It is crazy to think that we are in April! There are many things to look forward to over the next few weeks - field trips, a Spring Concert, and all kind of fun end of the year activities. I look forward to making these weeks count with your student!

On Tuesday, we will be visiting Sugar Pine Railroad! Thank you to those of you that volunteered to be parent drivers, this will be such a fun day! We will be leaving school at  7:45 am, and be back by 3 pm. Here is a link to the email I sent last week with everything you need to know about this trip.

On Thursday of this week, we are celebrating a 4th grade birthday! This student's parent will be bringing pizza to celebrate at lunch. If your child would like to bring their own lunch, that's also fine, but a lunch will be provided.

HCS 3rd and 4th graders were invited to CVC's Ag Day on Tuesday, April 16th. They will take a bus there and be back around 1 pm, it should be a fun day!

We have a big project coming up! We have been studying California's history, and students will be participating in a Wax Museum presentation on May 17th! It will be open for parents and families to come and visit in the afternoon. Mark your calendars! Each student picked a famous Californian to study. Students have a packet we have been working on in class. The presentation with include a trifold board that we will work on in class (stay tuned for dates), a short speech (written in class), and a research paper (Also, written in class). Students will need a 'costume' of some form to dress like their chosen Californian. Please refer to the packet for any questions you may have, and contact me if you need any further clarification. 

*Wear tennis shoes on Monday and Friday for PE (Link to Miss Walker's Website)

*Bring binders to and from school each day

*Trip to Sugarpine Railroad - Tuesday, April 9th

*Early Dismissal - Wednesday, April 10th (1:30)

*MAPS Testing begins on April 15th

*CVC Ag Day - Tuesday, April 16th

*Spring Concert - Thursday, April 25 at 1:30pm in the gym

You will receive an email with the grades your student has received over this week.  Each week, this email will be in your inbox around Sunday Afternoon. Please email me if you have any questions or concerns.  When reading the grades, please keep in mind: 

A = Absent

M = Missing

I = Incomplete

Grades will be updated weekly.

Math Homework packets are still being sent home. These packets go into the gradebook as a percentage of their math grade and they must turn them in completed each week. Please remind students to be responsible and turn them in! 

Students are finishing up Unit 6 in Math, focusing on fractions. In addition to their homework and remembering pages, they also have an additional packet that we are working through in class to help prepare them for 5th grade. Be on the lookout for a review study guide this week, we will be testing on Friday, 4/12.

We are currently working through Unit 14 in our Roots curriculum. The next vocabulary/roots (and spelling) test will be on Friday, April 19th. Here is a helpful link from Quizlet that students can use to study.

*Most work that is not completed in class, as well as studying for tests, will be done as homework. This will be noted in the planner.