Welcome back! We hope that every family enjoyed a time of rest and relaxation this past week. We cannot wait to hear the stories of the adventures of Fall Break. There some important reminders for this week:
Chicken Change Spirit Week- please check the PTA websites for specifics.
*Please note the information that was provided about our participation on Field Trip days*
Field Trips! Please note the days: (Please make sure to have your child wear his/her tshirt!)
Tuesday- Maestri/Johnson/DeBolt and Thursday- Fortson/Derry/Russ/Stansberry
Report Cards will go home on Friday.
Math: This week we will continue our focus on multi digit multiplication. We will specifically work on two, three and four digit by one digit. We will also increase rigor through the use of real world application problems.
Science: We will continue with the last mini unit in our Life Sciences Unit- Biodiversity, change and heredity. Students will receive notes and other items for the interactive notebook specifically for complete and incomplete metamorphosis/ inherited traits/ adaptations. We hope to finish this unit by the end of October.
Social Studies: This week we will begin our study of the building of the 13 colonies. Students will receive notes as well as maps to help them locate and understand not only the geographical features each colony, but also connect this understanding of how the local resources impacted the people and their way of living (and making a living). They will be responsible for being able to locate and identify all 13 colonies on a map. This section of the assessment will not be open book.
Reading/ELA: We will be using our reading textbooks to read a excerpt from "Letters to Yosemite". For writing, we will begin our understanding of opinion writing.
Monday, October 17, 2016
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Field Trip-Important Updates!!
Important! We will be going on our fall field trips on the following dates:
October 18th- DeBolt, Johnson and Maestri
October 20th- Derry, Fortson, Stansberry and Russ
Please note that we need students to wear their class t-shirts on this day. We also understand that it is Spirit Week with Hoedown on that Friday. We ask that you NOT send your child to school in PJs (18th classes) or Wacky Hair (20th classes) as we will be representing HVES and this will be a distraction for our students when they participate in the activities at the Great Smokey Mountain Heritage Center. We appreciate your understanding and enforcement of this request. Any students who come to school unprepared for the field trip will have to remain at school for their safety.
October 18th- DeBolt, Johnson and Maestri
October 20th- Derry, Fortson, Stansberry and Russ
Please note that we need students to wear their class t-shirts on this day. We also understand that it is Spirit Week with Hoedown on that Friday. We ask that you NOT send your child to school in PJs (18th classes) or Wacky Hair (20th classes) as we will be representing HVES and this will be a distraction for our students when they participate in the activities at the Great Smokey Mountain Heritage Center. We appreciate your understanding and enforcement of this request. Any students who come to school unprepared for the field trip will have to remain at school for their safety.
Monday, October 3, 2016
Weekly Updates for the week of October 3rd
There are some great things happening this week-the week before FALL BREAK!!!
Please note the following dates:
October 6th- parent-teacher conferences
October 7th- Coupon Book Dance Party
October 10-14- Fall Break Week
Reading: This week in reading we will finish up "Little House in the Big Woods". We will be testing on the story on Wednesday and will not start a new story this week due to break week next week. The next story that we will be reading is from our Reading Street reading book: "Letters to Yosemite".
Writing: We will start writing an opinion piece this week. Students will learn new strategies such as OREO, and UNRAVEL (prompt understanding). This is a major content focus, so we will spend the next weeks working on this type of writing.
Social Studies: Unit Focus: Settling the Colonies to the 1700s.
In this module, students will be able to describe the cooperation and conflict that existed among American Indians, Indian nations and the new settlers. Students will begin to understand the political, religious, social and economic institutions that existed during the Colonial Era. Please remember that we use Social Studies Weekly newspapers as one of our major resources for this unit. Students should keep these during our unit studies.
This week we are on SS Weekly #9: We will summarize the failure of the lost colony of Roanoke and theorize what might have happened.
Math: This week, we will continue with Module 3. Students are building understanding of multiplication meanings using the place value chart and arrays. Students are building on base 10 knowledge by decomposing multiples of 10 into smaller units to multiply. We will be teaching the standard algorithm for 3 and 4 digit numbers by single digits. We are teaching students several strategies for this type of multiplication, but students are required to be able to use the standard algorithm for these types of problems. The Math Page of the blog will also be updated with the latest resources if you need additional help.
Science: This week we will wrap up our mini unit of Interdependency and the Flow of Energy through an ecosystem. Students in Mr. DeBolt and Mrs. Fortson's science class will be taking a test over this unit. We have one more mini unit in Life Science that we will begin when we return from the break week. Please remember that students in Mrs. Fortson's class will have a notebook check on Monday and Tuesday and the test will be on Wednesday.
We look forward to a great week!
Science: This week we will wrap up our mini unit of Interdependency and the Flow of Energy through an ecosystem. Students in Mr. DeBolt and Mrs. Fortson's science class will be taking a test over this unit. We have one more mini unit in Life Science that we will begin when we return from the break week. Please remember that students in Mrs. Fortson's class will have a notebook check on Monday and Tuesday and the test will be on Wednesday.
We look forward to a great week!
Sunday, September 25, 2016
Weekly Updates for September 26th
There are many things happening this week! Please note the following:
Upcoming:
September 27 -Tuesday- Parent/Teacher Conferences
27- Coupon Book Sales end
28- Picture Day
28- Enrichment begins
28- Dine out with the Hawks- Chipotle!
29- Box Top collection
URGENT NEED! We need a room parent for Mrs. Maestri's class! If you could help fill this vital role, we would greatly appreciate it! We also need a Hoe Down basket coordinator for that class. Please contact Mrs. Maestri as soon as possible if you are able to help.
If you have not returned your field trip form and money, please do so by the end of this week if possible. Please make sure to communicate with your child's teacher if you want to chaperone.
Science- We have started our next Life Science unit- Interdependence and the Flow of Energy through ecosystems. Students will be taking notes this week.
Social Studies - Explorer Test Tuesday for Mrs. Derry's class. Please check with your child's teacher for exact dates of testing in other classes. We will begin Module 3: Settling the Colonies to the 1700s. Overview: students describe the cooperation and conflict that existed among Americal Indians and between the Indian nations and the new settlers. Students understand the political, religious, social and economic institutions that evolved in the colonial era.
Reading- Little House in the Big Woods chapters 9-13
Writing- This week we will begin our opinion writing focus.
Math- Maestri and Fortson have started Module 3- Multiplication meanings and understandings. Students will continue with area and perimeter this week and then move into multiplication by powers of ten. Please check the agenda nightly for homework assignments. You can locate resources on the math page of the blog.
***Students need to practice multiplication facts each night!! It has been a few months since most students have thought about the facts that they memorized in third grade.***
Please remember that the end of the nine weeks is rapidly approaching. All redo and missing assignments need to be turned in before the end of the nine weeks.
Upcoming:
September 27 -Tuesday- Parent/Teacher Conferences
27- Coupon Book Sales end
28- Picture Day
28- Enrichment begins
28- Dine out with the Hawks- Chipotle!
29- Box Top collection
URGENT NEED! We need a room parent for Mrs. Maestri's class! If you could help fill this vital role, we would greatly appreciate it! We also need a Hoe Down basket coordinator for that class. Please contact Mrs. Maestri as soon as possible if you are able to help.
If you have not returned your field trip form and money, please do so by the end of this week if possible. Please make sure to communicate with your child's teacher if you want to chaperone.
Science- We have started our next Life Science unit- Interdependence and the Flow of Energy through ecosystems. Students will be taking notes this week.
Social Studies - Explorer Test Tuesday for Mrs. Derry's class. Please check with your child's teacher for exact dates of testing in other classes. We will begin Module 3: Settling the Colonies to the 1700s. Overview: students describe the cooperation and conflict that existed among Americal Indians and between the Indian nations and the new settlers. Students understand the political, religious, social and economic institutions that evolved in the colonial era.
Reading- Little House in the Big Woods chapters 9-13
Writing- This week we will begin our opinion writing focus.
Math- Maestri and Fortson have started Module 3- Multiplication meanings and understandings. Students will continue with area and perimeter this week and then move into multiplication by powers of ten. Please check the agenda nightly for homework assignments. You can locate resources on the math page of the blog.
***Students need to practice multiplication facts each night!! It has been a few months since most students have thought about the facts that they memorized in third grade.***
Please remember that the end of the nine weeks is rapidly approaching. All redo and missing assignments need to be turned in before the end of the nine weeks.
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Weekly Updates for September 19th
There are many things happening this week! Check out the information below:
Upcoming:
"We aren’t quite to our 5,000 coupon book goal...if a child sells 3 coupon books on Tuesday 9/20, they will get to participate in a “Candy Crawl” in the gym on Friday. They will be given a bag and a limited to time to crawl around to grab as much candy as possible. We will do these for each grade level." Please note that coupon book sales end on Tuesday, September 27th.
Here is what is happening in our classes this week:
Math: We will be finishing our addition and subtraction units with focus on applying and fluently using the algorithms in word problems and there will be an unit assessment in Maestri and Fortson's math classes on Tuesday. A study guide was given out on Friday and we will continue this on Monday. It will be an excellent study and reference point for the assessment. We will begin multiplication meanings and understandings (building a solid foundation for multiplication) this week. Make sure to check out the math page for great resources!
Science: This week, we will finish our cell unit. Students have received a copy of the study guide and have notes in their interactive notebook that they can study from for the test. Please check with your child's homeroom teacher for exact assessment dates.
Reading/ELA: We will continue reading Little House in the Big Woods. This week's focus is chapters 5-8. Students have classwork that is given out and put into their reading notebook each week and any assignments given in class are expected to be completed and turned in by the end of the week. Students are given time in class to complete these assignments. Any assignments not completed in class should be completed at home.
Writing- We will be drafting our historical narrative this week. Our grammar focus this week is compound and complex sentences.
Social Studies: Explorers! Students have been actively engaged in learning about our major explorers. The Fakebook page project is due at the end of this month. You can find out more information about this project along with downloading additional templates and other resources under the SS page. Please remember that students only choose one Explorer for the project.
Mrs. Derry's class will have a quiz over Social Studies Weekly #6 (small newspaper) this week. They have been reading through this in class. She wants to remind students that they can complete these for extra credit when not assigned as homework!
The fourth grade team hopes that you have a wonderful week!
Upcoming:
- Coupon Sales continue- Please note the following information from Dr. Poe:
"We aren’t quite to our 5,000 coupon book goal...if a child sells 3 coupon books on Tuesday 9/20, they will get to participate in a “Candy Crawl” in the gym on Friday. They will be given a bag and a limited to time to crawl around to grab as much candy as possible. We will do these for each grade level." Please note that coupon book sales end on Tuesday, September 27th.
- September 27th and October 6th- Scheduled parent-teacher conference days. Please see information provided to you by your child's team for how this will take place.
- September 28th- Picture Day and Enrichment classes begin.
- September 29th- Box Tops Pickup (Thank you for sending these in!)
- September 30th- All Pro Dads (please make sure to RSVP when information is sent out!)
Here is what is happening in our classes this week:
Math: We will be finishing our addition and subtraction units with focus on applying and fluently using the algorithms in word problems and there will be an unit assessment in Maestri and Fortson's math classes on Tuesday. A study guide was given out on Friday and we will continue this on Monday. It will be an excellent study and reference point for the assessment. We will begin multiplication meanings and understandings (building a solid foundation for multiplication) this week. Make sure to check out the math page for great resources!
Science: This week, we will finish our cell unit. Students have received a copy of the study guide and have notes in their interactive notebook that they can study from for the test. Please check with your child's homeroom teacher for exact assessment dates.
Reading/ELA: We will continue reading Little House in the Big Woods. This week's focus is chapters 5-8. Students have classwork that is given out and put into their reading notebook each week and any assignments given in class are expected to be completed and turned in by the end of the week. Students are given time in class to complete these assignments. Any assignments not completed in class should be completed at home.
Writing- We will be drafting our historical narrative this week. Our grammar focus this week is compound and complex sentences.
Social Studies: Explorers! Students have been actively engaged in learning about our major explorers. The Fakebook page project is due at the end of this month. You can find out more information about this project along with downloading additional templates and other resources under the SS page. Please remember that students only choose one Explorer for the project.
Mrs. Derry's class will have a quiz over Social Studies Weekly #6 (small newspaper) this week. They have been reading through this in class. She wants to remind students that they can complete these for extra credit when not assigned as homework!
The fourth grade team hopes that you have a wonderful week!
Friday, September 9, 2016
Oops! The SS downloads are corrected!
Oops! We apologize that our uploads to the blog (Fakebook Project) required access, but this has since been corrected. If you tried to download the Fakebook project information and template, please try again and let us know if you have any further issues!
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Weekly Updates for September 6th
September is here! Please check out what we are doing this week:
Mark your calendars!
- Next Tuesday, September 13th, is our first PTA meeting. This is a great way to get involved in our school and to also find out the great things we are doing!
- Box Tops collection will be this month!
Math: This week we will begin using our place value understanding for adding and subtracting multi-digit numbers. We will model this standard (which was introduced in 3rd grade) with our place value charts, tape diagrams and with our standard algorithm. Please take a moment to check out the math page of the blog to get the latest resources for the standards we are learning.
Reading: We finished up Because of Winn-Dixie and will take a test tomorrow over what they have learned. There will also be a skill check to see if they are mastering the skills we are teaching each week. We will begin Lewis and Clark this week before our next novel which will begin on Monday, September 12th.
Writing: We are continuing working on Narrative Writing.
Social Studies: We finished up Module 1 and did an open book/notes test today. We did not finish test so we will continue to take tomorrow. We will begin studying Explorers for the next few weeks. Our first project will go home tomorrow and will be due Friday, September 30th.
Science: We will begin Life Science this week. Our first unit will be on cells. Our science page has some resources that will help students and families understand what students will be learning in this unit.
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