The 4th graders did an amazing job of working together to recreate art inspired by Tom Everhart and Charles Schulz. I loved watching them collaborate, come up with new ideas, and make each painting special and unique. I hope many of you will attend Concordia's Gala next year and bid on your child's painting!
While I say it every year, it is hard to believe we are entering our last week of school! We have a little bit of reading and writing to finish up, and we are having tons of fun working on the annual 4th grade "Snoopy Paintings"! This year's senior class was the first class that did this project!
I've encouraged the students to bring a grocery bag on Monday/Tuesday to help bring home some of their school supplies. Some supplies will come home Monday and the rest on Tuesday. Be sure to look for your child's Monday envelope tomorrow, as it has lots of our final projects and graded items.
We are looking forward to all the things we get to do to wrap up an awesome year. If you have any questions, please let me know!
I know this becomes a very crazy time of year for school families! I'm hoping this list will help. Underlined items are things that will be graded and that you'll want to check with your child to make sure he or she is prepared. I will update this list as needed.
Tuesday, May 14
*Southwest/West brochures due - most students will finish this during class time, but some may need to finish up at home
Thursday, May 16
*Last Memory Work*
*LIBRARY BOOKS DUE!*
Friday, May 17
**Free Dress Day!** (Thank you to the Rice family!)
*50 States Challenge Test*
*Southwest/West Taste-Testing: SignUpGenius Link
Monday, May 20
**Pizza Lunch - we WON the Box Tops Challenge!** Tuesday, May 21
**Cookie and Drink Treat - we WON the Book Fair Coin Wars!** Wednesday, May 22
*Last Day of School!*
10:30am - Closing Chapel
11:30am - Dismissal
And, I just had to share this great YouTube video - I laughed as a teacher and a parent!
Every year as we celebrate Easter, I also know the end of the school year is speeding our way! It is an exciting time of year with lots to learn and lots of fun activities! Notes for this week: *No Memory Work or Spelling *Wednesday - book report "yellow sheet" due *Thursday, 7:00pm - Spring Musical *Friday, 9:00am-2:10pm Field Day! @ Concordia High School (*Learning Center @ CHS*)
Our next Taste-Testing event will be Friday, April 12! The students have been looking forward to this one for awhile. Check out this LINKif you'd like to bring food or help out!
I will have the newsletter posted tomorrow (Saturday)! But, in case any of you are looking to get spelling for next week completed, Unit 5 Lesson 2 should be good to go on Spelling City.
Our class will have a Valentine's Day Party on Thursday, February 14 - special thanks to our wonderful room parents who plan and organize such fun events! If your child would like to bring Valentines, I ask that he or she bring one for each student in the class - we have 27! We will be making Valentine boxes in school (don't forget to send a cereal box by this Friday, February 8).
In math, we have been using the "Grid" or "Box" method as we're working on our long division skills. While this is different from the traditional method, it is really effective in helping students learn the steps and keep their numbers organized. We are also going to learn the traditional long division that many of us are most familiar with. In class, we've talked about the value of knowing several ways to solve problems and how some strategies will work better for some people. I wanted to share this video, in case you wanted to see a better example of this new method we've been trying.
