Tuesday, November 20, 2012

4th Grade News

Hello Fourth Grade Families,

It’s been wonderful meeting with all of the families over the last several days. Thanks so much for your support and partnership in helping your students have a positive and productive fourth grade experience. I feel thankful and blessed to work with such amazing students and fantastic families!  Happy Thanksgiving!
Goal for this weekPick a fantasy genre book and get teacher approval before Thanksgiving Break.  (Note: There will be no Weekly Update / Learning Log this week)

Announcements:     

Needed:  White buttons … can you help us out ???

Fantasy Genre Report will be due Dec. 18th: This week students are getting their fantasy books approved.  The assignment, which includes a paragraph and a creative map, will be introduced after Thanksgiving. Information and examples can be found on the Fantasy Map page of the website.
Create-a-Country Gravy Group Project: Information and examples for this fun extra credit project can be found on the Create-a-Country page of the website.

Spelling: No spelling until after Thanksgiving break.
Math Fact Tests: No math fact tests until after Thanksgiving break.

This Week:

We’re continuing Math Topic 7 (Multiplying by 2-Digit Numbers), and writing original, illustrated “Cinderella” stories!

With thanks, 
Emily Larson