Nov 23

Hello Everyone,

            I enjoyed meeting with each of you last week.  Please feel free to email or stop by if you think of any questionsJ.   

           

Science: We are moving on to the study of electricity and magnetism.  You will be happy to know the project associated with this unit of study will be simpler and mostly done at schoolJ.

Operation Christmas Child   Thank you to all of you that sent in Operation Christian Childs boxes.  We send 169 boxes to Samaritan’s purse.   Praise the Lord!

Homework:

Spelling:  No spelling this week (can you believe it?)

Math:  This week we are adding the 8’s.  There are only 3!

Social Studies:  Listen for more questions this week! And remember PassPort testing tomorrow.

Reading-  20 minutes . Please help your student find a book they will enjoy reading from beginning to end.  Not just a chapter or two from this book and a few pages from another.   One of the values of the 20 minutes a day requirement is moving them toward becoming life-long readers.  My goal for them is to be so captivated by stories that they read under the covers with a flashlight at nightJ. 

Bible:  Psalm 139: 13-14 ~ This is my favorite part of this psalm! 

Upcoming Events:

   

    November 25 ~ Passport Testing   TUESDAY

    November 26 ~ 1/2 day Schedule-Dismissal at 12:00pm

    November 27-28 ~ Thanksgiving Break- (NO SCHOOL)

    December 2~ November reading calendar due.  Calendar is one of the students’ grades.

Blessings,

Mrs. Wilson             

vwilson@foundationcampus.org

mrswilsonslesson.blogspot.com

Some Rube Goldberg pictures, there will be more

Nov 17

Hello Everyone,

            Wow!  Our contraption demonstration was grand fun.  The contraptions were innovative and well put-together!  Thank you to all parents who recorded the magic moments.  Please send a copy of the recordings to me so I can make them available to all the families. 

Science: We are moving on to the study of electricity and magnetism.  You will be happy to know the project associated with this unit of study will be simpler and mostly done at schoolJ.

Operation Christmas Child   The due date is November 19. If your family can put together two shoeboxes please do so.  Our school goal is slightly more than the number of students in the whole school. 

Homework:

Spelling: Lesson 12 is a review week.  The format for the test will be the same as the last review-  fill in the circle.  This is tricky for 4^th graders, but the format for the Terra Nova testing is the same, so this is a practice run. 

Math:  Division 0-6 again today and then on to the four  7’s:  7x7, 7x8, 7x9, 7x12! (7X10 and 7x11 don’t count-too easy....).

Social Studies:  We will be beginning our look at the colonists this week. 

Reading-  20 minutes . Please help them find a book they will enjoy reading from beginning to end.  Not just a chapter or two from this book and a few pages from another.   One of the values of the 20 minutes a day requirement is moving them toward becoming life-long readers.  My goal for them is to be so captivated by stories that they read under the covers with a flashlight at nightJ. 

Bible:  Psalm 139:1-6

Upcoming Events:

    November 18 ~ PTF Meeting 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

    November 19th -21st ~ Parent Teacher Conferences ( 1/2 day schedule dismissal at 12:00 )

    November 25 ~ Passport Testing

    November 26 ~ 1/2 day Schedule-Dismissal at 12:00pm

    November 27-28 ~ Thanksgiving Break- (NO SCHOOL)

    December 2~ November reading calendar due. 

Blessings,

Mrs. Wilson             

vwilson@foundationcampus.org

mrswilsonslesson.blogspot.com

Nov 10

Hello Everyone,

Science:  Our contraption demonstration for our Simple Machine Rube Goldberg Project is at 2:00 on Friday the 14^th. Please feel free to come.  I will be recording the demo’s and will put them on our CCA  STEM website.  Please feel free to help with ideas, questions, running to the store to buy a pulley (this is fine- they were only $2 at Lowes), holding things together, etc. But,  primarily it needs to be their ideas. I need some volunteers to blow up 30 balloons, and someone to help me video the demonstrations.  Service hours! There will be no band or Spanish  on Friday. 

Operation Christmas Child You may bring the Shoe Box to class anytime.  The final due date is November 19.

Our annual Veterans Day assembly is November 10^th at 2:00   It is always a wonderful way of honoring those people who have given so much.  Please invite any friends or relatives that are veterans to come and join us. 

Homework:

Spelling: Lesson 11 test and workbook due November 7.

Math:  Multiplication and Division of 0-6 tests are  Wednesday and Thursday

Social Studies:  We will be beginning our look at the colonists this week. 

Science:  Come and join us at 2:00 on Friday

Reading-  20 minutes

Bible:  Psalm 139:1-3

Upcoming Events:

    November 10th ~Veteran's Day Assembly 2:00

    November 11 ~ Veteran's Day (NO SCHOOL)

    November 13 ~ Spirit Day -- School Spirit (School Colors)

    November 14-   Rube Goldberg Day

    November 18 ~ PTF Meeting 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

    November 19th -21st ~ Parent Teacher Conferences ( 1/2 day schedule dismissal at 12:00 )

    November 25 ~ Passport Testing

    November 26 ~ 1/2 day Schedule-Dismissal at 12:00pm

    November 27-28 ~ Thanksgiving Break- (NO SCHOOL)

Blessings,

Mrs. Wilson             

vwilson@foundationcampus.org

mrswilsonslesson.blogspot.com

October 27

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 4^th 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             

vwilson@foundationcampus.org

mrswilsonslesson.blogspot.com