Upcoming Events:
Wednesday April 6 O&A to Forest Grove Fire Station @ 1:45pm Chaperones welcome
Friday April 8 No School- Grading/Staff Development Day
Thursday April 14th No School- Student Lead Conferences
Garden work party 10am-2pm
Friday April 15th No School- Staff Development Day
Homework will be due on Thursday, April 7th:
Each week, homework is the following 3 parts:
1. Writing:
- Reading Response Letter in Writer's Notebook. Parents! Please take a look at the Directions for completing the Reading Response Letter (these can also can be found inside the front cover of the writing notebook.) Sentence starting ideas can be found on the last page of the notebook.
- NEW WRITING HOMEWORK OPTION: Students can TYPE their reading response and email it to:
[email protected] Title: Student Name/ Date - Students can get valuable keyboarding practice by typing their reading response letter each week. Please continue to proofread the letter and give feedback to your young writer. I recommend that students use Word or Pages to type/edit/save their work, and then cut and paste the finished response into the email. As you observe your kiddo typing, you will know if they need more "home-row" typing support. There are many free typing programs out there. Here are a few games/ websites to check out:
- http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding_games.html
- http://www.abcya.com/kids_typing_game.htm
- https://www.typing.com/typinggames
2. Reading: Read for at least 20 minutes every night- track at home
3. Math: Complete at least 30 minutes of math practice per week-(more is recommended)
Suggested IXL skills for 3rd grade math practice:
- F.7 - F.9 Multiply by 6, 7 and 8
- W.1 - W.2 Identify equal parts
- Family Letter about 3rd grade multiplication goals
- Multiplication activities to try at home
Suggested 4th grade math practice:
- Math Homework Worksheet Packet: Multiplication Algorithm
- Multiplication & Division Skills Practice on Khan Academy
- Practice saying multiples (skip-counting) for numbers 2-12
Our Week in Review:
Project
Last week, we held a Pioneer Day celebration that took place at the historic AT Smith House. Our day began with lessons (geography, arithmetic, cursive, spelling) in our pioneer school house. Next, students walked to Roger's Park and then took the "river ferry" to the historic homestead. A storyteller brought AT Smith to life while students ate a picnic lunch. Finally, students had the opportunity to rotate through activity stations including: book making, making butter & flapjack cooking, gardening, potato sack races and tours of the AT Smith house. It was an amazing day!
We want to thank the Friends of Historic Forest Grove for generously collaborating on this unit's Out and Abouts. Please consider donating to this organization. They are requesting in-kind donations of historical artifacts pertaining to this region, and dating to 1940 or before. Contact the Old Train Station Manager Don Skinner, [email protected], if you have an artifact you would like to donate or loan the museum.
4th grade Math:
New Topics:
Generalize place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers.
Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.
Writing Workshop
Puffins completed their persuasive writing unit, and their project has been posted!
Take a look at the classroom project request on DonorsChoose.org:
Earthquake Preparedness Kits
On the Donors Choose page you can read about how the students of level 2 plan to complete this service learning project. After reading all about it, please consider a donation! If you choose to give (any amount helps!), you’ll receive updates and photos of this project in action and our students’ sincere gratitude.
Also, If you know anyone who might be interested in supporting public schools, please feel pass this message along.
Reading Workshop:
Novel Study:
Students follow up sessions of focused, independent reading with a four part reflection. In their novel study journals, students list and define new words. They note examples of figurative language. They summarize the chapters they read, pose questions and make predictions about what might happen next in the story.
Literature circles:
These small group book clubs engage students in rich conversations about shared readings. Students can express their opinions, predictions, and questions about a text in a productive, structured way. Students take on specific group roles which are designed to develop reading, speaking, and thinking abilities.
Literature Circle Books we are reading:
- View From Saturday
- Bridge to Terabithia
- Holes
- Sideways Stories from Wayside School
- Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Class Read Aloud
We are currently reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.