Update

Dear Parents,

We are down to our last three weeks of the year and I can't help but wonder where the time has gone! The class is busy with projects and end of the year reviews but we are also taking time for some classroom fun. Our read aloud The BFG is almost completed and we will be having a movie viewing at the end of the week!  

Public Service Announcements May 29th at 1:45 in the FAC All fourth graders are hard at work on creating Public Service Announcements on global water issues.  The short videos will be shown on the big screen and we hope that parents and other communities members will come, watch, and learn.

4E Farewell Party:  Monday, June 1st. Details to come. =)

4A & 4E Swim Party:  Our class swim party will be on Tuesday, June 2nd at 1:30.  

Please read below to learn about what is happening in our Units of Study.

Math: A Year in Review

Students have been reviewing some key concepts we have learned this year. We will be setting summer goals and taking a End of the Year Assessment on Friday, May 22. 

Water Public Service Announcements

Students are working in teams to create a public service announcement (a short video) that highlights a water issue.  Throughout the project, they will be learning about persuasive techniques and using many of the skills they have learned throughout the year.  

Objectives for the project include:

Researching to find information.

Synthesizing information.

Forming an opinion and identifying a “call to action”.

Writing a story board for a video.

Creating an iMovie on the iPads for publication.

Collaborating with others.  

Identifying the multiple causes and effects of certain issues.  

Reading Running Records

During the reading blocks this week, students will be given running records to assess their end of the year reading levels.  The fourth grade “at grade level” Fountas and Pinnel reading level is S/T.  This is a difficult expectation to meet and many students, honestly, will not attain this level this year.  

The students are such ambitious children who, in my experience, are highly sensitive to not meeting expectations.  They also receive a “developing” on the report card if they don’t reach it, even though they have done so, so well.  It is important to note that target growth in a school year is three levels.  Almost all students have grown three levels this year already, which is a great accomplishment that makes me very proud!   Please help me by supporting your child and letting them know they have done a great job in reading this year!

Overdue Library Books:

Please have a look and send in any AISC books that you might find.  Thanks so much for your help with this. The 4th grade account and many student accounts are still missing books.