January 8, 2010
Dear Parents and Students,
Happy New Year! We have begun new units in many subjects this week. We are studying the layers of the Earth in science and will be doing a hands-on experiment next Wednesday, January 13th. We will be making models of the Earth’s layers out of food. Please see the little note attached to the hard copy of this letter with a request for some of the ingredients. If you are able to send in one of the items please send me a note on Monday. Please check the ingredients to be sure your child isn’t allergic to anything on the list. Thank you.
Bible- This week we read the book of Ruth and finished unit 5. The book of Ruth is a picture of God’s love for us. I am sending home a study guide for review. The test will be on Tuesday, January 12, 2010. Please be sure your child has turned in all the workbook pages we did in class this week ( pgs. 65, 66, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75). We will review in class on Monday and take the test Tuesday.
The Bible memory verse for the week will be Ruth 1:17.
Science – We studied chapter 1, lessons 1 & 2 (pages B4-11, & B 12-19) in class. The students took notes and wrote definitions for the vocabulary words. They should have done the five review questions at the end of lesson 1. The five questions at the end of lesson 2 pg. B19 are homework for the weekend. Please review these two lessons over the weekend. It is important that they know the vocabulary and understand the review questions for the next test.
Math – We will have a math test on lessons 51-55 next Wednesday. Please check for understanding of old and new concepts. Lessons 51-53 should have been done in class, corrected and turned in. They may need to do the corrections for lesson 54 at home and turn in on Monday.
Spelling – Test will be on Friday, January 15th next week. We will be studying List 17.
Walk Through California – We will have our on campus field trip this week on Thursday, January 14th. Please be at school on time. We will be walking over to the Arboretum at about 8:45a.m. Remember to prepare a costume and come to school dressed to wear it for the day. Here are some ideas of what to dress up like…early CA settlers, Mexican Vaquero/a, Native American Indian, CA state symbol… Your child will be wearing their outfit for the day. If you would like to come as a parent support for the activity please sign up on PIP. Thank you. Remember your child must have his/her Expert Word Card/s memorized by Monday and they must have the cards with them at school each day. Points will be taken away if they are not prepared or don’t have their cards with them on Thursday. We will be having a friendly team competition. The team that has the most points at the end of the day wins. Please help your child prepare for the day. This will help them get the most out of their exciting hands-on history day. Thank you!
ASAP***Please be sure to make your last payment to Travel Teens for the Sacramento Field Trip.
January 22 will be the last day of the 2nd quarter. All missing work must be turned in by Wednesday, the 20th. I will let you know if your child is missing work. Please ask them, they should know if they have unfinished work. I ask them and remind them in class daily. Thank you.
I sent every student home with an Otis Spunkmeyer cookie dough fundraiser envelope on Wednesday this week. Please read it and help raise money for our school if you can. Thank you in advance. We receive 40% from every order.
Our fourth grade classes are participating in the Ducks Hockey Reading is the Goal program. The challenge is to read for 20 minutes a day for 30 days in a row. Please fill out the reading log with the date, title of book, minutes spent reading, and parent initials for each of the 30 days. Students will receive a Ducks three ring binder and pencil pouch of goodies. They can also earn prizes for the amount of time spent reading. Please see details on the reading log. The 20 minutes of reading is required and it will be part of their reading grade. This is an exciting program and our fourth graders will have a special assembly later in the year with the Ducks mascot, Wild Wing!
God bless,
Mrs. Hoops