Week at a Glance & Events

Sept. 15-19, 2025

ELA  (Barus) - This week in ELA, students will continue exploring narrative nonfiction. They’ll be reading Rare Treasures, a story from our new reading series about Mary Anning and her remarkable discoveries. Along the way, students will practice new vocabulary, strengthen their comprehension skills, and study this week’s spelling patterns and word list.

ELA (Cline) -This week in ELA, students will continue exploring narrative nonfiction. They’ll be reading Rare Treasures, a story from our new reading series about Mary Anning and her remarkable discoveries. Along the way, students will practice new vocabulary, strengthen their comprehension skills, and study this week’s spelling patterns and word list.

Math  (Hennessey) - We will be working on comparing and ordering numbers using place value, and rounding. Be sure to ask your child about "Little Sister". Homework will be Week 3 Days 1-4, and will be 5 problems each night M-Th. We check homework daily. Look for this in their green homework folder. Their word problem of the day is classwork. Also ask your child how they like the new math program we are piloting!

Math (Niehoff) - This week we will focus on rounding, ordering, and comparing multi-digit numbers.

Science (Cline) -In Science, students will be introduced to the concepts of force and motion. They’ll begin learning how these ideas work and why they are important in understanding the world around us.

Science (Hennessey) - We will be discussing the difference between mixtures and solutions this week. 

Social Studies - (Barus/Niehoff) - In Social Studies We will continue to study the geography of our world and then move in to focus on North Carolina.

~Expect homework nightly. Please look at your child's planner to see what homework they have and sign that they have completed it. 

~Fourth grade is a year in which we encourage responsibility and independence. Hold your children accountable for listing homework in their agenda and having all the materials they need to do work at home and at school.

~Ways to help your student at home:

 Have them work on any of the digital platforms that we use during the school day. This includes: Reflex, Readworks, Moby Max, and Epic.  Ms. Hennessey provided some math websites during open house that can also be used.

Study nightly with spelling and vocabulary words.

Make sure your child completes all homework and any other incomplete work in their  green homework folders nightly.

9/16 - Field trip forms and money ($16.00) are due today! Parents do not pay us for your admission. You will pay at the gate ($30.00). 

Girl Scout Meeting 6:00

9/18 - NDS Board Meeting 4:00

9/19 - Warrior Fan Friday. Wear warrior gear and wear jeans!

Don't forget to send donations for the auction basket for the Fall "CAR"nival. Our theme is Picnic Basket. These donations should be submitted by October 9. 

We always need snacks and drinks for our snack shack Dojo reward day at the end of each month. Any donations would be greatly appreciated. Items can include: chips, snack cakes, candy, drink boxes, sodas, etc.