Upcoming Dates
May 6-17 – Oregon Statewide Assessment window. 4th grade will take tests in English and math. Find out more below.
Wednesday, May 22 – Field trip to Dorris Ranch, 9-11:50 a.m. Please have your child dress in layers for a cooler morning.
Monday, May 27 – NO SCHOOL, Memorial Day
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. 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 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.
(kincaid_j@4j.lane.edu and hopper_s@4j.lane.edu)
Le français:
Mme Jana kincaid_j@4j.lane.edu Français, Sciences
First, thank you so much for all the teacher appreciation gifts. Usually, I write thank you notes, but I wasn’t in the classroom when most of the presents were dropped off, and even though my subs tried to label things, I’m really not sure who gave me what. So….thank you so much!
A few students had a hard time with last week’s French rules, so we’re going to spend more time on them this week and do our quiz this Friday.
We will not alphabetize or sort this Wednesday. We’ll be spending time completing our francophone country studies and hearing presentations that are ready. We’ve begun our newest “J’observe…” called Le cercle magique, which you can see below. The kids have to guess where the photo is taken and why the circle exists. No spoilers if you recognize it (or Google it)! 
Most students have completed their most recent art project, and they will come down from the stairwell and home this week.
Student goal: I am applying myself to my school work. I am actively seeking learning.
Student goal: I can identify 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 can apply learned French grammar rules during daily speaking and writing.
Les sciences humaines (la géographie):
Presentations began last week. Thus far, nine students have presented, and seven others are ready to go, with many more finishing up. When the presentation is complete, I hang the completed dodecahedron in the classroom. Students who have not yet completed their projects will continue to have work time, and those students who have finished will have the option of doing another project or helping other students to finish. Some students have begun to bring some of the work home as homework if they aren’t as far along as they ought to be by now. I will email you if your child has work to complete on this project at home. Thank you to the parents who made sure the students who needed to catch up did so.
I’m still planning to have a Senegalese visitor and also a visitor from a member of our community who was raised in Burkina Faso, although we are experiencing some scheduling obstacles. They will be sharing photos & experiences from their childhoods growing up in these francophone countries.
Student goal: I begin to see my role in this world as a global citizen and to understand that my reality is not the same as other children’s in the world.
Student goal: I can identify many French-speaking (francophone) countries of the world.
Les sciences:
We will begin our science unit, Énergie in the coming week. We’ll discuss energy sources and try to build our first circuit using electrical wires (les fils électriques), a D battery (une pile D), and a tiny bulb (une ampoule).
Les copains/Buddies:
We had buddies this past week, which Mme Roadman and I prepped, and Mme Shelli handled for me while I was at jury duty. Merci, Mme Shelli! The students made Mother’s Day cards together, so hopefully those made it home!
Mme Hannah is taking the lead in English and Math Class for the next two weeks. Mme Shelli will still be here to guide and advise.
Mme Shelli hopper_s@4j.lane.edu English & Math teacher
Math Key concepts:
•Points, lines, line segments, and rays can be combined to make geometric figures.
•An angle is measured degrees. An angle that turns through 1/360th of a circle is called a one-degree angle.
It is a HOMEWORK week!
English
Students have been working hard finding similarities between myths and stories from different cultures. They have read Ancient Greek and Native American myths to compare and contrast and find universal themes in myths. This week, we will be writing a compare/ contrast essay answering the question, “What do myths from different cultures have in common?” If you have a story passed down in your family, this is a great time to share with your child so they can learn even more themes and morals from more cultures!
State Testing (OSAS)
Students will wrap up state testing this week. The test is not timed, so they will have as much time as needed.
Each spring, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students test in Math and ELA. Students and families can practice taking these tests here. (More information can be found on 4j’s testing website.)
Host Families needed for next year’s interns!
Calling on Host Families for 2024-2025!
Bonjour Charlemagne families,
We are getting ready to host more interns next year…
Our Amity interns are a huge part of our school. Thanks to them, teachers in grades 2-5 can differentiate their instruction and students can experience more French speaking. We could not do this program without host families who agree to host them for 2-3 months.
The requirements to host are:
– Transport the intern to and from school,
– Offer her/his own room,
– Offer 3 meals a day
The host families don’t have to be part of our Charlemagne community.
So, tell friends, neighbors, family members!
If you have an interest in hosting, please reach out to our host family coordinator, Rachel Buciarski (Maya’s mom) at rachel@buciarski.com.
Merci beaucoup! Aurelie Sion (she/her), 2ème année
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