le 16 au 20 septembre 2024

Upcoming Dates

  • Wednesday, September 25 – Picture Day!
  • Thursday, September 26 – Curriculum Night (6:00-7:00 pm)
  • Friday, October 11 – NO SCHOOL

Please ensure that you email BOTH TEACHERS when you communicate with us.

(kincaid_j@4j.lane.edu and hopper_s@4j.lane.edu)

Mme Jana, French & Science teacher kincaid_j@4j.lane.edu

Le français

This pas week, we began correcting what I call the “horrible sentences.” I create a sentence with errors, and the students do their best to correct on their own or with a partner, then we go over the corrections together. This has multiple grammar lessons in it, and the students learn how to use editing marks.

We began our cursive writing instruction this past week with the letters c, a, d, g, h, t, p, e, l, and f. We’ll go through all lowercase (minuscule) letters, then progress through all uppercase (majuscule) letters. French assessments, which include writing, speaking, comprehension, reading, and listening will happen during the next three weeks. None of the assessments are very long, and I don’t put them all on the same day. 

We also began our first art project this past week which involves concentration and fine motor control. It takes a few weeks, but you’ll be seeing those lovely projects soon as we hang them up on our walls. This coming week, we’ll begin a “Moi!” project which is all about them… in French.

Les sciences

We will begin our first science unit, Soils, Rocks, and Landforms (La terre, les pierres, et les formes du relief) in early October. 

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

                                       Math

Last week, we started a daily calendar routine looking at patterns of base ten thinking in the Egyptian number system. Students organized their math journal with a table of contents and started their first notes about multiples of 2, 6, and 11. They looked for patterns in multiples and should start to have strategies to quickly multiply one digit numbers. This is a review of 3rd grade math standards which will build strategies that tie into 4th grade standards.

This week, we start unit 1 of Bridges Math called “Multiplicative Thinking.” See this page for an overview of the unit. Students will model multiplication of one and two digit numbers using number lines, ratio tables and area models. These structures will be used later when they demonstrate how to multiply multi-digit numbers.

 You can learn more about our Math Curriculum pilot here. This month, we are focusing on Multiplicative Thinking. AT home, you can help your child become fluent x1 through x10 facts. For your reference, here’s an overview of the math standards for 4th grade.

English

We began the English unit called, “The Great Heart” last week. Students defined characteristics of a figurative great heart as kind, generous, encouraging, hard-working, and brave.
  We began to read a short biography of Clara Barton, learning to annotate the text for key details. This week, students will read one of several biographies of people such as Harriet Tubman, Cesar Chavez, Malala Yousafzai, Marley Dias and others. They will read, annotate the text, and will write an organized informative paragraph why the person might be considered “greathearted.”
 
Here’s an overview of the entire year of 4th grade in our Wit and Wisdom English curriculum.

 

PE & Recess

Please help your child wear clothes and shoes appropriate for running and jumping on their PE days. Closed toed shoes such as tennis shoes would be great; sandals or boots do not work well for PE.

Blue Class PE days: Monday & Thursday
Red Class PE days: Tuesday & Friday
 
At recess, students will be outside even in drizzle. So please have your child wear layers and a jacket or hat during rainy, cool weather.

 

Building and Field Trip Volunteers

The school will be requiring that folks who would like to volunteer at the building or on field trips complete a Volunteer Orientation before beginning their support of the classrooms and our students. In 4th grade there are opportunities to volunteer at recess, in the library, and on field trips. Later in the year, there may be classroom volunteer opportunities, too.

These will be offered once a week on Wednesdays in September from 6-6:30pm via Google Meet.  

To join the video meeting, click this link:  https://meet.google.com/nyt-vivo-hhx

The September dates will be  9/11, 9/18 and 9/25. Once you have completed the video orientation and District  Volunteer Background Check we will ask that you sign a Charlemagne Confidentiality Agreement at the front office on your first day.