Friday, February 9th: All School Meeting and Spirit Day
Dress up with a theme from your "Favorite State"
Wednesday, February 14th: Friendship Celebration 2:30-3:20
See details below!
Thursday, February 15th: Celebrations of Learning
Our School-wide Open House from 5-6:30pm
Thursday, March 1st: All Day O&A: Oregon Ballet- Alice in Wonderland
NOTE: We have our chaperones for this event. Stay tuned for other O&A trips in 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).
Recent 4th grade Math Topics:
- 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!
- Fractions
Prefer a worksheet for math homework? You can download here, or your student can pick up a paper copy in class.
Here are the practice pages for the previous weeks:
- Homework #1: Introduction to Fractions
- Homework #2: Unit Fractions/ Finding Fractions on a Number line
- Homework #3: Comparing Fractions
- Homework #4: Adding & Subtracting Fractions
All 4th grade math students should be practicing their multiples DAILY.
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, we attended the Oregon Symphony's Young People's Concert at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland. We thought about how stories can be conveyed through music.
Next week, Storyteller Alton Chung will visit our classroom for a storytelling workshop!
Friendship Celebration (Valentines Day)
The Puffins will show appreciation for our classroom community and friendships with a Friendship Celebration at the end of the day on February 14th. If your Puffin would like to bring in cards for their classmates, they MUST bring one for every student. It actually works best if they do NOT write out individual names on cards- it makes it much easier to pass around! Students can make cards or buy them. Please be modest with candy contributions; Puffins will not be allowed to eat treats at school.
Geography Bee
This week, students completed the preliminary rounds of the National Geographic Bee to determine the Puffin class representative. There are 7 rounds of competition and each student individually answers a question in every round. The questions are about US and World geography. In some rounds, students receive multiple answers to choose from and in other rounds, the questions are open-ended. For more information, please visit: http://www.nationalgeographic.org/bee. Only 4th-8th graders are allowed to participate in the National Bee, so 3rd grade Puffins just play along for practice!
On Friday, Students walked over to the Roger's Room at the Forest Grove Public Library to attend the school-wide Geo Bee, and to cheer on our class representative.
Our Class Read Aloud:
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!
Reading Workshop: Book Clubs
These small group "Literature Circles" engage students in vocabulary study and rich conversations about shared readings. Students can express their opinions, predictions, and questions about a text in a productive, structured way while developing their reading, speaking, and thinking abilities. Ask your kiddo to tell you about the book they are reading!
Our Book Club Books:
- The Wanderer
- View from Saturday
- Bridge to Terabithia
- Holes
- Cricket in Times Square
- How to Train Your Dragon