Mr. Sassman's 4th Grade Class Blog
Last week was a busy and exciting one. The kiddos are making real progress on their State Research Reports and some have started their poster boards. On Friday, we had a school assembly and basketball final, with a surprise visitor from an American Ninja Warrior. The "Eskimo Ninja," visited our class to sign an autograph at the end of the day!
This week we have a few changes to our regular routine, including Pumpkins and Pancakes tomorrow morning from 9:30-11:30. Feel free to help out and have some breakfast! No spelling this week :)
The annual Pearl Creek Halloween Carnival is this Friday, October 28, 2016. We will need a few parent volunteers to help maintain the obstacle course with the kids. Half of the proceeds will go to the Pearl Creek PTA and the rest will go towards the fourth grade activities fund.
Halloween costumes in school: Students should be prepared to be in school/class all day. Face covering masks or full make-up costumes are prohibited during school hours, per school policy. ***Students may wear costumes to school, but save the face paint for the carnival please***
Thanks to those parents who have sent in $9.00 for the field trip last week. There are still about 9 kids who did not bring in money yet. Please check with your student. The Women of the World performance was excellent and culturally rich.
One more note about Friday. The students have filled their "Marble Jar," earned a class celebration, and voted on an Electronics Party. For 90 minutes, on Friday afternoon (2:00 - 3:30), the students will be allowed to play games on electronic devices. This will be the ONLY time allotted for this activity and it will be monitored. The students will not be allowed to access the internet on their device as the school has blocks on personal devices. For those who do not have a device, I have reserved the iPads for the class and they may play math games, Stack the States, Prodigy math, or Kahn Academy.
MATH: This week we will be moving ahead on Topic 5, which focuses on multiplying by 10 and 100, partial products, and using rounding to estimate. I anticipate this being a quick topic as the students seemed to have a good grasp of multiplying across zeros.
Monday looks like:
9:00 - 9:10
New Classroom Jobs
New Seats
Planners
9:10 - 10:25
Pumpkins and Pancakes
10:25 - 11:00
Library
11:00 - 11:40
Pumpkins and Pancakes
11:40 - 12:10
Lunch
12:10 - 12:40
Recess
12:40 - 2:00
Math Block
2:00 - 3:30
State Reports
*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.
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.
IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENTS - QUIZZES - TESTS
ON Friday, October 28, 2016:
-- No Homework this week
HOMEWORK (homeroom)
DUE by Thursday, October 27, 2016:
-- No Spelling this week
MATH HOMEWORK DUE THIS WEEK (only if your child is in my math class)
Homework due Wednesday, October 26, 2016
-- Practice 5-2
Homework due Tuesday, October 25, 2016
-- Practice 5-1
-- Practice 5-1
Homework due Thursday, October 27, 2016
-- Practice 5-3
Homework due Friday, October 28, 2016
-- Practice 5-4
-- Practice 5-3
Homework due Friday, October 28, 2016
-- Practice 5-4
*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.
ONGOING INFORMATION
READING LOGSReading logs are a regular part of our class. Students will receive "points" for for each day that they read a minimum of 20 minutes at home. The purpose: for students to read each day (not 100 minutes over the weekend or 40 minutes on Tuesday to catch up for Monday).
The logs will be due on a rolling basis and should have dates read on them. I will give credit as they are turned in and filled out correctly (please initial these). The points students receive will be added to their overall reading grade, counting towards their final grade.
It is simple, if students read and turn in their logs, they will see their grade improve significantly while naturally benefitting in fluency and accuracy. If they do not, they will not be given a "0" on the assignment, they simply will not receive any points.
Please look for these to come home this week. I have a yellow folder by the classroom front door filled with new reading logs. Email me with any questions or concerns please.
GOOGLE DRIVE
You can access all of your student's digital assignments online and work at home if you would like. Just go to www.gmail.com and type in their email address and password. Then find the Google Menu (where you will find the Drive, Docs, and Slides) icon in the top right corner (it is a nine square grid next to their s-number). This is where they will make their Google Slides Presentation for their Biography Book Reports. It is as follows:
Username: s#@student.k12northstar.org (for example: s123456@student.k12northstar.org)
Password: s#g (for example: s123456g)
DATES TO REMEMBER - Updates have been made and I will be adding more so please check back here each week!!!
Friday, October 28, 2016
Halloween Carnival at Pearl Creek
Monday, October 31, 2016 and Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Parent/Teacher Conferences
Thursday, November 17, 2016
States Reports Pot Luck - Sassman and Hammer
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Field Trip - Alaska Room at Anne Wien Elementary
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Field Trip - West Valley High School Performing Arts Center
"Amahl and the Night Visitors" - Two volunteers needed
Friday, January 27, 2016
Field Trip - University of Alaska - Davis Concert Hall
"A Children's Symphony" - Two volunteers needed
Thursday, February 2, 2017
Field Trip - Herring Auditorium
Versa Style Dance Company - Two volunteers needed
It's a good life!
Mr. Sassman
