My Wish in 4th
Grade!
News from the class of Mrs. Mele &
Mrs. Karl
December 2, 2014
What We
Are Learning
Reading: Students have
begun the novel, Tuck Everlasting. They are exploring the theme of the book: Why
would or wouldn’t someone want to live forever?
If you can, read the novel yourself and discuss it with your child.
Social Studies: We will soon
be starting our unit on Washington, D.C.
As a culminating activity, students will be constructing gingerbread
houses based on major landmarks, monuments, or memorials in our nation’s
capital.
Writing: We enjoyed
and appreciated seeing so many of you at our “Most Thankful Tea”! The students were very excited to share their
writing with you. Students continue to
work on writing open response questions with lots of evidence from the text.
Math: Students recently finished a unit on
multiplication and division. We really
had to encourage the kids to persevere and not give up, especially on
multi-step word problems. We remind the
students that even though the math is hard, they can do it! Keep studying those math facts!
December Birthdays
Happy
Birthday Alan and Kaia!
Wednesday, December 3rd
All Kids Craft Fair
12:00-1:30 and 6:30-7:30
Tuesday, December 9th
Early Release
Parent-Teacher conferences
Friday, December 19th
Washington, D.C. gingerbread
houses on display
Monday, January 5th
Students return from winter
break
PeaceBuilders
The
PeaceBuilder principle of the month for December is “Help Others”.
Conferences
Tuesday,
December 9th is the date for parent-teacher conferences. We will send home a reminder slip to those of
you who signed up at Meet the Teacher
Night OR a sign-up slip for those of you who have not made an
appointment.
