Mr. Sassman's 4th Grade Class Blog
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| I hope you and yours had a happy New Year celebration! |
From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU so much for your kindness and generosity before the break. I received many nice cards and thoughtful gifts. I loved the homemade pastries, coffee, cookies, candy, honey, pictures, blanket, ornaments, and gift cards!!! I feel so fortunate to have such an awesome class and supportive bunch of parents! I had a great break and I hope you did as well!
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| Here is one from the summer! |
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| Our newest addition Zarina is growing so quickly! |
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| Our class won the school's door decorating contest this year! |
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| Now back to work! I am super excited to see the kiddos! |
Again, welcome back! This week is a shorter one, and I would like to ease the kiddos back in routine, so there will not be any homework. We do however, have some things in place to hit the ground running tomorrow. There are a few in-class assignments that are pretty light, but need to be completed by Friday.
Spelling Bee is coming in February. I will send the kids home with the list of words if they would like to study some. We will have a class spelling bee for those interested, as I can only send 3 kids to the Pearl Creek preliminary.
I will be adding important dates in the section below as the calendar starts taking shape these next few weeks. There are many things to add and I will do so when I receive my final confirmations.
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| Report Cards go home this Friday... |
Third quarter looks like - in brief:
Space Art
Rock Cycle
Pacific Rim
Volcanoes
Spelling City
Pen Pal Letters
DOL
Geo Notes
Biography Book Reports
Google Slides Presentations
Persuasive Essay Writing
Folk Tale Triramas
Read LIVE
Student-led Parent-teacher Conferences
9:00 - 9:10
Planners
New Jobs
New Seats
9:10 - 10:25
Getting to know your new neighbor
New Year Resolutions - Goal Setting
10:25 - 11:00
Music
11:00 - 11:40
DOL
Read Aloud - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
11:40 - 12:10
Lunch
12:10 - 12:40
Recess
12:40 - 1:55
Math Block
2:00 - 3:30
GeoNotes
Biography Book Reports Examples and Modeling
IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENTS - QUIZZES - TESTS
By Friday
--Pick Biography Book for Q3 Book Report
--Persuasive Essay Thinking Map
--GeoNotes Lesson 4
--Pick Biography Book for Q3 Book Report
--Persuasive Essay Thinking Map
--GeoNotes Lesson 4
HOMEROOM HOMEWORK
For FridayNONE
MATH HOMEWORK DUE THIS WEEK (only if your child is in my math class)
NONE
***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 - 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. They must login using these credentials:
DATES TO REMEMBER
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. They must login using these credentials:
Username: s#@student.k12northstar.org (for example: s123456@student.k12northstar.org)
Password: s#g (for example: s123456g)
DATES TO REMEMBER
Monday, January 15, 2018
No School - Martin Luther king Jr. National Holiday
Friday, January 26, 2018
Field trip to Herring Auditorium - "Compose Yourself"
9:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Thursday, February 1, 2018
Staff Professional Development - Early dismissal at 2 PM
Friday, February 2, 2018
Staff Professional Development - No School
Friday, February 9, 2018
Field Trip to Herring Auditorium - "This Girl"
9:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Monday, February 19, 2018
Day one Student-led Parent-teacher Conferences - Please make sure your child is present
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Day two Student-led Parent-teacher Conferences - Please make sure your child is present
Monday, March 5, 2018
Field Trip to Herring Auditorium - "Taiko Project"
9:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Friday, March 9, 2018 - Sunday, March 18, 2018
Last day of the third quarter - Early out and the beginning of spring break
More yet to be added for the fourth quarter...
--Twin Bears Camping Trip
--Birch Hill Hiking and Picnic
--Mock Trial at the Courthouse/Morris Thompson Cultural Center
--Bowling and Pioneer Park
It's a good life!
Mr. Sassman
