Sunday, April 16, 2019

Mr. Sassman's 4th Grade Class Blog

THANK YOU! Our Read-a-Thon fundraiser was a huge success. As a class we raised $1,719...altogether with Mrs. Hammer's group, we have raised about $3,400! This will fund our field trips for the remainder of the year, including all expenses for Twin Bears. You are awesome, and we are so fortunate!

I hope you had a nice weekend, whatever you did! My family
and I enjoyed the beautiful weather and a fun egg hunt :)

Testing went well again last week. We finally finished our PEAKS (Performance Evaluation for Alaska Schools). This Tuesday and Wednesday, we have: Universal Screening (Reading fluency and accuracy, math screenings), and MAP (Measures of Academic Progress). Please see that your student gets plenty of rest and that they eat a hearty breakfast, so they can feel comfortable during our sessions.

Please keep saving your "Clean recycling/trash" for us to bring and use at Twin Bears.

After school ELA Workshops are on for this week as normal.

We added one more field trip...I just couldn't resist! Check the Important Dates section down below. If you are able, join us, there is plenty of room, and we would love to have you. 

Here is a TDL (to do list) of our final projects, activities, and assignments for the year.

Time is flying by: This week we have the speech contest finals, a two field trips, testing, Google Slides presentations, and a lot of work to keep up with. 

In April/May

--Persuasive Essays

--Spelling City

--Kahn Academy

--DOL

--Typing Agent

--Cursive Handbook

--Biography Book Reports

--PenPals

--Read Naturally Live

--STEM

Monday looks like:

9:00 - 9:10

New Seats

New Jobs

9:10 - 10:30

Two Views - Hokusai Mt. Fuji

10:30 - 11:10

Library

11:00 - 11:40

Tree Planting with Buddies

11:40 - 12:10

Lunch

12:10 - 12:40

Recess

12:40 - 1:55

Math Block

1:55 - 3:30

Presentations

Chromebooks - TDL

IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENTS - QUIZZES - TESTS

See TDL

HOMEROOM HOMEWORK

See TDL

MATH HOMEWORK DUE THIS WEEK (only if your child is in my math class)

NONE

ONGOING INFORMATION

READING LOGS
Reading 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 benefiting 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

Thursday, April 20, 2017

--UAF's Permafrost Tunnel - THANKS TOM DOUGLAS, for getting us access to this wonderful, local resource, during our rock cycle unit.

Friday, April 21, 2017
--Tree Farm (right in our own backyard with our buddies and after the speech contest finals)

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

--Morris Thompson Cultural Center (AM) and Superior Courthouse tour/mock trial (PM)

Wednesday, May 10 - Friday, May 12, 2017 (3-days)

--Twin Bears/Angel Rocks Hiking/Camping Trip

Monday, May 15, 2017 (also early out day 2 PM)
--Birch Hill (Hiking and Picnic/Games) 

Tuesday, May 16, 2017 (also early out day 2 PM)
--Bowling at Arctic Bowl and hike to Pioneer Park for picnic and play

Wednesday, May 17, 2017 (also early out day 2 PM)
--Last day of school, Field Day, School Picnic

It's a good life!

Mr. Sassman