le 16 au 20 mai 2022
Attention: If you know that you will not be returning to Charlemagne
next year please send a note to Mme Bernadette conover_b@4j.lane.edu so
she can work to transition your student’s files to his next school.
Upcoming Dates
Monday-Wednesday, May 16-18 – Oregon State Testing- Math
Monday, May 30 – NO SCHOOL, Memorial Day
Visiting Artists
Visual Art:
This week, we will enjoy our final session with Artist in Residence, Jen Hernandez, on Thursday. In addition to creating art projects, students discuss how kindness feels to experience (both by being kind and receiving kindness) and expression of those feelings through body movement, words, and visual art.
Cajun Fiddle:
We began working with our cajun fiddle artist-in-residence Kelly Thibodeaux two weeks ago. Fourth grade’s turns were on Tuesday and Thursday, and the kids really enjoyed it. He had fiddles (le violin) in all the kids’ hands within minutes of them getting into the room . He will return for our second session the week of May 31. Each class will have three sessions that week. Here is a link if you want to learn more about Kelly and his program: http://lanearts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/KellyThibodeauxArtOfFiddling.pdf
Le français:
•We conjugate verbs in our writing and speaking.
•We are learning to use the Internet to locate specific information.
•We are reading passages in French to glean pertinent information.
•We are reading, writing, and speaking French as we learn about countries where French is an official language.
We have spent most of our time again this week on the Francophone country project. About half a dozen students have completed their dodecahedrons, so we’ll be able to start doing presentations next week. I’ll do a sample presentation on Monday, and for those kids who are nervous about presenting in front of the whole class, I’ve got supports in place, and we’ve been talking about what those supports can look like.
There is no French homework this week. The average score for last week’s quiz was 101%. Yay! Those will be returned on Monday.
We will begin spring French assessments this week. We’ll spend the next few weeks doing assessments in Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking.
Les sciences humaines (Social studies): 
We continue to spend the preponderance of our time on our Francophone country projects. I let a few students take their projects home to complete some of the faces, but they have been told not to sharpie anything until I have reviewed their writing. It’s a pretty big, multifaceted project. Students must complete their research packet, become an expert in their country, write and draw on each of the twelve sides of the dodecahedron, assemble the dodecahedron, and do a presentation. This is the scoring ticket, which will be attached to your student’s research packet when it comes home. The maximum is 4 out of 4, and 3 out of 4 meets standards.
Geometry
Homework:
There is nightly review MATH homework this week.
This week students will read about the planet Mars in a lengthy non-fiction text. They will be learning a little bit about Mars’ moons, its geography (in comparison to Earth), and about NASA’s exploration of Mars. Then we will be wrapping up the week thinking about how we might send humans to Mars. Your child will use all of this information to write a science fiction story next week. Ask your child about their alien design!
Mme Lacey, our student teacher
