Mr. Sassman's 4th Grade Class Blog
Place-based learning at its best!!! Thanks so much to the parents and volunteers who helped out. Also, special credit to my AK Statewide Mentor Teacher and friend Mrs. Kathleen Wright, for helping and taking such good pictures during the day!
Place-based learning at its best!!! Thanks so much to the parents and volunteers who helped out. Also, special credit to my AK Statewide Mentor Teacher and friend Mrs. Kathleen Wright, for helping and taking such good pictures during the day!
HAPPY LABOR DAY!
Labor Day: The first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.
For more information about Labor Day, follow the link below! Some interesting stuff!
I hope you enjoyed your long weekend! My family and I took in the sights of the Parks Highway down to Wasilla to visit family. We saw the amazing colors of Alaska in the unofficial fall. This is my favorite time of year and the drive was quite beautiful! Zemra, Meagen and I had a wonderful time!
Last week was full of greatness! We enjoyed some time in the garden again, this time harvesting potatoes for our Harvest Festival...FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2015 by the way...is our annual celebration at Pearl Creek. Please come out to support our school and wonderful PTA from 5-7 PM.
We also hiked to Ballaine Lake for a science excursion. We had four stations: Aquatic Insect Exploration, Photojournalism, Watercolor Art, and Boreal Forrest Leaf Collection. We will be working more with our findings and creations this week.
Technology is in full swing. The students signed on to their PowerSchool accounts, set up their Google Drive accounts, and finished out strong with Typing Agent. We will work more with the laptops and computer lab this week as well.
This week, we will change speeds a bit. We have a short week and a bit less homework. For students in my math class, we have our first test of the year on Friday (Topic 1).
We will start our StoryTown curriculum for English/Language Arts. I would like to have all students finished with their final copies of their Summer Reflections!
We will also be starting our first book reports of the year and students should have a book picked out no later than Friday. This first report will feature a fictional chapter book of choice. I have discussed with the class about how to choose appropriate books and we will talk about that again this week.
Lastly for now, we will study bird migration and take a field trip to Creamer's Field on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015. It should be great. As always, feel free to come along if your morning is free! We will leave at 9:10 on the dot!
PLEASE SEND IN $5.00 WITH YOUR STUDENT FOR TRANSPORTATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
PLEASE check your child's planner for homework and correspondence!
TUESDAY looks like:
9:00 - 11:40
CREAMER'S FIELD AND BIRD MIGRATIONS
11:40 - 12:10
Lunch
12:10 - 12:40
Recess
12:40 - 2:00
Math Block
2:00 - 3:30
Science: Bird Migration
Intro to the 50 States!
*Please note that Math, Specials, Lunch, and Recess are Intermediate schedules and stay in blocks. At times, curriculum instruction will be shuffled to accommodate different initiatives. For example, Monday 8-24-15, we will have a special Pearl Creek Garden Tour at 10:20 am - 10:50 am, so English/Language Arts will be in the afternoon.
If you have any questions, concerns, or comments, please feel free to call or email me anytime to discuss things further. I hope you find this information helpful and useful.
ON Friday, September 11, 2015:
-- Summer reflections final copies (in-class)
DUE Friday, September 11, 2015:
-- Pick book for first book report of the year
-- Planners signed by parents/guardians
-- Bird Migrations
-- PLEASE SEND IN $5.00 WITH YOUR STUDENT FOR THE FIELD TRIP THIS WEEK
ON Friday, September 11, 2015:
-- Summer reflections final copies (in-class)
DUE Friday, September 11, 2015:
-- Pick book for first book report of the year
-- Planners signed by parents/guardians
-- Bird Migrations
-- PLEASE SEND IN $5.00 WITH YOUR STUDENT FOR THE FIELD TRIP THIS WEEK
MATH HOMEWORK DUE THIS WEEK (only if you are in my math class)
Homework due Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Homework due Wednesday, September 9, 2015
-- Reteach/Practice 1-9
Homework due Thursday, September 10, 2015
-- Reteach/Practice 1-10
Homework due Friday, September 11, 2015
-- Topic 1 Review (TEST TOPIC 1 FRIDAY)
Homework due Thursday, September 10, 2015
-- Reteach/Practice 1-10
Homework due Friday, September 11, 2015
-- Topic 1 Review (TEST TOPIC 1 FRIDAY)
*Please keep in mind, projects or tests we have in class may have to be brought home to be finished or to study. Please ask your child if they have completed their work before you have signed their planner.
Dates to Remember:
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Field Trip - Creamer's Field (two parent volunteers needed please)
Friday, September 11, 2015
Harvest Festival 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm @ Pearl Creek Garden
If you are interested in attending or helping out as a chaperone on a field trip, you must be cleared with the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District...see me for a packet. If you would like to simply help out in class or volunteer, just let me know!
It's a good life!
Mr. Sassman
