Thursday, October 30, 2014
Monday, October 6, 2014
October 3
Hello Everyone,
I have a lot to tell you this week,
so hang on to your hat!
Spelling: This is a review week, so the workbook has a
bit of everything. The test is a
different format. There are only 20
words. The test is the “fill in the bubble”
format of the standardized test for 4th grade. It is a good way to
learn how to do the tests for the spring.
Art: Mrs. Wade
is teaching us about some art Masterpieces this year and a few of them involve
paint! Please send an extra-large old
shirt for the kids to keep in their lockers for those lessons.
Pledge: We are going to be doing the Pledge of Allegiance
on Spirit 105.3 on October 20, in the 6 am hour! There is an additional piece
of this that is a secret. See the email
from the CCA office on Friday.
Bible Verse tests: I am changing the tests to be on
Mondays.
World Vision: CCA supports two children through World
Vision. We collect an offering at chapel each week. Our purpose is to help bring life giving and
life changing support to these two children.
I hope to teach our children the blessing of generosity! We will collect
the money at any time during the week and take it to chapel on Tuesdays.
Carnival: The carnival is coming up- October
26! We have ½ hour slots to help with our game from
5:30-8:00. Please email me if you can
help or sign up on the clip board outside the door to our room.
PassPort: We have an adjustment in this month’s
assignment. First, an explanation: Last year somehow several grades were out of
sync with the way the levels should work.
Therefore this year we need to catch up. In the fourth grade we will be testing on levels 1-4. This means that the students will need to
learn both levels 3 and 4 as new information.
We will focus on level three in class early in the month. Therefore level three should be reviewed at
home and level four taught/learned at home as homework. (New families that have never been part of
PassPort please concentrate on levels 1-3- those will be the ones that the new
students will be tested on).
Homework:
Spelling: Lesson 6
workbook and test are both Friday.
We will be testing in the new format described above.
Math: We will practice 4’s and reverse this
week. Written quizzes are each Friday.
Social
Studies: Explorers! Do you know who
discovered your cinnamon? We will soon.
Science: Simple machines
with load, effort and work.
Reading- Average 20
minutes per day. Please help your student find three events and what happened “
because of that” in their home reading. The reading calendar is one of the student’s
reading grades. The October calendar went home last week.
Bible: Deuteronomy 31:6
Upcoming Events:
October
9
Spirit
Day: Sports Day
October
16/17 Professional Development NO
SCHOOL
October
24 School Carnival
October
30 Passport Testing
November
5 End of
the first quarter
Blessings,
Mrs.
Wilson
mrswilsonslesson.blogspot.com
Thursday, October 2, 2014
First Post of the year!
Dear
Parents,
It was good
to see so many of you last week at McTeacher night-
you probably couldn’t miss the fact that I was the CCA’s McTeacher good fairy princess….. such
silliness ,
but thank you for your support!
I am sending home the passport for this month with
this letter. We have an adjustment in
this month’s assignment. First, an explanation: Last year somehow several grades were out of
sync with the way the levels should work.
Therefore this year we need to Catch Up. In the fourth grade we will be testing on levels 1-4. This means that the students will need to
learn both levels 3 and 4 as new information.
We will focus on level three in class early in the month. Therefore level three should be reviewed at
home and level four is being taught/learned at home as homework. (New families that have never been part of
PassPort please concentrate on levels 1-3- those will be the ones that the new
students will be tested on).
Homework:
Spelling: Lesson 5
workbook and test are both Friday.
Please be sure and look over your student’s work in the spelling
workbook, then sign it.
Math: Onward to 4’s this week. We will practice 4’s and reverse this
week. Written quizzes are each Friday. Social Studies: We will finish our work on maps and land
forms this week. Then on to the
Explorers! Do you know who discovered your cinnamon? We will soon.
Science: Simple machines
with load, effort and work
Reading- Average 20
minutes per day. Please help your student find the problem, the settng, and some
characteristic of the main character in their home reading. The September
home reading calendar is due by October 2.
Please help them remember to bring it in. The reading calendar is one of the student’s
reading grades.
Bible:
Deuteronomy 31:6
Upcoming
Events:
October
9 Spirit Day: Sports Day
October
16/17 Professional Development NO
SCHOOL
October
24 School Carnival
October
30 Passport Testing
November
5 End of the first quarter
Blessings,
Mrs.
Wilson
mrswilsonslesson.blogspot.com
Sunday, March 30, 2014
March 31
Dear Parents,
Please check to see
if you can accompany us on our field trip to the Nisqually National Wildlife
Refuge. I have one parent confirmed
, thank you Mrs. George, but I need two or three more! If you sent an
email with your availability and I missed it, please let me know right
away. The Reserve has a very strict adult to kid
ratio. It will be a very enjoyable, active day. 8:40-2:30 on April 29.
***
Also, I hope you have made plans to come to our chapel presentation. It is on the schedule below.
Homework:
Spelling: Lesson 28. It focuses on suffix’s . Test and workbook are due Friday as usual.
Math: We have
begun to work on double digit multiplication .
Please give them a sample several times this week, ie 27x 32 (write it
vertically) and have them solve it.
Social
Studies: Thank you to Mr. Jensen, Mr. Graham, and Mrs.
Brimmer for helping us with our 4th of July in March party. The rain didn’t even put out our
sparklers! I sent home the April
PassPort map today, our test is the day
after everyone else’s test, because we will be on our field trip.
Science: Science
Fair is our focus for the next month. If
you have any questions, please email or we can talk about it at conferences. I sent home the work that we have been doing
in class. We have gathered some facts,
thought about some ways to group those facts (sub topics),
discussed/reviewed the format for the
report, and brainstormed some catchy introductions. The remaining work on the report needs to be
done at home, and brought to school on April 17.
Because this is a science focus
month, I have included a “Science Impossibility” activity instead of the
usual Ken Ken . These are great fun and have some learning
thrown in. It should only take 5
minutes. If you’d like some more Ken
Ken’s just go to Kenken.com and you will find more that you could ever use.
Reading: The March reading calendar is due by Wednesday, April 2. Remember that March’s book report is a cube
with the various parts of a story on each face. It was due today Monday, March
31.
Bible Verse: 1 Corinthians 15:
2-6a (again)
Upcoming
Events
April 7-11 Spring Break
April 17th: Final Draft of Research paper (report) for
the Science Fair Project is due!!!!!!!!!
April 15: 4th grade chapel: A Jewish folktale, God is Good
, 8:00- 9:00 A.M. Parents invited!
April 23-25 Parent/Teacher Conferences
April 29: Field Trip to
Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge- no cost, volunteers needed!!!!
May 8: Mom’s breakfast
June 6: Rube Goldberg style
balloon popping contest- right after Father’s Breakfast. Parents Invited!
Blessings,
Mrs. Wilson
mrswilsonslessons.blogspot.com
Saturday, March 15, 2014
March 18
Dear Parents,
Please check to
see if you can accompany us on our field trip to the Nisqually National
Wildlife Refuge. They have a terrific
hand-on teaching time about estuaries and habitats as well as a marvelous walk
on the boardwalk. I have had one parent confirmed (via email)
that they can go with us but I need two-three more! The Reserve has a very
strict adult to kid ratio. It will be a very enjoyable active day. 8:40-2:30 on April 29.
Homework:
Spelling: Lesson 26.
We will be looking at prefixes. Test and workbook are due Friday as usual.
Math: Please
talk about measurements (inches, feet, yards, miles, cups, pints, quarts, gallons, ounces, pounds, tons, etc. with your child in
a deliberate but casual way. We are
doing a mini-unit on measurement and awareness of the relative sizes is
important.
Social Studies: Passport testing is March 27th.
Science: Science Fair is our focus for the next
month. A large packet of information
went home today. If you have any
questions, please email or we can talk about it at conferences.
Reading: The reading calendars are due EOM plus two
school days. Remember that March’s book
report is a cube with the various parts of a story on each face. It is due at the end of the month.
Bible Verse: John 14:6- Test
Monday, March 24th
Upcoming
Events
March 22: Foundation Campus Auction. DONATIONS TO OUR BASKET (Family/Classic
Movies) ARE STILL NEEDED!!!
April 7-11 Spring Break
April 15: 4th grade chapel: A Jewish folktale, God is Good , 8:00-
9:00 A.M. Parents invited!
April 23-25 Parent/Teacher Conferences
April 29: Field Trip to
Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge- no cost, volunteers needed!!!!
June 6: Rube Goldberg
style balloon popping contest- right after Father’s Breakfast. Parents Invited!
Blessings,
Mrs. Wilson
mrswilsonslessons.blogspot.com
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