• 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.

• We will have our Valentine's Party on February 13th. Please refer to the Class Lists tab for your student's class names. Students will be making their Valentine's Day boxes at home and can bring them on Thursday, February 12th. If your student needs any decorations for their boxes, please reach out to their teacher for assistance. Below are class sign-ups for Valentine's Day.

• Blaszkiewicz Sign Up

• Olson Sign-Up

• Lutze Sign-Up

Math: Ms. Olson's class is working on decomposing and adding fractions with like denominators. Mrs. Lutze's and Mrs. Blaszkiewicz's classes have moved on to adding fractions with like denominators 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: We are working on weekly lessons that will support students in writing a well-developed paragraph.  The topic for this week's paragraph was: "What is one thing you are good at, and what makes you good at it?"  As we write, we are working on using a variety of sentences (complex, compound, and simple), using vivid language, and writing strong topic and closing sentences.

Science: Students learned about renewable and nonrenewable resources.

Social Studies: We are learning about rights and responsibilities of citizens.