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Thank you for checking in!

This website is where my 308 families can get updates on what is happening in the classroom, and it is where your child can quickly access links on the Resources & Links tab! Please visit this site regularly!

Important Information

  • Read to Succeed is in full swing. See the next section if you need a reminder of what it is or if you need to print another form.
  • Starstruck rehearsals will start up in March. Details regarding our performance night, song, and costumes will be sent home mid-March. We will perform on either Wednesday, 4/22 or Thursday, 4/23.
  • Trimester 2 ends on Friday, February 28th. Report cards will be sent home with your child on Friday, March 6. If you have any concerns now or after the report card goes home, please let me know and we can schedule a time to talk. These are standards-based report cards, so this a 2nd snapshot at where your child is performing in regard to meeting the 4th grade year-end standards.
  • Field Trip to Empire Mine in Grass Valley! Empire Mine State Historic Park is the site of one of the oldest, deepest, and richest gold mines in California. Our class will be visiting Empire Mine on Wednesday, 3/25. A permission slip will be coming home this week. We will need 5 chaperones for this all-day field trip.

Celebrations!

  • Bingo & Baskets was a great success. THANK YOU SO MUCH for all of you who contributed items, money, and or time to our class basket. It was a great theme and the bidder was thrilled to get our goodies. I know this fundraiser came at a busy time-- your commitment to making our school the pride of Lincoln is admirable.
  • Walk Through California was a hit with our students. I was so proud of their their preparation and engagement. If you were fortunate enough to be in the audience, you got to witness how much personality our class possesses and the joy they have for learning. 😍
  • What a fun little birthday I had. Your children made it quite a special day for me. Thank you for all you did to put a smile on my face first thing. Getting older is no fun, but it's hard to be grumpy when you share the day with these kiddos. 😂
  • We enjoyed our Valentine Exchange last week. I always get a kick out of how sweet and proud the kids are when handing out and receiving their notes and treats. They won't ever outgrow the sweetness of this tradition. I even caught a teacher visitor getting teary as she witnessed how genuinely kind the children were in their interactions. I love it!


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Read to Succeed

Is your child logging the extra minutes they read in order to earn a free ticket to Six Flags? Reading logs went home before Christmas break, but if you need another copy please click on the image to the left. You may log your minutes on paper, or do it online by following the directions on the form. Minutes must be logged and submitted by April 1. 360 minutes of leisure reading = 1 ticket to Six Flags. 😊 Mrs. Bremner, our librarian, coordinates this great program for our school.

What We're Learning

    • Language Arts ~ We have completed our unit on figurative language though we continue identifying examples in literature. We continue to challenge our hand at descriptive writing, primarily using sensory language to paint a picture with our words. We are showing our readers what to see rather than just telling them flatly. We are also identifying Point of View in written works and studying Perspective to improve our understanding of what we read. It is a great challenge to explain the narrator's perspective and then retell the piece from a different perspective! We are currently reading By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman. This novel describes the adventures of a boy and his butler on a mission to strike it rich in the Gold Rush to save the family home back in Boston.


    • Math ~ It has been all about Fractions! We have moved through adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators, including mixed numbers, and are now ready to relate fractions to decimals. We will start with an introduction to multiplying fractions before looking at decimal place value.

    • Social Studies ~ We kicked off the Gold Rush with a chocolate chip cookie mining simulation! We are learning about gold, routes prospectors took to get to the gold fields, what a day in the life of a miner looked like, the different mining methods, and how the Gold Rush forever changed the physical landscape and culture of California. We are reading What Was the Gold Rush to supplement our learning about this time in history.


    • PE ~ Team games, basketball, four square


    • ART ~ symmetry; texture


  • PLEASE help your child meet their 20+ minute reading requirement each night. This is part of their NIGHTLY homework. iReady minutes (40 in reading, 40 in math) need to be met by Sunday at 8:00 pm.

Important Upcoming Dates:

Week of February 18th:

  • Tue., 2/18: Sami Circuit Day #1 (fitness assembly for students)

Beyond:

  • Mon., 2/24, 6:00-7:00pm: Sami Circuit Family Night
  • Fri., 2/28: Last day of Trimester 2 (report cards go home 3/6)
  • Sat., 3/7, 6:00-8:00pm: Daddy / Daughter Dance
  • Sat., 3/28, 6:00-8:00pm: Mother / Son Dance
  • Mon.-Fri., 3/30 - 4/3: Book Fair
  • Tue., 4/2, 5:00-7:00pm: Open House / Art Show
  • Mon. - Mon., 4/6 - 4/13: Spring Break
  • 4/22 or 4/23, 6:00pm & 7:00pm: Starstruck Show (2 performances)

Tiger Pride!