roman Mythology, Lise Lunge-Larsen

ƒDrama: Pushing Up the Sky: Native American Plays for Children, Joseph Bruchac

Questions we will ask and discuss are:

• What are myths, and why do people create them?
• What do myths and stories from different cultures have in common?

At home, consider talking about myths and traditional stories from different cultures. Ask you child to retell a myth or story they’ve read in class. Encourage reading longer texts that include allusions to traditional stories such as one of the many series by Rick Riordan.

Guest Speaker:

Dr. Brenda Brainard, a member of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians will come on April 28th to share traditional stories from her culture.

Share

 le 17 au 21 avril 2023 

Upcoming Dates

• May 8-19 – Oregon State Assessments in English & Math
• Monday, May 15 – Field trip to Dorris Ranch, morning only 

Field Trip

Look for a field trip permission slip to come home on Monday. 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 eat lunch at school. At this time we have enough parent volunteers. Thank you!

Artist-in-Residence

Our artist-in-residence, Rachell Jarvis, is a glass artist, and she spent two sessions in our classrooms last week. During the first session on Tuesday, she showed how glass is made, talked about terminology, and handed around samples. On Thursday, the kids began working with the glass to create a design. This week, the students will design, create and send a glass tile to the kiln. 

What’s up! Quoi de neuf?

Please send your child to school in proper footwear and a water-repellent jacket when the weather is rainy like now. 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 squeezed in some art time this past 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. 

No French homework this week. I’ve compiled the results of last week’s vocabulary quiz results, and the average score is 104%. That quiz should come home on Monday.

Sciences humaines et lecture :

We have begun the big dodecahedron Francophone country project! I am linking the finalized list of Francophone countries and which students are doing which countries. The kids have already made a lot of progress. Most students have finished at least two of their twelve sides, and a few students have finished five sides already! 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.

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.

Students are demonstrating that they can be flexible with fractions, converting mixed numbers and improper fractions for addition and subtraction. They will finish some problem solving on Monday and take our unit test. The test should come home later in the week.

Next, we’ll do a few week so geometry! Ms. Ky, a part-time student teacher, will be helping me to plan and teach this unit in the mornings. I will be teaching in the afternoons. You can read more about Ms. Ky below.

We will finish the unit on Lewis and Clark this week. Students will finish reading the chapter book, In Their Own Words: Lewis and Clark. Woven throughout the unit, students were challenged to think about the the Native American perspective of the expansion of the United states. We used  some of Oregon’s state teaching materials authored by Indigenous people of Oregon such as this one.

Coming next- Traditional Stories: Greek Mythology and Native American traditional stories.

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

Share