4th Grade Weekly Happenings
Reagan Elementary School - Leander ISD
Week of November 30 - December 4, 2015
What are we learning about this week?
- Main idea and details (continued)
- Author's purpose
MATH
- Addition & subtraction - standard algorithm
- Addition & subtraction strategies
WRITING/GRAMMAR
- Publish expository compositions
- Adverb review
- Possession vs. plural
- Sitton Spelling Unit 14 - core words: round, dark, past, fall, girl
- Building a telegraph
- Designing an experiment to test the effect of force on an object
SOCIAL STUDIES
- Early explorers
Our Current Week
ALL WEEK: PTA Used Book Fair, Pajama Drive, School Resource Officers Recognition Week
Monday
- Red specials day
- PTA Movie Night/True Colors Workshop at 5:30 pm
Tuesday
- Orange specials day
Wednesday
- Yellow specials day
Thursday
- Green specials day
- Learning check in science on forces
- BYOT if you are able to use Nearpod app in math
Friday
- Blue specials day
- Grammar check
- BYOT if you are able to use Nearpod app in math
- Spell check over Sitton Unit 14
- Math weekly checkpoint
Homework
All homework is weekly and should be completed anytime between Monday and Sunday. It is due no later than Sunday at 9 pm.
- No language arts homework due to Social Studies project
MATH
- Participate in our class challenge in SumDog! Answer 60 questions to fill your progress bar and win coins, playing the game(s) of your choice.
- Optional (strongly recommended for students who have not yet completed multiplication & division in Xtra Math): Complete at least three full sessions with Xtra Math.
SOCIAL STUDIES
- Check Google Classroom under the class Mrs. Eddy's Homework for directions. Create presentation for cultural research project. Presentations start in class on Monday, December 14th.
Note: Please let us know if your child does not have access to an internet-connected device at home to complete online assignments so that we can offer an alternate homework plan for your child.
A+ FCU Green Apple Deposits: Your first $10 deposit is FREE
A+ Federal Credit Union has joined with Reagan Elementary School for an exciting opportunity through the Green Apple Deposit Day program! Through the program, your child will not only learn the value of saving, but they’ll be able to make deposits and see his/her account grow, earn rewards for saving, and gain valuable money management skills. A+ FCU will make the initial $10.00 deposit for all new Youth Memberships. If you would like to participate in this program? Contact our Green Apple program contact, Kelley Crutchfield, Member Service Officer III – Cedar Park atkcrutchfield@aplusfcu.org.
Deposit Days Schedule: December 4, 18, January 8,22, February 12,26,March 11, April 8,22, May 13,27 Deposits are accepted at any branch as well as on the dates above 7:15am - 7:45am in front of the cafeteria at Reagan. Start saving today!
Science - Forces
LISD Adding Five Minutes to School Day
Beginning Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, Leander ISD will be adding five minutes to the school day. Elementary campuses will end five minutes later, and high schools will start five minutes earlier, with the exception of Cedar Park High School, which will remain on the same schedule. The new school hours for LISD elementary campuses will be 7:45 a.m. – 2:50 p.m. and high schools will be 8:40 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. Middle school hours will not change, and Cedar Park High School hours will not change.
House Bill 2610, which was passed this last legislative session, requires that public school students receive 75,600 minutes of instruction, instead of 180 days. As a result, LISD is lengthening the school day by five minutes at the elementary and high school campuses (except CPHS). LISD middle schools are not impacted by the new law, nor is CPHS, as their school day already meets the requirements of the law.
If your student rides the bus and his or her route is impacted by this change, LISD Transportation services will notify you of your child’s new pick-up/drop-off time.
Giving Opportunities
Pajama Drive
Keep those PJs coming for the Great Bedtime Story Pajama Drive! The drive ends this Thursday!
Coats for Kids
Giving Tree
DEADLINE FOR THIS YEAR'S GIVING TREE IS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11.
PTA Updates
True Colors Workshop
Reagan Library
Pizza will be provided from 5:30-6pm
Workshop starts at 6pm. Limit of 50 participants for the workshop, *adults only*
Everyone else may watch "Inside Out" in the gym at 6pm.
If you'll want a slice of pizza PLEASE rsvp so that we have enough.
PTA HOLIDAY SPIRIT STICKS
PTA Used Book Fair
Upcoming Dates
Classroom Supply Wish List
Mrs. Weltzin: Ultra-fine Expo markers, Click to view my classroom wishlist on Amazon
Mrs. Eddy: Highlighters, dry erase markers (assorted colors)