• Please make sure your child comes to school prepared to go outside for walking club and recess.  We do go outside, unless it feels like it is below 10 degrees.  

• Classroom snacks are always appreciated

•  The National Park System has a program that admits all 4th graders and their families into the parks for free.  If you are interested in visiting, you can check out the link.

Math: Ms. Olson's class is working on decomposing and adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators. Mrs. Lutze's and Mrs. Blaszkiewicz's classes have moved on to adding fractions with like denominators, multiplying whole numbers and unit fractions, and decomposing fractions.  The students have a song they love to listen to that reinforces how to decompose fractions.

Reading: Mrs. Blaszkiewicz's class finished Because of Winn Dixie and are working on a book project! Mrs. Lutze and Miss Olson are continuing reading various genres to review reading skills(text features in informational text, main idea, and the use of figurative language in poetry.

Writing: As we begin the "One Book, One School" program, we want to build some background knowledge on Scotland.  Scotland is the setting for the selected book, The Water Horse by Dick King-Smith.  In groups, we are researching Scotland's geography, culture, tourism, and history.  After each group is finished researching, they will take the information and work together to display it on a poster.  On Tuesday, February 18, we will put all our posters together to create a museum that other classes can walk through to learn more about Scotland.  

Science: Students are studying rocks and fossils, and how they show how the Earth has changed over time.  

Social Studies: We are starting our Nebraska research project! The students will complete a "fan" project combining all of our research.