Mr. Sassman's 4th Grade Class Blog
Weller Elementary School
This week...
This Thursday and Friday, we will continue with our TDL campaigns. Currently, some students are finishing up assignments and projects that have been ongoing while others are moving ahead with new ones. Either way, we will stay busy and learning while finishing the last two chapters of Where the Red Fern Grows. We also finished My Side of the Mountain last week. The kids have been asking about the sequel, so we may just go...On the Far Side of the Mountain!
We are getting close to the end of the third quarter and I will be spending a lot of time updating grades and the grade book (PowerSchool). I will be transferring grades from our Google Classroom and our paper copies here at school, so keep an eye out for that.
Next Week...
Ms. Nuss' full-time student-teaching campaign to
begin. Starting February 22, Ms. Nuss will be "taking over" the class
for three weeks as "lead teacher," planning, prepping, and delivering
our class' curriculum, while I take a step back to observe and guide
where needed. This is a regular part of a student-teacher's internship,
as I had to do when I was in the UAF program. I am confident in her
abilities and she has been working hard all year to build rapport and
the skills she needs for this endeavor.
On the Horizon...
Picture
Day! We will be able to have picture day this year. Our class' day and
time are: Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 10:10 AM. If your kiddo misses
for some reason, I believe there will be a make-up day. I will let you
know, when I know.
Thursday looks like:
8:00 - 9:10
Arrival/Breakfast
Writing Prompt
Class Meeting
New Seats/New Jobs
9:10 - 9:40
Music with Mr. Arnold9:40 - 10:15
Snack
Read Aloud - Where the Red Fern Grows
10:15 - 11:30
Math Block - Long Division and Multiplication11:30 - 12:00
Lunch12:00 - 1:00
TDL time
Recess
1:00 - 1:10
Clean up
Pack up
Dismissal
*******Please note now that we are back to in-person instruction***********
-Kids
should be reading for 20 minutes every night, and recording it in their
reading logs. I will have a folder filled with them by the door. They
may also continue with their digital reading logs too. Either one works
for me. If they fill 5 days a week, they will get a ticket for the
weekly prize box drawing on Fridays.
-Kids will receive
about 20-30 minutes of classwork to complete each night that we have
school. This can include math, spelling, GeoNotes...Please work with
them on this if they need help. I would like for students to have no
more than 40-50 minutes of work each night. Please let me know if this
expectation is beyond reach and we can talk about how your child can be
successful. Please again, I don't want tears along the way or any
surprises at the end of the quarter!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.
The Third Quarter Plan:
New Additions/Finishing Up
- State Reports and Posterboards
- Poetry - Winter Haikus, Diamantes, What I love about Winter, and more...
- Class Novel - My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
- Read Aloud - Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
- Art - Warm and Clod Trees, Space Art
- New Year Resolutions and goal-setting
- Advice to a fourth-grader
- Student-led Parent-Teacher Conferences
- Long Division
- Fractions
- The Rock Cycle
- Cereal Box Book Reports
- Superhero Stories
- Newton's Laws of Motion
- STEM Kits
- Current Events
The Staples
- Spelling Packets
- Cursive Handbooks
- Reading Logs - SSR
- EnVision Math
- Daily Oral Language (DOL)
- Weekly Geography
HOMEWORK
-Reading Logs each night and record it online or on paper
MATH HOMEWORK
-None this week ONGOING INFORMATION
ZOOM
Here is our class' meeting ID and password:
Meeting ID: 624 084 6454
Passcode: ROOM23
CLASS WEBSITE
If you have not yet, please browse our class' website: www.wellerwhales.org.
It has a lot of great resources and we will use this from time to time.
I am currently making adjustments and enhancements on some pages, but
the site is full and live.
Reading logs are a regular part of our class and the students' overall reading grade. Students will receive 5 points 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). I have a yellow folder by the classroom front door filled with new reading logs or they can submit through our GC. If a student reads for 5 days or more, they will receive a ticket for the "Prize Box" drawing. We draw prizes weekly, on Fridays at the end of the day.
READING LOGS (Remote Learning)
Reading
Logs are required and will count towards the students' overall reading
grade. Kiddos will receive 5 points for each day that they read during
the school week. They can be turned in either digitally in our Google Classroom or by
paper during our drop off and pick up days.
ClassLink/GOOGLE CLASSROOM
ClassLink is the portal in which students can access their Google Classroom. Once they log into their Chromebook, kids can access the bookmarks folder on their Chrome browser and click on ClassLink. That will bring them to the apps page where they will find Google Classroom.
DATES TO REMEMBER
ClassLink/GOOGLE CLASSROOM
ClassLink is the portal in which students can access their Google Classroom. Once they log into their Chromebook, kids can access the bookmarks folder on their Chrome browser and click on ClassLink. That will bring them to the apps page where they will find Google Classroom.
DATES TO REMEMBER
Wednesday, February 17th, 2021
-Teacher Professional Development Day (No school)
Monday, March 8, 2021 - Friday, March 12, 2021
-Spring Break (No school)
It's a good life!
Mr. Sassman
