Weekend News 4-26-19

Hello Fourth Grade Families,

Happy Weekend! I hope  you had a great week. We were happy to spend some time yesterday reading outside with our 1st grade buddies. Check the blog (below) for some pictures of this. 

This time of year is always the most busy.  I have listed some important upcoming events below. 

Upcoming Events:
April 30th- Mackinac Parent Meeting (all parents)
May 9th- Wizard Walk and Family Fun Night
May 14th- M-STEP
May 16th- Mackinac Chaperone Meeting (chaperones only)
May 17th- Field Day
May 21st- M-STEP
May 27th- Memorial Day, no school
June 3rd- Choir to Clark Home
June 4 & 5th- Mackinac Island Field Trip
June 6th- LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! 

This week in fourth grade:

• We revised and edited our poetry and practiced for our class Poetry Slam on Tuesday. If you'd like to pop in for this informal in-class event, we will begin around 10:30.
• We investigated the different ways energy, heat, and light are related with a series of experiments in science.
• We converted measurement in the US standard and metric system. A study guide for this assessment will come home late next week. The measurement assessment will be Monday May 6th!

Have a wonderful week!

SG

Weekend News 4-19-19

Hello Fourth Grade Families,
I hope you had a nice week! Yesterday students had the opportunity to cheer on the Lakeside Lions during their school musical production while the fourth grade team worked on refining details of our Mackinac Island field trip! 
We will be holding an informational parent meeting regarding the Mackinac trip for ALL parents on April 30th at 5:30 pm. We will meet in Pioneer Auditorium. Please attend this informative meeting to ensure a successful trip. There will be a separate parent chaperone meeting held on May 16th at 5:30 pm. You only need to attend this meeting if you are a chaperone on the trip. 

If you are still interested in ordering from Scholastic, please place your online order by the end of the school day today. Thank you!

This week in fourth grade:

• We presented our Rube Goldberg creations to our science classes. These videos can be viewed on our class Seesaw page. Presenting via video was a great learning experience for all students. In addition to working through the steps of the scientific investigation process, students learned lessons about working cooperatively in a small group. I am proud of the creativity and efforts all groups put into this project.
• We continued our study of poetry and enjoyed writing some poems of our own.
• We reviewed concepts of measurement students have previously learned and will build on those throughout this chapter. 

Weekend News 4-12-19

Hello Fourth Grade Families,
I hope you all had a wonderful spring break and enjoyed the extra time with your families! We have had an awesome week in fourth grade and I loved seeing students work hard in all areas.

We are getting so excited for our field trip to Mackinac Island in June. If you haven't sent in payment for this trip, please do so soon! Thank you very much. The cost is  $125 for students and $145 for parent chaperones. 

Spring means the Wizard Walk is near! The annual Wizard Walk will be held on May 9th at 1:30. Students will be coming home with their packets today. The funds raised by the Wizard Walk help 4th graders by covering some of the costs of the Mackinac field trip. Thank you for participating!

I will submit the April/May Scholastic Book Order on Friday April 19th. Please have all orders placed by then. Our class code for online orders is HB4N7.

This week in fourth grade:

• We constructed Rube Goldberg devices to solve a variety of problems as an engineering design challenge in science. We brainstormed, planned, designed, built, adapted, and rebuilt. Next week we will film our devices in motion and present to the class.
• We began our study of poetry to celebrate National Poetry Month. We are reading poems, learning about poetic forms, and exploring techniques poets use.
• We concluded our unit on angles and took the unit assessment. We will begin our study of measurement next week. Thanks to all who went out and bought protractors for home use. 

Have a wonderful weekend! Enjoy the sunshine!