Mr. Sassman's 4th Grade Class Blog
Feel free to join us Monday morning, October 24th for pancakes and pumpkins, and help your child's group. We will start at 9:30 and try to finish before lunch at 11:40. Please pick up a pumpkin at the store if you are able and send your student in with it. We will carve as many as we get by Friday, October 21, 2016.
The annual Pearl Creek Halloween Carnival coming up quickly. Friday, October 28, 2016. We will need a few parent volunteers to help maintain the obstacle course with the kids. The kids will design and set up the course using the Engineering Design Process and STEM-related fields...Should be a blast.
Parent-teacher conferences coming up: Monday, October 31, 2016 and Tuesday, November 1, 2016. Mark you calendars, the students brought home reminder notices last Friday.
I have decided to put a little "Math" Section in the blog, so here we go:
MATH: I feel fortunate to have a really nice group of kids that are eager to learn! Last week we explored place value and rounding up to the millions. This was a challenging unit, but the class came through. This week, we will be studying adding and subtracting across three and four digit whole numbers, including multiple zeros.
One way you may help your student in math, is to practice skip counting. This can be done simply: in the car to or from school, before or after dinner, bedtime, breakfast, etc...It makes a big difference. I have been impressed with the progress students have been making learning their times tables and I would like to see us keep the same momentum.
WHOA!!! Time Flies! This is the last week of the first quarter and chance to turn in late work/re-dos! I have allotted time for the kiddos to work in class this week to catch up. Students that are up to date, will continue their State Report research papers. I will be updating PowerSchool as things are graded, so please be patient; a lot of assignments come in this week :)
Monday looks like:
9:00 - 9:10
New Classroom Jobs
Planners
9:10 - 10:25
Art Specialists
10:25 - 11:00
Library
11:00 - 11:40
DOL
Spelling
Step Books
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 14 , 2016:
-- Finished up through Cursive Letter "E"
-- Finished up through GeoNotes 3
-- Book Reports: Step Books Finished
-- Finished up through States and Capitals 4
HOMEWORK (homeroom)
DUE by Thursday, October 13, 2016:
-- Spelling Lesson 7
MATH HOMEWORK DUE THIS WEEK (only if your child is in my math class)
Homework due Wednesday, October 12, 2016
-- Practice 4-2
Homework due Tuesday, October 11, 2016
-- Practice 4-1
-- Practice 4-1
Homework due Thursday, October 13, 2016
-- Practice 4-3
Homework due Friday, October 14, 2016
-- Practice 4-4
-- Practice 4-3
Homework due Friday, October 14, 2016
-- Practice 4-4
*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 21, 2016
Field Trip - Herring Auditorium
"Women of the World" - One volunteer still needed
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
SPELLING LESSON: 7 (notice the vowel/double-consonant/vowel pattern at the middle) VCCV
1. letter
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2. ladder
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3. appear
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4. lesson
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5. soccer
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6. classic
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7. hollow
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8. supper
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9. accent
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10. pizza
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11. officer
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12. lettuce
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13. better
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14. slipper
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15. bottom
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16. ribbon
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17. summer
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18. college
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19. occur
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20. rabbit
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