Monday, January 8th: Puffins to Forest Grove Public Library 2pm-3pm
Students should bring their library books to return, library card and a tote bag.
Chaperones Needed!
Friday, January 12th: All School Meeting: Puffins will present!
Parents Welcome!
Spirit Day: Crazy Hair
Forest Grove School District building (1728 Main St.)
in the Grove Room @ 9:45 am
Monday, January 15th: NO SCHOOL
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Thursday-Friday, January 25th-26th: No School For Students
Grading/Staff Development Days
Thursday, February 1st: All Day O&A: Oregon Symphony- "Sounds of Home"
NOTE: We have our chaperones for this event. Stay tuned for other O&A trips in March, April and May if you are interested in joining us as a chaperone on our outward bound adventures this spring:)
Level 2 Suggested Weekly Homework:
Reading Homework
Spend at least 20 minutes reading (outside of school) every day.
Reading is on the "honor system" and we ask that you help your kiddo to develop a daily reading routine with good-fit books. At fall conferences, your kiddo brought home the Tower of Books wall poster, which is a fun (and optional) reading genre challenge.
Typing Homework
Level 2 students have typing homework to develop and support important keyboarding skills. Please practice at least 20 minutes per week on: Typing.com
Math homework
It is strongly recommended that your student practice math skills
at least 30 minutes (or more) per week.
This can be completed online with Dreambox or Khan Academy. Students can also play math games, or complete worksheets (you can find grade level workbooks online or at the Learning Palace).
Current 4th grade Math Topic:
- Multiplication: 1 digit by 2 digit and 2 digit by 2 digit using the "area method"
- Divide 1 digit by 2 , 3 and 4 digits using an area model
- Division Algorithm (AKA: Long Division) Watch a Video!
4th graders have set goals and made plans for daily practice and have identified the numbers they needs to work on (ie. 6’s, 7’s, 8’s, etc.). Check in with your kiddo about this!
What's Happening in the Puffin Nest?
This week, students worked in pairs to completed another fairy tale engineering project!
- A Bridge for the Gingerbread Man
- A Pulley for Rapunzel
Ask your Puffin to tell you about their project.
Here are some questions to guide you:
- Was your design successful? How could you tell?
- Did you try any designs that didn’t work?
- What surprised you about the project?
- What frustrated you about the project? How did you work through it?
We started a new class Read Aloud this week:
Where The Mountain Meets The Moon by Grace Lin. This story incorporates many Chinese folk tales told by the main character's father, which makes it a great fit with our focus on storytelling!
Students worked to publish their first Fairy Tale Adaptation this week. We shared stories and reflected about our work as writers. Students made New Years writing resolutions.
Puffins have continued to explore Funny Fairy Tale Adaptations through Reader's Theater. This week, they performed a tale for our class. It was hilarious!