Mr. Sassman's 4th Grade Class Blog
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| I hope you and your's enjoyed the long weekend together and indulged with some delicious food! |
The much anticipated State Reports Gallery Walk and Potluck is here in four days! I sent home a flyer with the students, and it marked a very important date change...please take note, and I am sorry for the adjustment as I realize this does not work for all families. Please take a look and respond if you haven't already. Thanks-a-bunch.
Busy, busy, busy week...Literacy Circle Packets Meeting 4 due this Friday...I will hand them back tomorrow to the kiddos so they have all week to work on them. Spelling is on hold yet again for another week...I know you are disappointed :)
Final Copies of State Report Narratives, State Reports, and Posterboards are due by Thursday (evening of course).
--Thursday, November 30, 2017 from 9:10 - 12:00, field trip to The Alaska Room at Anne Wien Elementary School (This field trip is funded through a grant - so it is free :)
--States Report Potluck and Gallery Walk is this Thursday, November 30, 2017 from 5:30-7:30 PM (Hope to see you there)
--Friday, December 1, 2017, we will see The Nutcracker at Herring Auditorium. I am awaiting final confirmation of a time (Either the 9:30 or 11:30 show). I have three parent volunteer spots open for this. Please send in $7 with your kiddo for transportation and the show. Thanks.
***Note: We have been scheduled for our next round of testing: December 6 and 7, 2017 for the winter MAP screenings will take place in our room. Please let me know if you are planning to be away.
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| ***Please note: There will not be reading club after school this week. |
Second quarter agenda:
- Fictional Narrative (Q2 formal writing assignment)
- Cursive letters E-J
- Spelling
- STEM Kits
- Newton's Laws of Motion
- States of Matter
- Winter Haikus
- Current Events
- 50 States Map and Capitals
- Cultures and Migration with Mrs. Coffeen
- State Reports
- Class Read (Charlotte's Web)
- Literacy Circles (Second Quarter Book Report)
Monday looks like:
9:00 - 9:10
Planners
New Jobs
New Seats
9:10 - 10:25
State Report Work - Finishing up
10:25 - 11:00
Physical Education
11:00 - 11:40
Read Aloud - Sign of the Beaver/Art
11:40 - 12:10
Eat
12:10 - 12:40
Play
12:40 - 1:55
MATH BLOCK - Topic 10-1/10-2
1:55 - 3:30
Language Arts and finishing up SS skits with Mrs. Coffeen
Newton's Second Law of Motion (Last week we explored the first)
IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENTS - QUIZZES - TESTS
Here is our To Do List - Q2
(IC) In-class Assignment
(HW) Homework
(IC) In-class Assignment
(HW) Homework
HOMEROOM HOMEWORK
For Friday--Literacy Circles Meeting 4 (Packet due on Friday)
MATH HOMEWORK DUE THIS WEEK (only if your child is in my math class)
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
--Practice 10-1
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
--Practice 10-2
Thursday, November 30, 2017
--Practice 10-3
Friday, December 1, 2017
--Practice 10-4
***Please note that Math, Specials, Lunch, and Recess are Intermediate schedules and stay in blocks. At times, curriculum, instruction, and homework may be adjusted 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.
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 - I will be sending the kiddos home with their specific login information soon
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:
DATES TO REMEMBER - that's a lot coming up!
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 - I will be sending the kiddos home with their specific login information soon
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 - that's a lot coming up!
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE CHANGE
Thursday, November 30, 2017
States Report Pot Luck - 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Field Trip to the Alaska Room at Anne Wien (9:10 to 12:30)
Friday, December 1, 2017
The Nutcracker at Herring Auditorium - we also have two students from our class performing in the show! Wahoooo!
It's a good life!
Mr. Sassman
