Mr. Sassman's 4th Grade Class Blog
This Tuesday and Wednesday, I will be staying after school from 3:30-4:30 to help kids with their Current Event Presentations. I will be here with access to the internet and a computer if they need it and do not have access at home. This assignment is designed for home, but I realize that that is not possible for everyone. If your student is going to stay and work, please have them come prepared with their 5w sheet filled out and ready to type. Thanks!
Monday looks like:
9:00 - 9:10
Class Meeting
New Jobs
9:10 - 10:25
Pen Pal Letters
Cursive Handbooks
One-on-one meetings
10:25 - 11:00
Library
11:00 - 11:40
Class Read - Charlottes Web
11:40 - 12:10
Lunch
12:10 - 12:40
Recess
1:00 - 2:00
Winter Music Concert in the gym
2:00 - 3:30
Final day to pick current event
One-on-one meetings
*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
By Friday, December 9, 2016
-- Cursive Letters "I" and "J"
-- Pen Pal Letters Final Draft (perhaps final draft)
HOMEWORK (homeroom)
Current Events Presentation Due Dates are on a rolling basis. Please ask your student what their date is. They have been able to sign up on or before December 20, 2016.
MATH HOMEWORK DUE THIS WEEK (only if your child is in my math class)
Homework due Wednesday, December 7, 2016
-- Topic 7 Review
Homework due Thursday, December 8, 2016
-- Topic 7 Take Home Test
Homework due Friday, December 9, 2016
-- Practice 8-1
-- Topic 7 Review
Homework due Thursday, December 8, 2016
-- Topic 7 Take Home Test
Homework due Friday, December 9, 2016
-- Practice 8-1
*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
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
