This week and next week's happenings!

Wednesday, June 4th:  PJ day & AR Party!  Everyone is welcome to come to school in Pajamas on Wednesday!  Students that made it to the AR book club will have their AR party and movie.  Students that met the AR requirement will enjoy a movie in class.

Thursday, June 5th: Celebrate Literacy Day!  We will have guest readers come in to read to our class throughout the day, and will have a special Guest Author read to us in a special assembly.  We will also visit the Young Author's Fair in the MU.

Friday, June 6th:  Room 7 Read-In!  Come to school in your pajamas, and bring a pillow and small blanket (all optional).  Students may bring up to 5 books (any kind).  Please make sure to mark the student's name in each book. We will relax and have a day of fun reading!

Last Week of School June 9-13:

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday dismissal at 1:40pm.

Wednesday regular dismissal at 12:45pm.

Friday (last day) dismissal at 12:15pm.

On Friday the 13th, all the 4th grade classes will be having our end of the year "Survivor Party" outside on the grass.  

It is HOT this week!

HOMEWORK:  Math flex-The Scene of the Crime worksheet, Newsela.com article "Scientists Race. . ." Jiji 30-minutes

I'm sure you've all noticed that we are having very warm weather this week!  Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately.  I still believe layers are the best for early morning temperatures.  We are hydrating and taking cool-down breaks after recess and PE.

This Friday is our annual Field Day.  The forecast is showing that it will still be in the 80s.  Please make sure to send your child with a bottle of water as we will be outside most of the day.  

PBL
We are wrapping up our Social Studies PBL project this week.  Students have been working in hard in their groups finalizing the location for the 22nd Mission.  Look out for their projects at Open House on 5/28.  

ELA
This week we continued and extended our Figurative Language unit.  Students used what they know about figurative language and incorporated it into a stories. 

We are also studying Myths,Legends, and Fairy Tales.  Students received story starters and are creating their own myth, legend and fairy tale. 

Math
In math all students are studying Perimeter & Area.  We are learning how to find the perimeter and area of rectangles, parallelograms, and triangles.

Welcome Back!

Welcome back Room 7!

I hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing Spring Break.  Now that we are all refreshed, we are going to give our 120% for the remainder of the year!

Homework:

Math Flex--Factor Tree worksheet

Homeroom--Word Ladder (both sides), Newsela-check your "binder" for new assignments.  There are 2 new articles I would like you to read and take the the quiz.  If you previously took a quiz and did not get at least 75%, I have reset it for you; re-read it, and take the quiz again.  

Room 7 updates:

Math flex--We are revisiting prime numbers and learning how to use Factor Trees to find the prime factorization of a number.  

Social Studies--We are working hard everyday to find the most suitable location for the 22nd Mission.  Groups have researched other Missions in California and are narrowing down possible locations.  Many groups had "ah ha" moments and realized that they need to study maps thoroughly so that they don't accidentally put their Mission in the desert or on a mountain!

ELA--We are restarting our Homophone of the week.  This week's homophones are "brake" and "break."  As you may have noticed, I have introduced a new nonfiction resource, Newsela.com.  I am using this website as another resource to teach nonfiction reading.  I LOVE this website because it gives students the opportunity to read current newspaper articles that are modified to different reading levels.  It is a free, ad-free resource that students can use anytime.  Encourage your child to read any article on the website--it should make for wonderful dinner-time discussions!

        In writing, we have been working on silly, collaborative stories.  Students worked in groups and took turns writing each part of the story.  As you can imagine, these stories turned out to be wild and funny!  From there, each student took the collaborative story and is working to make it her/his own by adding to it, editing it, and making it more creative.

Science--Room 7 is back with me for science rotations.  We will begin the second part of the earth science unit. The focus will be slow/fast changes on earth, earthquakes, and volcanoes.

Smarter Balanced Testing--4th grade will begin testing next week.  Please click on the link to the left to watch a video describing the testing.  

REMINDER!

Reminder:  Early dismissal at 1:40 this Friday, 4/11

4/7

Homework:

Math: 7.2, study for quiz

Homeroom:  If you received your Newsela account, log in at home, click on 
'binder' and find tonight's assignment.  Read the article and take the quiz.

4/1

Homeroom: Standards Plus, due Thursday

Math:  No homework. . . Morikawa and Parker math flex presentations are tomorrow 10:30-11:05AM


Parents, please make sure your children are dressed appropriately for the weather.  Send your child to school in layers--sometimes it starts off very chilly in the morning!  

Important!

Hello Families!

A few items:

REPORT CARDS & CONFERENCES

--Report cards will be sent home today

--Conference Schedule for upper grades begin this Thursday, March 27th and Friday, March 28th.  Please pick your child up promptly at 1:40

--Conference for upper grades are optional--I have already contacted the families of students that I will be conferencing with.

SMARTER BALANCED

--Please use the link on the left to watch a video that discusses the new state test.  At the end of the video it gives you the web address that will take you to practice tests.

--We have been practicing the new test, and learning how to navigate through it here at school.  Try the practice tests at home! =)